To create a block
Example: To input the text “ABXYZ Computer Company” and create two blocks: “ABXYZ” and “Computer Company”.
1.Input the text.
2.Move the cursor to the space between “ABXYZ” and “Computer Company”.
3.Press BLOCK.
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C o m p u t e r C o
•If you wanted to break the text up into three blocks, you would input another block mark.
To delete a block mark
To delete a block mark, use the procedures for BS and DEL as described under “Deleting Individual Characters”.
Block Operations
The procedures in this section can be used to control the following parameters for each block.
•Direction (vertical, horizontal)
•Alignment (left, center, right, uniform spacing)
•Justification (justify, ragged)
•Character pitch (none, narrow, medium, wide)
•Block length (auto, fixed)
Use the BLOCK FORM menu to perform block operations.
To display the BLOCK FORM menu
1. While there is text on the display, press FORM.
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A L L FORM
2.Use u and i to move the highlighting to “BLOCK FORM” and then press SET.
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A L L B LOCKS
3.Specify whether you want your specifications to apply to one block or all blocks and then press SET.
•If you specify one block, the specifications you make will be applied to the block where the cursor was located when you pressed FORM.
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•Use u and i to move the highlighting between menu items.
•Pressing SET registers all settings and returns to the text input screen.
•Use tand y to change between settings of the currently selected (highlighted) item.
•The following explanations describe each of the BLOCK FORM menu items in detail.
DIRECTION
HORIZONTALVERTICAL
ALIGNMENT |
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LEFT | CENTER |
RIGHT | EQUAL (Uniform Spacing) | |
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JUSTIFICATION
This item lets you specify justified (even) or ragged (un- even). The following shows some examples of how justification affects text.
•Justification is applied only when EQUAL is selected for
ALIGNMENT.
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• Justified | • Ragged |
CHARACTER PITCH
This is the relative spacing between characters. You can specify character pitch as NONE, NARROW, MEDIUM or WIDE. The following shows examples of each character pitch setting.
NONE
NARROW
MEDIUM
WIDE
BLOCK LENGTH
Select “FIX” if you want so specify a fixed block length in the range of 0.0 cm to 99.9 cm. Specify “AUTO” for this option if you want the label printer to automatically adjust the length of the block.