Contents

Important Safety Precautions ......................

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Quick Reference ............................................

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Part 1 Getting Acquainted ...........................E-4

Important Precautions ..............................................

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General Guide ..........................................................

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Label Printer Menus .................................................

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Part 2 Getting Ready ....................................

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Power Supply ............................................................

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AC Adaptor ...............................................................

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To connect the AC adaptor ..................................

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Memory Back-up Battery ..........................................

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To replace the memory back-up battery ..............

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Turning Power On and Off ........................................

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Power On Recall Function ........................................

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Resetting the Memory ..............................................

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To reset the memory ............................................

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Auto Power Off Function ...........................................

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Tape Cartridges ........................................................

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To load a tape cartridge .......................................

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Removing the Tape Cartridge ..............................

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About the SET UP menu ..........................................

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Message Language ..................................................

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To change the message language .......................

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Display Contrast .......................................................

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To change the display contrast .............................

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Sound .......................................................................

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To turn sound on and off ......................................

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Unit of Measurement ................................................

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To set the unit of measurement ............................

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Demo Print ................................................................

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To produce a demo print ......................................

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Part 3 Inputting Characters and

 

Symbols .............................................

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Display Symbols and Indicators ................................

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Basic Alpha-Numeric Input .......................................

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To input alpha-numeric characters .......................

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About the CODE key... ..............................................

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Inputting Symbols, Dingbats, Special Numbers,

 

Greek Characters, and Russian Characters ..........

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To use the SYMBOL menu ..................................

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Inputting Illustrations ...............................................

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To input illustrations ...........................................

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User Characters ......................................................

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User character drawing techniques ...................

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To create a user character using an

 

existing character ............................................

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To create a user character from the user

 

character you created .....................................

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To recall a user character ...................................

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To delete a user character .................................

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Part 4 Deleting and Inserting

 

Characters .......................................E-11

Moving the Cursor ..................................................

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To move the cursor .............................................

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Deleting Individual Characters ................................

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To delete characters using the BS key ...............

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To delete characters using the DEL key ............

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Clearing the Display ................................................

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To clear all text ...................................................

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To clear a portion of text .....................................

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Text Editing .............................................................

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To switch between overwrite and insert .............

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Part 5 Character Attributes and

 

Text Effects ......................................E-12

Fonts .......................................................................

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To change the default font setting ......................

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To change the font for displayed text ..................

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To change the font for all the text .......................

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To change the font for blocks of text ...................

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To change the font for lines of text .....................

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To change the font for specific characters ..........

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To find out current font settings ..........................

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Character Styles .....................................................

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To change the character styles ..........................

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To find out current character style settings ........

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Text Effects .............................................................

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About text effect ranges .....................................

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To assign text effects ..........................................

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To change the text effects for blocks of text .......

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To change the text effect for lines of text ............

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To change the text effect for specific

 

characters .......................................................

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To change the text effect for a range of text .......

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Part 6 Character Sizes ................................

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Direct Specification of Character Sizes ..................

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To change character size using direct

 

specification ....................................................

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Specifying Character Sizes for Lines of Text Using

 

Preset Formats ....................................................

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About the format menu ......................................

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To specify character sizes for lines of text

 

using preset formats .......................................

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To find out preset format character sizes ...........

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About Auto Sizing ...............................................

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Superscript and Subscript ......................................

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To superscript or subscript characters ...............

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To cancel superscripting and subscripting .........

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Part 7 FORM Menu Functions ...................

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Fundamentals of Label Layout ...............................

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Using the Layout Display ........................................

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To show the layout display .................................

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Creating and Deleting Blocks .................................

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To create a block ................................................

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To delete a block mark .......................................

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Block Operations ....................................................

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To display the BLOCK FORM menu ..................

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To display the ALL FORM menu ........................

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Part 8 Printing ............................................

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Printing Precautions ...............................................

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Printing a Tape ........................................................

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To print a tape ....................................................

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To adjust the print density ..................................

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Using the Image Display .........................................

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To show the image display .................................

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Part 9 Frames .............................................E-19

To specify a frame around the printing area ...........

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To specify frames around each character ...............

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Part 10 PRESETS Menu Functions ...........

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To display the PRESETS menu ..............................

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LAYOUT ..................................................................

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To use a preset layout to create a label and

 

 

print it ..............................................................

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To store a label created using a preset layout ...

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To recall a preset layout label from memory ......

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To delete a preset layout label from memory .....

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ORIGINAL ...............................................................

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Blocks and lines .................................................

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To create a new original layout ...........................

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To store an original layout ..................................

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To recall an original layout with text from

 

 

memory ...........................................................

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To recall an original layout without text from

 

 

memory ...........................................................

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To delete an original layout from memory ..........

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ENLARGE ...............................................................

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To print a large-size label ...................................

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BAR CODE .............................................................

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Bar Code Tape ...................................................

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EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E

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To print a bar code .............................................

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ITF, CODE39, CODABAR

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To print a bar code .............................................

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General Bar code Operations

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