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RIO 2e, TANGO 2e & TANGO +L Printers USER MANUAL
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10. Cleaning your Printer
Cleaning is Important
Cleaning is Easy and Inexpensive
The Magicard Cleaning System
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The
most important thing
you can do to
ensure card print quality
and the
ongoing reliable
operation
of your printer is to
perform regular cleaning cycles
to remove dust and debris from the
print rollers.
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Plastic cards attract dust. Dust then gets ‘printed’ into the card surface causing unsightly blemishes
and
possible damage to the printhead.
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Your Magicard printer has built-in cleaning rollers to remove dust from the card stock. These rollers
need to be cleaned
periodically to remove the dust and debris accumulations.
There are three main parts to your printer’s cleaning system - a Cleaning Card, a Cleaning Roller and a Cleaning Pen:
1.
You use a Cleaning Card to remove dirt from the print path. This should be used after every 350 prints
(every time you replace your ribbon). If you print only a few cards a day, we recommend that you clean
the printer more often.
2.
There is a disposable Cleaning Roller in the printer, which should be replaced after every 1000 prints
(roughly after using 3 rolls of ribbon).
3.
There is also a Cleaning Pen, which is used to clean the printhead. We recommend you use this if any lines are seen on printed cards.
To clean your printer, follow the three main steps below.
If you have not already done so,
order a cleaning kit
– see the ‘Cleaning Supplies’ box on the next page.
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A clean printer produces better quality cards, as dust and dirt are not present when the card is being printed.
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A clean printer is much less likely to require factory maintenance, and the print head in your printer will last for many years of normal
use. Remember, large particles of dirt can damage the printhead.
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Magnetic encoding suffers when rollers are not clean.
