AP120BC1000-3/ AP120BCF1300-3 Manual
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PRINTER NOTE: The optional printer is delivered fully installed
LOADING A ROLL OF PAPER
1. Remove the paper cover by pressing on the groove patterns to pop the front edge up. Lift off
the cover.
2. Press the rocker switch to the left. The light will go off.
3. Unroll several inches of paper.
4. Cut a straight edge on the paper roll if it is jagged. This will facilitate the entry of the paper into
the printer.
5. Slide the paper (with the roll above the paper) through the slot connecting the paper
compartment and the printer compartment. It can be slid in about 1/4” before it stops.
6. While holding the paper in place, press the rocker switch to the Paper Feed position and hold
it there. The printer will activate and a rubber roller will pull the paper into the printer
compartment. Release the switch when an inch of paper has emerged from the top of the
printer.
7. Slide the paper through the slot in the printer cover.
8. Push the back of the printer cover down and into place.
9. Press the front of the printer cover down to lock in place.
10. Put the paper spindle into the paper roll and place the roll with the spindle onto the snaps
near the back of the printer. Turn the paper roll to take up any slack. Make sure the roll of
paper turns freely. If it does not turn freely, the paper will jam and can possibly damage the
print mechanism.
REMOVING A ROLL OF PAPER
1. Using the Paper Feed Switch, advance the paper about one inch beyond the paper cutter.
2. Lift the paper roll away from the printer housing and cut the paper feeding to the printer with
scissors. Try to make the cut as square as possible to help the next time you reload the
paper.
3. Pull the remaining paper through the printer mechanism. Be sure to pull the paper from the
top (paper cutter side).
WARNING: Pulling the paper out from the back of the printer will damage the
print mechanism.
OPERATING THE PRINTER
The Paper Feed switch on the printer is a rocker type switch. Push the left side of the rocker switch
to toggle the printer ON or OFF. A red light will go on when the printer switch is ON. Push the
right side of the switch to advance the paper.
MAINTENANCE
When printing becomes difficult to see, replace the ribbon in your printer with an Epson HX-20
cartridge ribbon.
If your printer is used infrequently, the print impression may become weak because the ribbon
dried out. In that case, advance the ribbon to a new section by holding down the Paper Feed
switch for several seconds.