Digital label and decal press
Trademark Acknowledgements
Digital Label Press 3 User’s Manual
Notices
Printing History
Digital Label Press 3 User’s Manual
For Users in the United States
For Users in Canada
Section 5 Connecting the Press
Table of Contents
Section 2 Safety Precautions Section 3 Getting Started
Section 6 Installing and Setting Up the Printer Driver for Windows
Section 9 Troubleshooting Section 10 Technical Specifications
Section 7 Installing and Using the PressPrint Software for Windows
Section 8 Maintenance
Appendix A Interfacing Information
A. HOW YOUR PRESS WORKS
Introduction
Thank You
Thermal Transfer
Digital Printing and Cutting… Simultaneously
B. SPECIAL FEATURES
Dye-Sublimation
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Safety Precautions
WARNINGS
Section 2 Safety Precautions
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Section 2 Safety Precautions
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Section 2 Safety Precautions
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Section 2 Safety Precautions
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Section 2 Safety Precautions
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B. ABOUT MOISTURE CONDENSATION
Getting Started
A. CHOOSING A GOOD LOCATION
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C. UNPACKING AND INSPECTION
D. IDENTIFYING THE PARTS
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Control Panel
LCD Display
Table 3.1. Normal Display Messages
Retry/ Enter
Cancel
Menu/+
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Cutting Pressure
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Power Switch
E. REMOVING THE RIBBON CARTRIDGE AND BLADE HOLDER
Media Input Assembly Interface Cable
Power Input Port
F. INSTALLING THE BLADE HOLDER
EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN HANDLING THIS BLADE
THE CUTTER BLADE IS RAZOR-SHARP AND CAN EASILY CUT YOU. BE
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G. INSTALLING THE MEDIA INPUT ASSEMBLY
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H. INSTALLING THE MEDIA OUTPUT ASSEMBLY
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I. APPLYING POWER
1. Locate the power cord supplied with your press
Section 3 Getting Started
B. ABOUT RIBBONS
Ribbon and Print Media
A. INTRODUCTION
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Supply Take-Up
C. LOADING RIBBON INTO THE RIBBON CARTRIDGE
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Supply End Take-Up End
D. PLACING THE RIBBON CARTRIDGE INTO THE PRINTER
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#200-Series Polyester Label and Decal Stock
E. ABOUT PRINT MEDIA
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#300-Series Vinyl Label and Decal Stock
F. LOADING THE PRINT MEDIA ROLL INTO THE PRESS
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Media Input Assembly Cover
2. Open the Media Input Assembly Cover
4. Close the Media Input Assembly cover
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5. Pull the Media Roll Release back into the up position This will lock the media roll into place as well as engage the sensor that reads the rolls identification information
Securing Lever
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Print Pressure Bracket
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10. Once the bracket is disconnected and unlatched, gently lift it from the printer
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12. Guide the paper over the Platen and under the Pinch Roller as shown. Make certain the paper is centered on the platen roller
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15. Once the Print Pressure Bracket is in the proper position, firmly push each Securing Lever all the way down until each is in its locked position. Some force is required to latch these Securing Levers
Ribbons
G. PAPER AND RIBBON DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE CONTROL PANEL LCD DISPLAY
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Paper
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Section 4 Ribbon and Print Media
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Connecting the Press
A. RUNNING THE SELF TEST
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Self Test Example
B. CONNECTING THE USB-TO-PARALLEL INTERFACE CABLE
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4. Select CD-ROM Drive and click Next
Section 5 Connecting the Press
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5. Click Finish. Once the driver for your USB cable is installed, connect the other end of the cable to the parallel interface port located on behind the press
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Section 5 Connecting the Press
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Installing and Setting Up the Printer Driver for Windows
A. INSTALLING THE WINDOWS PRINTER DRIVER
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3. Double-click on the Add Printer icon
10. The Install From Disk message will appear. Click OK to continue
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B. SETTING UP THE WINDOWS 98/ ME PRINTER DRIVER
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Ribbon Type
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Paper Size
Color Matching
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Dither Mode
Disable Overlay
Intensity
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Disable Target & Cut
Cut Only Disable Print
Write Direct to Port
Section 6 Installing and Setting Up the Printer Driver for Windows
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A. ABOUT PRESSPRINT
Installing and Using the PressPrint Software for Windows
B. INSTALLING PRESSPRINT
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C. USING PRESSPRINT
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5. Select
6. Select OK to begin contouring your image. You may see the following dialog box appear when attempting to contour cut bitmap files. This slide bar sets the sensitivity of the filter. If your sensitivity is high i.e. 255 your cut line may appear jagged as the filter picks up noise around the outside of an image. This is common in lower resolution files as well as JPEGs. If the sensitivity is too low i.e. 100 the cut line may not follow the image and could overlap light colored areas. A good general setting is
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8. With both the cut line and the image selected, click on the Layout menu and select Array. The Array Setup window appears
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D. PRINTING TO YOUR PRESS
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4. Once all appropriate printer settings have been chosen, select OK to close the setup window. Select OK from the Printing window to send your print job to the press
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Importing Files
E. HELPFUL PRESSPRINT HINTS
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Importing Macintosh Files
Show Bitmaps Outlines / Show Reduced Bitmaps
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Importing Vector vs. Bitmap Files
Purge Undo
Creating A Die Cut
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Aligning Objects
Selecting Objects
Printing Multiple Pages of the Same Label
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Anti-Aliasing
F. CREATING SERIALIZED LABELS
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4. With both the cut line and the label selected, choose Badges from the Layout menu. The Badge Setup window appears
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7. Once you have highlighted the text you wish to serialize and/or selected the replacement data file, click on the OK button of the Badge Setup window. The Text Substitution window appears
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G. PRINTING MULTIPLE SPOT COLOR LABELS
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The following is an example of how to print a multiple spot color job. You may want to actually complete this exercise as a self-tutorial. If you do not have the ribbon colors specified in this exercise, simply substitute any other spot color combination. Note that both single and multiple pages of multiple spot color labels can be printed in this fashion. If you have not yet read through Parts D, E, and F of this section, please do so before attempting to complete this exercise
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4. Select the appropriate Printer Setup options Ribbon Type, etc.. Then, select the option Hold Media after Print Dont Eject. This will keep the media from cutting the page before all the colors have been printed
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6. Click on OK to print. PressPrint will send only the RED squares to be printed. During printing, a message will display on screen telling you to wait until printing is complete before loading the next ribbon color and reloading the print media
A. SUPPLIES REQUIRED
Maintenance
B. CLEANING THE PRINT HEAD
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C. CLEANING THE PRESSS CASE
D. CLEANING THE INSIDE OF THE PRESS
Platten Roller
E. CLEANING THE PLATEN ROLLER
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F. CLEARING A RIBBON JAM
G. CLEARING A MINOR PRINT MEDIA JAM
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H. CLEARING A MAJOR PRINT MEDIA JAM
I. REPLACING THE CUTTER BLADE
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4. Remove the aluminum Blade Holder
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5. Unscrew and remove the top of the Blade Holder
Section 8 Maintenance
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Troubleshooting
Section 9 Troubleshooting
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2. Open the printer cover
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5. Replace the ribbon and paper
1. Cancel the print job from Windows Spooler or PressPrint
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7. Resend your job from Press Print
1. Cancel the job Windows Spooler or Press Print
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Cutter Targets
CUTTER TARGET ERROR
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Center
The LED light on the Control Panel is flashing erratically
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The print job rasterizes, but the press doesnt print
My prints have blotches or spots in them
Symptoms
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My dye-sublimation prints look jaggy or pixelated
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The cut line is not centered on the printed object
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The cutter is cutting too deeply or is not cutting deeply enough
Section 9 Troubleshooting
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Technical Specifications
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Printer Driver
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Appendix A
B. CENTRONICS-TYPE PARALLEL INTERFACE
A. INTRODUCTION
TABLE A-1 Parallel Interface Pin Assignments
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Pin assignments are as follows
Appendix A
Media output assembly
Index
Display errors
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Printer cleaning kit
Section 9 Troubleshooting
Print pressure bracket
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