2.5 Ribbon Installation
2.5.1 Loading the Ribbon
Spare core
LabelStation Pro 240
New ribbon
Print-head carriage
Ribbon leader foil
Ribbon sensor
Ribbon guide bar
Adhesive surface
of ribbon leader
attaches here
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1. Open the printer side cover.
2. Push the new ribbon onto the ribbon supply
spindle. Push the spare core onto the rewind
spindle. Push both as far as they will go.
3. Press the print-head release lever (in the
direction indicated) to release and lift the print-
head carriage.
4. Thread the silver (sometimes transparent)
ribbon leader around ribbon guide bar then
through the slot (fork) of the ribbon sensor, and
on past the print-head until it reaches the ribbon
rewind spindle.
5. Attach the ribbon leader to the cardboard core
on the rewind spindle. Avoid wrinkling the
ribbon.