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WARNING
• Do not touch the tear bar blade.
- There is a tear bar blade inside the paper outlet slot. Not only should you not put your hand
in the paper outlet slot while printing is in progress, never put your hand into the outlet even
when printing is not in progress.
• During and immediately after printing, the area around the thermal head is very hot. Do not
touch it, as you could be burned.
CAUTION
• Do not push the front cover and open the printer cover when printing is in progress.
• Do not push the front cover while pressing on the printer cover with your hand.
• Do not pull out paper while the printer cover is closed.
• The heating element and the driver IC of the thermal head are easily damaged. Do not touch
them with metal objects, sandpaper, etc.
• Printing quality may suffer if the thermal head heating element becomes soiled by being
touched with your hands. Do not touch the thermal head heating element.
• There is a risk of damage to the driver IC of the thermal head from static electricity. Never
directly touch the IC.
• The printing quality and working life of the thermal head cannot be guaranteed if any paper
other than that recommended is used. In particular, paper containing Sodium, Potassium,
Chlorine may drastically reduce the working life of the thermal head. Please exercise caution.
• Do not operate the printer if there is moisture on the front surface of the head from
condensation, etc.
• Do not change the width of the roll paper, as this will substantially reduce the use life of the
thermal head and printing quality.
• Do not switch to thermal roll paper after using thermal label roll paper because the
deterioration of the thermal head and the accumulation of adhesive residue may negatively
affect print quality.
• Because short labels peel easily, the detached labels could stray away from the outlet slot. To
prevent this from occurring, use the command, memory switch, or printer driver to reduce the
printing speed. For instructions on the command and the memory switch, see the separate
Specification Manual. For instructions on the printer driver, see the software manual on the
CD-ROM.
Tear bar
Tear bar