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5 - Adjustments
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After calibrating thickness, there still may be some bending in the card. Eliminate bending as much as
possible by following these steps:
1) Place the latest tuning card on a flat table and look at it from the side. A very small amount of
concave down bend (“frowning”) is acceptable; bending upward (“smiling”) is not acceptable.
2) Flip the card over and make sure the other side is also flat.
3) If the card is concave up (“smiling”), either the top knuckle is pressing too hard or the bottom
knuckle isn’t pressing hard enough, or both. Follow these steps to adjust one of them:
a) If most of the embossed character heights are greater than 0.0180, decrease the pressure on the
top knuckle by subtracting 1 from the current setting (see Figure 5-3).
b) If most of the embossed character heights are less than 0.0180, increase the pressure on the
bottom knuckle by adding 1 to the current setting (see Figure 5-3).
c) Create and measure a tuning card and repeat the steps in this section until the card is flat or
slightly frowning, and the embossed character thickness is between 0.0170 in. and 0.0190 in.
4) If the card is concave down (“frowning” when face up), either the top knuckle is not pressing hard
enough or the bottom knuckle is pressing too hard. Follow these steps to adjust one of them:
a) If most of the embossed character heights are less than 0.0180, increase the pressure on the top
knuckle by adding 1 to the current setting (see Figure 5-3).
b) If most of the embossed character heights are greater than 0.0180, decrease the pressure on the
bottom knuckle by subtracting 1 from the current setting (see Figure 5-3).
c) Create and measure a tuning card and repeat the steps in this section until the card is flat and the
embossed character thickness is between 0.0170 in. and 0.0190 in. or until a single knuckle
setting change has changed the card from slightly concave up to slightly concave down.
5.4.7 How to Fine-Tune Embossed Character Height Using Software
If the embossed character height of the last card is between 0.0180 in. and 0.0190 in., the embosser is
calibrated; skip this section. Otherwise, to perform fine adjustment of embosser character thickness,
follow these steps:
1) Create and measure a tuning card.
2) Make sure the embossed character thickness is between 0.0170 in. and 0.0190 in. by following the
steps in the previous sections.
3) In the ExpressCard 2000 Utility, navigate to Menu > Settings > Edit Config to open the
Configuration Editing password page.
4) Use the onscreen keypad to enter password 1234567 and press the E key.
5) Use the onscreen keypad to enter password 7654321 and press the E key.
6) Scroll through the settings list to find CamAngleTop and CamAngleBottom.