Loading Thermal Transfer Ribbon - Intermec 3400 User Manual

3400, 3440, and 3600 Bar Code Label Printer User's Manual
12. Secure the media to the rewinder hub by snapping the rewinder clasp onto
13. Close the media access door.
14. Rotate the head lift lever counterclockwise until it locks.
15. Use PrintSet, your third-party software, or the IPL command set to enable
16. Press the Feed/Pause button to advance a label through the printer. Grasp
17. Replace the printer cover. The printer is now ready to print labels.

Loading Thermal Transfer Ribbon

If you plan to use thermal transfer mode, you must install a thermal transfer
ribbon (TTR) to print in thermal transfer mode.
Note: Save the packaging that your ribbon came in. Attached to the ribbon packaging
is a small label with a three-digit sensitivity number printed on it. You need this
information to set the correct media sensitivity number. Refer to the next section
"Setting the Media Sensitivity Number" for more information.
To load thermal transfer ribbon
1. Raise the printhead by rotating the head lift lever clockwise until the
2. Place the empty ribbon core that came with the printer onto the ribbon
3. Detach the leader from the new thermal transfer ribbon roll and unwind the
4. Slide the roll of thermal transfer ribbon onto the ribbon supply hub with the
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the rewinder hub. Turn the rewinder hub clockwise to remove all slack
from the media liner between the tear bar and the rewinder hub.
self-strip and the label taken sensor. Refer to the PrintSet online help, your
third-party documentation, or the IPL Programming Reference Manual for
help.
the leading edge of the label where it has separated from the backing and
pull it away from the printer.
printhead disengages.
rewind hub.
end of the ribbon approximately 8 inches. The edge of the ribbon has a
leader (with an adhesive strip on the leader edge) for guiding the ribbon
through the printhead mechanism.
ribbon roll winding clockwise.
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