Loading Thermal Transfer Ribbon - Intermec EasyCoder 3400 User Manual

Chapter 2— Operating the Printer

Loading Thermal Transfer Ribbon

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12 Secure the media to the rewinder hub by snapping the rewinder clasp
onto the rewinder hub. Turn the rewinder hub clockwise to remove all
slack from the media liner between the tear bar and the rewinder hub.
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 self-strip and the label taken sensor. Refer to the PrintSet online
help, your third-party documentation, or the IPL Programming
Reference Manual (P/N 066396) for help.
16 Press the Feed/Pause button to advance a label through the printer.
Grasp the leading edge of the label where it has separated from the
backing and pull it away from the printer.
17 Replace the printer cover. The printer is now ready to print labels.
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.
If you have a 3400 printer, the core of your thermal transfer ribbon is
either made of cardboard or plastic. You need to use the correct core-
locking brackets for your ribbon core. The printer ships from the factory
with the cardboard core-locking brackets already attached. However, the
plastic core-locking brackets are included in the shipping contents.
Note: If you do not use the correct core-locking brackets, you may
experience printing problems or possible damage to the printer.
To change the cardboard core-locking brackets to plastic core-locking brackets
1 Pull up on the middle of the cardboard core-locking bracket (P/N
065375), while pushing down on one end with your index finger, until
the end of the bracket is free of the ribbon hub.
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