FARGO electronic HDP820 - Manual (Page 292)

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HDP 800 Series Card Printer/Encoders Service Manual (Rev. 5.0) 457
Adjusting the Film Drive
The Film Drive sets the baseline for the Film Tension and should not be adjusted by the
reseller or the end user.
Adjusting the Ribbon Tension
This procedure controls the tension of the color ribbon during printing in order to adjust the
image placement. Adjust the ribbon tension if the ribbon wrinkle is appearing on the card.
Step Procedure
1 Be sure the Transfer Tension, Print Offset, Transfer TOF and Transfer EOF are
set properly before adjusting the Ribbon Tension.
2 Choose MENU, Print Test Image and Gray/Align YMC to print a test card.
Examine the test card.
3 a. Select MENU, Setup Printer and Ribbon Tension.
b. Record the Ribbon Tension value on the test card.
4 Adjust the Ribbon Tension value if needed.
5 Press SELECT to save the value.
6 Print a test card as described in step 1.
7 a. Repeat Steps 1 to 6 (above) until the test image is correctly positioned or
ribbon wrinkle is alleviated.
b. Refer to the HDP Transfer Film display. See Setting the Transfer TOF
procedure in Section 8, page 452.