IBM EasyCoder 3400e user manual Loading Media Into the Printer, To load the media

EasyCoder 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual

Loading Media Into the Printer

You can load media into the printer in three different ways:

•Straight-through printing with roll media

•Self-strip printing with roll media (optional)

•Fanfold printing (see Chapter 1)

You can load media with the printer power turned on or off. The following procedures for loading media assume that you have turned the printer on.

Loading Roll Media for Straight-Through Printing

In straight-through printing, you load a roll of media on the supply roll post and feed it straight through the printer mechanism and out the front of the printer. As the printer completes the printing of individual labels, you can remove them from the roll by pulling them down across the tear bar.

Note: This procedure covers how to load media for straight-through print mode using a roll of direct thermal or thermal transfer label media. The default setting for the printer is direct thermal mode; use PrintSet to change the printer to thermal transfer mode.

Note: You should find a small label with a three-digit sensitivity number printed on it attached to your roll of media or a 15-digit number stamped on the side of the media roll (Intermec media only). Save this information. You will need it to set the correct media sensitivity number. See “Setting the Media Sensitivity Number” later in this chapter for help.

To load the media

1.Raise the printhead by rotating the head lift lever clockwise until the printhead disengages.

2.Turn the supply roll retainer counterclockwise to release it and then slide it to the outer end of the supply roll post.

Note: If you are replacing the empty media roll with a new roll of the same width, you do not need to adjust the edge guide or the supply roll retainer.

3. Place the media roll on the supply roll post and position it firmly against the printer.

Note: If you are using a narrow roll of media [less than 7.62 centimeters (3 inches)], insert the media support between the roll of media and the supply roll retainer before securing it.

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