Cartridge Ribbon Setting; Fig. 25 Cartridge Ribbon Setting - Epson M X - 8 Operation Manual

4. Cartridge Ribbon Setting

EPSON's Cartridge Ribbon is compact, long-lasting, and very easy to set and
remove. Furthermore, you have no need to soil your fingers in handling it.
Open the printer lid (or remove it).
STEP 1.
Confirm that the scale (paper retainer) is turned toward the platen and
STEP 2.
is touching.
Push the cartridge ribbon down and set it on the printer mechanism.
STEP 3.
To facilitate the cartridge ribbon setting, be sure to hold the projection
at the center of the cartridge case when pushing the cartridge ribbon
down. (See Fig. 24.)
STEP 4. Put the ribbon between the head nose and the ribbon mask. In this case,
the ribbon can be set easily by hooking it to the edge of the head nose
and turning the ribbon feeding knob of the cartridge case in the direction
of the arrow (i.e., counterclockwise) while depressing the ribbon with a
ball-point pen. Then, tension the ribbon by turning the ribbon feeding
knob counterclockwise. (See Fig. 25.)
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