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Contents
Important Safety Precautions ...................... E-1
Quick Reference ............................................ E-2
Part 1 Getting Acquainted ............................ E-4
Important Precautions .............................................. E-4
General Guide .......................................................... E-5
Label Printer Menus .................................................. E-5
Part 2 Getting Ready .................................... E-5
Power Supply ............................................................ E-5
AC Adaptor ............................................................... E-5
T o connect the AC adaptor ................................... E-6
Loading/Replacing Batteries ..................................... E-6
Loading/Replacing the main batteries ................. E-6
T urning Power On and Off ........................................ E-6
Power On Recall Function ........................................ E-6
Resetting the Memory .............................................. E-6
T o reset the memory ............................................ E-6
Auto Power Off Function ........................................... E-6
T ape Cartridges ........................................................ E-6
T o load a tape cartridge ....................................... E-7
Removing the T ape Cartridge .............................. E-7
About the SET UP menu .......................................... E-7
Message Language .................................................. E-8
T o change the message language ....................... E-8
Display Contrast ....................................................... E-8
T o change the display contrast ............................ E-8
Sound ....................................................................... E-8
T o turn sound on and off ...................................... E-8
Unit of Measurement ................................................ E-8
T o set the unit of measurement ............................ E-8
Demo Print ................................................................ E-8
T o produce a demo print ...................................... E-8
Part 3 Inputting Characters and
Symbols ............................................. E-8
Display Symbols and Indicators ............................... E-8
Basic Alpha-Numeric Input ....................................... E-9
T o input alpha-numeric characters ....................... E-9
About the CODE key ... .............................................. E-9
Inputting Symbols, Dingbats, Special Numbers,
Greek Characters, and Russian Characters ....... E-10
T o use the SYMBOL menu ................................ E-10
Inputting Illustrations ............................................... E-10
T o input illustrations ........................................... E-10
User Characters ...................................................... E-10
User character drawing techniques ................... E-10
T o create a user character using an
existing character ............................................ E-10
T o create a user character from the user
character you created ..................................... E-10
T o recall a user character ................................... E-10
T o delete a user character ................................. E-1 1
Part 4 Deleting and Inserting
Characters ........................................ E-11
Moving the Cursor .................................................. E-1 1
T o move the cursor ............................................ E-1 1
Deleting Individual Characters ................................ E-1 1
T o delete characters using the BS key .............. E-1 1
T o delete characters using the DEL key ............ E-1 1
Clearing the Display ................................................ E-1 1
T o clear all text ................................................... E-1 1
T o clear a portion of text ..................................... E-1 1
T ext Editing ............................................................. E-1 1
T o switch between overwrite and insert ............. E-1 1
Part 5 Character Attributes and
T ext Effects ...................................... E-12
Fonts ....................................................................... E-12
T o change the default font setting ...................... E-12
T o change the font for displayed text ................. E-12
T o change the font for all the text ....................... E-12
T o change the font for blocks of text .................. E-12
T o change the font for lines of text ..................... E-12
T o change the font for specific characters ......... E-12
T o find out current font settings .......................... E-12
Character Styles ..................................................... E-12
T o change the character styles .......................... E-13
T o find out current character style settings ........ E-13
T ext Effects ............................................................. E-13
About text effect ranges ..................................... E-13
T o assign text effects ......................................... E-13
T o change the text effects for blocks of text ....... E-13
T o change the text effect for lines of text ........... E-13
T o change the text effect for specific
characters ....................................................... E-13
T o change the text effect for a range of text ....... E-14
Part 6 Character Sizes ................................ E-14
Direct Specification of Character Sizes .................. E-14
Standard T ypeface ............................................. E-14
Small T ypeface .................................................. E-14
T o change character size using direct
specification .................................................... E-14
Specifying Character Sizes for Lines of T ext Using
Preset Formats .................................................... E-15
About the format menu ...................................... E-15
T o specify character sizes for lines of text using
preset formats ................................................. E-15
T o find out preset format character sizes ........... E-15
About Auto Sizing ............................................... E-15
Part 7 FORM Menu Functions ................... E-16
Fundamentals of Label Layout ............................... E-16
Using the Layout Display ........................................ E-16
T o show the layout display ................................. E-16
Creating and Deleting Blocks ................................. E-16
T o create a block ................................................ E-16
T o delete a block mark ....................................... E-16
Block Operations .................................................... E-16
T o display the BLOCK FORM menu .................. E-16
T o display the ALL FORM menu ........................ E-17
Part 8 Printing ............................................. E-18
Printing Precautions ................................................ E-18
Printing a T ape ........................................................ E-18
T o print a tape .................................................... E-18
T o adjust the print density .................................. E-18
Using the Image Display ......................................... E-19
T o show the image display ................................. E-19
Part 9 Frames .............................................. E-19
T o specify a frame around the printing area ........... E-19
T o specify frames around each character ............... E-19
Part 10 PRESETS Menu Functions ........... E-19
T o display the PRESETS menu .............................. E-19
LA YOUT .................................................................. E-19
T o use a preset layout to create a label and
print it .............................................................. E-20
T o store a label created using a preset layout ... E-20
T o recall a preset layout label from memory ...... E-20
T o delete a preset layout label from memory ..... E-20
ENLARGE ............................................................... E-20
T o print a large-size label ................................... E-20
BAR CODE ............................................................. E-21
Bar Code T ape ................................................... E-21
EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E ...................... E-21
T o print a bar code ............................................. E-21
ITF , CODE39, CODABAR ................................. E-21
T o print a bar code ............................................. E-21
General Bar code Operations ........................... E-21
T o store a bar code ............................................ E-21
T o recall a bar code from memory ..................... E-21
T o delete a bar code from memory .................... E-21
NUMBERING .......................................................... E-22
T o print sequentially numbered labels ............... E-22
T o store a numbering format .............................. E-22
T o recall a numbering format from memory ....... E-22
T o delete a numbering format from memory ...... E-22
PHRASES ............................................................... E-22