IBM EasyCoder 3400e User Manual

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Operating the Printer

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Loading Roll Media for Straight-Through Printing

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Media

Media
backing

Media roll

Head lift
lever

Upper
media guide

Lower
media guide

Supply roll
post

Supply roll
retainer

Edge
guide

Media
support

4. Slide the supply roll retainer up to the edge of the media roll and turn the supply

roll retainer clockwise to secure.

5. Pull down on the lower media guide to allow easy access to the media path. Make

sure that the edge guide slides all the way to the outer edge of the lower media
guide.

6. Insert the label stock through the printer mechanism as shown. Make sure the label

passes between the upper and lower media guides. The front edge of the media
should pass over the tear bar and out the front of the printer.

7. Release the lower media guide and adjust the edge guide to position the media

firmly against the inside wall of the printer.

Note: If you are using thermal transfer media, refer to “Loading Thermal Transfer
Ribbon” later in this chapter before you finish performing this procedure.

8. Lower the printhead by rotating the head lift lever counterclockwise until it locks.

9. Use PrintSet, your third-party software, or the IPL command set to configure the

printer for the kind of media you are using (continuous or mark label). Refer to the
PrintSet online help, your third-party documentation, or the IPL Programming
Reference Manual for help.

10. Press Feed/Pause to advance several inches of media through the printer and out the

label opening in the front cover. Your printer is now ready to print labels.