Avery Dennison SNAP 500 - Manual (Page 23)

User’s Manual—SNAP™ 500 Gen 1 and Gen 2 23
3.0 Operation
3.1 Loading Supplies
Your SNAP 500 printer is designed with up to three ink supply stations, as many
as two upper and one lower. The ink supply station setup is dictated by the
option of the printer your ordered. There is no way to change this setup at your
location.
The ink arbors have a spring-loaded latch, which automatically centers the roll of
ink to ensure smooth tracking through the printer. Ink ribbon cores based on the
metric system, use the gray arbors; inch uses black arbor.
The ink cores have spines on their inside surfaces which align with the grooves
in the ink arbors. Spines allow the printer to control the tension of the ink ribbon
during printing, minimizing wrinkling and optimizing print quality.
NOTE: Only use the white plastic cores on the SNAP
printers. If you have a black plastic core they are design
for the Avery Dennison 9800 series printers.
3.1.1 Installing Ink to the Top Ink Supply Station(s)
1. Install an empty ink core on the upper ink rewind arbor. Ensure the core is
the same width as the core of the ink being used.
NOTE: The empty ink core should be the same width as
the ink supply roll.
a. Press the latch and rotate the core slightly to align the spines with the
grooves on the arbor. Slide it gently onto the arbor. Release the latch
as soon as the core starts to slide on the arbor.
b. As you slide the core onto the arbor, you will hear a clicking noise as
the latch ratchets onto the core. When the core is centered on the
arbor, it will stop. See Figure 7.
CAUTION: To avoid damaging the print head, the ink
supply roll should be ¼ inch (6 mm) wider than the supply
tape.