FARGO electronic S000256 - Manual (Page 6)

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Resolving the incomplete Resin Printing problem _________________________________ 52
Resolving the Image Placement problem ________________________________________ 53
Resolving the poor Image Quality problem_______________________________________ 56
Diagnostics and Calibration_____________________________________________________ 57
Running the Standard Self Test Print ___________________________________________ 57
Reviewing the Standard Self Test Print __________________________________________ 57
Reviewing the 15 Shade Self Test ______________________________________________ 58
Reviewing the Standard Self test _______________________________________________ 58
Reviewing the Pin Assignments _______________________________________________ 59
Reviewing the Centronics Parallel Pin Assignments________________________________ 60
Reviewing the Printer Timing Diagram__________________________________________ 62
Reviewing the Printer Timing _________________________________________________ 63
Section 3: Printer Adjustments __________________________________________________ 64
Safety Messages (review carefully) _______________________________________________ 64
Dye-Sub and Resin Intensity Adjustments _________________________________________ 65
Reviewing the RP1 Potentiometer location (Printhead Darkness RP1 Pot) ______________ 65
Adjusting the Dye-Sub and Resin Intensity Level__________________________________ 66
Reviewing the Self Test Output Samples (RPI Potentiometer) ________________________ 67
Card Offset Adjustments _______________________________________________________ 68
Adjusting the Card Offset for the Print Station ____________________________________ 68
Adjusting the RP3 Card Offset Location _________________________________________ 68
Adjusting the RP3 to center print the Card _______________________________________ 69
Magnetic Intensity Adjustment (magnetic encoding installed) ________________________ 70
Reviewing the RP5 Location (Main Circuit Board Layout) __________________________ 70
Calibrating the RP5 Potentiometer _____________________________________________ 71
Magnetic Offset Adjustment ____________________________________________________ 72
Using the Magnetic Offset (RP7 Potentiometer location) ____________________________ 72
Determining the Magnetic Card Offset (process description) _________________________ 73
Using the RP7 Offset Mag Potentiometer ________________________________________ 73
Reviewing the Encoding Module (Display A)_____________________________________ 74
Reviewing the Encoding Module (Display B)_____________________________________ 75
Reviewing the Data (being encoded to the Magnetic Stripe of Card) ___________________ 76
Sensor Calibration ____________________________________________________________ 77
Calibrating the Color Ribbon Sensor____________________________________________ 77
Using the C25 Card Printer Advanced Document Settings _____________________________ 79
Determining Paper/Output______________________________________________________ 80
Selecting the Card Size ______________________________________________________ 80
Determining the number of Copies _____________________________________________ 81
Selecting the Default Graphic Resolution ________________________________________ 82
Using the Device Options ______________________________________________________ 83
Selecting from the Ribbon Type options _________________________________________ 84
Selecting from the Color Matching options_______________________________________ 86
Using the Picture Controls______________________________________________________ 88
Controlling the Dye-Sub Intensity (YMCB) ______________________________________ 89
Controlling the Resin Heat ___________________________________________________ 90
Using the default Dither Mode ________________________________________________ 91
Selecting the K Panel Graphics Mode option _____________________________________ 92
Selecting the Split Ribbon Print option __________________________________________ 93
Selecting the Print Back Side Only option _______________________________________ 95
Selecting the Print Edge-to-Edge option _________________________________________ 96
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® C25 Card Printer User Guide (Rev. 4.0)
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