TSC TTP-245 Quick Installation Manual

Quick Installation Guide
1. Printer Installation
Place this printer on a flat stable surface and make sure the power switch is turned off.
1. Connect the printer to the host computer with a Parallel Centronics, Serial RS-232C or USB cable.
2.
Plug the power cord into the power jack connector at the rear of the printer, then plug the power cord into a
properly grounded outlet (refer to figure 2).
Figure 1
Ribbon Access
Window
LED Indicator
Top Cover Open
Lever
Feed Button
2. Loading the Ribbon
Note: The printer automatically detects if a ribbon is installed after power on and will switch to thermal transfer or
direct thermal printing mode. If the printer does not detect a ribbon (direct thermal mode), the motor that drives the
ribbon spindles will be turned off. Make sure both the ribbon access window and the printer top cover are closed
when powering the printer up.
1. Push down on the ribbon access window to unlock and open the cover
2. Place a paper core on a ribbon rewind spindle.
3. Mount the ribbon rewind paper core on the front hubs.
Figure 3
Ribbon Access
Window
Paper Core
Ribbon Rewind
Spindle
Front Hub
Figure 2
RS-232
USB
Rear Paper Guide
Power Jack
Centronics
(refer to figure 3).
Figure 4
Ribbon Supply Spindle
Ribbon
Leader
Rear Hub
Ribbon Rewind Paper Core
Figure 5
4. Install a ribbon on the ribbon supply spindle.
5. Mount the ribbon
6. Pull the ribbon from the ribbon supply spindle and cross the print head, stick the ribbon onto the Ribbon
Rewind Paper Core (refer to figure 5).
7. Attach the ribbon leader to the ribbon rewind paper core.
8. Rotate the ribbon rewind paper core until the ribbon leader is thoroughly, firmly encompassed by the black
section of the ribbon.
9. Close the ribbon access window.
3.
Loading the Label
Power Switch
1. Insert a 1" label spindle into a paper roll ( * If your paper core is 1 inch, remove the 1.5" core adapter from the
fixed tab).
Figure 6
Printing Side
Face Up
2. Open the printer's top cover by releasing the green Top cover open levers located on each side of the printer
and lifting the top cover. A Top Cover support at the rear of the printer will hold the printer top cover open.
3. Place a roll of paper onto the center of the paper roll mount (refer to figure 7).
4. Feed the paper, printing side face up, through the Teflon bar and the paper guide and pass over the platen.
5. Adjust the green center-biased paper guides in or out so they are slightly touch the edges of the label backing.
6. To close the printer top cover, lift the cover slightly and pull the bottom of the Top Cover support forward
toward the front of the printer.
Note: failure to securely close and lock the cover will result in poor print quality.
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supply spindle on the rear hubs (refer to figure 4).
1.5" Core
Adapter*
1" label spindle
Close the printer top cover slowly and make sure the cover locks latch securely.
Paper Roll
Fixed Tab