Powering Up and Selecting a Printing Mode

Turning the printer on and off is as simple as pressing a button. After the printer powers up, you will need to select the type of operation you want to perform. Select the DISC mode to print on a disc. Select the TAPE mode when you want to print tape labels.

To turn power on and off

1.Press the button to turn the printer on.

This turns on power and displays a main menu screen like the one shown below.

The selection boundary indicates the icon that is currently selected on the main menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Data icon

DISC mode icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selection boundary

 

 

 

TAPE mode icon

Currently selected function (icon)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shows the function of the currently selected icon

2.What you should do after turning on power depends on the type of printing

operation you want to perform.

See “Mode Selection Basics” on page 10 for more information.

3.To turn the printer off, press thebutton.

Auto Power Off

The printer automatically turns off if you do not perform any key operation for

about six minutes. To restore power, press .

Note

Auto Power Off is disabled while the printer is being powered by the bundled AC adaptor and is connected to a computer.

Important

See page 55 of the User’s Guide for information about configuring contrast, print density, and language (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish) settings.

All of the display examples in this Startup Guide and the User’s Guide use English as the display language.

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