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- Page 1 080508-511203-(01) (Label Printer 200) User's Manual © 2008 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. CAUTION! THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS A LASER DIODE OF A HIGHER CLASS THAN 1. TO ENSURE CONTINUED SAFETY, DO NOT REMOVE ANY COVERS OR ATTEMPT TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE INSIDE OF THIS PRODUCT.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Section 2: Hardware and Software Setup ...5 A. Installing the PC Software ...5 B. Connecting Power...5 C. Connecting the USB Cable/Installing the Printer Driver ...5 D. Installing Label Stock ...7 E. Adjusting the Stock Sensor...9 Using Fan-fold Label Stock ...11 G. -
Page 5: Section 1: Getting Started
Label Printer! A. CHOOSING A GOOD LOCATION Place the printer on a flat surface in a location with • adequate air circulation to prevent internal heat build up. Do not place the printer near heat sources such as radiators •... -
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. Label Tear Bar your finished labels from the printer. -
Page 8: Computer Specifications
This illustration shows the input ports and power switch found on the rear panel of the printer. Fan-fold Label Slot Power Switch D. COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS Minimum PC Specifications For optimal printing speed you must have a PC with the following minimum specifications: •... -
Page 9: Section 2: Hardware And Software Setup
3. Plug the power cord of the adapter into an available wall outlet or surge protecting power strip. Once the power cord is connected, the printer can be switched on and off using the power switch. C. CONNECTING THE USB CABLE / INSTALLING THE... - Page 10 Select "Install the software automatically" and click Next. You may see a notice like the one shown here stating that the Printer has not passed Windows Logo Testing. Click Continue Anyway to continue installing the printer driver for your Publisher.
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Page 11: Installing Label Stock
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. Primera carries a large variety of paper label stock that has been converted and ready for use with your printer. - Page 12 Throat Guide 6. 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 but- ton on the front panel while continuing to guide the label stock into the printer.
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Page 13: Adjusting The Stock Sensor
If the sensor is too far to the right or the left the printer will still sense the label but the image may be offset downward because the printer will start printing at the wrong position. - Page 14 Through Hole Labels If you are using card stock or label stock that has a hole punch or a notch to identify a transition from backing to label, you can adjust the Sensor Bar to position it over the identifying mark.
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Page 15: Using Fan-Fold Label Stock
Before feeding the fan-fold stock through the back of the printer, lock the stock guide in the out position so the stock guide rollers will not interfere with the label stock. The stock... -
Page 16: Installing The Ink Cartridge
INSTALLING THE INK CARTRIDGE Your printer has a built-in ink tracking system. This system is designed to warn you if your ink cartridge is 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 17: Aligning The Ink Cartridge
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. Now click OK if you are continuing from Section H or Send the alignment via the printer settings area. - Page 18 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...
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Page 19: Section 3: Printing Using A Pc
Section 3: Printing 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 sim- ply. The following is a tutorial to guide you through creating and printing a sample label. - Page 20 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 21 INDEX 4. Now, insert a barcode. a. Click the Barcode Tool Icon from the Toolbox. You will now have a Barcode Cursor that can be positioned anywhere within the Document Window. Position your cursor in the general area where you wish your barcode to print and click to start entering your barcode information.
- Page 22 b. 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. For this we are doing a simple UPC-A barcode. For more information on other types of barcodes, please see Section 3B.
- Page 23 5. Now insert a the toolbox. You will now see a Graphics Cursor. Drag the cursor to the general area where you wish to place the graphic and click to get an 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.
- Page 24 Align to Label checkbox. You are now ready to print your label. Click File - Printer Settings to adjust quality, color matching etc. See Section 3C for more information. Click File then Print from the main menu. Choose your number of copies and click OK.
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Page 25: Creating Barcodes In Nicelabel
B. CREATING BARCODES IN NICELABEL a. Click the Barcode Tool Icon from the Toolbox. b. You will now have a Barcode Cursor that can be positioned anywhere within the Document Window. Position your cursor in the general area where you wish your barcode to print and click to start entering your barcode information. - Page 26 iii. This contains four tabs, General, Check Digit, Human Readable and Details. iv. The General Tab allows you to choose the appropriate barcode type from the Available barcodes: menu. You can choose one- or two-dimensional barcodes. Note that different barcode types have different requirements - some of them only allow numbers to be encoded, while others only allow upper case characters.
- Page 27 The Details Tab allows you to set some further details of the barcode presentations on the printer. These settings are listed here: Include Quiet Zones will enable the software to automati-...
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Page 28: Printer Driver Settings
Nice Label. (File Menu - Printer Settings) To find Driver Settings: Click the Start button, choose Printers and Faxes. Right-click on the Label Printer 200 Icon and select Printing Preferences from the drop-down menu. The preferences screen will appear. Printing Using a PC... -
Page 29: Paper Size
NiceLabel you will need to set this to the dimensions of the your label. Keep in mind that the dimensions are always rela- tive to the width and height of the actual label in the printer. Orientation of an image on the label should not change this setting. -
Page 30: Cartridge Alignment
Cartridge Alignment Cartridge alignment will align the Cartridge for bidirectional printing and calibrate the printer to each individual cartridge. You will automatically be prompted to perform this alignment each time you install a new cartridge. To manually align the cartridge, click on Cartridge Alignment to reveal a Properties button. - Page 31 Note: You will be prompted to load label stock of 4"x 4" (101.6 mm x 101.6mm) or larger, into the printer. If you have stock of this size or larger, simply click OK. If not see Section 2H for instructions on loading a test sheet to complete the purge print.
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Page 32: Sensor Type
Sensor Type Sensor Type refers to the method the printer will use to detect the print starting position for each label. If you are using standard die-cut labels or Through-hole label material where a hole is punched through each label for alignment purposes use the Through-hole/Die-Cut setting. - Page 33 Enable Bi-di Printing This setting defaults to Yes for fastest printing. When enabled you will be required to perform an alignment print after a new cartridge is installed. Offsets If your label is printing horizontally or vertically offset (printing on the liner or with white space left on the label) use these offset setting to adjust the position of the print on the label.
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Page 34: Tear Off Position
The unit of measure is 0.1 mm. Cut Position If a label cutter attachment is connected to the printer you can fine tune the cut position between the labels. Increase this value to move the label further out before the cut; decrease this value to eject the label stock less before the cut. -
Page 35: Section 4: Troubleshooting
The unit of measure is 0.1mm. To access go to Start - Control Panel - Printers and Faxes - Right click "Label Printer 200" - Choose Printing Preferences - Select Offsets. See image in the dialog below for graphical example. - Page 36 5. Portrait / Landscape. If the Portrait / Landscape setting does not correspond to the label stock installed this will also cause the printer to print over the gap and onto the next label. Make sure this is set correctly.
- Page 37 INDEX Note: Often times a space on the right (printers left) side indicates a margin around the label that is not being accounted for. The printer is factory calibrated for a 2mm margin. A larger margin around the label will cause a right (printers left) side space.
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Page 38: Creating A Full Bleed Print
Note: It is best to over bleed as little as possible to avoid excess ink on the label backing. Also, over bleeding too much will cause the printer to skip labels. This is because the printer stops printing too late to sense the next label. -
Page 39: Clearing A Label Jam
D. CLEANING THE PRINTER 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 40: Cleaning The Ink Cartridge
4. Wipe in one direction only. 5. Repeat the process. F. TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you have difficulties in operating your Printer, the procedures in this manual and the software User's Guide should, in most cases, solve the problem. If you still have difficulty, contact the technical support number using one of the methods listed below. -
Page 41: Section 5: Label And Roll Specifications
Section 5: Label and Roll Specifications Label Sensing Methods Method 1: Label Gap Sensing Method 2: Thru-Hole Sensing Method 3: Reflective/Black Mark Sensing (Black Mark must be printed on back side of label stock) Note: See table below for Max and Min values in inches and mm.. Label/Print width Liner width Label height/length... - Page 42 Label and Roll Specifications 1.90" (48.3mm) Equal to distance 0.10" (2.5mm) between labels see roll specifications below .006” (152 micron) Printer driver assumes 2 mm gap. However, this is adjustable via the left margin offset. Label Stock INDEX 0.20" (5.1mm) 2”...
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Page 43: Section 6: Technical Specifications
Inkjet 4800 x 1200 dpi, 1200 x 1200 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi A label cutter (part # 074263) can be connected to the printer to cut labels as they are fed out of the printer. #53377 Black 16.7 million... -
Page 44: Index
Inserting Graphics...19 Installing the Ink Cartridge ...12 Installing Label Stock ...7 Installing the PC Software ...5 Installing the Printer Driver ...6 Label Size ...25, 34 Label Stock Sensor Bar ...9 Label Tear Bar ...3 Left Margin Offset ...29, 32, 34 Load/Feed Button...3... - Page 45 Printed in the United States of America P/N 511203...