TROUBLESHOOTING5 | Zebra Technologies P520 specification

TROUBLESHOOTING5

This section offers solutions to potential problems you may experience with your P520 printer. The table below lists the screen messages that will be displayed on the printer’s LCD, both during normal operation and to alert operator of any error conditions. There is also some additional information dealing with quality issues concerning printing onto cards.

5 • 1 Interpreting LCD Display messages

A • About the Printing Station

	SCREEN MESSAGE	MEANING	ACTION

	INITIALIZING	The printer is performing	Wait for the ready message
	INITIALIZING	an internal test before use	Wait for the ready message
		an internal test before use
	READY	Ready for use

	WAIT TEMPERATURE	Print Head cool down
	WAIT TEMPERATURE	mode
		mode
	SELF TEST	Self test card printing	Wait for card printing to start

	DOWNLOADING DATA	The card data is being
	DOWNLOADING DATA	transmitted
	PRINTING YELLOW	The yellow panel is being
	PRINTING YELLOW	printed
		printed
	PRINTING MAGENTA	The magenta panel is
	PRINTING MAGENTA	being printed
		being printed
	PRINTING CYAN	The cyan panel is being
	PRINTING CYAN	printed
		printed

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Contents

User’s Manual P520 For Europe, Asia and Pacific For USA and Latin America European Council Directive Compliance to Standards Warranty Information Thank you for choosing the Eltron P520 Plastic Card Printer Power CordSmart Card Magnetic Encoder Icons Table of Contents Appendix a Unpacking your card printer Getting STARTED1 Getting Started Indicators and Control Printer Installation OPERATION2 Printer Features Loading Printing Ribbons Operation Loading Lamination Patch Card Feeder Loading Cards Operation Install Card Cleaning Cartridge Card thickness Card Thickness Control LeverCard Output Hopper HOW to Maintain When to MaintainRejected Card Box Operation Feeding one card at a time Front Side Printer Operation Back Side Laminator Operation Printing a Test Card Menu Button NEXTleft Clear Button SELECTright Printer Menu Information Print Parameters Printer Defaults Menu Tree Printing station continuation Firmware Patch ClearOff st +100 Peel off Printing a Sample 3CARD Printing a Sample Card Set Printer Driver Options To install the P520 Printer Driver in windows 2000/NT4.0 Front Side Back Side Printing a sample card Protect Your Factory Warranty CLEANING4 When to Clean Cleaning SystemHOW to Clean Cleaning the Print Head Cleaning the Laminator Rollers Card Cleaning Cartridge Cleaning Interpreting LCD Display messages TROUBLESHOOTING5 Screen Message Meaning Action Printing Black Reject BOX Full About the Laminator Station Solution Print Quality Issues Printing shows blurry printed image. Possible Cause No printing on the card General Technical SPECIFICATIONS6 Card Dimensions Interfaces Centronic Cable Interface Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder AppendixIntroduction Media Loading Orientation ISO Standard Encoding Magnetic Encoder Cleaning Appendix B Smart Card Contact Station Smart Card Contact Station Interface Smart Card Pins Contact Points Ribbons for Printing only Accessories & Supplies Ribbons for Printing and Lamination Printing Station Cards for Printing only Cards for Printing and LaminationPatches for Lamination Printer supplies Cleaning SuppliesDocumentation Miscellaneous Corporate Headquarters Zebra Technologies Corporation Eltron Card Printer ProductsZebra Technologies Corporation