CP60 and CP60 Plus Service Manual 4-1
Chapter 4: Troubleshooting
This chapter provides information for troubleshooting problems with
the CP60 and CP60 Plus card printers.
General Notes___________________________________________________________________ 4-2
General Troubleshooting Procedures _____________________________________________ 4-2
Non-Clearing Repetitive Messages_____________________________________________________4-2
Troubleshooting Sensors _______________________________________________________________4-3
Troubleshooting Motors _______________________________________________________________4-4
Testing General DC Motors ________________________________________________________4-4
Testing the Ribbon and Pick Motors_________________________________________________4-5
Testing the Cam Motor ____________________________________________________________4-5
Testing the Printhead Fan__________________________________________________________4-6
Testing Transport and Duplex Motors________________________________________________4-6
Troubleshooting Other Devices ________________________________________________________4-6
Testing the Smart Card Solenoid____________________________________________________4-6
Testing the Duplex Clutch__________________________________________________________4-7
Diagnosing the Duplex Interface Board_____________________________________________4-8
Diagnosing the Ribbon RFID Antenna_______________________________________________4-8
Performance Problems___________________________________________________________ 4-9
Printer Initialization Errors_______________________________________________________________4-9
Card Jams at Card Input_____________________________________________________________4-10
Card Stalls at Output Stacker_________________________________________________________4-10
Card Jams in Printing Area ___________________________________________________________4-11
Ribbon Break Errors __________________________________________________________________4-12
Error Codes ____________________________________________________________________ 4-13
Error Code Prefixes___________________________________________________________________4-13
General Notes_______________________________________________________________________4-13
Driver API (AP)_______________________________________________________________________4-14
Printer Driver Errors (DR)_______________________________________________________________4-14
Input Errors (IS)_______________________________________________________________________4-17
Duplex Module Errors (DM) ___________________________________________________________4-17
System Errors (SY) ____________________________________________________________________4-18
Magnetic Stripe Errors (MS) ___________________________________________________________4-19
Print Errors (PR)_______________________________________________________________________4-24
Smart Card Errors (SC)________________________________________________________________4-26