User Manual
XLP 604
FUNCTIONALITY
XLP 60x
Fig. 9: Material and ribbon path inside the XLP 60x.
A
: print head,
B
: ribbon unwind mandrel,
C
: ribbon rewind mandrel,
D
:
material unwinder,
E
: print roller
The printing principle is based on the thermal print head (A). The core piece of the print head, the ther-
mal edge, consists of a row of dot elements, which can be controlled and heated separately. Each
heated dot element leaves a black dot on the label material.
With
thermal direct printing
, the black dot results from the reaction of the thermosensitive label materi-
al. With
thermal transfer printing
, the black colour is transferred from the thermal transfer ribbon to the
label material.
In order to add the dot lines to an image, the label material has to be passed underneath the print
head during printing. This material feeding is accomplished by the print roller (E), which is motor dri-
ven. By moving the label material, it is unwound from the label roll (C).
When using thermal transfer printing, the thermal transfer ribbon (“ribbon”) is fed together with the la-
bel material underneath the print head. The ribbon position is between label material and print head,
the colour side facing the label material. The full ribbon roll is plugged on the ribbon unwinder (B). Af-
ter passing the print head, the used ribbon is wound onto the ribbon rewinder (C), which is motor dri-
ven. If the ribbon roll is completely rewound, a new roll has to be inserted.
Material end and ribbon end are detected by sensors and are displayed on the operation panel (op-
tionally by a sound signal).
The label beginning is detected by a light transmission sensor with punched label material and by a re-
flex sensor (option) with not punched material.
The printed label material can be further processed as follows:
• Tear off the label (standard tear-off edge)
• Cut the label (cutter option)
• Dispense the label (dispenser option)
• Rewind the label web externally (external rewinder option)
Edition 2 - 12/2021
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Product Description
Functionality
