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Possible causes of ribbons and how to solve them

Publish:2023-01-04 15:18:42 View:315

1. Possible causes of ribbon wrinkling and solutions.

Causes:

①The thermal transfer ribbon is not properly wound around the machine, the  thermal transfer ribbon tension piece is unbalanced, and the ribbon supply shaft is too loose.

②The pressure and balance of the print head is not set correctly.

③The temperature setting is incorrect.

④The paper supply volume is not set correctly.

Solution:

①Reinstall the material correctly, turn it by hand, turn it for a week and then release it, will the shaft automatically rotate, if not then the supply shaft is missing a return spring.

②Adjust the print temperature to meet the print requirements as much as possible.

③Reset the minimum pressure required for printing.

④Reset the correct media feed volume.


2、The causes and solutions of ribbon runout phenomenon.

Cause: uneven compression paper spring and paper limiter is not adjusted in accordance with the range of label width caused by, and not due to the bad quality of the ribbon slitting.

Solution: Adjust the compression paper spring, paper limiter


3、During the printing process of the ribbon, it may appear that the ribbon and the wash mark are stuck together, and after the wash mark is pulled down from the ribbon, the content on the wash mark becomes very blurred.

Reason: The working principle of thermal transfer barcode printer is that one material is transferred to another material through high temperature, but if the printed material melts after this temperature, it will stick to the ribbon.

Solution: Reduce the temperature of the print head, or turn down the pressure of the print head, you can also reduce the printer working environment, such as open air conditioning.


4、The ribbon does not load on the machine, or the ribbon slips on the machine, how to solve?


The ribbon does not load on the machine.

Observe whether the paper core has obvious deformation, whether it has become obvious oval.

Observe whether the paper core has a paper burr, clean up and try again to see if it is possible, if not, it may be deformation.

The printer's rewind shaft deformation or debris adhering to the shaft, replace or clean the rewind shaft can be.

Ribbon loading slippage.

Replace the shrapnel

Paper core inside diameter is too large, stick a label or two in the inner wall can be.


5、When printing, set the printing temperature is too high, which will cause what conditions?

① Will cause the ribbon to break;

② Printed label content looks and feels like a watermark, the phenomenon of white;

③ Ribbon and label will stick together, the label and ribbon can not be conveyed, the printer will indicate an error;


6、The new ribbon installed on the machine can not turn, what causes?

① Confirm whether the ribbon specifications do not match the previous, such as the number of meters is too large;

② Ribbon slitting is not good, causing the ribbon internal paper core misalignment, can not be properly installed to the printer;

③Winding too tight or too relaxed when processing the ribbon, resulting in the ribbon can not run with the printer;

④The tolerance of the inner diameter of the paper core is too big or too small: it causes the ribbon not to be installed into the printer or the shaft not to be brought up.


7、The paper core of the ribbon is not standard is a product quality problem, what are the subdivided cases?

①The paper core inside the ribbon is misaligned from left to right;

②The paper core inside the ribbon has signs of flattening;

③Tension is too tight, the ribbon is rolled too tightly, resulting in a small paper tube pressure, not up to the standard paper tube diameter size;


8、 Get a new roll of ribbon, hand rubbing there is a phenomenon of powder loss, what is going on?

①Pick up the ribbon currently printed, and observe with the naked eye whether the coating of the ribbon (or understand the film surface, surface layer) is uniform;

② use the ribbon, the preservation of the environment temperature is too low and too long, resulting in this phenomenon;

③The ribbon's coating is too thick, resulting in powder loss, which is a product quality problem;


9、How to solve the problem of ribbon breakage during the printing process?

①Pick up the ribbon currently being printed and observe with the naked eye whether the coating of the ribbon (or understand the film surface, surface layer) is uniform;

②Reduce the printing temperature to see if it is ideal;

③Hitch a good encounter with the printer such as the ribbon supply side of the tension caused by too tight;

④Ribbon coating is too thin, a product quality problem;

⑤Ribbon back coating is too weak, is a product quality problem;


10、 When printing, a popping sound, the label feels the same as the ribbon sticky feeling, how to solve?

①Printing temperature is too high, it is recommended to reduce the printing temperature to see if it can be solved;

②Observe whether the ribbon manufacturer rolled too tight tension, really, is a product quality problems;

③Surface coating and back coating stick together, feel not very easy to pull down, is a product quality problem;

④Carbon with static electricity phenomenon;


11、 When printing, the ribbon has a serious static electricity phenomenon, how to solve?

①The company has a sample of the tape or the customer side, it is recommended to do static electricity test, cloth wipe 10 times to see if still smoking ash;

②Lower the printing temperature;

③Place the ribbon in a humid environment, can reduce the static electricity;

④If the customer's printer has electrostatic brushes, damaged and unstable, we recommend replacing them with new ones;