Adjusting The Ribbon - Citizen CL-S621 User Manual

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Printer Adjustments
Setting the Ribbon (p.26)
Self Print Mode (p.30)

Adjusting the Ribbon

When using narrow-width ribbons or very specialist thermal ribbon material,
it may be necessary to adjust the ribbon tension and ribbon balance
adjustments to avoid ribbon wrinkle or slippage.
Front ribbon tension
adjustment knob
Front ribbon left-right
balance adjustment knob
Ribbon Tension Adjustment
The ribbon tension has three adjustment positions on both the feeding side
(back side) and winding side (front side).
Front Back
Strong Weak
First make a test print and then adjust the printer as required:
• Slippage of the ribbon causes a dirty film to be seen on the media.
Reduce the tension adjusters
• Ribbon wrinkle (diagonal lines across printout): Increase the ribbon tension.
After making any adjustments, print another test print or two to make sure
the ribbon is feeding correctly.
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Back ribbon tension
adjustment knob
Back ribbon left-right
balance adjustment knob
Adjustment criteria
Ribbon width of 4 inches: strong
Weak
Ribbon width of 3 inches: medium
Ribbon width of 2 inches: weak
Strong