User's Manual

QL 420 User’s Guide 11
Loading the Media
You can operate this printer in one of two different modes:
Tear-Off or Peel-Off. Tear-Off mode allows you to tear off each
label (or a strip of labels) after it is printed. In Peel-Off mode, the
backing material is peeled away from the label as it is printed.
After you remove this label, the next one is printed.
Installing the Media
1. Open the printer: Refer to Figure 5.
• Press the latch release button on the side of the printer as
shown at “1” below. The latch assembly will flip open au-
tomatically
• Pull up on the latch assembly as shown at “2” to unlatch
the Media Cover.
• Rotate the media Cover back as shown at “3”, exposing
the media compartment and the adjustable media sup-
ports.
FIGURE 5: OPENING THE QL 420
Media Supports
Media
Compartment