Embodiments described herein are directed to an apparatus for generating a precursor for a semiconductor processing system. The digital ink environment is provided for interacting with embedded or linked ink words or other ink data in a compound ink document. The slack of the ribbon is removed by driving the ribbon roll-up spool to roll up the ribbon without driving the platen, which can reduce the amount of ribbon rolled up for the removal of the slack. A pair of sidewall spacers are along the opposing sidewalls of the mass.