Zebra Technologies P720 Laminator User Manual


 
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Card
Printer
Solutions
General information
Getting started
Operation
Cleaning
Specifications
Appendix A
Appendix B
Troubleshooting
Printing a card
Dual-sided Lamination
P720 Plastic Card Printer
Appendix C
2 • 10 Understand the Lamination process
Five roller systems drive the card through the laminator station. The rollers are positioned so that the card is always
in contact with at least two rollers during the laminating and cooling processes. Two optical sensors locate the card
during laminating and cooling processes.
The first process in the laminating station is the synchronization of the card. The first roller and the first optical
sensor synchronize the position of the front edge of the card.
The second step of the process is the separation and the synchronization of the patches. Two rollers drive the patches
in each cassette and separate them. Then the patches are driven and synchronized in X and then in Y by two stacking
rollers thanks to four optical sensors which detect the edge of the patches.
The third step of the process is the application of the patches on the top and the bottom of the card by the stacking
rollers.
The fourth step in the process is the simultaneous heating of the card & patches assembly by the two hot rollers at
the same time. These rollers are independently temperature controlled.
The fifth step of the process is the cooling. The card enters the fourth roller, and the cooling cycle starts.
Then the card is exited by the laminator station and drops into the output hopper
Do Not Touch the Sensors.