Card Printer Solutions General information Getting started Operation Printing a card P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer Welcome to your new Zebra P205 (Monochrome) & Zebra P210i (Color) User’s Manual Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Part Number: 980443-001 © 2003 ZIH corp. 1 Rev.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer FOREWORD General information This manual contains installation and operation information for the Zebra P200 Series card printers manufactured by Zebra Technologies Corporation. Getting started RETURN MATERIALS AUTHORIZATION Operation Printing a card Before returning any equipment to Zebra Technologies Corporation for in-warranty or out-of-warranty repair, contact Repair Administration for a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) number.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer Warranty information General information Getting started Operation Printing a card Cleaning Printers: All P210i/P205 Card Printers are warranted against defects in material or workmanship for twenty-four (24) months from the date of purchase date. Proof of purchase or shipment date is required to validate the warranty period.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer DECLARATIONS OF CONFORMITY General information Getting started European Council Directive 89/336/EEC modified by 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC EMC Directive EN 55022-A RF Emissions control EMC Directive EN 500082-1,1992 Immunity to Electromagnetic Disturbances 73/23/EEC modified by 93/68/EEC Low voltage Directive EN 60950 Product safety Operation Printing a card Cleaning Compliance to Standards Model: P210i conforms to the following specific
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer INTRODUCTION General information Getting started Operation Thank you for choosing the Zebra P210i Plastic Card Printer. Zebra’s P200 series card printers offer a low cost, high quality solution to those requiring computer-controlled printing and encoding of credit card style plastic cards. Card applications include customer loyalty, access control, visitor, membership, gift cards, durable business cards.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer ICONS General information Throughout this manual, different icons highlight important information, as follows: Getting started Operation Printing a card Important general information. Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Mechanical hazard, such as one associated with moving parts, capable of resulting in equipment damage or personal injury.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer TABLE OF CONTENTS General information Getting started Operation Printing a card Cleaning 1 2 GETTING STARTED ••••••••••••••••••••• 1 • 1 Unpacking your P210i • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • 2 Indicators and control • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • 3 Printer installation • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Card Printer Solutions General information Getting started Operation Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 6 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 33 APPENDIX A - MAGNETIC CARD STRIP 37 ••••••••••• Introduction • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A- Media Loading orientation • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 1 General information Getting started Operation GETTING STARTED Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B 9 1 • 1 Unpacking your card printer Your P210i printer ships in a carton and protective anti-static bag. Keep all packaging material in case you need to move or re-ship the printer. Pull your printer out of the carton by grabing it on both side.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer Make sure the following items are included with your P210i printer: General information Getting started Operation Printing a card Cleaning POCKET GUIDE Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY CLEANING CARTRIDGE PRINTER DRIVER & USER’S MANUAL CD INTERFACE CABLE If any items are missing, please contact your dealer. To reorder, please refer to Appendix C of this manual.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 1 • 2 Indicators and Control General information Getting started Your P210i/P205 printer is equiped with a Multi Function Panel Button with a surrounding light ring that glows in three colors to provide printer status indication.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 1 • 3 Printer Installation General information Getting started The following will guide you through the installation of your P210i/P205 printer. Operation CAUTION: Limit AC power supplied to the P210i/P205 Printer to 24 VDC. Limit excess current draw to 16 amps or less, using an associated circuit breaker or other such device. Never operate the printer in a location where operator, computer, or printer can get wet. Personal injury could result.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer General information Getting started Operation 2 • 1 Printer Features Printing a card The following shows the features found on your P210i Printer: Cleaning 2 OPERATION Troubleshooting Card Cleaning Cartridge ( under the Ribbon Cartridge) Specifications Appendix A Print Head Appendix B Magnetic Encoder Station (optional) Ribbon Cartridge Power switch Cover Release Buttons Multi Function Panel Button and Indicator Light Card Feeder & man
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 2 • 2 Loading Ribbon Cartridge General information Getting started Operation The P210i Printer requires approved ribbon cartridges (see Appendix C). The Resin Thermal Transfer and Dye Sublimation ribbons are specifically designed for your P210i Printer. i Series Printers require the use of i Series ribbons for full color printing. You can print up to 100 cards in YMCKO with the ribbon cartridge.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 2 • 3 Loading Cards General information To help you load, print, and collect cards, the P210i has the following items: Getting started Operation A - CARD FEEDER This item is used for loading cards, it can hold up to 50 cards of 30 mils. Printing a card Cleaning You may have to install the Card Feeder. Hold the card feeder on the sides and slide it into the rail guide.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer B - CARD OUTPUT HOPPER General information 1 • Press on the card output hopper door and pull it down to place it in its functional position. When not using the printer place the card output hopper back in its closed position to protect the printer from dust.
Card Printer Solutions General information P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer C - INSTALL CARD CLEANING CARTRIDGE This item is used to clean the cards entering the printer. It must be installed before using the printer. *Improper cleaning will reduce printer life and degrade print quality. Getting started Operation Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B 1 • Open the lid by pressing both Cover Realese buttons located on the sides of your printer.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 2 • 4 Feeding one card at a time General information Getting started For feeding one card at a time, like Cleaning Cards for example, remove all cards from card feeder and insert one card at a time at the bottom of the feeder. Operation Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Do not feed more than one card at a time.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 2 • 5 Printing a Test Card General information Getting started With ribbon cartridge and cards loaded, your P210i printer is ready to print. To check the operation of the printer, you should print a test card. Operation Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B 1 • Place the printer’s power switch in the OFF (0) position. 2 • While holding down the Multi Function Panel Button, switch printer ON (1).
Card Printer Solutions General information Getting started Operation Printing a card Cleaning P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 3 PRINTING A SAMPLE CARD Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Printing with the P210i Printer requires the Windows Printer Driver, your card design/issuing software or printer command level programming through the printer interface. The P210i Card Printer can be used with any Windows 98/M.E, Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.
Card Printer Solutions General information P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 3 • 1 To install the P210i Printer Driver Automatically on all Operating Systems, Use the Zebra Install Wizard Getting started Operation Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications The wizard will: - Automatically launch when the driver CD is inserted. - Check to see which operating system you are using - Delete previous versions of the driver and clean up any necessary Reistry entries.
Card Printer Solutions General information P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 3 • 2 Set Printer Driver Options: Getting started The P210i Printer screen appears. Change the options as follows: Operation Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A 1• On the Device Settings tab the magnetic encoder feature is automatically enabled. If you need to change settings for a Magnetic Encoder, selectMagnetic Encoder settings button.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 3 • 3 Printing a sample card: General information Getting started Operation Printing a card Follow the steps to print your first card 1• Go to the Microsoft Word Software. 2• If the printer was not selected as the default printer, go to the file menu and Select Printer and choose Zebra P210i Card Printer or i Serie Parallel card printer in the printer names list. Then Close the print dialog box.
Card Printer Solutions General information Getting started Operation Printing a card Cleaning P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 4 CLEANING Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B 24 PROTECT YOUR FACTORY WARRANTY! The recommended maintenance procedures must be performed to maintain your factory warranty. Other than the recommanded cleaning procedures described in this manual, allow only Zebra authorised technicians to service the P210i Printer.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 4 • 1 Cleaning System General information Getting started Operation Your P210i Printer includes a simple cleaning system using Pre-Satured Cleaning Cards provided. The regular use of these cards will clean and maintain important parts of your printer that cannot be reached: including the Print Head the Transport Rollers and Magnetic Encoder Station (optional feature). WHEN TO CLEAN Every 1000 cards approximately using 5-panel color ribbon cassette.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 4 • 2 Cleaning the Print Head General information A cleaning using the cleaning system with cards usually suffices. However, a separate Print head cleaning using swabs can remove more stubborn deposits when print anomalies persist. To avoid deposits, only use foam-tipped swabs.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 4 • 3 Card Cleaning Cartridge General information Getting started Operation Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Your P210i Printer also has a Card Cleaning Cartridge. This item cleans the cards entering the printer. To ensure print quality, the cleaning roller should be replaced with every ribbon cartridge replacement WHEN TO MAINTAIN Each time the ribbon cartridge is replaced.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 3 • Lift the cartridge lid up and remove the Adhesive Cleaning Roller from the cartridge and discard. General information 4 • Carefully peel off wrapper from new Cleaning Roller. Getting started Operation Printing a card Cleaning 5 • Install new Cleaning Roller into the Cartridge*. To avoid contamination, always hold the Cleaning Roller assembly by the ends. 6 • Replace Cleaning Cartridge into printer following the rail guides.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer General information Getting started Operation TROUBLESHOOTING Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications This section offers solutions to potential problems you may experience with your P210i printer. Appendix A Appendix B 5 • 1 Print Quality Issues This section will help you resolve print quality problems. The print quality is dependent on several factors.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer General information • Small spots appear on the printed card with a non-printed area or a different color. Getting started Possible Cause Operation A • Contamination on the card surface. B • Dust inside the printer and/or dirty Cleaning Roller. Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications > > Solution A 1 • Check that cards are stored in a dust free environment A 2 • Use a different supply of cards.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer • Printing shows very pale or inconsistent results. General information Possible Cause Getting started A B C D Operation Printing a card > > Solution A 1 • Change ribbon cartridge and print again. Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications • Ribbon cartridge have been stored improperly or is damaged. • Cards may not meet specifications. • Contrast and/or Intensity may be set to values which are too high.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer • No printing on the card. General information Possible Cause Getting started A B C D Operation • Ribbon cartridge may not be installed in the printer. • Cards may not meet specifications. • Cable on Print Head may be disconnected. • Print Head elements may be scratched or burnt. Printing a card > > Solution Cleaning A 1 • Check for ribbon cartridge in the printer.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer 6 General information Getting started TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Operation Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting General Specifications Appendix A Appendix B 33 • High speed printing 30 seconds per card in YMCKO 4 seconds per card in Monochrome • Small footprint • Windows Drivers for 98/2000/ME/XP and NT 4.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer Ribbons Cartridges General information Interfaces Getting started Printing a card Mechanical with card feeder Cleaning Troubleshooting Appendix A Electrical Environmental Appendix B Options 34 • USB port / Parallel • USB port / Serial Mechanical without card feeder • Width: 7.16” (182 mm) • Depth: 9,44” (240mm) • Height: 7,1” (180mm) • Weight: 6.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer CARD DIMENSIONS General information Getting started ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR PLAIN CARD Operation Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR MAGNETIC STRIPE CARD 35
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer A General information Getting started Operation APPENDIX Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder Appendix A Appendix B This section contains information on the additional operations of the P210i Printers with Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder. (See Chapter 2 for location.) INTRODUCTION Operation and maintenance requirements for the P210i Printer with the optional magnetic card stripe encoder.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer A • MEDIA LOADING ORIENTATION General information Getting started The magnetic encoder is a factory installed item with the read/write head positioned below the card path, available with HICO encoding or LOCO encoding. Operation Printing a card Cleaning When loading cards into the Card Cartridge, please ensure that the magnetic stripe is facing down and closest to the right.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer B • MAGNETIC ENCODER CLEANING General information Getting started Use the standard cleaning card process. . This cleans the most important parts of the printer; including the print Head, Transport Roller and Magnetic Stripe Encoder (refer to chapter 4 “Cleaning” for more instructions.) Operation Printing a card 1 • Leave power on. 2 • Remove cards from the card feeder.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer B General information Getting started Operation APPENDIX Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Accessories & Supplies Specifications Please contact your Zebra authorised dealer to place an order for accessories and supplies. Appendix A Appendix B i Series Printers require the use of i Series ribbons for full color printing.
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer CARDS: General information Part Number Description 104523-111 104523-112 104523-113 104524-101 104524-102 104524-103 premier premier premier premier premier premier Card/pack thickness 100 100 100 100 100 100 30mil 30mil 30mil 30mil 30mil 30mil Getting started Operation Printing a card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B 40 grade PVC grade PVC LoCo grade PVC HiCo plus grade composite plus grade composite LoCo p
Card Printer Solutions P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer ACCESSORIES General information Getting started Accessories available for P210i printers appear below. Always refer to the part number when placing an order.
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