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Day-to-day printer use
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Performing a cleaning cycle
The rollers on the printer should be cleaned whenever the print quality
decreases. Typically this will be after printing from 5 to 50 cards, depending
on the environment in which the printer is used. For ImageCard and
UltraGrafix Express printers, the default is 20 cards; for the S and S2 models,
it is 40 cards. You might want to clean more frequently if:
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The cards, especially magnetic stripe cards, have particles on them
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A monochrome ribbon is used
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The printer is operated in a relatively dirty environment
Use a standard cleaning card (part number 557297-001) for cleaning (see
Figure 3:-9). To order cleaning cards, contact your DataCard representative.
Clean the rollers
1.
Remove the card cartridge.
2.
Remove the ribbon cartridge.
a)
Lift open the top cover.
b)
Press down on the swing arm. The push latch will release the
swing arm. Lift the swing arm until it is fully open.
c)
Grasp the ribbon cartridge handle and lift up to remove the
ribbon cartridge (see Figure
3:-11
).
If you do not remove the ribbon cartridge and the ribbon sticks to
the cleaning card, remove the cleaning card and repeat this
procedure with a new cleaning card.
3.
Peel the protective paper backing from both sides of the cleaning
card.
4.
Orient the cleaning card:
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If your printer has the smart card option and it is an Express or S
model, orient the cleaning card so that the side facing up shows a
picture of a plastic card with a smart card chip (see Figure 3:-9).
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Otherwise, orient the card so that the side showing only an arrow
faces up (as shown in Figure 3:-10).
