Front Ribbon Break Shaft - Intermec EasyCoder PF2i Service Manual

6.6 Front Ribbon Break Shaft

Description
Adjustment screw
Front ribbon break shaft
Intermec EasyCoder PF2i, PF4i, and PF4i Compact Industrial—Service Manual
The front ribbon break shaft serves two purposes: to keep the ribbon away
from the print mechanism and to compensate for any lack of parallelity
in the other parts of the ribbon mechanism. The shaft is screwed into a
plate inside the center section. The shaft and the plate can be tilted using
a straight-slot screw from the media compartment (also see last illustration
in Chapter 7.1).
• If the ribbon tends to slide outwards, turn the screw carefully clockwise
(fw) to move the outer end of the break shaft forward.
• If the ribbon tends to slide inwards, turn the screw carefully counter-
clockwise (bw) to move the outer end of the break shaft backward.
Before adjusting the break shaft, make sure that there is no other cause
for the wrinkling of the ribbon (see Chapter 15.12).
Chapter 6—Transfer Ribbon Mechanism
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