User Manual

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40974 Rev. 08-25-2015
Setup Instructions
Figure 2 – Loading Tape
Loading Tape – Figure 2 & 3
1. Open the top cover of the machine.
2. Adjust the tape guides, with the tape guide turnbuckle, wide enough to get the tape
between them.
3. Place the roll of tape into the machine.
4. Adjust the tape guides, with the tape guides turnbuckle, to hold the tape in the middle of
the machine with a 1/8” clearance on both sides.
5. Remove the pressure plate from the machine.
6. Feed the tape, gummed side down, over the top roller, under the tape guide flaps, and
then under the pinch roller, see Figure 3.
NOTE: For gummed side out tape (typically used in Europe), load the tape roll opposite
as shown and route the gummed side over the top roller.
7. Place the pressure plate over the tape and release the pinch roller.
8. Close the top cover.
Pressure
Plate
Tape Guide
Pinch Roller
Top Cover
Top Roller
Tape Guide
Turnbuckle
Lighted
Power Switch
(Units with
Heater Onl
y)
Length Scale
Mechanical Stop