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.

∙Use uand ito move the highlighting between menu items.

∙The BLOCK FORMAT menu has four pages. Press SET while the first page is displayed to change to the second page.

Pressing SET while the fourth page is displayed registers any setting with the menu and returns to the text input screen.

∙Use t and y to change between settings of the currently selected (high- lighted) item.

■The following explanations describe each of the BLOCK FORMAT menu items in detail.

DIRECTION

HORIZONTALVERTICAL

∙Switching between HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL also affects the print length.

ALIGNMENT

 

LEFT

EQUAL JUSTIFY

E-26

EQUAL RAGGED

CENTER

RIGHT

PITCH (CHARACTER PITCH)

This is the relative spacing between characters.You can specify character pitch as 8/8, 9/8, 10/8, 11/8, 12/8, 16/8 or 24/8 character. The following shows some examples of character pitch setting.

8/8

11/8

16/8

24/8

Important! Vertical printing can cause characters to overlap on the printed tape. You can correct for this by increasing the PITCH setting, or by turning off PROPORTIONAL on the OVERALL FORMAT menu.

B-LENGTH (BLOCK LENGTH)

Select “FIXED” if you want to specify a fixed block length. Use ito highlight [ ] below “FIXED”. Use tor yto specify the block length in the range of 0.0 cm to 99.9 cm(0~39.3 inch). Specify “AUTO” for this option if you want the label printer to automatically adjust the length of the block.