APPENDIX 1 SPECIFICATIONS
ENGLISH VERSION EO1-33034
A1.4 Ribbon
EA1- 5
A1.3.4 Effective Print Area (Cont.)
The figure below shows the effective print area on the media.
A1.4 Ribbon
Please make sure that the ribbon being used is approved by TOSHIBA TEC. The warranty does not apply to any
problem caused by using non-approved ribbons.
For information regarding TOSHIBA TEC approved ribbon, please contact a TOSHIBA TEC service
representative.
Type Spool type
Width 41 – 112 mm
Recommended width is 41, 50, 68, 84, and 112 mm.
Length 600 m
Outside Diameter φ90 mm (max.)
The table below shows the correlation between ribbon width and media width (backing paper is not included.)
Ribbon width Media width Ribbon width Media width
41 mm 30 – 36 mm 84 mm 63 – 79 mm
50 mm 36 – 45 mm 112 mm 71 – 112 mm
68 mm 45 – 63 mm
N
OTES:
1. Be sure not to print on the 1.5-mm wide area from the media edges (shaded area in the above figure).
Printing this area may cause ribbon wrinkles, resulting in a poor print quality of the guaranteed print area.
2. The centre of media is positioned at the centre of the Print Head.
3. Print quality in the 3-mm area from the print head stop position (including 1-mm non-printable area for print
speed slow down) is not guaranteed.
N
OTES:
1. To ensure print quality and print head life use only TOSHIBA TEC specified ribbons.
2. To avoid ribbon wrinkles use a ribbon that is wider than the media by 5 mm or more. However, too much
difference in width between the two may cause wrinkles.
3. You can use a ribbon that is narrower than the media by 5 mm or more, however, this makes the print area
narrower.
Start line
Area to be detected.
Area to be detected.
Media feed direction
1.5 mm from the
left edge of media
Media width
(backing paper width is not included.)
Media height
10 – 1500 mm
1.5 mm from the
right edge of media
1mm
1mm
Guaranteed print area