FARGO electronic C16 Resolving the Ribbon Breaking issues continued, Step, Procedure

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Resolving the Ribbon Breaking issues (continued)

Step

Procedure

 

 

2

Determine where the ribbon is breaking.

 

a.

Open the Top Print Cover.

 

b.

Remove the ribbon from the Printer.

 

c.

Inspect the ribbon at the break point.

 

 

If the Ribbon broke before any print was applied to the card, continue to

 

 

Step 3.

 

 

If the Ribbon broke after applying the print to the card, continue to Step 4.

 

 

3

Adjust the Image Placement.

 

a.

Reset the Printer to clear any Error Messages by removing Power and

 

 

reapplying.

 

b.

Open the Printer Control Panel from the Computer.

 

 

If using Windows 95/98/ME, right click on the C11_C16 Card Printer Icon

 

 

and select Properties.

 

 

If using Windows NT 4.0, right click on the C11_C16 Card Printer and

 

 

select Document Defaults.

 

 

If using Windows 2000/XP, right click on the C11_C16 Card Printer and

 

 

select Printing Preferences.

 

c.

Click the Calibrate tab.

 

d.

Click on the Settings button. (See the next page.)

 

e.

Adjust the Image Placement setting by -10.

 

f.

Click on OK.

 

g.

Print a Self-Test.

 

h.

After adjusting the Image Placement, if a white edge appears on the card,

 

 

adjust the image placement back toward its original value in increments of 2

 

 

until the white edge is gone.

 

 

 

 

 

Continued on the next page

Persona￿ C16 Card Printer Service Manual (Rev. 5.0)

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