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Getting Started
30 QL-800 User Guide
6 Remove the orange protective plastic cover from the printhead cartridge, holding the
printhead by the handle.
• Remove the flaps covering the ink ports.
• Remove the clip holding the cover near the center of the printhead cartridge.
• Carefully remove the protective cover. Do not touch any of the ink ports or nozzle plate
after the orange cover is removed.
7 Hold the printhead cartridge by the handle with one hand. Carefully remove the protective
plastic strips with the other hand.
• Grasp the pull tab and slowly peel back the plastic strip covering the electrical contacts.
• Grasp the pull tab and slowly peel back the plastic strip covering the printhead nozzles.
Maintain an angle of no less than 45 degrees with the printhead surface when pulling
on the strip.
Caution: Dispose of the removed strips immediately and do not allow the removed strips
to touch the electrical contacts or printhead nozzles.
8 Carefully remove the plastic bracket from the printhead cartridge.
9 Point the ink ports away from the front (label exit side) of the printer.
10 Align the printhead cartridge with the printhead slot.
No less than 45°