•Manual feed indicator

This indicator appears when you are using manual feed instead of auto feed. Auto feed is in effect when this indicator is not on the display.

Important!

•After you finish printing when using manual feed, be sure to always press FUNCTION and then PRINT (FEED) to feed the tape before cutting it. If you don’t you will cut off part of the printed text.

•6mm tape indicator

This indicator appears when you use the procedure on page 8 to specify you are using 6mm tape. No indicator is shown when you are using other (9mm, 12mm, 18mm) tape.

•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 always blank when you turn power on.

Basic Alpha-Numeric Input

The following operation shows you the basic procedures for inputting letters and numbers. We will explain the procedure by inputting the following characters using the default initial power-on screen.

ABXYZ Computer Company 1234567890

Note

•If you hold down any key, it will repeat its operation or input at high speed until you release it.

To input alpha-numeric characters

1.Turn power on.

2.Input the first line of characters.

•To input the upper-case letters, you can use either SHIFT or CAPS. With SHIFT you must shift the keyboard for each character. With CAPS the key- board stays in upper-case until you press CAPS again.

•Press SPACE to input spaces.

E-10

•If you input a wrong character, press BS to delete it and input again. See page 11 for other details on editing text.

3.When you reach the end of a line of text, press B (the L cursor key) to input a newline mark.

•A newline operation is indicated on the display by the B symbol. This shows where you changed lines.

4.Input the characters in the second line.

5.To print the text that you input, press PRINT. For details on printing, see page 13.

About the CODE key…

The CODE key makes it possible to input punctuation needed for a number of different languages. The following shows the key operations you should use for each of the characters formed using the CODE key.

Key Operation

Input

Key Operation

Input

Key Operation

Input

 

 

 

 

 

 

CODE U

Ü

CODE L

J

CODE 4

˜

CODE O

Œ

CODE Z

W

CODE 5

ˆ

CODE P

Å

CODE C

Ç

CODE 6

ˇ

CODE A

Æ

CODE N

Ñ

CODE 7

°

CODE S*

ß

CODE 1

´

CODE 8

/

CODE J

Ö

CODE 2

`

CODE 9

˝

CODE K

Ä

CODE 3

¨

CODE 0

˛

* Lower case only.

Example: To input á.

CODE 1 A

Special Symbols

You can also access a menu of special symbols by pressing FUNCTION 4 (SYMBOL).

To input special symbols

Example: To input the special symbol #.

1. With the cursor at the location where you want

,.:;

to input a special symbol, press FUNCTION 4

(SYMBOL).

 

 

 

• The symbol that is underlined on the display is

 

 

 

the one that is currently selected.