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Figure 3-3. Make sure that the ribbon is not twisted when you thread it through its path.
9.Firmly pull the idler gear towrds you and guide the ribbon between the idler gear and the ribbon drive gear.
10.Remove the top and the bottom of the ribbon holder. 11.Replace the ribbon cartridge top cover.
12.Now you’re almost finished! Remount the cartridge to the printer. Notice that five replacements is the maximum, after which you should buy a completelt new cartridge.
REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD
The dot matrix print head has a remarkably long life. It will print perhaps 100,000,000 characers before you have to replace it. You’ll know when that time comes when printing is too faint even after you replace the ribbon cartridge.
Warning: The print head gets hot during operation, so let it cool off before you touch it.
To replace the print head, start by turning off the Power switch and unplugging the power cord. Then follow this procedure:
