Zebra ZXP 9 Series - Page 4

ii ZXP Series 9 Card Printer Service Manual P1086708-001
Operation .......................................................................................................................79
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................79
Printing a Test Card..............................................................................................................................80
Manual Card Feed ...............................................................................................................................83
Operator Control Panel (OCP) ............................................................................................................. 85
Printer Menu Information ............................................................................................................... 86
Retrieving a Rejected Card .................................................................................................................. 94
Messages .............................................................................................................................................95
Operational .................................................................................................................................... 95
Warning Messages ........................................................................................................................ 96
Error Messages .............................................................................................................................96
Replacing the Laminate .......................................................................................................................97
Removing the Laminate Cassette(s) .............................................................................................97
Loading the Laminate ..........................................................................................................................99
Theory of Operation ...................................................................................................105
Card Movement During Printing .........................................................................................................105
Printing Technologies and Ribbons ....................................................................................................107
Dye Sublimation Printing .............................................................................................................109
Thermal Transfer Printing ............................................................................................................ 109
Retransfer Process ..................................................................................................................... 110
Block Diagram .................................................................................................................................... 112
Main PCBA (CPU) Connections ......................................................................................................... 113
Laminator PCBA Connections ........................................................................................................... 115
Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 117
Cleaning the Printer ........................................................................................................................... 118
When to Clean ............................................................................................................................. 118
Rollers ......................................................................................................................................... 118
Platen ..........................................................................................................................................120
Replacing the Cleaning Rollers ...................................................................................................120
Cleaning the Laminator ...................................................................................................................... 121
When to Clean .............................................................................................................................121
Laminator .....................................................................................................................................121
Cleaning the Printhead ......................................................................................................................126
Magnetic Encoder Cleaning ............................................................................................................... 127
Troubleshooting .........................................................................................................129
OCP Error Messages ......................................................................................................................... 129
Clearing a Card Jam ..........................................................................................................................139
Printer .......................................................................................................................................... 139
Laminator .....................................................................................................................................140
OCP Test Cards .................................................................................................................................142
Identifying Job Quality Issues ............................................................................................................143
Print Quality Issues ......................................................................................................................143
Transfer Quality Issues ................................................................................................................144
Ethernet Indicators—Detail ................................................................................................................146
Setting Custom Card Specications ........................................................................147
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................147
Process ..............................................................................................................................................148
Adjustments .......................................................................................................................................150
Overview ......................................................................................................................................150
Partial Transfer ............................................................................................................................152
Warpage ......................................................................................................................................154
Laminator Adjustments ................................................................................................................ 159
Network Operations ...................................................................................................161
Printer Connections ...........................................................................................................................162