Loading The Ribbon Cartridge And Paper; Loading The Ribbon Cartridge - Star SP712 Series Hardware Manual

4. Loading the Ribbon Cartridge and Paper

4-1. Loading the Ribbon Cartridge

Turn off power to the printer.
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Open the front cover by holding the finger grips on both ends
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of the cover and lifting it up.
Important!
1. Do not touch the print head immediately after printing as
it can be extremely hot.
2. Do not touch the cutter blade.
· There is a cutter inside the paper outlet slot. Not only
should you not put your hand in the paper outlet slot
while printing is in progress, never put your hand into
the outlet even when printing is not in progress.
Place the ribbon cartridge in the direction shown in the figure
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and press it down to load it. If loading of the ribbon cartridge
is not satisfactory, press down the cartridge while rotating the
ribbon feed knob in the direction of the arrow.
Turn the ribbon feed knob of the ribbon cartridge in the
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direction of the arrow to remove slack in the ribbon.
Close the front cover.
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Note: When removing the ribbon cartridge, raise the finger
grips as shown in the figure.
Finger grip
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Finger grip