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The Special Cleaning Card For Printer

Thermal Printer Cleaning Cards

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Thermal Printer Cleaning Cards

Clean your Thermal Printer with every media roll change or at least twice per month. Printers become dirty from “paper dust” and adhesives as well as environmental contaminants such as airborne grease particles.

This cleaning card removes burnt-on paper particles and adhesive residue that build up on a printer’s thermal print head.

The minimum temperature of the print head is 158 degrees Fahrenheit. Which will burn foreign material to the print head causing streaks and fading of the printed label or receipt.

The cleaning card is the most versatile method of cleaning a print head as it does not require the print head to be easily accessible or exposed.

In most cases, with the power off, you insert it as you would the print media and just pull the card through.

The most commonly used size of thermal printer print head. It is suitable for most thermal printers, including barcode printers, label printers, receipt printers. The card is soaked in the IPA solution to make it effectively remove the residual oxide on the print head. It has a flat surface and thin thickness, reducing material costs while also meeting cleaning requirements. Because the print head and platen rollers are also flat. Good absorbency and long-lasting cleaning.

It is recommended by thermal printer manufacturers to clean the print head with every change of paper or label stock for crisply printed material.
For the most thorough cleaning use the Yousite Thermal Printer Cleaning Cards.

These unique cleaning cards will not only clean the print head but rotate the platen rollers as they clean to remove contaminates that normally would just migrate back to the print head.

The combination of scrubbing waffles and the ability to rotate the platen rollers makes this product by far the choice of OEMs.

Zebra 105912-913 Premier Cleaning Kit

Zebra T-shape Long Cleaning Card

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Long T–Shape Cleaning Kits for P120i Card Printer 105912-312, 50/Bag(50pcs Cleaning Cards, Length 320mm): Cleaning Kits .

Zebra T-shape long Cleaning Card

1. Blending polyester, spun lace, cellulose, and PVC card.
2. For cleaning contaminants from Zebra printers.
3. Hot-press compound.

Description

Zebra 105912-913 Premier Cleaning Kit

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.

The saturated disposable cleaning card is designed for cleaning effectively dirt, magnetic oxides, oils, debris, lotions, and other contaminants from all kinds of ID card printers, scanners, readers, and barcodes. It is a cost-effective way to maintain your card readers and increase the service life of the magnetic heads We can produce different cleaning cards for different printer numbers according to your requirements.

Features

-Blending spunlace, polyester, cellulose, and PVC card.
-Better absorbency than other 100% cleaning cards.
-Strong adhesives -No pollution by contaminants.
-Electronic-grade IPA -Safety, Effective, Easy.
-Aluminium foil packing makes it have strong tightness and keeps longer time.

How Do You Clean Printer Labels?

Printing Technology

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“Heat transfer printing” and “dye sublimation” printing technology

Thermal transfer printing head does not contact with the card surface – the image is first printed on the special printing film, and then transferred to the card surface.

 Dye-sublimation printing head is in direct contact with the card surface to form images. The working principle of the card printer is the use of dye sublimation technology. 

 “retransfer/direct printing”, which is actually a truth. Whether it is thermal transfer printing or thermal sublimation, it is a printing method that uses thermal energy to transfer pigments to the printing medium, and controls the proportion and shade of the color through the different temperatures adjusted by the semiconductor heating element. 

The working method of thermal sublimation is: the card printer receives the printing command from the PC, and the print head analysis command instructs the print head element to use thermal energy to transfer the ribbon pigment to the printing medium, that is, the PVC material surface card, through the semiconductor heating element Adjust the different temperatures to control the proportion and intensity of the color. The key point in this process is that the print head touches the ribbon, and the ribbon must be close to the PVC surface card, and the non-PVC material surface card cannot be well fused with the ribbon.

At the same time, the print head must have a certain pressure on the card during the process of heating and fusing the ribbon. This way of working determines that the print head must be lifted before it has finished walking the card surface.

At the same time, this working method has relatively high requirements on the surface of the card. If the surface of the card is uneven or the chip card will appear uneven after reheating, white spots that do not print the picture will appear after printing. So how to solve this situation?

If the card you need to make has a large area and a large number of patterns. You pre-print the common part of the pattern before printing directly, and then use the card printer;

Print the dynamic parts on the card surface, such as personal photos, personal information, etc.; the direct printing machine is suitable for customers who do not have high requirements for card imaging and pursue the lowest printing cost.   

The working method of thermal transfer printing is: the card printer receives the printing command from the PC, and the print head analysis command instructs the print head element to use thermal energy to first print the card image onto the printing film, and then fuse the printing film against pressure. To the card, this avoids the problem that traditional card printers cannot perfectly print cards with built-in electronic chips, RFID coils and other surfaces that are not very flat, and even damage the print head. It can achieve real photo-level production effects, and at the same time perfectly realize high-definition edge-to-edge printing.

It can perfectly print contact and non-contact IC cards, ID cards, magnetic stripe cards, ultra-thin cards.

Considering the problem of chip positioning without damaging the print head, it can print on cards made of different materials such as PET, PVC, ABS and PC, and can obtain high-quality printing results.

Because the print head does not directly contact the card surface, this greatly increases the service life of the print head. 　　

To sum up, the main advantages of thermal transfer card printers are:　　

1. The printing effect can achieve professional-level effect;　

2. Truly realize borderless and full-width printing;

3. Printhead life has been extended by four times;　

4. Can print materials other than PVC, such as PET, ABS, PC, etc.;　　

5. Can perfectly print IC, SIM card.

Zebra 105912-912 Cleaning Kit

Cleaning Card For ZEBRA

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Cleaning card for ZEBRA

Zebra printer cleaning kits cleaning cartridges, rollers, cards, and swabs.

Use a Zebra cleaning kit to keep your Zebra printer’s innards free of dried ink and print head-clogging debris, extending the life of your card printers and improving overall image quality.

Zebra Card Printers (formerly Eltron) start with innovative engineering to provide quality, on-demand card printing solutions for a variety of card types.

They personalize and laminate virtually every type of media, including blank and preprinted PVC cards, magnetic stripes, proximity, smart cards, and specialty key tags.

Zebra Card Printers are designed, manufactured, and marketed by Zebra Card Printer Solutions. Zebra Technologies is the worldwide leader in barcode label printers and plastic card printers used in automatic identification and plastic card personalization applications. For detailed information on ZEBRA card printers cleaning card, please contact us!

 

 

The Special Cleaning Card For Printer

The Special Cleaning Card For Printer

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The printer is divided into different types, such as thermal printers, inkjet printers, card printers, and thermal printers, are mainly used for Adhesive Card, cleaning pens and cleaning foam swabs to clean up, but the card printer and inkjet printers can be used to clean. Now there are a lot of Adhesive Card manufacturers on the market, how do buy printer cleaning cards?
Under normal circumstances, each will have a different type of printer, the printer of the imports and exports also have different widths, so they need the corresponding printer, Adhesive Card.

Some friends will ask, why can’t I make a similarly sized card to clean?

Cards clean the printhead and any build-up on the printer’s rollers. Clean when experiencing poor print quality, illegible receipts, paper jams, or print voids.

Two can also be used for cleaning soaked with IPA card, the effect of other products can not compete.

Yousite company carries cleaning kits for ID card printer manufacturers including Zebra (Eltron), Magicard, Fargo, Evolis, and Datacard(Entrust).
Now Yousite also pays close attention to its own brand of products, we believe that Yousite’s printer cleaning kit will gradually occupy the market.

Card Reader Cleaning Card For All Card Readers, ATM/POS/Door Lock and Card Printers

Zebra ZC100 Card Printer Does Not Feed The Card?

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ZEBRA ZC100 card printer does not feed the card, how to solve the problem of card jam?

Recently, when a customer was using the ZC100 printer, it was prompted that the card feed was blocked, and the printer would not feed the card. The customer used the cleaning card to clean and maintain the printer. After the cleaning was completed, the printer could print a few pages or a few days normally.

From time to time, the same error of not feeding the card appears again. In this case, the cleaning operation again cannot solve the problem of the card feeding blockage. We think that the card feeding wheel of the machine has been used for a long time and is too worn, so the card feeding wheel needs to be replaced ,

(1) Remove the card feed rollers of the printer, confirm that it is too worn, and replace it.  

(2) Replace the card feed rollers with a new one, the problem of card feed jam is solved, and the printer can be used normally. 

 (3) Replace it and install it on the card feeding assembly of the printer.

Fargo 81518 Cleaning Kit

How to Clean Fargo DTC4500 Card Printer

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How to clean the Fargo DTC4500 card printer.

Recommended to clean your Fargo DTC4500 card printer when you change your ribbon. All you need is a Yousite long cleaning card compatible with Fargo DTC4500.

Steps for cleaning Fargo DTC4500:

1: The maintenance and working environment of the card printer is an important factor affecting the operation and service life of the printer. So please try not to place the printer in a workplace with too much dust or strong sunlight.

2: Regular cleaning of the printer can keep the printer in a better condition, print better quality results, and avoid failures.

3: Before cleaning the printer, please clean the dust around the inside of the printer. And then Clean the card reader ribbon with a cleaning card.

4: Recommended to clean your Fargo DTC4500 card printer when you change your ribbon

If the machine is in a relatively bad working environment, please shorten the interval between two cleanings and increase the number of cleanings.

5: The cleaning of any printer consists of three parts. The cleaning wheel cleans the card; the cleaning pen cleans the print head; the cleaning card cleans all the rollers in the machine.

Three parts are indispensable: Use the cleaning pen to clean the print head. It can better protect the print head and prolong its service life of the print head.

Recommended purchasing related cleaning kits.

6: Before cleaning the printer, please use a cleaning stick to clean the dust inside the printer and around the printer (the dust floating inside the printer may be charged with static electricity due to the operation of the cooling fan during the working process of the printer, and it is easy to be adsorbed on the print head and cause broken needle in the print head), and then clean it with the cleaning kit.

7: Please do not reuse the cleaning card: After the cleaning card is used once, there is very little detergent on the cleaning card, and the cleaning effect cannot be achieved.

8: Be careful not to damage the print head when opening or closing the case cover.

9: Do not carry hard objects such as watches and rings when checking the machine, as they are easy to touch and damage the print head.

Have You Cleaned Your Card Printer?

Have You Cleaned Your Card Printer?

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How often do you clean your card printer? Which brand you are using? Evolis, Magicard or Datacard ?

Do you remember when was the last time you cleaned your card printer? If not, you should pay more attention to your printer cleaning.

Many card printers contain a cleaning system to clean card when it is printing. But the components very easy to attract dust and debris as plastic cards have a high static charge. So if you have not cleaned your card printer regularly, it will reduce the quality of the print, resulting in fuzzy images.

It takes you just a short time and a few steps to do the cleaning job.

Have You Cleaned Your Card Printer?

Have You Cleaned Your Card Printer?

 

Here are three basic steps:

1. Remove the ribbon.

2. Insert the cleaning card into the feeder.

3. Put back the ribbon.

Where do you get the printer cleaning kits?

Yousite provides various cleaning kits compatible with most hot brands in the market, such as Evolis, Magicard, Datacard, and many more. Click here for more information about Yousite cleaning kits.

How often should you clean your printer?

If you are using color ribbons, it is the best time to perform a cleaning cycle when you change your ribbon. When you use monochrome ribbons, you can perform a cleaning cycle per week or per month depending on the usage frequency of printing. It is recommended to set the firmware prompt to approximately every 250 cards.

If there are unprinted lines on the card printed, you should clean the printhead. We supply thermal printer cleaning pens and cleaning swabs to effectively clean the contaminant build-up on the printhead. If unprinted lines still exist, they may have permanent damage to your printhead. You will have to replace it.

Clean your printer regularly to prevent jams or other minor issues by using the automatic cleaning feature that’s available on most printers. Manually clean the paper rollers with a damp cloth to remove dirt and debris.

So if you want to buy any cleaning products for card printer cleanings, such as cleaning pens, cleaning swabs, cleaning wipes, or cleaning kits, please just feel free to contact us!