User's Manual

Loading Ribbon
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Loading Ribbon
Figure 16. Loading Ribbon
1. Press the Pause key to take the SLPA offline.
2. Install the ribbon take-up core on the ribbon take-up spindle.
NOTE: The first ribbon take-up fiberboard core comes with the SLPA.
Thereafter, use the fiberboard core from the old (used up) ribbon.
3. Slide the ribbon roll onto the ribbon supply spindle until it stops against
the spindle flange.
4. Open the pivoting deck by rotating the deck lock lever fully clockwise until
the deck swings upward.
Ribbon Take-Up Core
Ribbon Take-Up
Spindle
Ribbon Supply
Spindle
Ribbon Roll
Pivoting Deck
Deck Lock Lever