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6.Place the two mounting pins on the ribbon support brackets of the head carrier. The two mounting pins are located on the sides of the ribbon release levers.) Insert the ribbon so that the ribbon falls between the nose of the print head and the plastic print guide.

Print guide

Print head

Installing the new ribbon cartridge

7.Press the ribbon release levers until the mounting pins snap into the holes on the ribbon support brackets. Gently pull on the cartridge to verify that the pins are securely positioned in the holes.

8.Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to tighten the ribbon.

9.Move the paper thickness lever back to its original position. For single sheet printing, the correct position is 1. Table 3.2 in Chapter 3 gives other paper thickness lever settings.

10.Close the front cover of the printer.

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