In card printer systems, the card printer is the key terminal device. Through the background program setting, the card printer can print personal information such as portrait photos, names, and units on the card surface, which can be used as identity confirmation and realize various smart application functions. The daily cleaning of the card printer is the key to ensure its service life, which should be our great attention.
Use of cleaning kits
To keep your card printer working best, perform a maintenance cleaning after every roll of ribbon or 250 pages printed. The kits in the cleaning kit can help you complete standard cleaning routines more efficiently and thoroughly. Please clean the printer properly according to the following methods. The whole cleaning process only takes a few minutes.
- Cleaning pens soaked in 99.99% acetone alcohol .
- The cleaning card is used to clean the inside of the machine and the cleaning rollers.
- Cleaning wipes soaked in 99.99% isopropyl alcohol are used to clean the conveyor rollers inside the machine.
How to clean the print head?
Printhead cleaning pen contains Isopropanol alcohol proven to effectively clean the printhead from dirt, ink, and other contaminants that have built up over time.
Have you noticed an unprinted line on your print card, if so, it’s time to clean your print head.
We should clean the print head after every 250 prints of the printer 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, wipe left and right. To remove dust accumulated on the print head.
3: When the print head is completely dry, the job of cleaning the print head is finished.
How to clean the pressure roller?
Preventative maintenance of card printers and transactional equipment to clean the thermal printheads, transfer rollers, and internal components of the equipment.
The printer prerol should be cleaned after printing each roll or 250 cards, if the surface of the printer pressure wheel looks dirty, the surface of the printer pressure wheel should be cleaned in time. Follow the steps below to clean the printer pressure rollers.
- Open the card, remove the card, and find the card’s two drive rollers.
- Remove the ribbon (and transfer film).
- Find the pressure rollers.
- Use the cleaning wipes from the cleaning bag to clean the two drive rollers in the printer card magazine.
- When cleaning, press ON/CANCEL (on/off) or pause/resume (online) to rotate the pressure wheel and wipe with a clean gauze.
- Wait for the pressure wheel to dry and load the ribbon.
- After cleaning all drive rollers, close all chassis covers.
Maintaining the Cleanliness of the Cleaning rollers?
Compatible Cleaning Kit Contains Adhesive cards – 85x150mm, 10 Cleaning Swabs, 10 Cleaning wipes. Magicard Prima Cleaning Kit.
Put the cleaning rollers into the printer, the cleaning wheel will absorb the dust particles on the card during printing, thus prolonging the life of the print head and improving the quality of the punched card.
Pay attention to whether there are a lot of dust particles on the cleaning wheel, or wash it after every 250 cards are printed.
Note your printer model. It may have one or two cleaning rollers.
1: Open the top cover of the machine.
2: Remove the ribbon and printer cleaning roller from the printer.
3: Locate and remove the cleaning wheel between the two belt drive rollers.
4: Tear off a thin layer of paper from the cleaning card, and stick the cleaning card on the drag cleaning card with the cleaning wheel turned over, so that the dirt and dust on the cleaning wheel are adsorbed on the cleaning card.
What are the benefits of regular printer maintenance?
1. Best performance
A clean printer leads to optimal efficiency and performance. As a by-product of normal printing, printers often accumulate residue (consumable dust, adhesives, etc.). Regular cleaning of your Credit Card Reader or ID printer can help prevent poor quality issues and can increase productivity by limiting the number of interruptions to your workflow. Likewise, the printer itself will perform optimally when the thermal/thermal transfer printhead has a clean and clear label output path.
2. Save maintenance cost
When your printers are clean, they are less likely to malfunction. Ensuring that the printheads and hardware inside the printer are clean saves critical time and money from being wasted without costly replacements and time-consuming integration into a new printer.
3. Extend the life of the printer
Credit Card Reader printers are built to last. Regular cleaning routines help extend the life of mission-critical equipment by ensuring that hardware and its vital accessories are free of debris and particles that can accelerate wear.
4. Print clear and readable labels
When a barcode verification detector or handheld scanner is running, dust under the printhead can cause barcodes to fail or scan incorrectly. Cleaning the printer hardware will help prevent labels from being voided and incorrectly reprinted. A clean printer also prevents barcodes from not scanning properly due to dust under the printhead. Reducing the chances of these bad barcodes being shipped out can help prevent large fines later imposed by consignees for deliveries.
5. Reduced need for maintenance
Minimize business disruption by cleaning your printers on a regular basis. When printers are clean and running at maximum capacity, mission-critical equipment is working hard to maximize revenue. When a printer fails, every minute of failure affects your bottom line. In the event of a printer failure, your main concern is minimizing downtime.
Regular cleaning of your printer will not only help your printer last longer, it will also ensure that your labels are always legible.
