1. Input the text.

2. Press FORM to display the FORM menu.

FUNCSHIFT LENGTH

A

CODE PITCH

A

VERT

 

MIROR FEED

 

OVER

 

CAPS BL

 

SPACE

 

 

 

Yes

SET

No

ESC

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Use Kand Lto highlight LENGTH, and press SET.

 

FUNCSHIFT VHS

A

CODE 8mm

A

VERT

 

MIROR CASSETTE

 

OVER

 

CAPS FLOPPY

 

Yes

SET

No

ESC

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.Use K and L the highlight CASSETTE.

5.Press SET to apply the setting and return to the text input screen.

If the text you input is too long to fit within the tape length you specified, the error mes- sage TEXT DOES NOT FIT! appears on the display for about one second. When this happens, try making the characters smaller or inserting newline marks (see “To input alpha-numeric characters”) to make the text fit better on the tape.

To specify your own tape length

Example: To specify a tape length of 10cm for the text “ABXYZ Computer Company”.

1.Input the text.

2.Press FORM to display the FORM menu.

FUNCSHIFT LENGTH

CODEVERT PITCH

MIROR FEED

OVER

CAPS BL SPACE

Yes SET No ESC

A A

3. Use Kand Lto highlight LENGTH, and press SET.

4.Use K and L to highlight FREE, and press SET.

Since there are six options on this menu, they do not all fit on a single screen. To view the two op-

tions at the bottom of the menu (FREE and CAN- CEL), press L four times.

FUNCSHIFT VHS

A

CODE 8mm

A

VERT

 

MIROR CASSETTE

 

OVER

 

CAPS FLOPPY

 

Yes

SET

No

ESC

 

 

 

 

 

 

FUNCSHIFT T LENGTH

A

CODE

A

VERT

 

MIROR B

 

LENGTH

 

 

 

OVER

 

CAPS

 

Yes SET No ESC

 

5. Use K and L to select T-LENGTH and then press SET.

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