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Persona C10/M10 ID Card Printer Service Manual (Rev. 4.0)
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Making Mechanical Adjustments to the Printhead (continued)
Symptom Overall printed image looks broken up and/or faded.
Solution: The ribbon deflector on the Printhead may be too low.
Step Procedure
1 Open the Top Cover.
2 Loosen the two Screws (Item 1, below) that hold the ribbon deflector (Item 2,
below) in place.
3 Locate the adjustment screws for the ribbon deflector (Item 3, below).
4 Turn each adjustment screw 1/8-turn clockwise if the entire card is faded. Turn
each screw the same amount. If one side of the card is faded, turn the
adjustment screw on that side of the card 1/8-turn clockwise.
5 Tighten the screws loosened in step 2. Do not overtighten them.
6 Close the Top Cover.
7 Print a sample card.
8 Repeat steps 1-7 until the image is correct.