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1. | The display stays blank after you have | • Check that the AC adaptor is connected | |||||||
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2. | The machine does not print or the printed | • Check that the tape | cassette | has been | |||||
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| • If the tape cassette | is | empty, | replace it | ||||
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3. | The text files that you stored in the mem- | • | If the batteries are low, replace them with | ||||||
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4. | The printed characters are not formed | • If you are using alkaline batteries, they | |||||||
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5. | A blank horizontal line appears through | • Clean the print head | as explained on | ||||||
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6. | Striped tape appears. | • You have reached the end of the tape. | |||||||
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7. | The machine has “locked up” (i.e., noth- | • Turn off the machine, and then while | |||||||
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| machine back on. The text and formats | ||||||
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| the memory are erased. |
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