About the Printer, Outside of the printer | Datacard Group RP90

About the Printer

About the Printer

The Datacard® RP90 Plus E card printer uses retransfer printing technology to produce high-quality, edge-to-edge printing on one or both sides of a variety of PVC and non-PVC card surfaces, including contact and contactless smart cards. The retransfer printing process uses two ribbon types –a color ink ribbon and a retransfer film. The ink ribbon is available in YMCK (Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, and Black) or YMCKK format. The printer uses these colors to print images on the retransfer film, and a heat roller to transfer the image onto a card. The printer can be equipped with optional magnetic stripe and smart card capabilities.

The outside of the printer

Printer door	Open the door to access the ink ribbon and retransfer film
	cartridges.
Printer LCD panel	Shows the printer status and any messages. Use it to change
	printer settings. (You can also use the driver Status Monitor, if
	installed, to change some printer settings.)
Door latch	Slide the latch to the right to open the printer door.
Card hopper	Load blank cards.
Power switch	Press the switch to power on the printer.
Fan filter	Helps reduce airborne contaminates entering the printer.
Card discharge slot	Cards removed from the print area exit here. If the optional RL90
	laminator is installed, cards exit the printer and enter the laminator
	here.
Smart card module	An optional smart card module is available.
Card stacker	Printed cards exit here. If the optional laminator is installed, the
	card stacker is attached below the laminator’s card discharge slot.

2	RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide

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Datacard Group RP90, RL90 manual About the Printer, Outside of the printer

Contents

User Guide Regulatory compliance Contents Messages RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Safety Liability statementSafe environment Safe human interface Who to call for assistance Introduction1About this manual About the Printer Outside of the printer Inside of the printer Back of the printer About the laminator Parts of the laminator About the laminator RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Using the printer Load Supplies Load cardsTips Handling cards See Supplies on page 67 for specific card information Load ink ribbon Tips Handling ink ribbon Load retransfer film Tips Handling retransfer film Load laminate Tips Handling patchOr topcoat material See Laminator material on Power on Check the PC connection Optional laminator connection LCD sequence on laminator startup Power on the laminatorTips for laminator power LCD sequence on printer startup Power on the printerTips for printer power Prepare to print cards Initialize the ink ribbonSet the retransfer film type Tips Ink ribbon Initialize the retransfer film Print cards using ID software Printing cards Print from a PC application Tips Printing Printing cards RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Viewing and changing Printer settings Setup tab Printing Preferences Encode tab Tips Card cleaning roller Printing Properties Tips for Success Status MonitorOpen the Status Monitor Close the Status Monitor Printer Status tab See Status monitor messages on Printer Setting tabIcon Status Icon Color Meaning Retransfer tab Bend Remedy tab Media Setting tab Display Reasons for ink recognition error and the solutions Property tab Printer Select tab See Hopper jam on page 52 to remove Status monitor messagesOthers tab See Turnover jam on page 53 to remove See Retransfer section jam on page 54 toMending broken ink ribbon or retransfer Film on Correctly see Load retransfer film on Power on the printer on page 15 Ink ribbon on Initialize the ink ribbon on Printer LCD panel on Using the LCD menusAbout the Printer LCD panel Heat roller on page 45 or Cleaning the magnetic Using the Printer LCD panelMagnetic stripe cards. See Cleaning the card feed rollers Menu Display Menu Display USB See Preparing the printer and laminator for transport About the Laminator LCD panel Menu Using the Laminator LCD panel Laminator on page 49 for more information Taking care of your printer Cleaning the printer Cleaning the card cleaning rollersCard feed roller Load cards on Power on the printer. See Power on the printer on Cleaning the card feed rollers and heat rollerTips Cleaning card feed and heat rollers Cleaning the magnetic head Tips -Magnetic head cleaning card Tips Thermal head Cleaning the thermal headCleaning printer fan filters Preparing the printer and laminator for transport Tips Laminator cleaning card Cleaning the laminatorRun a laminator cleaning card Cleaning the laminator cartridge Laminator fan filter Messages Error recovery Printer roller layout Printer error recovery Hopper jam Turnover jam Tips Turnover jam Retransfer section jam Tips Retransfer jam Mending broken ink ribbon or retransfer film Ribbon on page 16 or Initialize the retransfer film on Bend remedy printer settings Bend remedyTips -Bend Remedy Remedy tab on Bend remedy laminator settings To set the laminator Card Fan See Cleaning the card feed rollers and heat Printer LCD messagesSee Hopper jam on See Turnover jam on Mending broken ink ribbon or retransfer film See Cleaning the card cleaning rollers on As described in Operating environment on Described in Retransfer section jam on Tips Laminator card jam Laminator error recoveryCard jam Align the end of the supply material with Patch position Change the left-to-right position Laminator LCD messages LCD Message Possible Cause Solution Supplies6 Ink ribbon, retransfer film, and laminator material CardsInk ribbon Retransfer film Card material Cleaning suppliesCard size RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Site requirements Tips Site selection Site guidelinesOperating environment Ventilation clearance Storage Environment for supplies Printer specifications Laminator specifications RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Magnetic Stripe Encoding Inline Encoding on Character Code Table on Tip for success Inline EncodingExample Character Code Table DEL Character Code Table RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Compliance FCC Regulatory compliance Design and information contained in these June