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Fargo Printers Cleaning and Maintenance
Cleaning and Maintenance of Fargo Printers
Fargo cleaning cards are designed to clean the internal components of Fargo card printers. These printers are commonly used for printing ID cards, membership cards, and other types of plastic cards. Over time, the printer’s internal components, such as the print head and rollers, can become contaminated with dust, debris, and other particles. This can cause poor print quality and even damage the printer if left unattended. Fargo cleaning cards are easy to use and help maintain the printer’s performance.
Here are the steps to use a Fargo cleaning card:
- Turn off the printer – Before using the cleaning card, make sure the printer is turned off and unplugged from the power source.
- Open the printer cover – Open the printer cover to access the printer’s internal components. Refer to the printer manual for specific instructions on how to open the printer cover.
- Remove the ribbon – Remove the ribbon from the printer. This will expose the print head, which is the component that needs to be cleaned.
- Open the cleaning card package – Open the cleaning card package and remove the cleaning card.
- Insert the cleaning card – Insert the cleaning card into the printer’s card feeder or slot, depending on the printer model. Make sure the cleaning card is inserted in the correct direction.
- Close the printer cover – Close the printer cover and make sure it is securely closed.
- Turn on the printer – Turn on the printer and wait for it to complete its startup process. The cleaning card will be automatically fed through the printer’s internal components.
- Discard the cleaning card – Once the cleaning card has been fed through the printer, discard it properly. Do not reuse cleaning cards.
- Replace the ribbon – After the cleaning process is complete, replace the ribbon and any other components that were removed.
- Test the printer – Print a test card to ensure that the printer is working properly.
It is recommended to use a Fargo cleaning card every time a new ribbon is installed in the printer or every 1000 card prints. This will ensure that the printer’s internal components are clean and functioning properly.
A.Model: IDPrinter Cleaning Kit 081518
81518 Cleaning Kit -4 print head cleaning pens, 50 Adhesive cleaning cards, and 50 cleaning wipes(pads). 4225 / 4250 / C10 / C11 / C16 / C25 /…
Model: DTC Printer Cleaning Kit 081593
81593/86003 Cleaning Kit printhead cleaning pens, card roller cleaning cards, and cleaning pads(cleaning wipes) – for Fargo DTC550 printers.
2. Use of cleaning tools
To keep your card printer in top working condition, perform maintenance cleaning after every roll of ribbon or 250 prints.
The tools in the cleaning kit can help you complete standard cleaning steps more efficiently and thoroughly. Please clean your printer properly according to the following methods. entire
The entire The cleaning process will only take a few minutes of your time.
- 4 cleaning pens pre-soaked with 99.99% acetone alcohol.
- 50 cleaning cards are used to clean the cleaning wheels inside the machine.
- 50 pieces of cleaning gauze pre-soaked with 99.99% isopropyl alcohol are used to clean the transmission wheel inside the machine.
Have you noticed an unprinted line on your printed card, if so then it’s time to clean your print head.
The print head should be cleaned every time the printer prints 250 sheets to ensure the print quality.
1. Open the top cover of the printer.
2. Use the print head cleaning pen to gently wipe the glass body of the print head several times to remove the accumulated dust on the print head.
3. Close the upper cover of the printer after cleaning. If the line still exists, please refer to the user manual for further cleaning of the print head.
How to clean the print head
Cleaning project use: cleaning pen
Printhead cleaning pen contains Isopropanol alcohol proven to effectively clean the printhead from dirt, ink, and other contaminants that have built up over time.
The pressure bearing wheel of the printer should be cleaned after changing a roll or printing 250 cards. If the surface of the pressure bearing wheel of the printer looks dirty, it should be cleaned in time. Press
Please Follow the steps below to clean the printer pressure rollers.
1. Open the top cover of the printer.
2. Remove the ribbon (and transfer film).
3. Find the black pressure wheel.
4. When cleaning, press the On/Cancel (On Off) or Pause/Resume (On-Line) key to rotate the pressure bearing wheel, and wipe it over with a clean gauze.
5. Wait for the pressure roller to dry before loading the ribbon.
How to clean the pressure roller
Cleaning items use: cleaning gauze
(Persona series pressure bearing rollers)
After printing 250 cards, all drive wheels need to be cleaned once.
1. Remove the ribbon and card from the printer. This cleaning program also keeps the cleaning rollers clean.
2. Open the top cover of the machine.
3. Peel off a thin layer of paper on the cleaning card.
4. Press the “Pause/Resume” or “On/Cancel” button, and insert the cleaning card from the card slot (with the sticky side up). Push as far as possible into the machine until the card
is conveyed into the machine. If the cleaning card has a sticky side down, it will stick to the card tray and will not get inside the machine.
5. Keep pressing the “On/Cancel” button until the cleaning card passes through the printer. Repeat this cleaning process if necessary.
Cleaning method of driving rollers
Cleaning item use: cleaning card
Regular maintenance costs for maintaining Evolis card printers. Keeping the printer transfer rollers clean can help improve print quality.
(Persona series driving rollers)
Put the cleaning rollers into your printer, the cleaning rollers will absorb the dust particles on the card during printing, which will prolong the life of your print head and improve the quality of your punching card.
Watch out for a lot of dust particles on your cleaning rollers, or clean it after every 250 cards are printed.
Note your printer model, it may have one or two cleaning rollers.
- Open the top cover of the machine.
- Remove the ribbon and printer cleaning roller from the printer.
- Find and remove the cleaning roller between the two ribbon drive rollers.
4. Peel off a layer of thin paper on the cleaning card, stick the cleaning card to the cleaning rollers and drag the cleaning card overturned to make it absorb the dirt and dust on the cleaning rollers to the cleaning card.
ID Card Printer Cleaning Supplies
ID Card Printer Cleaning Supplies
Yousite carries cleaning kits for ID card printer manufacturers including Zebra (Eltron), Magicard, Fargo, Evolis, and Datacard.
ID Card Printer Cleaning Kits · CR80 Cleaning Card · Cleaning Swab · Cleaning Pen · T-XL Long Cleaning Card · Cleaning Wipes.
ID Card Printer Cleaning Kits · CR80 Cleaning Card · Cleaning Swab · Cleaning Pen · T-XL Long Cleaning Card · Cleaning Wipes.
Specifications
1. For all Card Readers, printers
2. Certificate
3. Pre-saturated and individually sealed
4. Reduces residue
Description
Thermal Printer Cleaning Card.
This specially designed cleaning card cleans thermal print heads that are not easily accessible.
The patented pre-saturated thermal printer cleaning card is saturated with 99.9% isopropyl alcohol. The safe, effective, spun-bonded card allows for the total migration of the cleaning solution and will not dry out before it gets the job done. Simply feed the card through the printer as you would any label or ticket stock, and it will remove contaminants from the print head, guide paths, and rollers.
The substrate material of the CR80 cleaning card is PVC, ISO coded, flocked on either side, pre-saturated with alcohol-free solution, and pouched in polyester laminated aluminum foil to provide excellent moisture vapor barrier properties.
1. Cleans efficiently due to brush cleaning effect.
2. Fewer machine failures due to effective dirt removal.
3. Easy handling
What Is The Cleaning Card For?
What Is The Cleaning Card For?
The Cleaning Card is essential to the consistent credit card and the debit card reads on your POS Terminal. A credit card has oils and dirt on its surface. With every swipe into your credit card reader, these contaminants are transferred into the card reader and onto the magnetic heads.
This accumulation of dirt and oils is 80% of the reason why these readers fail.
Every time a credit card transaction has manually entered the fees for that transaction are increased by as much as 2%.
The increase in fees and the time it takes for an employee to enter the number manually are essentially eliminated for a fraction of the cost with regular preventive maintenance.
The use of cleaning cards will prolong the life of the reader.
Widely used in various types of card printers, POSE machine card inlet cleaning, hotel access control system cleaning, IC card refueling machine cleaning, automatic ticket machines, etc.
Used in the cleaning and maintenance of magnetic card charging systems in transportation, banking, securities, industry and commerce, taxation, post and telecommunications, public security, medical care, insurance, energy, electricity, education, health, and various public places.
It is very easy to operate in use, simple to operate, and has a high cleaning effect. It can effectively remove the dust and dirt on the magnetic stripe of the card reader of the above machines and equipment, reduce the frequency of equipment failure and prolong the service life of the machine.
For Credit Card Readers
Designed to thoroughly clean the reading mechanism for credit card readers. A regular preventative maintenance program will eliminate misreads and keep customers happy. Available in both flat and waffle styles.
For Printheads
Designed to remove build-up and contaminants on the thermal printhead within the printer.
When cleaning the card printer, first open the printer to take out the color ribbon, then tear off the packaging bag, and put the cleaning card into the card input box of the printer. Open the printing preferences of the card printer driver, select the Tools tab, and click the Printer Self Cleaning button to clean. The card is automatically ejected after cleaning is completed.
Take out the cleaning swab, squeeze the stick of the cotton swab, and let the liquid flow out to the head of the cotton swab. Use a cotton swab to gently wipe the printer’s print head (wipe in one direction). Wait for the liquid to dry and the cleaning is complete.
Magicard Turbo Cleaning Kit #N9003-564MED. 50 cleaning cards; 3 printhead cleaning pens; For Magicard Turbo printers. All Magicard Printers.
And the static electricity generated by the machine equipment will attract dust to adhere. Those card reader devices will fail to read the card or in case of failure.
Therefore, it is necessary to perform manual maintenance and cleaning from time to time. But simple manual maintenance and cleaning are time-consuming and labor-intensive.
It is also expensive, and the cost performance is very low.
Yousite company has produced a cleaning product, mainly used to clean various card reader equipment. Just insert the cleaning card into the machine equipment, and it can effectively clean the inside of the card reader several times in a row, and clean the card reader. The material is microfiber, which will not cause damage to the inside of the card reader. It is cheap and easy to use. If you have relevant needs, please contact us in time.
Evolis & Datacard Cleaning Kit
Evolis & Datacard Cleaning Kit
Using our years of experience selling and servicing card printers, Yousite company has put together a set of printer cleaning kits that work as well as the name-brand kits, but cost a lot less!
The cleaning kit works with several Evolis card printers, including Evolis Tattoo, Pebble, Dualys, Securion, and Quantum printers, as well as Datacard SP and SD printers including Datacard SD260, SD360, SP35, SP55, and SP75 printers.
This printer cleaning kit by Yousite includes:
Evolis & Datacard Cleaning Kit Adhesive Cleaning Cards, Snap Swabs, Pen, and Wipes.
- Thermal Printer Cleaning Pen – Use the precise tip on this cleaning pen to remove ink and contamination buildup on your thermal printhead.
- Snap Swabs – Featuring spatula foam tips and a plastic reservoir filled with isopropyl alcohol, these swabs thoroughly clean your printhead.
- IPA Cleaning Cards – Coated with isopropyl alcohol, these cards should be run through your card printer every 1,000 card prints to remove dust and debris from your card transport rollers, clearing your print path.
- Wipes – Pre-saturated with cleaning fluid, these wipes remove debris from your paint rollers.
 | Wide Adhesive Card support machine models: JVC series card printers such as CX320/CX330, CX7000, XID8300, UV900, XID9300, 580ie; Prima4, etc. | |
 | Small cleaning card Supported machine models: Zebra’s P310, P420, P330i/P430i (need to be used with large cards); DataCard’s SP35, SP30 series card printers; Evolis’ pebble3/pebble4 series card printers; Magacard’s various card types printer. | |
 | Long cleaning card Supported machine models: Zebra’s P330i/P430i (need to be used with short cleaning cards) and other ZXP series card printers; MagaCard’s Enduro, Rio Pro series card printers. | |
 | Long adhesive card Supported machine models: Fargo HDP5000, HDP600, C30e, DTC, Evolis series card printers. | |
 Adhesive Cleaning Rollers | Cleaning Rollers Used for Zebra P series card printer cleaning wheel; special cleaning wheel for MAgCard; special cleaning wheel (cleaning roller) for DataCard. | |
 | Advanced Cleaning Kit (full printer cleaning) Presaturated T-cards, laminated cards, cleaning pens, presaturated cleaning wipes for the new Evolis card printers Zenius, Primacy and Elypso. | |
Where Is The CR80 Cleaning Card Used?
What is a CR80 cleaning card? How does a cleaning card cleaning affect you? These series of questions are bothering friends who know about the CR80 cleaning card. Yousite is to tell you so that you can fully understand what is cleaning card.
Where can the CR80 cleaning card be used?
The cleaning card cleans the read head and the entire track of a magnetic stripe reader in one pass. The card can be used in the insert, swipe, and motorized readers. Magnetic Card Reader are used extensively in various industries. These readers are a key component in ATMs, POS, Credit Cards, and Insert equipment.
What is a cleaning card?
Cleaning cards safely and easily remove dirt and other contaminants from within these devices without costly outside assistance.
The CR80 cleaning card is rarely introduced on the Internet. The cleaning card was soaked in alcohol. Because of its size, it is the same size as our usual cards, so it is rare in life.
Where is the CR80 cleaning card used?
Cleaning your Card Reader. it removes dirt, dust, and debris that could harm the sensitive electronics and moving parts within the printer.
We usually carry key card locks, credit card terminals, POS credit/debit card swipe readers, and ATM card readers. ID cards, bus cards, subway cards, and bank cards with us.
As long as we have these cards, the CR80 can come in handy.
How effective is the cleaning card?
CR80 is mainly used to clean the cleaning card at the entrance.
They are effective in removing lotions, magnetic oxides, dirt, and any other contaminants on your readers.
It can not only easily stick away the dust, but the alcohol is easy to volatilize after cleaning, and it is not easy to leave clean marks.
Yousite Technology is a professional manufacturer of CR80 cleaning cards, welcome to call us for negotiation!
Cleaning Cycle For Datacard CP40, CP60 and CP80 Card Printer
Cleaning cycle for Datacard CP40, CP60, and CP80 card printer.
Datacard CP40, CP60, and CP80 series card printers need to clean regularly. It is recommended to clean before a ribbon change or the print quality is poor. You need to prepare Yousite cleaning kits compatible with Datacard: 1 x CR80 cleaning card, and 1 x cleaning sleeve.
Entrust Datacard SP25/35/55/75/CP40/CP60/CP80 Plus Series Cleaning Supplies.
Cleaning The Printer. Run a cleaning card and change the cleaning sleeve when changing the print ribbon.
Then run the cleaning cycle as follow:
1. Open the printer cover, remove the print ribbon cartridge and remove the cleaning roller.
2. Remove the blank card stock from the input hopper.
3. Open the cleaning card package and remove the cleaning card.
4. Insert the cleaning card into the printer.
5. Select the “Cleaning Card” option and press the “enter” button.
6. When the cleaning cycle has been completed, replace the ribbon, replace the cleaning sleeve, and remove the protective paper, then place it back in the printer.
7. Close the cover and you are ready to print.
For more cleaning kits information. Email(beck): beck@yaostbio.com
Card Printer And Thermal Printer Cleaning Manual
Card printer and thermal printer cleaning manual
Thermal printers worked by heating up the coating on the label or melting the ink on the ribbon. It can easily build up contaminants on the printer head, leading to poor printing. In the printing process of card printers, it will leave some ink, and residue on the transfer roller and cleaning roller. So regularly cleaning your thermal printers and card printers can prolong the life of your printer and improve the print quantity.
There are so many items of card printers and thermal printers, if you are confused about how to choose the cleaning products, then this article may be helpful for you.
Below are four categories of printer cleaning products.
1. Cleaning card
It can be divided into two categories according to the usage: card printer cleaning card and thermal printer cleaning card.
card printer cleaning card includes a CR80 cleaning card and a long cleaning card. CR80 cleaning card can be used on all card printers, ATMs and POS.
A long cleaning card must be used on the corresponding card printer item.
The Zebra P330I cleaning kit includes 25 standard cleaning cards (CR80 cleaning cards), and 25 T-size cards (print engine cleaning cards). Zebra 105912-913.
For instance, the size of the Zebra P330i T-Long card is 76*330*0.711mm. The thermal printer cleaning card is thinner and softer, it can be used on the thermal print head. You should choose it according to the width of the print head. Similarly, thermal printer cleaning cards can also be used on currency counters and bill scanners.
2. Adhesive cleaning card and Adhesive cleaning roller.
Card printer and thermal printer cleaning manual
Many printers contain a cleaning roller to clean the card before it prints. After you print a number of cards, the stickiness will reduce, you should change the new adhesive cleaning roller then.
The adhesive cleaning card is mainly used to clean the dust on the transfer roller and adhesive roller. Adhesive cleaning cards and adhesive cleaning rollers can only be used on card printers.
3. Cleaning swabs and cleaning pen.
Cleaning swabs and cleaning pens can be used on the print head of card printers and thermal printers. The cleaning swab is disposable and the cleaning pen can use a few times, you can change the pen head if it is very dirty.
4. Cleaning wipes.
A cleaning wipe is used to clean the transfer roller and the cover of the printer. It can also be used on the thermal print head, but you have to make sure the printer is power off before cleaning.
More cleaning methods and cleaning product information. Beck@yaostbio.com
How To Clean Zebra ZXP Series 3 Card Printer?
Help maintain card printer performance and reliability · Prolong the life of vital printheads, transport rollers, and magnetic encoder parts.
How to clean Zebra ZXP Series 3 card printer?
When the printer LCD display “clean printer” or the print quality is bad, it’s time to clean your ZXP 3 card printer. Then you need ZXP 1 & ZXP 3 series printer cleaning kits which include:
4 Print engine cleaning cards and 4 Feeder cleaning cards.
Zebra 105999-101/105999-301/105999-302 printer cleaning card kit includes four print engine cleaning cards and four feeder cleaning cards. For Zebra ZC Series Printers
1. With the printer powered on and the LCD display showing ready hold down the control button for five seconds, then follow the LCD instructions.
2. Open the printer lid, remove the ribbon, and closed the lid.
3. Now the LCD will display “empty feeder then close cover”. Open the card feeder cover, remove the cards and close the cover.
4. Insert the long cleaning card into the manual card feeds slot. Wait for the cleaning process to complete.
5. When the cleaning process is completed, the cleaning card will be ejected.
6. Open the card feeder cover and insert the feeder cleaning card into the card feeds slot. Close the card feeder cover. Wait for the cleaning process to complete.
7. When the cleaning process is completed, the LCD will display “remove feeder cleaning card”, open the card feeder cover and remove the cleaning card.
8. The cleaning process has been completed. The LCD will display “cleaning done”.
9. Load the cards and close the card feeder cover. Open the printer lid, install the ribbon, and close the lid.
How To Clean The Zebra P330i Card Printer?
How to clean a zebra p330i card printer?
After printing 1000 color cards or 5000 monochrome cards, the Zebra P330i LCD will display “cleaning printer”.
And you should clean the printer as soon as possible to ensure good print results.
Then this is a problem, how to clean the Zebra P330i card printer?
The Zebra P330I cleaning kit includes 25 standard cleaning cards (CR80 cleaning cards), and 25 T-size cards (print engine cleaning cards). Zebra 105912-913.
Steps for cleaning Zebra P330i:
1. Leaving the printer on, press and hold the button for three seconds, the LCD will now display “remove ribbon then close head”,
2. Open the printer lid, lift up the print head carriage then remove the ribbon spools and close the print head carriage. After the ribbon is removed, the LCD will display “MD feeder, and press the button”.
3. Open the card feeder lid and remove all but the bottom card. This card should remain in the feeder until you press the button to eject it from the printer. Do not attempt to pull the card out, or you may damage the feeder.
After the card is removed, the LCD will display” load cleaning card in feeder”.
4. Remove the small cleaning card from its packaging and place it in the car feeder, the feeder belt will move the cleaning card halfway into the feeder.
This is the correct position, do not try to force the card fully into the printer. Once the card cleans the feed belt, it will move through the printer and continue cleaning other components, the LCD will display “cleaning printer” during this process.
After the cleaning card is finished, it will automatically be ejected, the LCD will then display “press button to continue”.
5. Remove the long cleaning card from its packaging, press the button and the message will change to “feed long cleaning card into exit”. Now insert the long cleaning card into the printer exit slot, the long cleaning card will automatically move back and forth as it cleans. The LCD will again display “cleaning printer” during this process.
6. Once the long cleaning card has been ejected, the LCD will change to “ready”. Now you can reinsert the ribbon spools, reload cards and resume printing if you still see spots in your cards after cleaning the printer, you may want to clean the printhead to remove deposits.
7. Before cleaning the print head, turn the printer off, lift the carriage and remove the print ribbon. Then squeeze the plastic stick on the cleaning swab to push the liquid into the tip, now gently move the moistened swap side to side across the printhead elements.
8. Wait two minutes for the print head to dry. Turn the printer back on, and reinsert the ribbon spools.
Consistent and routine cleaning of your printer will maximize print quality and prolong the life of critical printer parts.
Multi-function Cleaning Wipe -IPA
IPA-soaked cleaning wipes are constructed of 100% wood pulp soaked in a 99.9% IPA solution for preventative maintenance of card printers and transactional equipment to clean the thermal printheads, transfer rollers, and internal components of the equipment.
Multi-function cleaning wipe -IPA
The use of cleaning wipes is very wide, not only can be used for card printers, and thermal printers to wipe the print head, machine body,
but also can be used to wipe the phone, computer screens, and so on.
In addition to cleaning can also be used for the above places can also be used for a lot of places clean wipes.
Multi-function cleaning wipes.
IPA-M3 size: 127mm * 152mm.
containing 99.9% IPA solution, the use of tin foil bags (to avoid IPA volatile) independent packaging.
Store in a cool place, with a shelf life of 2-3 years.
Yousite is the direct manufacturer of clean wipes, clean wipes production is made by hand.
Each process has professional monitoring and control and strives to do all excellent products.