Zebra Industrial Printers Adjusting The Ribbon Strip Plate

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Step-By-Step Instructions To adjust the ribbon plate on Zebra industrial printers

To adjust the ribbon strip plate on a Zebra industrial printer, you can try these steps:

1. Turn on the printer while holding down the pause key
2. Print a PAUSE key self test label
3. When the label prints, press the pause key
4. Observe the ribbon for problems like wrinkling
5. Loosen the two Phillips screws that hold the strip plate to the printhead assembly
6. Turn the ribbon take-up spindle so the ribbon lifts the strip plate off the media
7. Reverse the spindle so the strip plate lightly touches the media
8. Press pause to resume printing
9. Print at least 25 labels and check for problems