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T ape Car tridges
Use the procedures described below to load a tape cartr idge into the Label
Printer.
Important!
• Nev er try to push the tape back into the cassette. Once tape is out of the
cassette, there is no wa y to wind it back in. T rying to do so can cause operational
problems with the Label Printer .
• The following are the tape widths that can be used with this printer: 6mm,
9mm, 12mm, 18mm.
T o load a tape cartridge
1. Mak e sure that the Label Printer is turned off.
2. Open the bac k cov er while pressing down on
its lock.
3. Remo ve the stopper from a new tape cartridge and check to see that the
tape is ready to use.
• Make sure that the tape is under the tape guide and that it is not bent or
twisted.
4. Pull the tape out about 3cm.
Important!
• Once tape is pulled out, there is no wa y to get it
back into the cartridge.
• Nev er use excessiv e force when pulling on the
tape. Doing so can cause the ink ribbon to break,
creating the risk of malfunction.
3. Release the PRINT, SP ACE, and ON/OFF keys .
4. Press SET to initialize the Label Printer or ESC to abort the reset operation
without initializing anything.
The tape width selection screen appears after initialization is complete.
5. Use z and x to select the width of the tape you will use and then press
SET.
Display Language Setting
Y ou can select English, German, French, Italian, or Spanish as the language to
be used for displa y messages. F or information about how to change the language
setting, see page E-22.
Auto P o wer Off Function
If you do not perf orm any key operation f or about six minutes, the Label Printer
automatically turns power off. T o restore power , press ON/OFF .
Retrieving a Sentence fr om Memory
If power is turned off or if Auto P o wer Off is triggered while you are creating a
sentence, the sentence that was being created is sa ved temporarily in printer
memory . The next time y ou turn on power , the message “[SET] T O RECALL ” will
appear . Pressing SET will display the sentence currently stored in memory .
* A sentence being created with Lay out Printing cannot be restored.
NO!
OK!
T ape guide
T ape
Ink ribbon
(under the tape)
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• Shift indicator
This indicator appears when you press the SHIFT ke y . While this indicator is on
the display , the keyboard is shifted, so the letter k eys input upper-case alpha
characters. The number k eys input the punctuation symbols marked in the upper
right corners of the keys.
If both the caps mode indicator and the shift indicator are shown on the displa y ,
the keyboard is shifted to lo wer-case input.
The keyboard automatically unshifts (and the shift indicator disappears) as soon
as you input a character .
• Code indicator
This indicator appears when you press the CODE ke y . While this indicator is on
the display , number keys 1 through 0 input the accents mark ed above them and
the U , O , P, A, S, J, K, L, Z, C and N ke ys input the special characters marked
in their lower right corners.
The keyboard automatically returns to normal (and the code indicator disappears)
as soon as you input an accent.
• Caps indicator
This indicator appears when the Label Printer is in the caps (upper-case) mode.
All letters you input in the caps mode are upper-case. When the caps mode
indicator is not shown on the displa y , all letters are input as lo wer-case.
Note that the Label Printer stays in the caps mode until y ou press the CAPS
key again.
If both the caps mode indicator and the shift indicator are shown on the displa y ,
the keyboard is shifted to lo wer-case input.
• Style indicators
These indicators point to the character style that is currently in use. Y ou can
select between normal, bold, and outline.
• Effect indicators
These indicators point to the character eff ect that is currently in use. Y ou can
select between shading, underline, and box.
• Mirror image printing indicator
This indicator appears when the Label Printer is set up for mirror image printing.
Normal (non mirror image) printing is performed when this indicator is not shown.
• T ape indicator
Indicates the currently selected tape width.
• Cursor
The cursor shows the next input position. Any character you input appears at
the point where the cursor is located.
• Character position marks
These marks show where characters will appear as you input them. This part of
the display is alwa ys blank when y ou turn power on.
Basic Alpha-Numeric Input
The following oper ation shows you the basic procedures f or inputting letters
and numbers. We will e xplain the procedure by inputting the f ollowing characters
using the default initial pow er-on screen.
ABXYZ Computer Company
1234567890
Note
• If you hold down any k ey , it will repeat its operation or input at high speed until
you release it.
T o input alpha-n umeric characters
1. T urn power on.
2. Input the first line of char acters.
• T o input the upper-case letters, you can use either SHIFT or CAPS . With
SHIFT you must shift the k eyboard for each char acter. With CAPS the keyboard
stays in upper-case until y ou press CAPS again.
• Press SP A CE to input spaces.
• If you input a wrong character , press BS to delete it and input again. See
page E-14 for other details on editing te xt.
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(a)
(b)
5. Use a pencil or some other thin object to tak e
up slack in the ink ribbon as shown in the
illustration. Note that the tape does not mov e at
this time.
• If the ink ribbon is slack when you load it into the
Label Printer, it can break or cause some other
problem.
• Be sure to turn the ink ribbon take up spool only
in the direction indicated by the arrow (a).
• T ur n the spool until the other spool (b) starts
turning in the direction noted by the arrow . This
indicates there is no slack in the ribbon.
6. Load the tape cartridge into the Label Printer, making sure that the tape and
ink ribbon pass between the head and roller .
7. Close the bac k cov er.
8. T urn on Label Printer power and press FUNC and then 7 (FEED) two or
three times to make sure that the tape comes out without any prob lem.
• If the tape does not come out normally , turn off power and start again from
step 1 above .
P art 3 Inputting Characters and Symbols
This part of the manual tells you how to input characters. T o make things easier
to understand, we call e verything you input a character , regardless of whether it
is actually a letter, n umber , or symbol. Explanations here all use the default
settings that are in effect from the initial pow er-on screen.
For inf ormation on using other character styles, effects and sizes , see page E-15.
Important!
• Y ou can input up to 80 characters per label. Further input becomes impossible
after you input the 80th character .
Display Symbols and Indicator s
Before getting into actual input, y ou should first become acquainted with the
symbols and indicators used on the Label Printer display .
CAS OI
T U P M OCE R
••••••••
18mm
12mm
MIRROR
9mm
6mm
• Function indicator
This indicator appears when you press the FUNC ke y . Pressing a ke y while this
indicator is on the display causes the function marked abo ve that ke y to be
ex ecuted.
Shift
indicator
Cursor
Caps indicator
Effect indicators
Function indicator
Character position marks
Style indicators
Code
indicator
T ape
indicator
Mirror image
printing
indicator
Roller
Head
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3. When y ou reach the end of a line of text, press
to input a newline mark.
• A newline operation is indicated on the displa y by the
symbol. This shows
where you changed lines.
• The maximum number of lines you can input depends on the width of the tape
you hav e loaded in the Label Printer.
T ape Width Maximum Number of Lines
• 6mm ............................ 1
• 9mm ............................ 1
• 12mm .......................... 2
• 18mm .......................... 2
4. Input the char acters in the second line.
5. T o print the text that y ou input, press PRINT . For details on printing, see
page E-18.
About the CODE key…
The CODE key mak es it possible to input punctuation needed f or a number of
different languages . The f ollowing shows the k ey operations y ou should use for
each of the characters formed using the CODE key .
Ke y Operation Input K ey Operation Input K ey Operation Input
CODE U Ü
CODE O Œ
CODE P Å
CODE A Æ
CODE J Ö
CODE K Ä
CODE L J
CODE Z W
CODE C Ç
CODE N Ñ
CODE 1
´
CODE 2
`
CODE 3
¨
CODE 4
˜
■ CAPS on
CODE 5
ˆ
CODE 6
ˇ
CODE 7
°
CODE 8
/
CODE 9
˝
CODE 0
˛
Example: T o input á.
1. Press CODE .
2. Press 1 .
3. Press A .
Special Symbols
Y ou can also access a menu of special symbols by pressing SYMBOL .
(There are a total of 86 different symbols .)
T o input special symbols
1. With the cursor at the location where y ou want to input a special symbol,
press FUNC and then 4 (SYMBOL).
• The symbol that is underlined on the display is the one that is currently selected.
,
(
.
)
:
[
;
]
•
{
?
}
!‘
<> < < > >
<< >>
’“
/\
”
$
„
¢£
Fr
¿¡
2. Use the c, v, x and z cursor keys to mov e the underlining to the symbol
you want.
• Not all of the availab le symbols fit on the display . The men u will scroll when
you press the cursor ke ys.
3. After y ou underline the symbol you want, press SET .
• This returns to the input screen, with the symbol you selected input at the
location where the cursor was located when you displa yed the symbol list.
Ke y Operation Input K ey Operation Input K ey Operation Input
CODE U ü
CODE O œ
CODE P å
CODE A æ
CODE S ß
CODE J ö
CODE K ä
CODE L j
CODE Z w
CODE C ç
CODE N ñ
CODE 1
´
CODE 2
`
CODE 3
¨
■ CAPS off
CODE 4
˜
CODE 5
ˆ
CODE 6
ˇ
CODE 7
°
CODE 8
/
CODE 9
˝
CODE 0
˛
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