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Installing a Ribbon Cartridge
1.
Open the plastic envelope and take out the ribbon cartridge. Note the small
knob on the top surface of the cartridge for advancing the ribbon manually.
Use this knob to take up any slack in the exposed portion of the ribbon and to
make sure the ribbon is tight and straight.
2.
Hold the cartridge in one hand with the exposed ribbon toward the platen.
Lower the cartridge down over the print hammer guide (orange stripe). Be sure
the exposed ribbon is straight and located between the card guide and print-
wheel.
Push the cartridge down firmly until both latches have snapped into
position.
Rock the cartridge back and forth on the platform to ensure that the
ribbon is free to move up and down.
Turn the ribbon advance knob a turn or
two to ensure that the ribbon is tight, straight and ready to operate.
The ribbon cartridge may be removed by pressing down on both latches
simultaneously.
The cartridge will be raised up slightly and may be grasped
easily and lifted out of the printer.
Note: When a ribbon cartridge is nearly empty, a yellow cross-hatched pattern
will appear on the visible back side of the ribbon. The printer will stop printing,
,sound its alarm and the RIBBON/PAPER light will come on
if
printing is
attempted with the ribbon in the warning (yellow) zone.
PRINT HAMMER
IMPRESSION CONmOL
SYSTEM COMPONENTS
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