Digital label and decal press
Notices
Digital Label Press 3 User’s Manual
Trademark Acknowledgements
Printing History
Digital Label Press 3 User’s Manual
For Users in the United States
For Users in Canada
Section 2 Safety Precautions Section 3 Getting Started
Table of Contents
Section 5 Connecting the Press
Section 6 Installing and Setting Up the Printer Driver for Windows
Section 8 Maintenance
Section 7 Installing and Using the PressPrint Software for Windows
Section 9 Troubleshooting Section 10 Technical Specifications
Appendix A Interfacing Information
Thank You
Introduction
A. HOW YOUR PRESS WORKS
Thermal Transfer
Dye-Sublimation
B. SPECIAL FEATURES
Digital Printing and Cutting… Simultaneously
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WARNINGS
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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Section 2 Safety Precautions
A. CHOOSING A GOOD LOCATION
Getting Started
B. ABOUT MOISTURE CONDENSATION
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C. UNPACKING AND INSPECTION
D. IDENTIFYING THE PARTS
LCD Display
Control Panel
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Table 3.1. Normal Display Messages
Menu/+
Cancel
Retry/ Enter
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Cutting Pressure
Media Input Assembly Interface Cable
E. REMOVING THE RIBBON CARTRIDGE AND BLADE HOLDER
Power Switch
Power Input Port
THE CUTTER BLADE IS RAZOR-SHARP AND CAN EASILY CUT YOU. BE
EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN HANDLING THIS BLADE
F. INSTALLING THE BLADE HOLDER
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G. INSTALLING THE MEDIA INPUT ASSEMBLY
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H. INSTALLING THE MEDIA OUTPUT ASSEMBLY
1. Locate the power cord supplied with your press
I. APPLYING POWER
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Section 3 Getting Started
A. INTRODUCTION
Ribbon and Print Media
B. ABOUT RIBBONS
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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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E. ABOUT PRINT MEDIA
#200-Series Polyester Label and Decal Stock
#300-Series Vinyl Label and Decal Stock
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F. LOADING THE PRINT MEDIA ROLL INTO THE PRESS
4. Close the Media Input Assembly cover
2. Open the Media Input Assembly Cover
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
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Securing Lever
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Print Pressure Bracket
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
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G. PAPER AND RIBBON DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE CONTROL PANEL LCD DISPLAY
Ribbons
Paper
Section 4 Ribbon and Print Media
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Connecting the Press
A. RUNNING THE SELF TEST
Self Test Example
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B. CONNECTING THE USB-TO-PARALLEL INTERFACE CABLE
4. Select CD-ROM Drive and click Next
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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
3. Double-click on the Add Printer icon
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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
Paper Size
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Ribbon Type
Color Matching
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Disable Overlay
Dither Mode
Intensity
Cut Only Disable Print
Disable Target & Cut
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Write Direct to Port
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Section 6 Installing and Setting Up the Printer Driver for Windows
B. INSTALLING PRESSPRINT
Installing and Using the PressPrint Software for Windows
A. ABOUT PRESSPRINT
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C. USING PRESSPRINT
5. Select
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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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E. HELPFUL PRESSPRINT HINTS
Importing Files
Importing Macintosh Files
Importing Vector vs. Bitmap Files
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Show Bitmaps Outlines / Show Reduced Bitmaps
Purge Undo
Aligning Objects
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Creating A Die Cut
Selecting Objects
Printing Multiple Pages of the Same Label
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Anti-Aliasing
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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
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
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B. CLEANING THE PRINT HEAD
Maintenance
A. SUPPLIES REQUIRED
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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
4. Remove the aluminum Blade Holder
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5. Unscrew and remove the top of the Blade Holder
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Section 8 Maintenance
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Troubleshooting
Section 9 Troubleshooting
2. Open the printer cover
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5. Replace the ribbon and paper
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1. Cancel the print job from Windows Spooler or PressPrint
7. Resend your job from Press Print
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1. Cancel the job Windows Spooler or Press Print
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CUTTER TARGET ERROR
Cutter Targets
Center
The LED light on the Control Panel is flashing erratically
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The print job rasterizes, but the press doesnt print
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Symptoms
My prints have blotches or spots in them
My dye-sublimation prints look jaggy or pixelated
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
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Section 9 Troubleshooting
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Technical Specifications
Printer Driver
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B. CENTRONICS-TYPE PARALLEL INTERFACE
Appendix A
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A. INTRODUCTION
Pin assignments are as follows
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TABLE A-1 Parallel Interface Pin Assignments
Appendix A
Display errors
Index
Media output assembly
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Section 9 Troubleshooting
Printer cleaning kit
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Print pressure bracket