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5.3
Mechanism fine adjustment to avoid ribbon wrinkles
This printer has been fully tested before delivery. There should be no ribbon wrinkle presented on the media for
general-purpose printing applications. Ribbon wrinkle is related to the media width, thickness, print head pressure
balance, ribbon film characteristics, print darkness setting, etc. In case the ribbon wrinkle happens, please follow
the instructions below to adjust the printer parts.
Ribbon Tension Adjustment Knob has 5 positions for adjustment.
Use flat blade driver to change the ribbon tension position.
Adjustable printer
parts
Ribbon tension adjustment scales
Ribbon tension adjustment knob
Symptom
1. Wrinkle happens from label
lower right to upper left direction
2. Wrinkle happens from label
lower left to upper right direction
Wrinkle example
If the wrinkle on the label starts from the
lower right side to upper left side, please
do following adjustment.
1.
Switch the ribbon tension
adjustment knob clockwise per 1
level and print the label again to
check if the wrinkle is gone.
If the wrinkle on the label starts from the
lower left side to upper right side, please
do following adjustment.
1.
Switch the ribbon tension
adjustment knob counter-
clockwise per 1 level and print the
label again to check if the wrinkle
is gone.
Feed
direction
