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HDP600 High Definition Card Printer/Encoder User Guide (Rev. 2.3)
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Reviewing HDP
600 Series Card Printer - Sequence of Operations (continued)
Step Process
12
The Fan turns ON as required to keep head cool.
13
The Ribbon Drives, Film Drive and Print Platen Stepper turn ON and the Printhead
burns the image data until the image data is depleted. All stop. (Note: The Ribbon
Encoders and Film Encoders are active during this step.)
14
The Headlift Motor engages, moving the Printhead up until the Headlift Sensor is
activated. All stop.
15
The Ribbon Drives and Film Ribbon Drive advance until the Print Ribbon Encoder
sees acceleration at release. (Note: The Ribbon Encoders are active during this
step.)
16
The Ribbon Drives move until the Print Ribbon Position Sensor finds the next
panel. All Motors stop. (Note: The Ribbon Encoder is active during this step.)
17
The Film ribbon drive turns ON until the images portion of the Film is positioned
before the Printhead, using the Film Print Alignment Sensor. All stop. (Note: The
Film Encoder is active during this step.)
18
The Headlift Motor engages, moving Printhead down until the Headlift Sensor is
activated. All stop.
19
Ribbon Drive, Film Ribbon Drive and Stepper all turn ON and the Printhead burns
image data until the image data is depleted. All stop. (Note: The Ribbon Encoders
and Film Encoders are active during this step.)
20
The Ribbon Drive, Film Drive and Print Platen Stepper engage until print Ribbon
Encoder sees acceleration at release. (Note: The Ribbon Encoders are active
during this step.)
21
The Headlift Motor engages, moving the Printhead up until the Headlift Sensor is
activated. All stop. (Note: This step is not performed after the last Color/Heat Seal
Panel is printed.)
22
Repeat Steps 9 to 14 for the appropriate number of color/heat seal panels.
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