User`s manual

26 User’s Manual—SNAP™ 500 Printer
1. Remove the transparent tape holding the end of the supply tape to the outer
part of the roll. To avoid damaging the rollers or print heads, use scissors to
cut off any portion of the supply tape that has adhesive on it.
2. Rotate the knob counterclockwise to retract the ”fingers.”
3. To install the tape supply roll, begin with the leading end at the top of the
roll.
4. Slide the tape supply roll onto the Tape Arbor (see Figure 9).
5. Rotate the knob clockwise quickly to extend the retraction fingers that hold
the supply roll in place.
6. With both print rollers in the open position, pull the tape from the top of the
supply roll.
Upper Print Station
Retraction Fingers
Tape Arbor
Tape (Web) Guide
Lower Print Station
Figure 9. Tape Supply Through Print Stations
7. Pull the roll of tape under the tape (web) guides.
8. Continue threading the tape between the print rollers, through the feed roller
and up to the auxiliary feed.
9. Rotate the black knob on the auxiliary feed counterclockwise and advance
the tape through the knife and nip rollers and into the stacker (until it
extends about ½ inch or 10 mm - 15 mm from the rollers).
10. If the tape will not advance through the knife, refer to Section 5.4.2, Knife
Home Position Adjustment.
11. Close the upper and lower print rollers.