Zebra Technologies P420 user manual Printing Black

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SCREEN MESSAGE

MEANING

ACTION

 

 

 

PRINTING BLACK

A monochrome panel is

 

 

being printed

 

 

 

 

PRINTING VARNISH

The overlay is printing

 

 

 

 

PRINT

A hologram overlay is

 

HOLOGRAM

printing

 

 

 

 

CLEAN PRINTER

The printer is prompting

Carry out the cleaning

procedure as detailed in

 

operator maintenance

section 4 of this manual

 

 

 

CLEAN MAG HEAD

The printer is prompting

Carry out the cleaning

operator

procedure as detailed in

 

 

Appendix A of this manual

 

 

 

CLEANING

The printer is performing an

 

internal cleaning routine

 

 

 

 

REMOVE RIBBON

The ribbon has not been

Remove ribbon

removed while the cleaning

 

 

 

operation is in progress

 

 

 

 

OUT OF RIBBON

The printer ribbon has run out

Replace printer ribbon

 

 

 

 

 

MECHANICAL

The printer has an error

Remove the jammed card.

Ensure that the card is not

ERROR

moving the card internally

out of specification

 

 

 

 

OUT OF CARD

The card feeder is empty

Add more cards or adjust

the card feeder to accept

 

 

 

the cards

 

 

 

ROTATION ERROR

The printer has an error

Remove card

 

moving the card in the flip

 

 

 

 

 

COVER OPEN

The cover is open

Close the cover

 

 

 

HEAD OPEN

The print head is not locked

Lock the print head in its

lower position

 

into position

 

 

 

 

 

 

The data being sent from the

Check that the data is

COMMAND ERROR

host is not recognised

suitable for printing. Try re-

printing a card from known

 

 

 

 

'good' data

 

 

 

PARAMETERS

The features of the card are

Check the Windows driver

options and printer type

ERROR

not recognised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TROUBLESHOOTING

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Contents P420 Page Foreword Return Materials AuthorizationCopyright Notice TrademarksDeclarations of Conformity Warranty InformationIndustry Canada Notice P420 Printer Models IntroductionInjury IconsTable of Contents Viii Unpacking your card printer Getting StartedPrinter Driver Disk floppy or/and CD LED Indicators and ControlsPlace the printer’s power switch in the OFF Position Printer InstallationOperation Printer FeaturesLoading Ribbons Supply Spindle Card Feeder Loading CardsOperation Install Card Cleaning Cartridge Card Thickness Control Lever Rejected Card Box HOW to MaintainOperation Feeding one card at a time Printing a Test Card P420 LCD Menu Tree Printer Menu InformationReady Page Printing Sample Card Printing a Sample Card To install the P420 Printer Driver in Windows NT4.0 Printing a sample card Protect Your Factory Warranty CleaningHOW to Clean Cleaning SystemCleaning the Print Head When to Maintain Card Cleaning CartridgeSlot Interpreting LCD Display messages TroubleshootingPrinting Black Reject BOX Full Solution Print Quality Issues∙Printing shows very pale or inconsistent results ∙No printing on the card Technical Specifications Card Dimensions Electrical Technical Specifications Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder Appendix aMedia Loading Orientation Magnetic Encoder Cleaning Smart Card Contact Station Appendix BMedia Loading Orienta Tion Appendix C Accessories & suppliesRibbons Cards Accessories 980292-001A