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2.4LoadingRibbon
Ribbonsareonlyrequiredforthermaltransferprinting.Youcanuseawax,wax ‐resin
orresinribbon.Thetypeoftheribbonandthemediashouldmatchtoeachotherto
gettheproperprintquality.Theribbonneedstobewiderthanorequaltothemedia
toprotecttheprintheadfromwear.
2.4.1 PreparingRibbon
Removethewrappingandtheprotectivefilmoftheribbon.Youwillfindtwopairsof
ribbon cores in the printer package. One of them is for 0.5‐inch inner diameter
ribbon andtheother isfor1‐inch. Installtheapplicablepair intotheribbon supply
rollandtake‐uproll.