Troubleshooting, Power Supply, Text Input, Tape Cutting

Troubleshooting

Nothing appears on the display.

Cannot input text.

Possible Cause	Action

FUNC key has been	Press ESC to clear FUNC key
pressed.	operation.

Tape does not come out when PRINT is pressed.
Possible Cause	Action

Tape cartridge com-	Securely close the tape car-
partment cover is not	tridge cover.
closed completely.

No more tape left in	Replace the tape cartridge with
the cartridge.	a new one.

Tape jam	Remove the tape cartridge and
	pull out the jammed tape by
	hand. Cut off excess tape with
	scissors, and carefully replace
	the cartridge into the label printer.
	Important!
	Never allow the tape outlet to
	become blocked and never
	touch tape as it is being fed
	during printing.

Tape comes out when PRINT is pressed, but nothing is printed on it.

Possible Cause	Action
Only blank spaces	Input the text you want to print.
were input.


Printing is blurred, blotched, broken, etc.
Possible Cause	Action

Improper print density	Adjust the print density setting.
setting

Improper loading of	Remove the tape cartridge and
the cartridge	reload it correctly.

Dirty print head or rub-	Clean the printer head and
ber roller	roller.

Ink ribbon is being fed from the tape outlet along with the tape.

Possible Cause	Action
Ink ribbon cassette	Remove the ink ribbon cassette
loaded while the ink	and check to make sure the ink
ribbon is slack.	ribbon is not broken. Next, take
	up any slack in the ink ribbon
	and then reload the tape car-
	tridge.

Important!

•Before loading an ink ribbon cassette into the label printer, always make sure you take up any slack in the ink ribbon first.

•If the ink ribbon is broken, you must change to another ink ribbon cassette.

Cannot cut tape.

Possible Cause	Action

Tape cutter blade is	Take the label printer to the
dull.	dealer from whom you pur-
	chased it to have the tape cut-
	ter blade replaced.


Printed text is cut off by tape cut operation.
Possible Cause	Action

The printer is set up for	Be sure to press the FEED key
manual tape feed.	before performing the tape cut
	operation.
	Important!
	When the printer is set up for
	manual tape feed, the tape is
	not fed automatically after print-
	ing is complete.

Out of tape	Replace the tape cartridge with
	a new one.

Label will not adhere to a surface.

Possible Cause	Action

The backing paper is	Peel the backing paper from the
still on the back of the	back of the tape to expose the
tape.	adhesive.

Surface is unsuitable	Labels do not adhere well to
for affixing a tape.	surfaces that are rough, wet,
	oily, or dirty.

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