Avery Dennison SNAP 656 - Manual (Page 20)

14B • •• • Printer Operation Users Manual Model 656/636
Printer Operation
Loading Ink
Figure 5 - Ink Threading Path
The ink ribbon comes packaged in a plastic bag. For best results, leave the ink
ribbon wrapped in this bag until you are ready to use it in the printer. Use the
procedure and diagram above for loading the ink.
1) Unwrap the ink ribbon and put it on the ink-ribbon unwind arbor (See Figure 5) by
pressing it on to the arbor when the three slots are lined up.
2) Make sure the ink ribbon comes off the roll in the direction shown above and is
threaded as illustrated.
NOTE: A new ink ribbon has a leader that makes it easier to use when threading the
ribbon through the print area.
3) Put an empty ink-ribbon take-up core on the ink rewind arbor. The ink take-up
core must be at least as wide as the ink supply. The adhesive on the supply roll of
ink can be used to fasten the leader to the rewind core.
4) Advance the ink until ink starts to wrap around the take-up core.
5) You should rotate the ink arbors to keep excess slack ink from between the print
head and the ink cores.
NOTE: Make sure that the ink-ribbon take-up core and the ink-ribbon supply roll
are against the ink backer plate so that the ink ribbon tracks straight
through the print station.