Dymo manual About the LabelWriter 4XL Printer, Chapter, Printer Features, System Requirements

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About the LabelWriter 4XL Printer

Congratulations on purchasing a DYMO LabelWriter label printer. Your LabelWriter printer will give you years of reliable label printing. We encourage you to take a few minutes to review how to use and care for your printer.

Using the standard Windows and Mac OS printer drivers, you can print shipping labels with Endicia software, print from standard Windows or Mac applications, or even integrate label printing into your own custom applications. We have no doubt that the LabelWriter 4XL printer will make your job easier and more efficient.

Printer Features

Your LabelWriter printer is a direct thermal printer and does not use ink or toner. Instead, the printer uses heat from a thermal print head to print on specially treated, heat-sensitive labels. Labels are the only supplies you will ever need to buy.

Become familiar with the major components of the printer.

			Top
			cover
USB			Label roll
connector	DC power	Platen
	connector
		release
	Label exit slot
	and tear bar
			Label
	Form-feed		spool
Cable
	button and		Label eject
channel	status light
			button

The form-feed button on the front of the printer advances a single label. The label eject button is used to remove labels from the printer when changing rolls.

The status light visually shows the current state of the printer:

•Solid blue - power is on and the printer is ready.

•Flashing blue - labels are not loaded properly or the label roll is empty.

System Requirements

The LabelWriter printer requires a USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 connection and one of the following:

•Windows® XP 32-bit

•Windows Vista® 32 or 64-bit

•Mac OS® v10.3.9/10.4.11/10.5.2 or later

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