Symptom

Possible Cause

Recommended Action

No tape

The cassette cover is

Close the cassette cover.

comes out

not closed completely.

(page 8)

when I

 

 

The tape is used up.

Replace the tape cartridge

press

 

with a new one. (page 13)

PRINT.

 

 

 

The tape is jammed.

Remove the tape cartridge

 

 

 

and pull out the jammed tape.

 

 

Use scissors to cut off the

 

 

tape you pulled out. Load the

 

 

tape cartridge back into the

 

 

printer. (page 13)

 

 

Important!

 

 

Note the following while

 

 

printing is in progress.

 

 

Do not allow the tape outlet

 

 

to become blocked.

 

 

Do not touch the tape

 

 

coming out of the printer.

 

 

Do not open the cassette

 

 

cover.

 

 

Do not turn off the printer.

 

 

 

 

Battery power is low.

Change to AC adaptor power

 

 

or load a fresh set of batteries

 

 

(supplied by you). (page 47)

 

 

 

Symptom

Possible Cause

Recommended Action

The ink

Slack in the ink ribbon

Remove the tape cartridge.

ribbon is

when the tape

After making sure that the ink

coming out

cartridge was loaded

ribbon is not broken, take up

of the tape

in the printer.

all the slack. Reload the tape

outlet

 

cartridge into the printer.

together

 

(page 13)

with the

 

Important!

tape.

 

Always make sure you

 

 

remove all slack from the ink

 

 

ribbon before loading a tape

 

 

cartridge into the printer.

 

 

If the ink ribbon is broken,

 

 

replace the tape cartridge

 

 

with a new one.

 

 

 

The tape

The tape cutter is dull.

Have the tape cutter replaced

will not cut.

 

by your retailer or your local

 

 

CASIO service center.

 

 

 

 

Tape is jammed in the

Turn off the printer, remove the

 

tape outlet.

tape cartridge, and remove

 

 

the jammed label.

 

 

 

 

NONE is selected for

Change the MARGINS

 

the MARGINS setting

setting to NARROW, MEDIUM

 

of the format being

or WIDE. (page 29)

 

used.

 

 

 

 

 

UNCUT is selected for

Change the tape cut mode

 

the tape cut mode.

setting to something other

 

 

than UNCUT. (page 20)

 

 

 

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