Dymo 1000 manual Introduction, Display, Function keys, Creating your first label

Introduction

The Dymo 1000 Electronic Labelmaker enables you to create a wide variety of high quality self-adhesive labels of up to 100 characters.

The Labelmaker uses 12mm (1/2") wide tape cassettes in a number of label colours.

Normal or double width, full and half-height text can be printed in a single line, or in half-height on two lines.

Text can be set horizontally or	v e r t i c a l l y	and is
always centred on the label.

TEXT SIZE SIZE

•Press to display the symbols representing the four text print sizes:

normal height and width

normal height, double width

half-height, normal width

half-height, double width.

The cursor will be positioned over the current selection.

• Press DEL to cancel, or use

< or	<	to move the cursor
over the size symbol required,

LENGTH

LABEL LENGTH + SIZE

Displays the current label length. The length is normally calculated automatically, according to the length of the text on the label.

•	Press DEL		to cancel the length
	function without changing the
	length, or:
•	use < or	<	to increase (up to
	400mm or 15" max.) or
	decrease the length in 5mm
	(1/ ") steps. The display will
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The Display

CAPS lock onVertical text

	12345—
Shift on	Fixed length on
	CURSOR

The display shows:

• Up to five text characters, plus the cursor, at one

time. Use < or < to move along the text.

Function keys

ON/OFF

Switches the power on and off.

•Switches off automatically after three minutes if no keys are pressed. The last label created will be stored and displayed when next turned on.

Note: If the batteries are removed for more than a few seconds, or the external power supply interrupted, all text and settings will be lost. When power is restored, the display will show a flashing cursor (no text) and the settings will be full- height, normal width, auto length,

and CAPS off.

CAPITALS CAPS

•Press for all subsequent characters in UPPER CASE (CAPITALS), as confirmed by the indicator in the top left corner of the display.

•Press again to cancel and return to lower case.

SHIFT KEY

• Press and release	before
pressing an alphabet key to
produce an UPPER CASE
character, as confirmed by the
indicator in the lower left corner
of the display.

CLEAR

CLEAR TEXT + DEL

•Press to clear all the text and the length setting, but leave the print size and style settings unchanged.

CURSOR KEYS < <

These keys move the cursor along the text.

• Pressing	<<		<<
	+ < or	+	<

moves the cursor to the beginning or end of the text. When used in conjunction with certain function keys, use < or

< to select options and

numerical values.

• To insert characters into the text,

use < or < to position the

cursor under the character to the right of the insertion point, then type in the characters required.

		1
PRINTING		,
		2
		n
		,
		PRINT .
		3
		..
	1
	,
• Press	2	to print the label.
	,
	PRINT .
	n
	3
	..

•Press the cutter button to release the label.

SPACE KEY

• Press to insert a space into the text.

then press SIZE to confirm the

	1
	,
selection, or	2	to fix the new
	,
	PRINT .
	n
	3
	..

size and print the label.

2-LINE

TWO-LINE TEXT + CAPS

Labels comprising two lines of text can be printed on the 12mm (1/2") wide labels.

•Press to insert the special

character at the point where you want the text to break, eg:

This label has two line text.

on the display will print as:

This label has two line text.

Only one can be included in a label at a time.

• Press DEL to delete	, as for
normal text characters.

Note: Two lines cannot be printed vertically.

VERT

VERTICAL TEXT + SYM

•Rotates the text through 90° so that the label is printed v e r t i c a l l y , as confirmed by the indicator in the top right of the display.

•Press again to cancel and

return to horizontal text.

flash if you try to make the label
shorter than the text.
• If the length displayed is
preceded by the > symbol, the
length has already been fixed;
the label is too short for the text
and it will not print. Either press
<	to increase the length in
5mm (1/5") steps until the >

symbol disappears, or press

CLEAR

+DEL to cancel fixed

	length; the label is now long
	enough for the text and can be
	printed.			LENGTH
•	Press
			+ SIZE again to fix
	the length for all subsequent
	labels as indicated in the lower
			1
			,
			2
	right corner, of the display, or
•	press		3	to fix the new
			.
		PRINT .
			n.

length and print theCLEARlabel.

•Pressing + DEL will cancel the fixed length and restore the automatic length.

INCREMENTAL

PRINTING	1
	,
	+ ..
	2
	,
	PRINT .
	3

Prints a label then increments the last digit of any number in the label by 1, ready for the next print command.

	1
• Press	,	to print the next
	2
	n
	,
	PRINT .
	3
	..
			1
label, or		+	,	to print the
			2
			n
			,
			PRINT .
			3
			..

next label and increment again by 1.

•Four indicators, one in each corner – as shown above.

•The display will flash if you press an incorrect key in a function sequence.

1
,
2
,
PRINT .
	3
	.
n	.

						Label cutter
						button. Press to
$	£	’	-	%	=	release label.
						NOTE:
1	2	3	4	5	+
/	:	*	(	)	’.	Always remove
6	7	8	9	0		a cut label
						before printing
<<	2-LINE LENGTH VERT			CLEAR	<<	another.
<	CAPS	SIZE	SYM	DEL	<
A	B	C	D	E	F
G	H	I	J	K	L
M	N	O	P	Q	R
S	T	U	V	W	X
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Y	Z	/	/	..	^
			FEED		~
	Œ			C
				,	N

• For dual purpose keys, press

FEED +

FEED

first to produce the legend
above the key.
• Pressing	while CAPS is set,
will give lower case characters.

DELETE DEL

•Press to delete the character to the left of the cursor, or to cancel certain function key operations.

•Press to feed out 25mm of tape without printing.

SYMBOLS SYM

•Press to select a symbol character – see ‘Symbols and special characters’.

Creating your first label

•Fit batteries or connect the AC adaptor, and insert a tape cassette.

• Press to switch on.

•Type in your text using the alphabet keys; each character will appear in the display. If you make a mistake, press DEL to delete the error, then type in the correction.

	1
• Press	,	to print the label, then press the cutter
	2
	n
	,
	PRINT .
	3
	..

button to release the label.

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