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Primera Technology LX400 user manual C. Identifying The Parts, Index, Label Tear Bar, Pause Button

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INDEX

C. IDENTIFYING THE PARTS

This illustration shows the front of the printer with its control buttons and LED indicator lights.

Power LED

Ink Low LED

Label Stock TOF

Sensor Bar

	Top Cover
Label Tear Bar	Pause Button
	Load/Feed Button
	Unload Button

The Pause Button pauses the printer AFTER the printing of the current label has finished to allow for loading of label stock and ink cartridge.

The Power LED indicates that the printer is on and ready to receive print jobs.

The Load/Feed Button is pressed in order to load label stock or form feed the label stock through the printer.

The Ink Low LED will illuminate when a cartridge has 10% or less of its ink remaining.

The Unload Button will unload the installed label stock by reversing it through the printer. Make sure to tear off the print- ed labels before pressing the Unload Button.

The Label Tear Bar is a serrated edge for conveniently tearing your finished labels from the printer.

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Primera Technology LX400 C. Identifying The Parts, Index, Power LED Ink Low LED Label Stock TOF Sensor Bar, Label Tear Bar

Contents

2006 All rights reserved Color Label PrinterUsers Manual 113006-510984-02Printing History Section 4 Printing Using a Macintosh Table of ContentsSection 2 Hardware and Software Setup Section 3 Printing Using a PCPage A. CHOOSING A GOOD LOCATION Section 1 Getting StartedINDEX THANK YOU…INDEX B. UNPACKING AND INSPECTIONStarter roll of high gloss label stock Label Tear Bar C. IDENTIFYING THE PARTSPower LED Ink Low LED Label Stock TOF Sensor Bar INDEXINDEX D. COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONSMinimum PC Specifications Minimum Macintosh SpecificationsHardware and Software Settings Section 2 Hardware and Software SetupA. INSTALLING THE PC SOFTWARE B. INSTALLING THE MAC SOFTWAREIf you are using a PC C. CONNECTING POWERD. CONNECTING THE USB CABLE / INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 6 Hardware and Software SettingsHardware and Software Settings If you are using MacintoshINDEX INDEX E. INSTALLING LABEL STOCK8 Hardware and Software Settings Note These instructions and screen captures are for use with OSINDEX Hardware and Software SettingsStock Guide Rollers 10 Hardware and Software Settings F. ADJUSTING THE LABEL STOCK TOF TOP OF FORM SENSORINDEX Through Hole Labels Hardware and Software SettingsINDEX Circular Labels12 Hardware and Software Settings G. USING FAN-FOLD LABEL STOCKINDEX For Macintosh and PC H. INSTALLING THE INK CARTRIDGEIf using a PC If using a MacI. ALIGNING THE INK CARTRIDGE 14 Hardware and Software SettingsINDEX Hardware and Software Settings c. Cut or fold a 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper in half length wise so that it is no wider than 4.25 inches. Pull the the label stock guide all the way out and lock it in place using the instructions in Section 2G. Push the paper into the feed area. Once the printer senses the page it will pull it into place. You must feed the test sheet of paper into the printer after the alignment print has been sent to the printer otherwise it will feed the sheet right through the printer with out printingINDEX Creating a label Section 3 Printing Using a PCA. USING NICELABEL 16 Printing Using a PCINDEX Printing Using a PCINDEX 18 Printing Using a PCINDEX Printing Using a PCb. The first screen in the Barcode Wizard will allow you to select the type of Barcode you wish to print. You can also enter the data to be used in the barcode. For this we are doing a simple UPC-A barcode. For more information on other types of barcodes, please see Section 3B. Creating Barcodes in NiceLabel INDEX 20 Printing Using a PCINDEX Printing Using a PCb. There are other tools at your disposal to align the object or add shapes. On the right side of the screen you will see alignment tools so you can align the objects on your label in relation to each other. Select objects by clicking on them or clicking and dragging a lasso around multiple objects or by holding down the SHIFT key and clicking on each object individually. You can also center these objects by right clicking on a selected object and choosing Align from the drop- down menu. If you wish to center your object on the label choose the appropriate centering options and check the Align to Label checkbox B. CREATING BARCODES IN NICELABEL 22 Printing Using a PCINDEX INDEX Printing Using a PCAvailable barcode types are listed here INDEX 24 Printing Using a PCINDEX C. PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS PCTo find Driver Settings Printing Using a PCPrint Quality 26 Printing Using a PCPaper Size OrientationPrinting Using a PC Color MatchingInk Saturation Cartridge AlignmentINDEX Clean/Change Cartridge & Check Ink LevelsClean/Purge 28 Printing Using a PCPrinting Using a PC Change CartridgeDetails/Print Counter Sensor TypeOffsets Enable Bi-di Printing30 Printing Using a PC Output ModeCut Position Left Margin OffsetTop of Form TOF Tear Off PositionINDEX Section 4 Printing Using a Macintosh32 Printing Using a Macintosh A. PRINTING ON A MAC FROM ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR4. Change your printer settings to the desired quality Printing Using a MacintoshINDEX 6. The paper/label size defaults to 4x4 or whatever was last used 34 Printing Using a MacintoshINDEX INDEX Printing Using a Macintosh7. Click on the drop down arrow to select a predefined label size or create a custom size by clicking Manage Custom Sizes. For this example there is a 4x3 predefined size. If your label is on the list choose it, click OK and move on to step 10. If your label is not on the list click Manage Custom Sizes from the list INDEX 36 Printing Using a MacintoshINDEX B. CREATING BARCODES ON A MACC. PRINTING FROM OTHER APPLICATIONS Printing Using a Macintosh38 Printing Using a Macintosh D. PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS MACINDEX INDEX Color TypeIntensity Printing Using a MacintoshINDEX Config. UtilityClean Cartridge 40 Printing Using a MacintoshCartridge Alignment Label OffsetsPrinting Using a Macintosh INDEXCut Position 42 Printing Using a MacintoshINDEX Tear Off PositionOutput Mode Printing Using a MacintoshINDEX Sensor TypeINDEX Section 5 TroubleshootingA. SOLVING REGISTRATION PROBLEMS 44 Troubleshooting3. Improper Label Gap Distance. See Section 6 for label specifications TroubleshootingINDEX INDEX 46 TroubleshootingTroubleshooting B. CREATING A FULL BLEED PRINTINDEX INDEX D. CLEANING THE PRINTER48 Troubleshooting C. CLEARING A LABEL JAMINDEX E. CLEANING THE INK CARTRIDGEF. TECHNICAL SUPPORT Troubleshooting50 Label and Roll Specifications Section 6 Label and Roll SpecificationsINDEX Roll Specifications Label and Roll SpecificationsINDEX 52 Technical Specifications Section 7 Technical SpecificationsINDEX Ink Saturation IndexIndex Printer Driver SettingsPrinted in the United States of America P/N