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Introduction ........................................................................................... v
Caution ...................................................................................................... v
Requests ................................................................................................... v
FCC statement (USA) ............................................................................... v
TV and radio interference .......................................................................... v
Compatible ink ........................................................................................... v
Safety Precautions ................................................................................vi
Symbols .................................................................................................... vi
Working Environment ............................................................................ix
Place of installation .................................................................................. ix
Temperature of working environment ....................................................... ix
Warning Labels ..................................................................................... x
Chapter 1 Before Use
Part Names and Functions ................................................................. 1-2
Front .......................................................................................................1-2
Rear/side ................................................................................................1-3
Operating panel ......................................................................................1-4
Media sensor ..........................................................................................1-6
Carriage ..................................................................................................1-6
Cutter blade and cutting slot ...................................................................1-6
Capping station ......................................................................................1-6
Pinch rollers and grit rollers ....................................................................1-6
Connecting Cables .............................................................................1-7
Connecting a USB 2.0 interface cable ...................................................1-7
Inserting Ink Cartridges ......................................................................1-8
Precautions on handling ink cartridges ..................................................1-8
Inserting ink cartridges ...........................................................................1-9
When Ink Level Low or Ink Near End is Displayed ..............................1-10
When Replace Inkpack (Ink End) is Displayed ....................................1-10
Ink cartridge lamps ...............................................................................1-11
Machine restrictions .............................................................................1-11
Replacing Ink ........................................................................................1-11
Menu Mode ......................................................................................1-13
Chapter 2 Basic Operations
Workflow ............................................................................................2-2
Turning the Power On/Off ..................................................................2-3
Turning the power on .............................................................................2-3
Turning the power off .............................................................................2-3
Loading Media ....................................................................................2-4
Adjusting head height .............................................................................2-4
Loading roll media ..................................................................................2-5
Changing the printing origin ...................................................................2-7
Preparing the Heater ..........................................................................2-8
Changing heater temperature settings ...................................................2-8
Test Printing .......................................................................................2-8
Test printing ............................................................................................2-8
Head Cleaning ...................................................................................2-9
About head cleaning ...............................................................................2-9
Performing head cleaning based on test printing results .......................2-9
Feed Correction Settings .................................................................2-10
Feed correction ....................................................................................2-10
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