Zebra Technologies P420 user manual Cleaning System, HOW to Clean

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4.1 Cleaning System

Your P420 Printer includes a simple cleaning system using the Pre-Saturated Cleaning Cards provided. The regular use of these cards will clean and maintain important parts of your printer: including the Print Head, and Transport Rollers.

CLEAN PRINTER

WHEN TO CLEAN

When LCD screen reports message.

HOW TO CLEAN

1.Leave power on.

Open Cover and release Print Head Bracket to remove ribbon.

Close Print Head bracket.

Close Cover. Remove cards from Card Feeder.

2. Insert one Pre-Saturated Cleaning Card

(provided) through slot on the side of the Card Feeder Cover.

3.Press the right Panel Button for a few seconds. The card will feed into printer and carry out the cleaning process. Repeat the process with a new Cleaning Card if necessary.

Note: For a printer cleaning prior to the WHEN TO CLEAN signal, press the Left Panel Button until the LCD screen shows "CLEANING MENU". Press the right Panel Button to select and one more time again to run the cleaning process (Repeat first steps 1 & 2 above).

Although the CLEAN PRINTER message is displayed until the cleaning process has been performed, the printer will continue to operate.

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Contents P420 Page Return Materials Authorization ForewordCopyright Notice TrademarksIndustry Canada Notice Warranty InformationDeclarations of Conformity Introduction P420 Printer ModelsIcons InjuryTable of Contents Viii Getting Started Unpacking your card printerPrinter Driver Disk floppy or/and CD Indicators and Controls LEDPrinter Installation Place the printer’s power switch in the OFF PositionPrinter Features OperationLoading Ribbons Supply Spindle Loading Cards Card FeederOperation Install Card Cleaning Cartridge Card Thickness Control Lever HOW to Maintain Rejected Card BoxOperation Feeding one card at a time Printing a Test Card Printer Menu Information P420 LCD Menu TreeReady Page Printing Sample Card Printing a Sample Card To install the P420 Printer Driver in Windows NT4.0 Printing a sample card Cleaning Protect Your Factory WarrantyCleaning System HOW to CleanCleaning the Print Head Card Cleaning Cartridge When to MaintainSlot Troubleshooting Interpreting LCD Display messagesPrinting Black Reject BOX Full Print Quality Issues Solution∙Printing shows very pale or inconsistent results ∙No printing on the card Technical Specifications Card Dimensions Electrical Technical Specifications Appendix a Magnetic Card Stripe EncoderMedia Loading Orientation Magnetic Encoder Cleaning Appendix B Smart Card Contact StationMedia Loading Orienta Tion Ribbons Accessories & suppliesAppendix C Cards Accessories 980292-001A