To delete characters using the DEL key
Example: To change the word “commmputer” to “computer”.
1.Use Hand Jto move the cursor under the first (far left) “m”.
2.Press DEL twice to delete the two m’s at the cursor’s position, shifting “mputer” to the left as you do.
3.Press FUNC and then Jto jump back to the end of the characters for more input.
Clearing the Display
Use the following procedure to clear all input text from the display.
To clear the display
Press FUNC and then DEL (CLS).
At this time the message CLS? appears on the display to confirm that you want to clear the display. Press SET to clear or ESC to abort the operation without clearing anything.
Text Editing
You can use the following procedures to edit text on the display.
To insert new characters
Example: To change the text “ABCDEF” to “ABCXYZDEF”.
1.With the original text on the display, move the cursor under the letter “D”.
2.Input the new characters (XYZ).
∙Inputting the new characters causes them to be inserted at the cursor posi- tion. The existing characters are opened up to make room for the new char- acters.
To change existing characters to different ones
Example: To change the text “ABCDEF” to “XYZDEF”.
1.With the original text on the display, use either the BS key or DEL key to delete the characters to be changed (ABC).
∙Remember to use the correct cursor location for the key you plan to use to delete the characters. See page
2. Input the new characters (XYZ).
Part 5 Character Size and Text Effects
This part of the manual explains how to change the size of characters. It also tells you how to assign text effects like underlining, shading, and box printing.
Character Size
The following table shows the six character sizes that are available.
Character Size Indicator | Actual Size (mm) |
1×1 | 2.5×2.5 |
1×2 | 2.5×5 |
1×3 | 2.5×7.5 |
2×1* | 5×2.5 |
2×2* | 5×5 |
2×3* | 5×7.5 |
*These sizes are not supported when using 6mm tape.
They are automatically converted as shown below. 2 × 1 → 1 × 1 2 × 2 → 1 × 2 2 × 3 → 1 × 3
Character size changes are applied to printed text only. The size of the displayed text does not change.
Important!
∙Any character size specification you make is applied to all the characters on the display. You cannot make multiple specifications for specific characters.
∙The Label Printer automatically adjusts the character size whenever you in- put a Bsymbol to create a
Deleting the Bsymbol with a backspace or delete operation reverts to the initial (unadjusted) character size.
Initial Size | Size After BOperation |
AUTO | 1×1 |
2×1 | 1×1 |
2×2 | 1×2 |
2×3 | 1×3 |