User's Manual

32 105SL User Guide 6/4/2004 11342L Rev. 8
Printer Operation
Ribbon Removal
Ribbon Removal
To remove used ribbon, complete these steps:
1. If the ribbon has not run out, cut or break it as close to the ribbon take-up spindle as
possible.
2. Refer to Figure 26. Push the hook either for ward or backward with your thum b until it
slips out of the groo ve (1) . Slide the hook to the side (2 ), then rotate it back and fort h
several times to loosen it (3).
Figure 26 • Ribbon Removal
3. Remove the loosened hook from the spindle (4).
4. Lightly tap the top of the used ribbon to loosen it; grasp the us ed ribbon and remove it
from the ribbon take-up spindle.
5. Remove the core from the ribbon supp ly spindle.