Text Editor, Default Font Size | Brady 2200 instruction

The Text Editor

Each time the printer is turned ON, a printer initialization routine will be performed, then the Text Editor screen will appear. This screen is the “home base” of any processing you will do with the TLS2200 System. To change any of the parameters previously defined, you must access the software features of the printer by calling up the Setup Menu from the Text Editor screen. For more information on setting Setup Menu options, see page 17.

After setting the label parameters, you can begin entering the text of your legend.

As previously mentioned, the LCD displays a maximum of one line of text and 16 characters on the screen at any one time. If a line consists of more than 16 characters, the LCD will automatically shift to the right to allow you to enter and view additional characters. Characters can be entered on the text editor screen in INSERT mode only.

Use of the <Enter> Key When Composing a Legend

It is not necessary to press the <Enter> key after entering the last line of text in your legend. Pressing the <Enter> key instructs the printer to reserve space for a new line of text (notice the cursor advances to the next line). Even if characters are not entered on this new line, the printer assumes that the blank line is valid. As a result, markers will be printed with the blank line, which leads to uncentered legends, etc.

When the <Enter> key is pressed at the end of a line, a non-visible end-of-line character is inserted at the cursor. Characters entered after the cursor will fall to the next line. This end- of-line character can be deleted by positioning the cursor over the first character position on the following line and pressing the <Shift> + <Delete> keys. This will delete the carriage return, move up the text located on the second line, and append the text on the first line. Any remaining lines of text will also move up one line.

NOTE: The <Shift> + <Delete> command will delete the carriage return and append text to the previous line only if all characters on the current line will fit on the previous line. If the text will not fit, the carriage return will not be deleted and all text will remain on the current line.

Default Font Size

The TLS2200™ Thermal Labeling System allows you to choose the font size for each individual line of text on your label (one size per line). The font size will always be displayed on the STATUS BAR (located on the first line of the LCD).

When a label roll is loaded and the unit is turned ON, the TLS2200 System will read the label size information stored in the smart-cell on the label core. This information will be used to automatically set an initial font size for your label. The method used to set this default is intended to help approximate an optimal starting point for sizing your text. If the label width is less than 0.5 inches (12.7 mm), the font will default to the largest size that will allow 4