Trouble Shooting

When there is trouble with this printer, take action to clear up the trouble according to the following table.

If this action does not clear up the trouble, notify the dealer where you purchased the printer or service personnel.

 

Symptom

Check

 

 

 

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Paper jam

Check for a jam at the paper

Remove all the jammed paper.

 

 

ejection opening. If you cannot

Remove the roll paper from the printer and put it

 

 

open the rear cover, do check

back again.

 

 

number 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Rear cover

Check to see if the blade of the

Insert a Phillips screwdriver (+) into the cutter

 

does not open

auto cutter is protruding.

lock cancel use feed hole on the printer and turn

 

 

 

it clockwise or counter clockwise. (Use a #1

 

 

 

screwdriver.)

 

 

 

Rotate the screwdriver while watching the paper

 

 

 

ejection opening and stop turning it when both

 

 

 

ends of the blade are fully retracted. (P.42)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do not try to force the rear cover to open. If

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you do, the printer will be damaged and you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

will be cut by the blade.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Ribbon does

Turn the knob on the ribbon

After turning the knob until the ribbon feeds

 

not feed

cassette.

smoothly, reset the ribbon cassette.

 

correctly

 

If you cannot turn the knob, the ribbon may be

 

 

 

jammed inside the cassette. If the situation does

 

 

 

not improve, replace it with a new ribbon

 

 

 

cassette.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

The paper is

Check to make sure that the

If one of the covers is open, close it. If the paper

 

not cut

rear cover and front cover are

still cannot be cut after you have closed the

 

 

closed.

cover, notify the dealer where you purchased the

 

 

 

printer or service personnel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode Maintenance

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