To change the text effect for specific characters

1.After performing the two steps under “To assign text ef- fects”, use u and i to highlight “CHARACTER” and then press SET.

2.Move the cursor to the start character from which you want to change the text effect and then press SET to register your selection.

3.Move the cursor to the end character up to which you

want to change the text effect and then press SET to register your selection and change the text effect.

•At this point, the label printer returns to the text input screen.

To change the text effect for a range of text

1.After performing the two steps under “To assign text ef- fects”, use u and ito highlight “TEXT” and then press SET.

2.Move the cursor to the start character from which you want to change the text effect and then press SET to register your selection.

3.Move the cursor to the end character up to which you want to change the text effect and then press SET to

register your selection and change the text effect.

•At this point, the label printer returns to the text input screen.

Part 6 Character Sizes

Your label printer provides you with three different ways to change character sizes: direct specification of character size, specification of character size for entire lines of text using preset formats, and specification of superscript and sub- script.

The operations in this part of the manual explain how to change character sizes using each of these techniques.

Direct Specification of Character Sizes

You can specify various numeric factors to change the vertical (1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and horizontal (1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

8)size of characters from the normal (1⋅1) 48 dots ⋅ 48 dots (3mm ⋅ 3mm). A character size change is indicated on the display by a character size indicator. The following table shows the character size indicators that appear for each character size.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horizontal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Factor

 

H

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

6

 

7

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H

H ⋅ H

H ⋅ 1

H ⋅ 2

H ⋅ 3

H ⋅ 4

H ⋅ 5

H ⋅ 6

H ⋅ 7

H ⋅ 8

Vertical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1 ⋅ H

1 ⋅ 1

1 ⋅ 2

1 ⋅ 3

1 ⋅ 4

1 ⋅ 5

1 ⋅ 6

1 ⋅ 7

1 ⋅ 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

2

⋅ H

2 ⋅ 1

2

⋅ 2

2

⋅ 3

2

⋅ 4

2

⋅ 5

2

⋅ 6

2

⋅ 7

2

⋅ 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

3 ⋅ H

3 ⋅ 1

3 ⋅ 2

3 ⋅ 3

3 ⋅ 4

3 ⋅ 5

3 ⋅ 6

3 ⋅ 7

3 ⋅ 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

4 ⋅ H

4 ⋅ 1

4 ⋅ 2

4 ⋅ 3

4 ⋅ 4

4 ⋅ 5

4 ⋅ 6

4 ⋅ 7

4 ⋅ 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

5 ⋅ H

5 ⋅ 1

5 ⋅ 2

5 ⋅ 3

5 ⋅ 4

5 ⋅ 5

5 ⋅ 6

5 ⋅ 7

5 ⋅ 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•Note that “H” stands for “half” (1/2).

Important! The vertical character sizes you can use are automatically limited by the width of the tape loaded in the label printer.

Tape Width

VerticaI Character Sizes

 

 

6mm

H, 1

9mm

H, 1, 2

12mm

H, 1, 2, 3

18mm

H, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

24mm

H, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

 

 

•The range (From -To settings) for a character size specifi- cation cannot extend from one block to another.

To change character size using direct specification

1. While there is text on the display, press SIZE.

– – – – – S I ZE – – – – –

FORMAT

SUPER / SUB

2. Use u and i to highlight “SIZE” and then press SET.

– – – – – S I ZE – – – – –

HE I GHT W I DTH

4 ⋅ 4

3. Specify the character size you want.

•Use t and y to move the highlighting between the two dimensions.

•To change a dimension, press i to increase it or u to decrease it. Or you can input a value directly on the label printer’s keyboard. Press H to specify 1/2.

•Remember that the dimensions you can specify depend on the width of the tape loaded in the label printer (see table, left).

4.After you finish setting the character size you want, press SET to register it.

– – – – –

S I ZE – – – – –

FROM ?

 

12345

5.Move the cursor to the start character from which you want to change the character size and then press SET to register your selection.

– – – – – S I ZE – – – – –

TO ?

12345

6. Move the cursor to the end character up to which you want to change the character size and then press SET to register your selection and change the character size.

•At this point, the label printer returns to the text input screen.

The following shows a character size mark.

A SANS

 

5 ⋅ 5

7 . 8 c m

12

5 ⋅ 5

345

F I T

Character size mark

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifying Character Sizes for Lines of Text Using Preset Formats

With this method, you input the text you want and then use preset formats to specify the character size for each line of text. Note that character size marks do not appear inside of text when you specify character sizes using this method. In- stead, the character size display mark shows the size of the characters where the cursor is currently located.

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