Zebra Technologies P520 user manual Cleaning System, When to Clean, HOW to Clean

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4 • 1 Cleaning System

Your P520 Printer includes a simple cleaning system using the Pre-Satured Cleaning Cards provided.The regular use of these cards will clean and maintain important parts of your printer that cannot be reached: including the Print Head, the Lamination station and Transport Rollers.

CLEAN PRINTER

WHEN TO CLEAN

When the LCD screen reports messages.

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 User’s Manual P520 For USA and Latin America For Europe, Asia and PacificWarranty Information European Council Directive Compliance to StandardsPower Cord Thank you for choosing the Eltron P520 Plastic Card PrinterSmart Card Magnetic EncoderIcons Table of Contents Appendix a Getting STARTED1 Unpacking your card printerGetting Started Indicators and Control Printer Installation Printer Features OPERATION2Loading Printing Ribbons Operation Loading Lamination Patch Loading Cards Card FeederInstall Card Cleaning Cartridge OperationCard Output Hopper Card Thickness Control LeverCard thickness Rejected Card Box When to MaintainHOW to Maintain Operation Feeding one card at a time Printing a Test Card Front Side Printer Operation Back Side Laminator OperationPrinter Menu Information Menu Button NEXTleft Clear Button SELECTrightPrinter Defaults Print ParametersMenu Tree Printing station continuation Patch Clear FirmwareOff st +100 Peel offPrinting a Sample 3CARD Printing a Sample Card To install the P520 Printer Driver in windows 2000/NT4.0 Set Printer Driver OptionsPrinting a sample card Front Side Back SideCLEANING4 Protect Your Factory WarrantyHOW to Clean Cleaning SystemWhen to Clean Cleaning the Print Head Cleaning the Laminator Rollers Card Cleaning Cartridge Cleaning TROUBLESHOOTING5 Interpreting LCD Display messagesScreen Message Meaning Action Printing Black Reject BOX Full About the Laminator Station Print Quality Issues SolutionPrinting shows blurry printed image. Possible Cause No printing on the card Technical SPECIFICATIONS6 GeneralCard Dimensions Interfaces Centronic Cable Interface Introduction AppendixMagnetic Card Stripe Encoder Media Loading Orientation Magnetic Encoder Cleaning ISO Standard EncodingSmart Card Contact Station Appendix BSmart Card Pins Contact Points Smart Card Contact Station InterfaceAccessories & Supplies Ribbons for Printing onlyRibbons for Printing and Lamination Printing Station Patches for Lamination Cards for Printing and LaminationCards for Printing only Cleaning Supplies Printer suppliesDocumentation MiscellaneousZebra Technologies Corporation Zebra Technologies Corporation Eltron Card Printer ProductsCorporate Headquarters