58 Intermec EasyCoder PF2i, PF4i, and PF4i Compact Industrial—Service Manual
Chapter 5—Media Supply
Quick-Load Guides
The standard edge guide can be replaced with a set of Quick-Load guides.
There are two types: narrow and wide. EasyCoder PF2i can only use the
narrow type, whereas EasyCoder PF4i and PF4i Compact Industrial can
use both (even if the wide type is preferred.) The Quick-Load guides allow
the media to be loaded into the print mechanism without opening the
short side door.
Quick-Load guides cannot be used in connection with peel-off (self-strip)
operation, that is, when the liner (backing paper) is wound up inside the
printer (see Chapter 8).
With special application software, it is possible to make the media auto-
matically being pulled through the print mechanism.
Quick-Load guides are useful for external media supplies, because they
guide the media better than the standard edge guide.
The Quick-Load guides are fi tted on the same shaft as the standard edge
guide and the outer guide is laterally adjustable to fi t various media widths:
EasyCoder PF2i
• Narrow guides: 40 to 60 mm (1.57 to 2.36 inches)
EasyCoder PF4i and PF4i Compact Industrial
• Narrow guides: 40 to 114.3 mm (1.57 to 4.5 inches)
• Wide guides: 80 to 144.3 mm (3.15 to 4.5 inches)
The EasyCoder PF4i and PF4i Compact Industrial are normally deliv-
ered with both narrow and wide guides. It is possible to combine one
narrow and one wide guide.