A1.4 Ribbon

APPENDIX 1 SPECIFICATIONS

ENGLISH VERSION EO1-33036

A1.4 Ribbon

A1.3.4 Effective Print Area (Cont.)

The figure below shows the effective print area on the media.

Area to be detected.

Start line

1.5mm from the left edge of media

1mm
	Media height
	10 – 1500 mm
Guaranteed print area	1.5 mm from the
	right edge of media

Media feed direction

1mm

Area to be detected.

Media width

(backing paper width is not included.)

NOTES:

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.

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	68 – 134 mm
	Recommended width is 41, 50, 68, 102, and 134 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
41 mm	30 – 36 mm
50 mm	36 – 45 mm
68 mm	45 – 63 mm

Ribbon width		Media width
102 mm	63	– 97 mm
134 mm	97	– 140 mm

NOTES:

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.When using a 134 mm wide media, be sure to use a 130 mm wide ribbon. Use of other ribbons may cause ribbon wrinkles.

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