Adjusting The Media Support Disks

P4T/RP4T User Guide

Manual Introduction

RP4T Printers 35

pg.

pg.

4

 

 

P4T Overview- pg. 5

Maintenance pg. 36

Printer Preparation pg. 7

38

Troubleshooting pg.

Connecting the Printer pg. 27

43

Specifications pg.

Radio Regulatory Information pg. 31

Appendices pg. 46

 

Index pg. 52

Media Core Size

Media supplied for the P4T Se- ries printers will have two pos- sible core sizes, depending on the media type. Journal media and most label media is supplied with a 0.75” [19.1 mm] diameter core to maximize the amount of media contained on a roll.

P4T printer media supports are set at the factory for 0.75” diam- eter media cores.

RP4T printers (equipped with the RFID encoder) are configured for media with 1.38” [35.05 mm] diameter cores since RFID me- dia cannot be wound around a small diameter core without both degrading its ability to feed properly past the printhead and causing possible damage to the embedded RFID circuitry.

Figure 8- Adjusting the Media Core Diameter

Changing The Media Support

 

Core Diameter Size

Remove Support Disk,

It may become necessary to

and flip it 180° to change

change the media core size in

core size.

the field to allow use of different

 

Media Support Disk

media.

The media support disks are

(shown re-adjusted for

3/4” label media core)

designed for both sizes of media

 

 

cores, and they can be adjusted

 

by removing them, flipping their

 

position and re-securing them to

 

the printer.

 

1. Open the Media Cover and

 

remove any label media.

 

2. Use Phillips head screwdriver

 

with a long blade to keep the

 

screw attaching the Support Disk

 

to the printer from turning.

 

3. Rotate the Support Disk while

 

keeping the attachment screw

 

from turning, and remove it.

4. Flip the Media Support Disk so that the desired core diameter ridge faces towards the inside of the printer. Please refer to Figure 8.

 

 

5. Re-secure the Support Disk by tighten-

Media Support Disk

3/ ”

ing it onto the attaching screw. Do not over

(shown adjusted for 1

tighten the Support Disk. It must be able to spin

label media core)

8

 

 

freely.

 

 

 

 

Repeat this procedure on the other Support Disk.

 

 

Always ensure that both Support Disks are adjusted for the

 

 

same size media core.

 

 

Replace the Media Support Disks if they have been adjusted

 

 

for different core sizes more than 5 (five) times.

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P4T specifications

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