Loading Media Into The Printer; Loading Roll Media For Straight-Through Printing - Intermec 3440 User Manual

3440 Bar Code Label Printer User's Manual

Loading Media Into the Printer

You can load media into the 3440 printer in three different ways:
• fanfold media printing (covered in Chapter 1)
• roll media for straight-through printing
• roll media for self-strip printing
You can load media with the printer power turned on or off. The following
procedures for loading media assume that you have set the On/Off switch
to the on position.

Loading Roll Media for Straight-Through Printing

In straight-through printing, you load a roll of media on the supply roll post
and feed it straight through the printer mechanism and out the front of the
printer. As the 3440 prints individual labels, you can remove them from the
roll by pulling them down across the tear bar.
Note: This procedure covers how to load media for straight-through print mode
using a roll of direct thermal or thermal transfer label media. The default setting for
the printer is direct thermal mode.
Note: You should find a small label with a three-digit sensitivity number printed
on it attached to your roll of media or a 15 digit number stamped on the side of the
media roll. Save this information. You will need it to set the correct media
sensitivity number. See "Setting the Media Sensitivity Number" later in this
chapter for help.
To load the media
1. Raise the printhead by rotating the head lift lever clockwise until the
2. Turn the supply roll retainer counterclockwise to release it and then slide
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printhead disengages.
it to the outer end of the supply roll post. Turn it clockwise to lock it in
place.
Note: If you are replacing the empty media roll with a new roll of the same
width, you do not need to adjust the edge guide or the supply roll retainer.
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