Chapter 5: Adjustments - DataCard CP80 Plus Service Manual

Chapter 5: Adjustments

This chapter provides instructions for adjusting the CP80 and CP80
Plus card printers.
General Notes___________________________________________________________________ 5-3
Installing Printer Diagnostics ______________________________________________________ 5-4
Using Printer Diagnostics _________________________________________________________ 5-6
Parts of the Diagnostics Window _______________________________________________________ 5-6
Menu Options ________________________________________________________________________ 5-7
Changing Printer Values_______________________________________________________________ 5-9
Viewing and Saving Values _______________________________________________________5-10
Working With Scripts ______________________________________________________________5-11
Setting Printer Value Parameters ______________________________________________________5-12
Printer ID_________________________________________________________________________5-12
Card Registration Offset __________________________________________________________5-12
Card Strip Offset _________________________________________________________________5-13
Ribbon Type _____________________________________________________________________ 5-13
Ribbon Offset ____________________________________________________________________5-13
Vertical Offset ___________________________________________________________________5-13
Transport Speed__________________________________________________________________5-14
YMC, K, T, & F Strobe Duty ________________________________________________________5-14
YMC, K, T, and F Power and Base Power ___________________________________________5-15
Duplex Infeed Offset _____________________________________________________________5-15
Duplex Home Offset ______________________________________________________________5-16
Duplex Print Return Offset _________________________________________________________5-16
Duplex Handoff Offset ____________________________________________________________5-16
Smart Card Registration Offset ____________________________________________________5-16
Image Clipping Leading and Trailing ______________________________________________5-17
Setting Printer Options________________________________________________________________5-18
Viewing Printer Status ________________________________________________________________5-19
Testing Motors _______________________________________________________________________5-20
Testing Motor Functions ______________________________________________________________5-21
Setting Up Step Tests for the Printer ____________________________________________________5-22
Running a Magnetic Stripe Test Card__________________________________________________5-23
Configuring the Magnetic Stripe Module ______________________________________________ 5-24
Configuring Custom Track Formats ____________________________________________________5-26
Running Magnetic Stripe Diagnostics__________________________________________________5-27
Testing the Smart Card Option________________________________________________________5-28
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