Front Cover Interior/Print Head Area
No. Name Function overview
Print light This light illuminates the front cover interior. This makes it
easier to see the printing status. It flashes if a serious error oc-
curs.
Print-head carriage The print heads are inside here.
Separating knife The knife used to separate the media.
Cutting carriage The blade and the separating knife are inside here.
Wiper tray This houses the cleaning liquid used to clean the wiper. It con-
tains a tray pad.
Wiper Cleans the print heads during automatic cleaning and in similar
situations.
Blade holder This houses the blade used during cutting.
Media clamp This clamps the edge of the media to keep it from coming
loose. It also prevents fuzz on the cut edge of the media from
touching the print heads.
Pinch roller
(left pinch roller, right pinch roller, and middle pinch
roller)
These clamp the media when the loading lever is lowered.
These rollers are called the left pinch roller, the right pinch
roller, and the middle pinch roller according to their positions.
Grit pattern This indicates the location of a grit roller. When loading me-
dia, be sure to place the pinch rollers within the ranges indi-
cated by these patterns.
Grit roller This is one of these rollers that feed the media.
Blade protector This is the path that the blade takes during cutting. It protects
the tip of the blade.
Part Names and Functions
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