User`s guide

4-8 Maintaining the printer

User’s Guide for Magna™ Platinum Series™ Printers

b Place the cleaning pen on top of the first transport roller (location 1 in

Figure 4-8).

Figure 4-8: Roller locations in the card track

Do not place the pen next to the black transport base. The pen can get

pinched between the roller and the transport base.

c Do one of the following to turn the rollers in the printer.

• Click the Clean Printer button in the Printer Toolbox. Click OK on the

prompt that appears. Do not insert a cleaning card! The driver sends a

command to the printer to run the printer cleaning card. The printer moves

rollers when it attempts to pick the card.

• Turn the card advance knob to move rollers by hand.

d Move the pen on the roller.

e Lightly wipe any dirt from the end of the cleaning pen onto a clean cloth or

paper. Move the cleaning pen to another area of the roller.

f Repeat steps c through e for the roller at location 1 until no more dirt appears

on the pen or cloth.

g Move the cleaning pen to location 2 (in Figure 4-8). Repeat steps c through f.

h If the printer has a magnetic stripe module, move the cleaning pen to location

3 (in Figure 4-8). Repeat steps c through f.

i Replace the print ribbon cartridge and close the swing arm.

4 Clean the exit roller.

a Begin with the swing arm down and latched.

b Hold the end of the cleaning pen against the top of the lower exit roller