Cleaning The Printhead - DataCard ImageCard IV User Manual

Maintaining the printer
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10 Plug the power cable into the receptacle.
Continue with other care and cleaning tasks or resume card printing.

Cleaning the printhead

The printhead can have contamination stuck to it. You might notice this contamination
as unprinted lines on printed cards. Use a cleaning pen to remove the contamination
from the printhead and restore the quality of printed cards.
Clean the printhead only when needed, such as when:
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Clean the printhead
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User's Guide for the ImageCard® IV Printer
Figure 7-6: Clean sensor windows in the card tray cavities
Use the vacuum cleaner to clean all visible surfaces on the inside and outside of
the card trays and their covers.
Close the cover of the printer if it is open and press to latch it in place.
Replace the card input and output trays and their covers and latch them in place.
Lock the printer if needed.
The printhead has been accidentally touched, such as when changing supplies or
fixing a card jam
Replacing the printhead
You observe problems with card appearance, as instructed in
on page 8-1.
Cleaning pen
Make sure the power for the printer is off.
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