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Safety Precautions
Take care with the following items when designing products such as terminals using the
printer mechanism, and include precautions required for user’s manual so that users of the
products such as terminals can use the products safely.
a) Precautions when cutting thermal paper
Before cutting thermal paper, check whether thermal paper supply is in stop state.
Paper powder can be generated due to the operation of automatic cutter. As the paper
powder could cause problems with electric circuits, design the system so that paper
powder does not pile up over the control device or power supply device.
b) Precautions with cutter blade
Thermal paper can be easily installed by isolating the platen roller block from the printer
main body with this printer mechanism. The fixed cutter blade will be exposed if the
platen roller block is open. In order to prevent injury to users by touching the blade
while cutter is in operation or replacing the thermal paper, design the structure with a
cover on outer case or attach a warning label to warn the users for safe operation.
c) Precautions with portable blade drive
Set the control so the motor does not operate when platen roller block is open. And
design the paper exit so that users are not injured by touching the cutter while the
cutter is in operation.
d) Precautions for preventing overheating of thermal head
When the thermal device of thermal head remains activated continuously due to a
malfunction, the overheating of the thermal head may cause a fire. Design the system
so that the thermal head does not malfunction even under abnormal conditions.
e) Precautions of temperature rise of thermal head
The temperature of the thermal head and peripheral devices is very high during printing.
Design the system so that users do not get a burn injury by touching the thermal head.
Attach a warning label so that users use the product safely.
When cleaning the thermal head, recommend cleaning work after the thermal head has
cooled down. Leave enough space between the thermal head and outer case when
designing the outer case for faster cooling of the thermal head.