Rice Lake TicketPress - Installation and Operation Manual - Manual (Page 7)

Installation 3
Table 2-2. RS-232 Serial Interface Connector
2.3 Installing The Ribbon Cartridge
The TicketPress has been design to make ribbon installation a clean, easy process with no need to touch the
ribbon fabric.
1. Remove the new ribbon cartridge from its packaging and turn the knob on top of the ribbon in the
direction indicted until the fabric is taut.
Fabric
Knob
Figure 2-2. Ribbon cartridge
2. Open the printer cover to expose the print head area.
3. Orient the ribbon as needed and press the ribbon onto the carriage. See Figure 2-3.
Pin Signal Cable Part # 130213
1 Chassis Ground
2 Transmit Data (Printer output)
3 Receive Data (Printer input) Red
4 Request To Send (set) (Printer output)
Jumpered
5 Clear To Send (ignored) (Printer input)
6 Data Set Ready (ignored) (Printer input)
7 Ground Black
8 Carrier Detect (ignored) (Printer input)
11 Print (Open collector output pulsed low

when Print is pressed on front panel)
Yellow
13 Ground
14 +5V
15 Data Terminal Ready (Printer output)
13
14
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