Wasp Bar Code Wasp WPL606 - Manual (Page 11)

3. Set Up
3.1 Setting Up the Printer
1. Place the printer on a flat, secure surface
2. Make sure the POWER switch is off
3. Connect the printer to the computer with the provided RS-232C,
Centronics/Parallel, or USB cable
4. Plug the power cord into the power supply connector at the rear of the
printer, and then plug the power cord into a properly grounded power outlet
3.2 Ribbon Installation
1. Turn the power to the printer off
2. Open the printer right side cover and front panel
3. Raise print head lift lever and remove the old ribbon by firmly grasping the
media and pulling it off of the spindle
4. Wasp ribbons are wound with the dull ink side out and come with the rewind
spindle connected to the ribbon. Slide the ribbon onto the ribbon supply
spindle so that when the rewind spindle is extended toward the back of the
printer the Wasp logo is facing up. Slide the ribbon about half way onto the
spindle
Ribbon
Supply
Spindle
Print
Head Lift
Lever
Open
Figure 5: Ribbon placed onto Supply Spindle
5. Wrap the ribbon under the print head and out the front of the printer. The
Wasp logo will be facing down toward the platten roller. The Platen Roller is
the black rubber roller bar that advances the media
Rewind
Core
Rewind
Spindle
Print Head
Platen
Roller
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