- Universal printer MAINTENANCE OWNER'S MANUAL

SPECIFICATIONS

RIBtype PRINTING DIES

FIGURE 4

Universal Non-Porous Coders are designed to use Universal RIBtype

rubber type, printing dies which have a molded rib backing. The ribs

on the back of the die snap into mating ribs in the RIBtype Drum

Cover on the print drum as shown in Figure 4.

Universal RIBtype dies are available in many standard character styles

and sizes. Dies are available in sets containing a combination of

individual alphabetic and numeric characters or in sets containing

numeric characters only. These character sets or “sorts” can be

used to make up text messages and code numbers as necessary.

RIBtype dies are also available in “logo” form in which a complete

text message is produced on a single piece of rib backed rubber.

Logo dies are much faster to change and normally produce better

print quality than individual characters due to their unitized construc-

tion.

Universal RIBtype dies are manufactured to precision

thickness tolerances which are very critical to the perfor-

mance of these coders. When installed, the face of the

printing die should extend only .007" - .008" beyond the

radius of the Friction Bearers as shown in Figure 5. Us-

ing dies that do not meet the design specifications will

result in poor print quality and possible damage to the trans-

fer roll.

Although there are several competitive rib backed die sys-

tems available, it is very important to note that they are not

all made to the same rib spacing or thickness specifica-

tions and they are not interchangeable.

FRICTION

BEARER

.007” - .008”

PRINTING DIE

DRUM COVER

FIGURE 5

Universal also offers Metric RIBtype die systems for use in countries where metric character sizes are the

standard. The Metric dies are thicker and the rib spacing differs slightly from the standard RIBtype printing dies

therefore the two versions are not compatible. To accommodate the differences, the print drums for Metric dies

are machined to a slightly different diameter from the U.S. versions.

The coder model numbers on Metric coders will have a “-T” suffix and the Metric RIBtype Drum Covers have a

distinct pink color.

CODER MODELS DESIGNED FOR METRIC RIBtype PRINTING DIES