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3.4 Ribbon

1. Kinds of ribbon

This printer uses a melt ink ribbon.

1) Wax: multipurpose ribbon.

2) Wax resin: multipurpose higher-quality ribbon.

3) Resin: special ribbon with weather resistance. When using resin

ribbon, print speed must be slower and the printing energy must be
greater.

2. Type of ribbon

Both in-wound and out-wound ribbons can be used.

3. Size of ribbon

Width of ribbon:

25.4 mm

-114.3 mm (1 in-4.5 in)

The width of the ribbon is recommended to be the

±10% of the width of the

paper used.

Max. length:

360 m

Max. outer diameter:

70 mm

Paper core inner diameter: 25.4 mm (1 in)

±0.4 mm

With a single roll of the ribbon (360 m), about two rolls of the paper with outer
diameter of 203 mm (8 in) can be used for printing.