Amano CP-3000, User Manual

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CP-3000 User’s Guide
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Card Cannot Enter or Card Blocked
When you insert a time card into the card throat, the feed motor will
grasp it and pull it down to be printed. The feed motor will attempt to
grasp the card a maximum of three times. If the third attempt fails, a
long beep will sound, the feed motor will shut off, and the card must be
manually removed from the card throat.
If a card is blocked or stuck inside the card throat after the imprint has
been printed, the feed motor will attempt to flush out the card a maximum
of three times. If the card is still inside the card throat after the third
attempt, the feed motor will shut down, leaving the card inside the unit.
After a minute change on the display or when the user presses one of
the keys, the CP-3000 will automatically retry to flush out the card. If the
card is unable to be flushed out by the feed motor, it must be manually
removed.
Both of these conditions are symptoms of the card throat width being too
narrow. The card throat width adjustment must be done at both the upper
and lower positions, each having a gap of 0.0197” (0.5 mm) between the
card and the card guide.
Card Refused, Date and Time in Display
If a time card is inserted into the card throat, refused, and a beep
sounds, the time card is too short. The time card sensors compare the
top margin of the time card with the imprint position. If it can not reach
this imprint position, the unit will beep and refuse the card.
Imprint Problems
Overprint
The column position block in the imprint is used by the CP-3000 to
prevent overprinting. If your CP-3000 is overprinting, any one of the
following may be the cause:

The time card was pushed, pulled, or moved during the printing
cycle causing the time card sensors to misinterpret the
Column
Position Block.

The card throat pocket width is too wide.

The quality of the ribbon is poor. The system can not detect a
weak column position block.