3333----3333----2 Installation of Thermal Transfer Ribbon
2 Installation of Thermal Transfer Ribbon
2 Installation of Thermal Transfer Ribbon
2 Installation of Thermal Transfer Ribbon
1) To remove the Ribbon Rewinder,
lift the left end of the shaft, and
slide it toward the left.
2) Load the ribbon roll into the
Ribbon Stoker all the way to the
end.
3) Open the printing mechanism
by pushing the latch lever up.
Then unroll the ribbon and tread
the end of the ribbon as shown on
as the drawing on the right.
4) Bring the end of the ribbon to the
Ribbon Rewinder and wind it on
the Rewinder by taking the
procedures a) to c) described
below.
a) Pass the end of ribbon under
the bar for the Ribbon
Rewinder.
b) Keeping the a) status, rotate the knob
on the left end of the take-up spool by
90 or 45 degrees in the arrow direction
(2) so that the knob comes into a
collision with the bar.
c) From the b) status rotate the right-side
end of the take-up spool in the arrow
direction (3) a few turns to make sure a Type A Type B Type C
wind-up of the ribbon.
This completes the setup of the thermal
transfer ribbon.
The following illustrations show an axial
view of the ribbon take-up spool , and the
status with its knob rotated 90 or 45
degrees counterclockwise -- in the arrow
direction (2).
Bar for the Ribbon Rewinder
Knob
fig. 3-9
