MAINTENANCE & FAULT FINDING
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Sensor test on a V1
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(1) Ribbon Alarm
ancer arm will activate the Ribbon Alarm sensor. A failing
The Ribbon Warning sensor is used to measure the amount of unused ribbon.
will get a ribbon error for every X prints, where X is
2-6 prints.
pen
opening and closing the cassette.
(4) Home sensor
If this sensor fails, the printer cannot locate the home position for the print head carrier
and will report Error 1.
If the ribbon breaks, a d
sensor results in a ribbon break not being detected immediately.
(2) Ribbon Warning
If this sensor fails, you
determined by the actual message printed. Usually
(3) Cassette o
If this sensor fails, the printer may report “Printer Open”.
Check the sensor by
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