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4.3
Loading Transfer Ribbon
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Note!
With direct thermal printing, do not load a transfer ribbon; if one has already been loaded, remove it.
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Figure 11
Guide Adjustment
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Loading Transfer Ribbon
1. Clean the printhead before loading the transfer ribbon (
6.3 on page 18).
2. Open the printhead.
3. Set guide (1) on the ribbon supply hub to the correct transfer ribbon width (Figure 11):
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Hold the hub and unlock the guide (1) by turning it in direction A.
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Slide the guide in direction B and adjust the guide to the ribbon width using the scale.
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Hold the hub and lock the guide by turning it in direction C.
4. Slide transfer ribbon roll (5) onto the ribbon supply hub (3) until it reaches the guide (1) so that the color coating of
the ribbon faces downward when being unwound.
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Note!
To rewind the ribbon a ribbon core (4) 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 the position of the guide on the take-up hub to the width of the ribbon core (4) and push ribbon core on the
take-up hub (2).
6. Guide the transfer ribbon though the printing unit as shown in Figure 13.
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Attention!
Guide transfer ribbon over the label sensor (6).
7. Secure starting end of transfer ribbon to the transfer ribbon core (4) with adhesive tape. Regard counterclockwise
rotation direction of the transfer ribbon take-up hub here.
8. Turn transfer ribbon take-up hub (2) counterclockwise to smooth out the feed path of the transfer ribbon.
9. Close the printhead.
Figure 13
Transfer Ribbon Feed Path
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Loading Material
