SECTION 4 - TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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4.6 Printer Orientation
It is critical to the success of the printer that all parties understand the orientation 
of the printer.
Orientation is common to both Intermittent and Continuous printers.
Both Combined and Shuttle versions of the SmartDate 5 printers can be Left or 
Right hand orientated.
The decision to select a right or left hand printer will depend on the direction of the 
substrate and access to remove the ribbon cassette.
With Continuous printers the print-head angle must always be in the direction of 
travel of the substrate.
With Intermittent printers, the substrate is stationary when being printed onto and 
the only issue here is access to the printer cassette.
The rule for determining the printer hand is as follows: