SECTION 6 – ADJUSTMENTS AND MAINTENANCE
TAPE IS NOT FEEDING OUT STRAIGHT:
DIFFERENT THICKNESS OF TAPE MAY FEED
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY CAUSING THE TAPE TO CURL OR NOT FEED OUT STRAIGHT. TO
ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM, PRESS DOWN ON THE HINGED COVER LOCATED AT THE FRONT
OF THE MACHINE (SEE FIGURE 1 AND 4). ON TOP OF THIS IS A WHITE KNOB WITH A LEVER
TO THE RIGHT SIDE. SLIDE THE LEVER SO IT DOES NOT ENGAGE WITH THE KNOB AND TURN
THE KNOB EITHER CLOCKWISE OR COUNTER-CLOCKWISE UNTIL THE TAPE IS FEEDING
PROPERLY. THIS WILL TAKE SOME TRIAL AND ERROR. ONCE THE PROPER ADJUSTMENT IS
FOUND, SLIDE THE LEVER TO THE LEFT SO IT ENGAGES WITH THE KNOB.
FIGURE 4
TAPE
THICKNESS
ADJUSTING
KNOB
TAPE
THICKNESS
ADJUSTING
KNOB
LEVER
BLADE
ASSEMBLY
BLADE
REMOVAL
HANDLE
OPTICAL
SENSORS
HINGED
COVER
CLEANING AND REPLACEMENT OF BLADE ASSEMBLY:
DEPENDING ON THE TYPE AND
STRENGTH OF THE ADHESIVE ON THE TAPE BEING USED, THE BLADE ASSEMBLY MAY
REQUIRE CLEANING OR REPLACEMENT. TO DO THIS PRESS DOWN ON THE HINGED COVER
LOCATED AT THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE (SEE FIGURE 1 AND 4). THE BLADE ASSEMBLY
BY LOCATING THE BLADE REMOVAL HANDLE (SEE FIGURE 4) AND PULLING TOWARDS YOU
RELEASING THE BLADES. CLEAN WITH AN ADHESIVE SOLVENT OR REPLACE IF NECESSARY.
TO REINSTALL BLADE ASSEMBLY LOCATE THE HORIZONTAL SLOT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
ASSEMBLY. LOCATING THE DOWEL PROJECTING FROM THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE. PUT-
TING THE DOWEL INTO THE HORIZONTAL SLOT OF THE BLADE ASSEMBLY, PUSH THE BLADE
ASSEMBLY BACK INTO THE MACHINE UNTIL IT SNAPS INTO PLACE.
CHANGING UNROLLING TENSION OF TAPE ROLLS:
IF THE TAPE IS J ERKING FORWARD
AS IT IS BEING FED, THE TAPE SPOOL MANDREL CAN BE TIGHTENED TO ALLEVIATE THIS
PROBLEM. REMOVE THE TAPE SPOOL MANDREL FROM THE MACHINE AND FIND THE THUMB
SCREW. LOOSEN OR TIGHTEN AS NECESSARY UNTIL THE TAPE UNROLLS SMOOTHLY WITH-
OUT ALLOWING TOO MUCH SLACK. REINSTALL TAPE SPOOL MANDREL.
