About Your New Printer, Getting Started

About Your New Printer

With your new RHINO 4200 label printer, you can create a wide variety of high-quality labels. You can choose to print your labels in many different sizes and styles. The printer uses RHINO Industrial label cartridges in widths of 1/4”, 3/8”, 1/2”, or 3/4”. RHINO label cartridges are also available in a wide range of materials, such as flexible nylon, permanent polyester, vinyl, non-adhesive tag, and heat shrink tubes.

Visit www.dymo.com for information on the full line of labels and accessories for your printer.

Warranty Registration

Visit www.dymo.com/register to register your label printer online. During the registration process, you will need the serial number, which is located inside the battery compartment.

Getting Started

Follow the instructions in this section to start using your printer for the first time.

Connecting the Power

The printer can be powered using batteries or AC power. Visit www.dymo.com for information on obtaining an optional rechargeable battery pack or AC power adapter.

For optimal power, use the optional rechargeable Lithium-ion battery pack or the AC power adapter.

To save power, the printer automatically goes into standby mode after two minutes of inactivity and automatically turns off after five minutes of inactivity.

Inserting the Batteries

The printer can operate using six AA alkaline batteries.

To insert the batteries

1Press the thumb latch on the back of the printer to remove the battery compartment cover. See Figure 2.

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Press thumb latch to open

Figure 2

2Insert the batteries following the polarity markings (+ and -). See Figure 2.

3Replace the battery compartment cover.

Remove the batteries if the printer will not be used for a long period of time.

Connecting the Optional Power Adapter

The printer uses an optional power adapter (DYMO Switching Adapter 9V DC 2A). Connecting the power adapter with the optional battery pack inserted recharges the battery pack.

Make sure the power adapter is disconnected before handling the Lithium-ion battery pack.

To connect the power adapter

1Plug the power adapter into the power connector on the top of the printer. See Figure 3.

Figure 3

2Plug the other end of the power adapter into a

power outlet.