If you experience serious malfunction of the label printer or if operation fails completely, try performing the following operation to initialize the printer.
Important! Initializing the label printer deletes all memory contents. Make sure you have a
To initialize the label printer
1.Turn power off.
2.While holding down the PRINT and ESC keys, press ON to turn power on.
∙This prompt confirms whether or not you want to initialize the label printer.
3. Press SET to initialize the label printer or ESC to abort the reset operation.
Format IndicatorThe format indicator uses an imager to show the print format for the block where the cursor is currently located. In the case of multiple lines, the format of the line where the cursor is currently located flashes. Depending on the format type, the format indicator may appear as an imager or as a fractional value.
∙Format Indicator for Just Fit (Auto Sizing) (1 to 8 lines) Example: 4 lines in a block, cursor located in line 4
Line 4 flashes
∙Format Indicator for Selected Format
Example:
Line 3 flashes
∙Format Indicator for Print Size Specified by Character Specification, Just Fit (Auto Sizing) (9 or 10 lines)
Example: 10 lines in a block, cursor located in line 5
Lines in block
Cursor location (line)
The following shows how the brackets on either side of the format indicator change to indicate various conditions.
[■]: fixed block length (specified by user)
(■]: block text too long for fixed block length, but printing will be performed by compressing text.
■]: Printed tape will be longer than specified fixed tape length because text will not fit within fixed tape length even if its size is reduced 50%.
ERR: Printing not possible because there are too many lines.
Tape Length IndicatorThe following shows how the brackets on either side of the tape length indicator change to indicate various conditions.
[10.0cm]: fixed tape length specified by user
10.0cm] : Text too long for fixed tape length.
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???.?cm: Tape length longer 999.9cm is specified.