User's Manual

30 P430i User’s Manual 980470-001 Rev. A
Cleaning
Cleaning the Printer
How to Clean
1. Leave the Printer power on, or turn it on if it was off.
2. Initiate the cleaning process by either of the following methods:
• At the printer, press and hold the panel button for several seconds, until the LCD Panel displays the
message REMOVE RIBBON THEN CLOSE HEAD.
• From the computer, enter the P430i Printer Tools software, and click on the CLEAN button. The LCD
Panel will display the message REMOVE RIBBON THEN CLOSE HEAD.
3. Open the Main Cover, release the Print Head Carriage, and remove the ribbon. Then close the Print Head
Carriage. (For details, see Chapter 2.) The LCD Panel will display the message EMPTY FEEDER & P
RESS BUTTON.
4. Open the Card Feeder Cover and remove cards from the Card Feeder. The last card is difficult to remove;
leave it in place. Press the Panel Button on the front of the printer. The card remaining in the feeder will be
ejected. The LCD Panel will then display the message LOAD CLEANING CARD IN FEEDER.
5. Place a pre-saturated Cleaning Card into the Card Feeder. The Cleaning Card will automatically feed into
the printer and the cleaning process will start (there is a several second delay after the Cleaning Card feeds
before the cleaning movement starts). While the cleaning process is underway, the LCD Panel will display
the message CLEANING PRINTER.
6. At the conclusion of this part of the cleaning process, the Cleaning Card will be ejected, and the LCD Panel
will display the message PRESS BUTTON TO CONTINUE.
7. After the user presses the panel button, the LCD Panel will display the message FEED LONG CLEANING
CARD IN EXIT. Insert the long end of the long cleaning card into the card exit (directly above the Output
Hopper). If the user inserts a “regular” cleaning card into the card exit, the LCD Panel will display the
message INVALID CARD, PRESS BUTTON until the user presses the panel button and inserts the long
cleaning card into the card exit.
8. The long cleaning card will automatically feed into the printer and the printing process will continue. The
LCD Panel will again display the message CLEANING PRINTER.
9. When the cleaning process is completed, the long cleaning card will be ejected and the LCD Panel will
display the message READY, indicating that the printer is ready to resume normal printing operations.
Note • This cleaning procedure uses two cleaning cards. One cleaning card is the size of a
regular plastic card, and is referred to as the “cleaning card.” The other is elongated, with a
wider section at one end; it is referred to as the “long cleaning card.”
Note • If the user does nothing at this point (i.e., does not insert the long cleaning card), after
a timeout the LCD Panel display will change to CLEAN PRINTER. The printer will be able
to print, but the LCD Panel will continue to display CLEAN PRINTER.
This limited cleaning does not do a thorough cleaning, but may be performed if no “long
cleaning cards” are available.
To restore the display to READY, you will need to perform a complete cleaning process,
using both short and long cleaning cards, from step 2 above through step 9 below.