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.
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