Rice Lake Star SP700 - Manual (Page 15)

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5. Loading the Ribbon Cartridge and Paper
5-1. Tear Bar Model
5-1-1. Loading the Ribbon Cartridge
1 Turn off power to the printer.
2 Open the cover.
Important!
1. Do not touch the print head imme-
diately after printing as it can be
extremely hot.
2. Do not touch the cutter blade.
· There is a cutter inside the pa-
per outlet slot. Not only should
you not put your hand in the
paper outlet slot while printing
is in progress, never put your
hand into the outlet even when
printing is not in progress.
3 Place the ribbon cartridge in the
direction shown in Fig. 5-2 and press
it down to load it. If loading of the
ribbon cartridge is not satisfactory,
press down the cartridge while ro-
tating the ribbon feed knob in the
direction of the arrow.
4 Turn the ribbon feed knob of the
ribbon cartridge in the direction of
the arrow to remove slack in the
ribbon.
5 Close the cover.
Fig. 5-1 Opening the cover
Fig. 5-2 Loading the ribbon cartridge
Cover
Power off
Ribbon separator
Print head
Ink ribbon
Ribbon
feed knob
Notched part
Ribbon
cartridge