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Loading Material
4.4 Loading Transfer Ribbon
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Fig. 10 Transfer Ribbon Feed Path
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Fig. 11 Guide Adjustment
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Notice!
With direct thermal printing, do not load a transfer ribbon; if one has
already been loaded, remove it.
1. Clean the printhead before loading the transfer ribbon (
2. Turn lever (6) counterclockwise to open the printhead.
3. Set guide (1) on both hubs to the correct transfer ribbon width (Fig. 11):
• Hold hub and unlock guide (1) by turning it in direction A.
• Slide guide in direction B and adjust guide to ribbon width using the
scale.
• Hold hub and lock guide by turning it in direction C.
4. Load transfer ribbon (4) on the hub (5) until it reaches the guide in a way
that the color coating of the ribbon faces the opposite side of the printhead
after being loaded.
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Notice!
To wind the ribbon a ribbon core (3) is needed that must be at least
equal in width to the supply ribbon.
When changing the transfer ribbon use the empty supply ribbon
core for winding the next ribbon.
5. Adjust position of the guide on the take-up hub to the width of the ribbon
core (3) and push ribbon core on the take-up hub.
6. Guide transfer ribbon though the printing unit as shown in Fig. 10.
