14Introduction Printer Components

Printer Components

Note • The components inside your printer are color-coded.

• The touch points that you will need to handle are colored gold inside the printers and are highlighted in gold in the illustrations in this manual.

•The components associated with the ribbon system are made of black plastic, while the components associated with media are made of gray plastic. Those components and others are highlighted in light blue in the illustrations in this manual as needed.

Figure 1 shows the components inside the media compartment of your printer. Depending on the printer model and the installed options, your printer may look slightly different. The components that are labeled are mentioned in procedures throughout this manual.

Figure 1 • Printer Components

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6

 

3

4

5

ZT230

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

7

ZT210

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ZT220

 

 

 

1

Control panel

 

 

2

Media door

 

 

3

Ribbon take-up spindle*

 

 

4

Ribbon supply spindle*

 

 

5

Media supply hanger

 

 

6

Media supply guide

 

 

7

Media dancer assembly

 

 

8

Printhead-open lever

 

 

9

Print mechanism

 

 

10

Platen roller

 

 

*This component appears only in printers that have the Thermal Transfer option installed.

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