Avery 676 user manual Installing Ink Ribbon

Installing Ink Ribbon

The ink ribbon comes pre-packaged in a plastic bag. For best results, leave the ink ribbon wrapped in this bag until you are ready to use it in the printer. Use the procedure and diagram below for loading the ink.

SUPPLY	TAKE-UP	SUPPLY	TAKE-UP
	HEAD 2	HEAD 3
HEAD 2			HEAD 3

FABRIC

INK

WEB GUIDE HEAD 2 HEAD 3

HEAD 1

DRIVE / AUX

STOCK

TAKE-UP

HEAD 1

SUPPLY

HEAD 1

INK

Figure 6

1)Unwrap the ink ribbon and put it on the ink-ribbon supply arbor for the print station to be loaded (Figure 6) by pressing it on to the arbor when the three slots are lined up.

2)Make sure the ink ribbon comes off the roll in the direction shown and is threaded as illustrated (Figure 6).

NOTE: A new ink ribbon has a leader that makes it easier to use when threading the ribbon through the print area.

3)Place an empty ink-ribbon take-up core on the ink-ribbon take-up arbor for the print station to be loaded. The ink take-up core must be at least as wide as the ink supply.

4)Open the print head to the print station being loaded.

5)After starting the leader off the supply roll - pull enough ink off to thread though the print station and onto the take up core. The adhesive on the supply roll of ink will be used to fasten the leader to the take up core.

NOTE: Make sure that the ink-ribbon take-up core and the ink-ribbon supply roll are both against the ink backer plate so that the ink ribbon tracks straight through the print station.

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