Gainscha Barcode Printer Quick Start Guide

Print head release lever
Printer cover
Media view window
Label supply spindle
Black mark and Gap sensor
Intelligent
Printer cover handle
movable offset of ribbon rewind spindle
Paper exit chute
Comm.
Platen roller
movable offset of ribbon supply spindle
Print Head Pressure Adjustment Knob
Ethernet interface
Label roll guard
RS-232 interface
Ribbon sensor
Vertical position adjustment knob
on the right side of the print head
Ribbon guide bar
Damper
Ribbon rewind spindle
Ribbon supply spindle
Power cord socket
Paper guide
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1. Move the label roll guard horizontally to the
end of label spindle, then flip down the label
roll guard.
2. Place the media roll on the label supply
spindle and use label roll guard to fix it.
3. Pull the Print head release lever to open
print head mechanism.
4. Install the label through the media guide bar,
damper, media sensor, and label guide to install
the media. (See the "Media Loading Path"
illustration below).
5. Move the media sensor by adjusting the media
sensor position adjustment knob, make sure the
gap or black mark sensor is at the location where
media gap/black mark will pass through for sensing.
Adjust the label guide to fix the media position.
6. Close the print head mechanism on both
sides and make sure the latches are engaged
securely. Set media sensor type and calibrate
the selected sensor.
1. Lift the printer cover handle, and install
the ribbon and empty ribbon roll on the
ribbon supply spindle and ribbon rewind
spindle, respectively.
2. Pull the movable offsets of the ribbon
supply spindle and ribbon rewind spindle.
3. Pull the Print head release lever to
open print head mechanism.
5. Fix the smooth and wrinkled front end
of the ribbon on the empty ribbon roll.
6. Wind the ribbon rewind spindle
clockwise roughly 3~5 circles until the
ribbon is smooth, properly stretched and
wrinkle-free.
7. Close the print head mechanism by
pushing down the both sides of the print
head release lever.
4. Thread ribbon below the ribbon guide
bar through ribbon sensor slot.
( See the "Ribbon Loading Path"
illustration
below).
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