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Installing the Ribbon Cartridge
Warning:
If you just used the printer, the print head may be hot;
let it cool before you replace the ribbon cartridge.
Caution:
Make sure the printer is off and unplugged from the
electrical outlet. Moving the print head while the printer
is on may damage the printer.
1. Make sure the printer is turned off. If the printer is
connected to an electrical outlet, unplug it from the outlet.
2. Lift the printer cover by its back edge and then pull it
straight up and off.
3. Slide the print head to the ribbon installation position (the
indented portion of the paper tension unit) by hand.
Note:
When you use the pull tractor, you can replace the ribbon
cartridge even when the print head is not in the ribbon
installation position.
4. If a cartridge is installed, grasp the cartridge and pull it
slightly forward and up; the ribbon guide snaps away from
the metal pins behind the print head. Properly dispose of
the used ribbon cartridge.
5. After you remove the new ribbon cartridge from the
package, remove the separator from the middle of the
ribbon cartridge and discard the separator. Then turn the
ribbon-tightening knob in the direction of the arrow to
remove any slack in the ribbon.
6. Hold the cartridge with the ribbon-tightening knob up. Fit
the two front notches ( ) of the ribbon cartridge over the
small pegs on each side of the printer as shown below. Then
lay the cartridge flat so that the rear notches ( ) fit over the
corresponding pegs.
7. Gently press down the cartridge until both ends click
into place.
8. Lift the ribbon guide of the ribbon cartridge ( ) and insert
it firmly over the metal pins behind the print head ( ).
Make sure the ribbon is not twisted or creased and that it is
in place behind the print head. Press down the guide until it
clicks into place.
ribbon installation
position
ribbon guide
separator
ribbon-tightening knob
ribbon guide
ribbon-tightening
knob