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Paper tube
Tape
Install the drawn media to the paper tube.
(1) Check the take-up direction, remove the slack of the
media, and then make sure that the media is not
deviated on the supply side and the takeup side.
(2) With tape hold the media straight at the center, and
then at the rest six positions in the direction from the
media center to the media edge.
Inner take-up:
M e d i a i s t a k e n u p
with its print surface
comes inside.
Outer take-up:
M e d i a i s t a k e n u p
with its print surface
comes outside.
Note
Be careful of the tape affixing direction on the takeup side.
If the media is not installed straight to the paper tube, a skew of
media may occur.
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6
Set the take-up direction switch according to
the take-up direction.
Take-up direction switch
Outer take-up
- OFF
Inner take-up
7
Advance the media with the FORM FEED MENU
on the operation panel to wind it around the
paper tube by one turn. Then set the take-up
direction switch to OFF.
Note
If the tension bar is attached without winding the media by
one turn, the tape will peel off.
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8
Advance the media with the FORM FEED
MENU on the operation panel to an extent
where a slack can be created.
Be sure to create a sufficient slack so that the tension
bar is placed at the bottom of the tension bar guide.
9
Open the tension bar guide’s cover.
10
Place the tension bar at the bottom of the
tension bar guide.
Note
When the tension bar does not reach the tension bar guide’s
bottom, feed the media with the operation panel’s FEED menu.
Confirm that tension bar was placed securely at the tension bar
guide’s bottom.
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11
Close the tension bar guide’s cover.
12
Press the take-up direction switch according to
the take-up direction.
Take-up direction switch
Outer take-up
- OFF
Inner take-up
Note
If the media slack is secured excessively, the take-up reel unit may
keep winding the media for more than the prescribed time, and a
take-up timeout error occurs. In such a case, turn off the take-up
direction switch, and then press the switch again.
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OFF
OFF