Detecting and Recovering from a Ribbon-Out Condition
Detecting and Recovering from a Ribbon-Out Condition
When the printer runs out of ribbon, it alerts you of the condition. This is part of the normal printing cycle. Use these steps to replace the ribbon and continue printing.
Open the printer.
Typically, in the ribbon-out-condition, the reflective ribbon—which the printer uses to detect an end-of-ribbon condition—is exposed on the underside of the ribbon cartridge or ribbon roll. The front ribbon/top roll is also full.
Remove the used ribbon roll or ribbon cartridge from the take-up spindles and dispose of it properly. Keep the empty ribbon core (roll) so you can use it to load the new ribbon roll.
Load a new ribbon roll (or insert a new ribbon cartridge if your printer is a ribbon cartridge model).
