LabelStation Pro 240
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2.5 Ribbon Installation
2.5.1 Loading the Ribbon
1. Open the printer side cover.
2. Push the new ribbon onto the ribbon supply
spindle. Push the spare core onto the rewind
spindle. Push both as far as they will go.
3. Press the print-head release lever (in the
direction indicated) to release and lift the print-
head carriage.
4. Thread the silver (sometimes transparent)
ribbon leader around ribbon guide bar then
through the slot (fork) of the ribbon sensor, and
on past the print-head until it reaches the ribbon
rewind spindle.
5. Attach the ribbon leader to the cardboard core
on the rewind spindle. Avoid wrinkling the
ribbon.
Ribbon leader foil
Ribbon guide bar
Ribbon sensor
Adhesive surface
of ribbon leader
attaches here
New ribbon
Spare core
Print-head carriage
