Compuprint 3046 Installation

Installation Guide

Compuprint 3046 - 3056

Installation Guide

1 Unpacking the Printer

a- Packing and Unpacking

1- Make sure the following parts are included while unpacking the printer, and no parts are
damaged.
2- Preserve the packing material properly for use in case of future printer transportation.

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1

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Figure 1

b- Protection Material

Remove the protection material before assembling printer: Refer to figure 1, and remove the
protection material pointed out by numbers 1 to 7 on the printer outside and 8 to 14 inside the
printer, and preserve them for the future transportation.
After removing the protection material, take out the front paper chute board from the package,
and push both hooks gently along the track into both gap locations of printer. You should hear
a “click” when the hook snaps into the gap.

2 Installing the Printer

a- Ribbon Cartridge Installation

1. Make sure the printer is turned off before inserting the ribbon cartridge.

2. Remove the transparent cover part first, then hold the plastic hooks on both sides of the

sheet holder and pull upwards to remove the transparent sheet holder. After that, move
the print head to the middle of the printer.

Figure 2

3. Turn the ribbon tension knob according to the direction shown by the arrow on the

cartridge. Hold the handle of ribbon cartridge and push the cartridge gently down. Make
sure the plastic hook of ribbon cartridge click into the grooves inside the printer as in
figure 3.

Figure 3

4. Set the ribbon between the print head and the metal septa and tense the ribbon again.

Check if the ribbon can slide freely from side to side in the channel between the print head
and metal septa.

5. Reinstall the transparent sheet holder.

Figure 4