In using the ZT111 Label Printer, you will need to know how to both initially install a roll of ribbon as well as replace an empty roll. This step-by-step guide will lead you through that process to make sure that everything functions and calibrates properly.
Open the side media door on the printer
Open the printhead
If replacing an empty ribbon roll, remove and throw away the receive/front roll, not the empty roll on the back spindle
If replacing an empty ribbon roll, do not throw away the empty cardboard core
If replacing an empty ribbon roll, move the empty cardboard core from the back spindle to the front spindle. It is very important that a cardboard core is present on the front/receive spindle, as failure to have that will require a lengthy unwinding process when changing the ribbon in the future
Place the new roll onto the feed/rear spindle, making sure that the label feeds off from the back side of the roll
Feed the ribbon underneath the printhead assembly, and not the media sensor or the black plastic paddle holding the labels
Pull some of the ribbon through the front to give some slack to work with
Pull the ribbon up over the front of the printhead assembly and make sure that the matte side of the ribbon is facing you, and not the shiny side
Apply a piece of tape or a piece of a label onto the matte side at the end of the ribbon that you fed through the printhead, so that the sticky side of the tape/label and the shiny side of the ribbon are facing the same direction
Feed the ribbon over the printhead and use the tape or piece of label to stick the ribbon onto the front/receive roll
Gently roll the receive roll by twisting the spindle clockwise to pull the ribbon tight through the printer
Gently smooth out any wrinkles in the ribbon passing over the printhead
Close the printhead, making sure to feel both the click and "thunk" to lock the lever fully into its vertical position.
Unpause the printer
Close the side media door