Setting a Media
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Basic Operations
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Press the key to lift the tension-bar up and to stretch the loosened
media.
• Turn the switch to AUTO. The tension-bar is lifted, taking up the media, and automatically stops at the
proper position.
Confirmation message of the take-up/feeding tension-bar
To make use of the heavy-duty take-up/feeding device safer, a confirmation
message appears on the display for the tension-bar position when operating
the printer with the tension-bar lifted higher than usual.
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When the message appears, check the tension-bar position and the switch.
• Both the tension-bar position and the switch are properly set, you do not need to perform the step 2.
Press the key to continue the operation.
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Press the key.
• The next operation is cancelled. Set the tension-bar position and the switch properly, and perform
the operation again.
• If the tension-bar is not lifted with key, stretch the loosened media with the
switch.
(1) Set the switch to the take-up direction of the media, and turn the switch to
[MANUAL]. (The tension-bar is lifted.)
•When the media is fed and the tension-bar is not lifted, turn the switch to the
other side.
(2) When the tension-bar arm becoms parallel to the floor, turn the switch to
[AUTO] to stop the tension-bar.
(3) Turn the switch to the take-up direction of the media.
• It cannot print on the media between the take-up device and the carriage.
• Once the tension-bar is checked, the confirmation message is not displayed from the next time.
(Once the power is turned off, the message is displayed again.)
• When “HIGH” is set for the tension-bar moving position on “Perform setting of feeding and take up” of
MACHINE SETUP ( P.3-30), press the key to continue the operation even if the
message above appears.
Setting the tension-bar higher than the current moving position may become load for the device and
break the machine.