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Primera LX800 User Manual

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  • Page 1 081705-510910-(05) User's Manual © 2005 All rights reserved...
  • Page 2 PANELS. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. OPERATE THE UNIT WITH ONLY THE PROPER ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS AS LABELED ON THE PRINTER AND AC ADAPTER WARNING. Hazardous moving parts. Keep fingers and other body parts away from the paper-feed gears.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Section 2: Supplies and Driver Settings...8 A. About Ink Cartridges and Label Material...8 B. Installing Label Stock ...8 C. Installing Ink Cartridges ...13 D. Printer Driver Settings ...15 Section 3: Using the Printer...22 A. Using NiceLabel ...22 B. Creating Barcodes in NiceLabel ...29 C.

  • Page 5: Section 1: Getting Started

    ...for choosing an LX800 Color Label Printer. This printer is the perfect way for you to create customized, full color labels quickly, easily, and with a touch of class. The LX800 Printer will print razor-sharp text and barcodes, vibrant colors, and even stunning photo-realistic photographs directly onto rolls of labels and card stocks.

  • Page 6: Unpacking And Inspection

    B. UNPACKING AND INSPECTION While unpacking your printer, inspect the carton to ensure that no damage has occurred during shipping. Make sure that all supplied accessories are included with your unit. The following items should be included: Printer • •...

  • Page 7: Identifying The Parts

    Ink Low LED less of its ink remaining. Unload Button reversing it through the printer. Make sure to tear off the print- ed labels before pressing the Unload Button. NOTE: Always use this procedure to unload label material. DO NOT...

  • Page 8: Minimum Pc Specifications

    • Available USB Port • Do not connect the printer to any USB hubs or the USB port on your keyboard. It should be connected directly to an onboard USB port. If your computer does not have at least these minimum system requirements, system performance may not be acceptable.

  • Page 9: Applying Power

    INSTALLING THE DRIVER AND SOFTWARE The Color Label Printer is designed to be used with nearly any IBM-PC® or compatible running Windows 2000/XP or a Macintosh running OS 10.2 or higher. The printer is equipped with a USB 1.0/2.0 port.
  • Page 10 Once installed the "Color Label Printer" icon will appear in the printers folder. 3. Once the printer driver is properly installed, the installer application will prompt you to install label stock and the ink cartridges. You will also be asked to complete a cartridge calibration procedure.
  • Page 11 3. To run the installation, click on the ColorLabelSeries.pkg file. 4. Follow the on screen instructions to install the software. 5. Apply power and plug in the USB cable. Wait for the printer to initialize (lights will stop flashing) before moving to the next step.

  • Page 12: Section 2: Supplies And Driver Settings

    INSTALLING LABEL STOCK Your printer will utilize a wide variety of paper label stock. As long as the label stock is paper and can receive ink jet printing and is within the allotted size, it will work in the printer.
  • Page 13 Diameter Diameter Inches Millimeters 152.4 Label Stock Compatibility Chart The following illustration shows the internal parts you should be familiar with when loading stock into your printer: Fixed Throat Guide Movable Throat Guide WARNING. Hazardous moving parts. Keep fingers and other body parts away from the paper-feed gears.
  • Page 14 Installing Label Stock The following steps will guide you through loading label stock in your printer: Make sure power is connected and printer is on. 1. Open the Top Cover. 2. Lower the for your label stock. 3. Pull the Movable Throat Guide the label stock.
  • Page 15 Feed the label stock further into the printer until it senses the label and automatically feeds it through the printer. If the printer fails to feed the label stock, press the Feed button on the front panel while continuing to guide the label stock into the printer.
  • Page 16 Sensor Position Adjustment NOTE: If you are using black stripe sensing label material you will need to identify this in the printer driver under the Sensor Type setting. Please refer to section D later in this chapter for more information on changing driver settings.

  • Page 17: Installing Ink Cartridges

    INSTALLING INK CARTRIDGES Your printer has a built-in ink tracking system. This system is designed to warn you if your ink cartridges are low on ink. This ensures your labels will print properly and that the printer can create large batches of labels unattended and worry-free.
  • Page 18 If your installed stock is smaller than 4" x 4", unload your current stock by pressing the Unload button. The printer will reverse the label stock so that it can be removed from the printer. Load a sheet of paper, not to exceed 8.25 inches or 209...

  • Page 19: Printer Driver Settings

    The printer will print the alignment test and scan it into memory. Once the alignment is complete you will see a confirmation dialogue box on your monitor. Click OK. You have successfully installed the ink cartridges. PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Once the printer driver has been successfully installed, you will need to set the driver up with the appropriate print options.
  • Page 20 Most applications allow you to change these same printer driver options from their "Print" and/or "Printer Setup" screens. This means that you don't have to go back to the main printer setup window each time you want to change a setting or option in the printer driver.

  • Page 21: Label Size

    The following options are present in both the PC and Mac drivers: Label Size This option is set to Custom as a default. Even though you can click Properties and key in the dimensions of your label, this is best done from your labeling software. It is recommended that the Label Size setting is left to "Custom".

  • Page 22: Cartridge Alignment

    Click on Cartridge Alignment and you will see a Properties button. Press this button to start the Alignment procedure.
  • Page 23 (no wider than 8.25 inches or 209mm) into the print area then click OK to continue. The printer will print an alignment pattern then scan that pattern into memory auto- matically. Once it has finished you will see a dialog box stating that alignment values have been saved.

  • Page 24: Sensor Type

    Continuous. Rewinder Mode This defaults to No. When set t no, the printer will align your labels with the tear off bar for easy removal. This mode can be set to Yes when using the printer with an automatic rewinder.

  • Page 25: Tof Offset

    Tear Off Offset Rewinder Mode the printer will present your labels over the Tear Bar for easy removal. This is set at the factory. If fine tuning is needed to align the break in your label stock over the Tear Bar, increase this setting to eject the label further;...

  • Page 26: Section 3: Using The Printer

    Section 3: Using the Printer USING NICELABEL Your printer ships with a basic version of Niceware's NiceLabel software. This easy-to-use software is designed to allow you to create full color labels with text and barcodes quickly and simply. The following is a tutorial to guide you through creating and printing a sample label.
  • Page 27 Set the dimensions of your label and unit of measure and click Next. b. Select your printer. This should be the Color Label Printer. Click Finish. INDEX Using the Printer...
  • Page 28 NiceLabel will turn the text red as a warning. This will not change the color the text prints out as when sent to the printer but is only used as a warning to let you know you may not be printing the full text on your label.
  • Page 29 For this we are doing a simple UPC-A barcode. For more information on other types of barcodes, please see Section 3-B. Creating Barcodes in NiceLabel. INDEX Barcode Cursor Barcode Wizard will allow you Using the Printer...
  • Page 30 You will also want to set the Symbol Height and X Expansion Factor d. Click the prints under your barcode Using the Printer Human Readable tab to change the font that INDEX...
  • Page 31 Open dialog box. You will be prompted to browse for graphic files. NiceLabel will accept bitmap graphics formatted as BMP , JPG, TIF, WMF, PNG and many more. INDEX Graphics Cursor Using the Printer...
  • Page 32 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. Using the Printer alignment tools so you can align the INDEX...

  • Page 33: Creating Barcodes In Nicelabel

    Once clicked, you will see the Barcode Wizard. The first screen in the to select the type of Barcode you wish to print. You can also enter the data to be used in the barcode. INDEX Barcode Cursor Barcode Wizard will allow you Using the Printer...
  • Page 34 - some of them only allow numbers to be encoded, while others only allow upper case characters. For the further help on the barcode types contact your supplier Using the Printer INDEX (shown on page 27) allows you to...
  • Page 35 Base element width (mils) is calculated automatically from the X expansion factor. Check Digit Tab automated check digits or enter your own. Check digits can be disabled on some barcodes from this tab as well. are listed here: will allow you to include a system INDEX Using the Printer...
  • Page 36 The Details Tab the barcode presentations on the printer. These settings are listed here: Include Quiet Zones will enable the software to automati- cally create the necessary amount of free space before and after the barcode symbol by drawing an unprintable buffer area around the barcode symbol on the screen.

  • Page 37: Printing On A Mac From Adobe Illustrator

    2. Once your document is created and ready to print go to File - Print. The following screen will appear. Before doing anything else, click the Printer button to change the print quality settings for this print. Click here for more informa- tion on Print Settings.
  • Page 38 3. The printer settings screen defaults to Copies and Pages. Click the drop down arrow to change the screen to Label Printer Settings. 4. Change your printer settings to the desired quality. Using the Printer INDEX...
  • Page 39 5. Click Print to return to the print preview screen. Now click Page Setup to change the label size set in the printer driver. 6. The paper/label size defaults to 4x6 or whatever was last used. INDEX Using the Printer...
  • Page 40 8. To create a custom size click the + below the list of custom sizes already created. Change the page size to correspond with the stock installed in the printer. Set the Printer Margins to Color Label Printer or modify them accordingly.
  • Page 41 Make sure there is no white space around the label. If there is white space you may have to change the orientation. Click Print to print your label. INDEX Using the Printer...

  • Page 42: Creating Barcodes On A Mac

    NOTE: You must set the Printer and Page Setup by clicking on these buttons each time you print. You must perform these steps each time you print even if what you see on the preview screen appears correct. D. CREATING BARCODES ON A MAC You can integrate barcode printing into any application that can print to the printer by using Mac Barcode Maker.

  • Page 43: Section 4: Troubleshooting And Maintenance

    Refer to the cleaning procedure explained within the Clean/ Purge description of Section 2-D to clean the cartridge nozzles. If any ink has gotten on to the printer casing itself, the case of the printer can be cleaned with an ammonia based window cleaner and a lint-free cloth.

  • Page 44: Technical Support

    "PAUSE" flashes quickly C. TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you have difficulty operating your Color Label Printer, the procedures in this manual should, in most cases, solve the problem. If you still have difficulty, contact Primera's Technical Support Department. You can reach tech support by phone,...

  • Page 45: Section 5: Label Specifications

    Section 5 : Label Specifications Stripe Length Black Stripe Through- hole (Optional) Label width Media width Label height/length Gap between labels Width of through-hole opening Distance from edge of media to edge of through-hole Stripe/Eyemark Width* Stripe/Eyemark Length *The Stripe/Eyemark should be opaque to infared light. Stripe Width Label Width Media Width...

  • Page 46: Section 6: Technical Specifications

    Section 6 : Technical Specifications Print Method: Print Resolutions: Print Speeds: Ink Cartridges: Colors: Media Types: Media Sensing: Supply Roll: Ink Level Warning: Indicator Lights: Controls: Operating Systems: Data Interface: Minimum System: Technical Specifications Inkjet 4800 x 1200 dpi, 1200 x 1200 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi Approximately 2"...
  • Page 47 Label Design Software: Electrical Rating: Power Requirements: Certifications: Weight: Dimensions: Warranty: NiceLabel™ ME Primera Edition included. Can also be used with most other popular Windows-based label design software programs 12VDC, 3.0A 100-240VAC, 50/60 Hz, 60 watts UL, UL-C, CE, FCC Class B 29 lbs.

  • Page 48: Index

    Label Tear Bar ...3 Left Margin Offset...18 Load/Feed Button ...3 Movable Throat Guide ...10 Orientation ...17 Pause LED...3 Pigment-Based Monochrome Black ...8 Pigment-Based Ink ...8 Power LED...3 Print Quality ...17 Printer Driver Settings...15 Printing ...33, 38 Roll Arm ...10 Roll Guide ...10 Index...
  • Page 49 INDEX Sensor Position Adjustment ...11 Sensor Type ...20 Rewinder Mode...20 Tear Off Offset...21 TOF Offset...21 Troubleshooting ...39 Unload Button ...3 Using NiceLabel...22 Index...
  • Page 50 Printed in the United States of America P/N 510910...

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