Esselte LP300 manual Display, Function keys

The Display

The display shows:

•Up to two rows of 15 characters, plus the cursor, at one time.

•Function indicators – as shown above.

•The display will flash if you press an incorrect key in a function sequence.

Function keys

ON/OFF

Switches the power on and off.

•Switches off automatically after two minutes if no keys are pressed. The last label created will be retained and displayed when next turned on. Any stored label and settings will be retained.

Note: If the batteries are removed for more than a few seconds, all text and settings will be lost.

When power is restored, the display will show a flashing cursor (no text) and the settings will be full height

standard width text with and all other settings off.

CAPITALS CAPS

•Press for all subsequent characters in UPPER CASE (CAPITALS), as confirmed by the CAPS indicator in the display.

•Press again to cancel and return to lower case.

SHIFT KEY

Dual action - either press and hold down or press and

release to remain in “shift” position. Press again to return to normal state.

•Use before pressing an alphabet key to produce an UPPER CASE (CAPS) character.

•For dual-purpose keys, press first to produce the legend above the key.

•Pressing while CAPS is set will give a lower case character.

DELETE DEL

•Press to delete the character to the left of the cursor, or to exit certain function key operations.

CLEAR

CLEAR TEXT + DEL

•Press to clear all the current text and cancel any fixed length setting, but leave the text size and other settings unchanged. Also use to exit or clear certain function key operations.

CURSOR KEY

•Press or to move the cursor along the text, one character at a time.

•Press and hold to scan through the text.

•Press + or to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the line of text.

•When used in conjunction with certain function keys, use or to select options.

•To insert characters into the text, use or to position the cursor under the character to the right of the insertion point, then type in the characters required.

•Press or to move the cursor to the start of the previous or next line of a multi-line label.

•Press + or to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the label.

PRINTING PRINT

•Press PRINT to print the label.

•Use cutter lever E to release the label – see page 2.

•If the display shows ↕↕↕↕↕↕↕↕↕↕, the tape cassette installed in the machine is too narrow for the label to be printed; change the cassette to a wider tape.

PREVIEW

Allows you to preview your label before printing it.

the display.

On labels with 2 or more lines, the message will be previewed as a single line message.

SPACE KEY

•Press to insert a space into the text.

SYMBOLS +

•Press to select a symbol character – see SYMBOLS AND SPECIAL CHARACTERS and the symbols table on page 2.

TEXT SIZE SIZE

•The display shows the current selection of text print size:

small

medium

large