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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
5
TROUBLESHOOTING
This section offers solutions to potential problems you may experience with your P720 printer. The table below lists
the screen messages that will be displayed on the printer’s LCD, both during normal operation and to alert operator
of any error conditions. Note that a beeper will sound in case of a mechanical error or consumable error: OUT OF
CARD, OUT OF RIBBON, ROTATION ERROR, HEAD OPEN, COVER OPEN, TEMPERATURE ERROR, MECHANICAL
ERROR, MAGNETIC ERROR, READING ERROR.
There is also some additional information dealing with quality issues concerning printing onto cards.
5 • 1 Interpreting LCD Display messages
A • About the Printing Station
SCREEN MESSAGE
INITIALIZING
READY
WAIT TEMPERATURE
SELF TEST
DOWNLOADING DATA
PRINTING YELLOW
PRINTING MAGENTA
PRINTING CYAN
MEANING
The printer is performing
an internal test before use
Ready for use
Print Head cool down
mode
Self test card printing
The card data is being
transmitted
The yellow panel is being
printed
The magenta panel is
being printed
The cyan panel is being
printed
ACTION
Wait for the ready message
Wait for card printing to start