Instruction manual

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3. Insert the ink ribbon into the cassette.
Stretch the ink ribbon along four shafts with the ink face
of the ribbon facing outside and insert the bobbins
firmly into the bobbin holders.
Place the cassette upright on a flat surface during set-up.
Setting the ink ribbon
Do not touch the surface of the
ribbon with your hands.
1. Activate the slide knob and open the printer
door.
When the slide knob is moved, the printer door opens
downwards. Hold the door with your hand and open it
slowly.
Do not put the ink ribbon or
retransfer film on the back of the door for mounting.
Do not rest your elbows or put a heavy thing on the
back of the door. The printer door may be broken.
2. Remove the ink ribbon cassette.
When the lever is pressed, a small portion of the
cassette pops out.
When transporting the unit, remove
the ink ribbon and the retransfer film, then place the
cushion on the thermal head. Transporting without
the cushion may cause the thermal head and roller to
malfunction.
Do not use cushion materials other than the transfer
cushion that comes with the unit, as this may cause
damage to the head.
CAUTION
Set-up (continued)
CAUTION
Press the removal lever.
Ink ribbon cassette (yellow)
CAUTION
Shaft
Bobbin holder
(yellow)
Ink face
(do not touch
the surface)
Bobbin holder (black)
Wind spool
(black bobbin)
Feed spool
(yellow bobbin)
CAUTION
Cushion
When you need to take out the
cassette, for instance, to clean the printer, be sure to
put the cassette upright as shown in the above
illustration. When the ink ribbon is put on the table
with its face down, dusts attach to the surface,
causing a malfunction of the printer.
Memo
Easy way of inserting the ink
ribbon
When inserting the ink ribbon into the cassette, first
insert the wind spool into the bobbin holder(black)
while insert the ink ribbon into the narrow space
between the two shafts. And then insert the feed
spool(yellow)into the ribbon holder(yellow) while
making the ink ribbon go along the shafts as shown
above.
Shaft