(1) Check to make sure that the printer’s power switch is turned off then disconnect the
power cord.
(2) Open the top cover and lift the thermal printhead and sensor arm.
Sensor arm
Thermal printhead
Head open leverSensor arm open lever
(3) Remove the front top cover from the top
cover. (2 screws)
Note There is a hook on the front top cover.
Be careful not to bend the hook while
removing the front top cover from the
top cover.
To p c ove r
Side view
Hook
(4) Remove the cutter attachment cover from
the front top cover that you have removed.
Note The cutter attachment cutter that
you have removed is used to remove
the auto-cutter unit, so store it
carefully.
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Front top cover
Cutter attachment cover
(5) Remove the operation panel on the front of the printer. (2 screws)
When doing this, remove the flexible cable that is connected to the operation panel.
Flexible cable
(6) Remove the front right cover on the front of the printer. (2 screws)
(7) Remove the pulley cover (black) that is on the right front part of the printer. (1 screw)
Using nippers, cut out the notch on the pulley cover that you have removed.
Notch
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8) Remove the front center cover. (2 screws)
9) Remove the front cover from the front center cover that you have removed. (2 screws)
Note The front cover that you have
removed is used when the
auto-cutter unit has been
removed, so store it carefully.
Front cover
10) Attach the pulley cover (black) that you
removed at step 7 in its original position.
11) Connect the connector of the auto-cutter unit to the relay printed circuit board as
shown in the figure.
Pass through
this hole
Relay printed
circuit board
Note If you pass the connector through in the wrong insertion direction, it cannot be
connected. Insert it after checking the direction of the connector (1 pin on the
bottom).
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(12) Insert the claw on the right side of the auto-cutter unit into the notch on the printer,
then fix it in place with the attached screw (1).
Be sure to pass the cable
between the metal plate and
the pulley cover.
Metal
plate
Pulley cover
Notch
Claw
(13) Attach the front center cover from step 9 in its original position. (2 screws)
(14) Attach the front right cover removed at step 6 in its original position. (2 screws)
(15) Attach the operation panel removed at step 5 in its original position. (3 screws)
Note Be sure to connect the flexible cable that you disconnected as it was formerly
connected. The blue side .sdrawpu si pit eht fo
(16) Attach the front top cover from step 4 in its original position. (2 screws)
(17) Close the top cover.
(18) Connect the power cord and turn on the power switch
on the printer.
Note Removing the auto-cutter unit
To remove the auto-cutter unit from the printer,
follow the installation steps in reverse order. If the
screws that fasten the auto-cutter unit are
removed, the unit may fall from the printer, so
hold the auto-cutter unit with your hand while
loosening the fastening screws.