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With your new RHINO label printer, you can create a wide variety of high-quality, self-adhesive labels. You can choose to print your labels in many different sizes and styles. The printer uses RHINO Industrial label cartridges in widths of 6 mm, 9 mm, 12 mm, or 19 mm. RHINO label cartridges are also available in a wide range of materials, such as flexible nylon, permanent polyester, vinyl, nonadhesive tag, and heat shrink tubes.
Visit www.dymo.com for information on the full line of labels and accessories for your printer.
Visit www.dymo.com/register to register your label printer online. During the registration process, you will need the serial number, which is located inside the battery compartment.
Follow the instructions in this section to start using your printer for the first time.
The printer can be powered with batteries or AC power. A rechargeable Lithium-ion battery pack and AC power adapter are included with some models. Visit www.dymo.com for information on obtaining an optional rechargeable battery pack.
For optimal power, use the optional rechargeable Lithium-ion battery pack for portable use when not connected to the AC power adapter.
To save power, the printer will automatically turn off after five minutes of inactivity.
The printer can operate using six AA alkaline batteries.
To insert the batteries
Remove the batteries if the printer will not be used for a long period of time.
The printer uses a 110V-240V power adapter. Connecting the power adapter with the battery pack inserted recharges the battery pack.
Use only the DYMO power adapter included with the printer.
To connect the power adapter
The hard case kit includes a rechargeable, Lithium- ion battery pack for portable use when not connected to the power adapter.
To insert the battery pack
Remove the battery pack if the printer will not be used for a long period of time.
The battery pack automatically recharges while the printer is connected to a power source through the power adapter. Charging the battery pack for the first time will take approximately eight hours; recharging the battery pack will take approximately two hours.
Your printer comes with a starter label cartridge. Visit www.dymo.com for information about purchasing additional label cartridges.
Cutter blade is extremely sharp. While replacing the label cartridge, keep fingers and other body parts away from cutter blade and do not press the cutter button.
To insert the label cartridge
To remove the label cartridge
Each time you insert a label cartridge into the printer, you are prompted to set the label width so the printer knows what size label you are currently using. Some of the features you use to design labels depend on the width of the label.
However, to create a label for a label width different than what is currently in the printer, you can set the label width at any time from the Settings menu.
To set the label width
The first time you turn on the power, you are prompted to select your desired language. By default, the language is set to English.
Several language-related features on the printer are determined by the language setting, such as special characters, menu text, and so on. You can change the language selection at any time from the Settings menu.
To select a language
The first time you turn on the power, you are prompted to select your desired units of measure. You can choose to work in inches or millimeters. You can change the units of measure at any time from the Settings menu.
To select the units of measure
Become familiar with the location of the feature and function keys on your printer. See Figure 1. The following sections describe each feature in detail.
The button turns the power on and off. If no keys are pressed after five minutes, the power is turned off automatically.
When the printer is turned off, the current label file and its settings are remembered for the next time the printer is turned on. If the batteries and power adapter are disconnected at the same time, some of the settings are remembered; however, the current label file is lost and you will need to reset the label width when you reconnect the power and turn on the printer.
The LCD display includes a caption bar across the top showing the current label type, and feature indicators on the right side showing which features are currently selected. See Figure 6.
When the text you have entered will not fit on the label as currently defined, the portion of the text that will not fit is shaded. If you attempt to print the label containing text that will not fit, the excess text will not be printed.
In low light conditions, you can turn on the backlight to make it easier to see the display. To save power, the back light will turn off automatically after 15 seconds of inactivity. Pressing any key will turn the backlight back on again. The backlight key acts as a toggle to turn the light on and off.
To toggle backlighting on and off
In addition to backlighting, you can adjust the display contrast to help in different lighting conditions.
To adjust the display contrast
The Caption bar at the top of the display shows the current label type and for some label types, additional information about the label, such as size or barcode type.
The key toggles capitalization on and off.
When CAPS mode is turned on, the CAPS indicator is shown on the display and all letters that you enter are capitalized. The default setting is CAPS mode on. When CAPS mode is off, all letters entered appear in lowercase.
To toggle CAPS on and off
The keys are used to select the function or symbol printed above a key. For example, when you press
, the number 9 appears in the display; however, if you press
and then
, an asterisk (*) appears in the display.
The key returns you to the previous menu from within any menu without making a selection.
The navigation keys operate as follows:
Key | Function |
![]() | Moves one character to the left in the display Returns to the previous menu (can also use ![]() |
SHIFT![]() | Moves one cell to the left in a multi-cell label Moves one label to the left in the display |
![]() | Moves one character to the right in the display Moves to the next menu level (can also use ![]() |
SHIFT![]() | Moves one cell to the right in a multi-cell label Moves one label to the right in the display |
![]() | Moves up in a list of items |
![]() | Moves down in a list of items |
OK | Selects a menu item |
The key removes the character to the left of the cursor.
The key clears all current text settings and format, returning the display to the General label type.
The Cut button cuts the label. When printing multiple labels, the printer pauses after printing each label so that you can cut the label. You can turn this feature off, so that multiple labels will print continuously. See Pausing Between Labels.
A number of Hot Keys are available for creating specific types of labels, adding barcodes, inserting symbols, and using the text from the library. These Hot Keys are described in detail later in this User Guide.
The printer creates and stores labels as label files. A label file can contain one or more labels. When you create a new label, you also create a new label file. You can then insert additional labels, remove labels, and store a group of labels as a label file in memory.
The printer remembers the last label that you were working on when the power was turned off. You need to clear that label text and formatting before you create a new label.
To create a new label file
You can add additional labels to an existing label file.
To add a label to a file
You can move from label to label using the arrow keys.
You can remove one or more labels from a label file.
To remove a label
When you print a label file, you choose whether to print all of the labels, the current label, or a range of labels in the file.
To print labels
You can choose from a number of formatting options to enhance the appearance of your labels.
You can print the text on your label in several sizes: extra-extra-small, extra-small, small, medium, large, extra-large, and BIG (all capital letters). The text size selected applies to all the text on all the labels in a label file.
The text size available for you to use depends on the width set for the label and the type of label you are creating.
You can also select Auto as the text size. When Auto is selected, the best text size is automatically determined for the height and width of the label you are creating. BIG font is not used when Auto text size is selected.
To set the text size
You can print the text on your label in several styles: bold, italic, underlined, and boxed. And, you can choose normal width or narrow width. The text style applies to all the text on all the labels in the label file, including most symbols.
To set the text style
To set the text width
To insert an underlined 6 or 9 character
You can create multi-line labels depending upon the width of the label, as follows:
Label Width | 6 mm | 9 mm | 12 mm | 19 mm |
# Lines | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
The display only shows two lines of text. Use the arrow keys to scroll through more than two lines.
To create a multi-line label
The printer supports the extended Latin character set using RACE technology. Similar to using a mobile phone keypad, holding down a letter key will scroll through variations of that letter.
For example, if you hold down the letter a, you will see a à á â ã ä å and so on through all the variations available. The order in which the character variations appear depends on the language you selected to use.
International characters are not available when the language is set to US English.
You can quickly create labels for special industrial applications, such as cable or wire wrap, flag, patch panel, electrical panel, terminal block, 110-block, or module. You can also create a fixed length label. Hot Keys are available for each of the label types. The current label type is displayed in the Caption bar. By default, the label type is General with no special formatting, text centered, and the length automatically determined by the amount of text. The Hot Keys always take you to the indicated label type. For example, if you choose Flag and later want a General label, press the General key to remove the Flag settings and return to General label type.
You can create several types of labels that wrap around a cable or wire: Cable, Wire, and Flag labels.
Creating Cable Labels
A Cable label is placed around the width of a wire or cable. You can enter up to five lines of text and the text is repeated as many times as possible depending on the size of the text and the length of the label.
To create a cable label
To create multiple labels quickly, see Creating a Series of Labels.
Creating Wire Labels
A Wire label is placed horizontally along the length of a wire or cable. The label text is repeated as many times as possible depending on the size of the text and the width of the label.
To create a wire label
To create multiple labels quickly, see Creating a Series of Labels.
Creating Flag Labels
Flag labels wrap around a wire or cable leaving the text part of the label extending out from the cable. The text on Flag labels is automatically printed on both ends of the label, leaving a blank space in the middle that wraps around the cable. When the label is applied to the cable, both ends of the label are applied back to back leaving a tail or flag. The result is a label that can be read from both sides.
To create a flag label
To create multiple labels quickly, see Creating a Series of Labels.
Normally, the length of the label is determined by the length of the text entered. However, you may want to make a label for a specific purpose that is a fixed length regardless of the length of the text. The factory default fixed length is 25 mm. Any change you make to the fixed length setting remains in effect until you change it.
To set the label length
Any text that does not fit within the fixed length appears shaded in the display and will be cut off when the label is printed.
You can create two types of panel labels: Patch Panel and Electrical Panel labels.
A Patch Panel label allows you to label a row of ports on a patch panel. You select the distance between ports, enter the text, and print. The result is a long label with multiple, evenly spaced text for each port.
To create a patch panel label
To create data for the ports automatically, see Creating a Series of Labels.
To print separator lines between the ports, see Printing Separator Lines Between Cells.
An Electrical Panel label allows you to label a row of breakers on an electrical panel. You select the breaker size and number of breakers, enter the text, and print. The result is a long label with text for each breaker.
To create an electrical panel label
To adjust the breaker multipliers after a label has been created, see Using Breaker Multipliers.
To create data for the breakers automatically, see Creating a Series of Labels.
To print separator lines between the breakers, see Printing Separator Lines Between Cells.
Breaker multipliers allow you to adjust the size of individual breakers within an Electrical Panel label.
To adjust the size of an individual breaker
By default, empty breakers at the end of an Electrical Panel label are not printed. You can choose whether or not to print empty breakers at the end of a label.
To print empty breakers
You can create two types of block labels: Terminal Block and 110-Block labels.
A Terminal Block label is very similar to a Patch Panel label; however, the text is printed vertically for each block.
To create a terminal block label
To create data for the terminal blocks automatically, see Creating a Series of Labels.
To print separator lines between the ports, see Printing Separator Lines Between Cells.
You can only print a 110-Block label on 9 mm, 12 mm, or 19 mm wide labels.
To create a 110-block label
To create data for the blocks automatically, see Creating a Series of Labels.
To print separator lines between the blocks, see Printing Separator Lines Between Cells.
A Module label allows you to label a row of fuses of varying widths. You set the width of a fuse and the number of fuses, enter the text for each fuse, and print. You can use fuse multipliers to adjust the width of individual modules as necessary.
To create a module label
To adjust the fuse multipliers after a label has been created, see Using Fuse Multipliers.
To create the data for the modules automatically, see Creating a Series of Labels.
Fuse multipliers allow you to adjust the size of individual fuse modules within a module type label.
To adjust the size of an individual module
By default, empty modules at the end of a Module label are not printed. You can choose whether or not to print empty modules at the end of a label.
To print empty modules
Any empty modules at the end of a Module label will now be printed.
You can choose to print labels with the text running vertically. Labels with multiple lines of text will print as multiple columns of text.
To create a vertical label
Once you create a label using one label type, you can easily change the label type without losing your data.
If the data from one label type will not fit in the new label type, the text that will not fit is shaded in the display.
Example: When you change from a multi-cell label, such as a Patch Panel, to a single cell label, such as General or Flag, each cell becomes a new label. All blank cells are deleted.
When you change from a multi-cell label type to another multi-cell label type, make sure the new label type contains the same number of cells.
To change the label type
Once you create a specific label, you can change the settings without starting all over again.
To change the label settings
For multiple cell labels, such as Patch Panel, Electrical Panel, Terminal Block, 110-Block, and Module, you can choose to print a separator line between each of the cells.
To print separator lines between cells
The printer can generate Code 39 and Code 128 barcodes. You can add a barcode to the following label types:
General
Wire
Flag
Fixed
Patch Panel
Module
You can only print a barcode on 19 mm wide labels. You can choose whether or not to print the humanreadable text, and you can serialize barcodes.
The barcode prints horizontally along the label. You can choose to print the human-readable text in small print either underneath or above the barcode. Optionally, you can add text before and after the barcode.
The barcode text appears on the label in the display just like any other text. However, if the cursor is positioned within the barcode text, Barcode and the type of barcode are displayed in the Caption bar.
To add a barcode
You can edit the text for an existing barcode.
To edit a barcode
A barcode is entered on the label as one character.
To delete a barcode
You can choose to place the human-readable text above or below the barcode. By default, the label prints with the human-readable text below the barcode.
To change the barcode text location
You can choose to hide the human-readable text for the barcode.
To hide barcode text
Your printer includes a set of default symbols to use on your labels. The symbols are separated into several categories:
Electrical
Voice/Data
Warning
Punctuation
Brackets
Arrows
Numbers
Currency
Some of the more popular symbols can be accessed from the number keys using plus the number. For example, pressing
+ 1 inserts an open bracket ([).
Symbols added to a label can be formatted or deleted just like any other character you enter. To insert a symbol
Your printer includes a text library, called My Library. You can add custom text to the library and then use the library to quickly add text to your labels.
Text entries appear in the library list in the order in which they were added to the library.
To add custom text
Library text added to a label is the same as text entered from thekeypad. Library text can be edited, formatted, or deleted.
To add text to a label
You can delete custom text from My Library.
To delete My Library text
You can automatically generate labels by creating a series. You create a starting pattern, and then set the increment and count for the series.
You can serialize any number or letter by selecting the position to be incremented, such as the number 2 in 123 or the letter B in ABC. For example, when the 2 is selected in 123 and the increment #=3, the resulting labels would print as 123, 153, and 183.
Letters can be incremented from A to Z and a to z, and numbers from 1 to 9. When the letter Z or the number 9 is reached during serialization, a letter or number is added to increase the increment. For example, Az increments to Aaa, AZ increments to BA, and A9 increments to A10.
Three methods of serialization are available: simple, simultaneous, and advanced.
Simple serialization creates a series of labels by incrementing one alphanumeric character in the pattern. For example, 101, 102, 103, 104, and so on.
To use simple serialization
A new label is added in the display for each label in the series.
Press
+
to print multiple copies of the same serialized label. See Printing Multiple Copies.
Simultaneous serialization creates a series of labels by incrementing two different alphanumeric characters at the same time. For example, A-101, B- 102, C-103, and so on.
To use simultaneous serialization
A new label is added in the display for each label in the series.
Advanced serialization creates a series of labels by allowing you to select two sequences in the pattern and increment them consecutively.
For example, A-101, A-102, A-103, B-101, B-102, B- 103, C-101, C-102, C-103, and so on.
To use advanced serialization
A new label is added in the display for each label in the series.
You can choose to print multiple copies of the same label, collate the copies, pause to cut between labels, advance the label, and adjust the print contrast.
You can print up to 99 copies of the same label at one time.
To print multiple copies
You may notice a brief pause in printing between each label for more complex formats. When printing is finished, the number of copies to print returns to 2.
When printing multiple copies of a label file containing more than one label, all the copies of a label are printed before the next label starts printing. You can choose to have the label file print collated, so each complete copy of the file prints before the second copy starts. The following example shows three copies of a label file containing three labels printed normally and collated.
Normal
A101 A101 A101 A102 A102 A102 A103 A103 A103
Collated
A101 A102 A103 A101 A102 A103 A101 A102 A103
To collate multiple copies
By default the printer pauses after printing each label so you can cut the label. You can turn this feature off to have the labels print continuously.
To set the printer to print continuously
The default leader space for all labels is approximately 10 mm. To add additional blank space to the beginning or end of your label, you can feed the label in 10 mm increments.
To advance the label
Depending on the label material you choose, you may need to lighten or darken the print on the label.
To adjust the print contrast
The printer has a powerful memory feature that can store label files for later recall. The number of label files that can be stored is dependent on the size of the label files.
When you save a label file, all the label text and formatting are saved. A label file name can be up to 20 alphanumeric characters in length.
To save a label file
Once a label is saved to memory, you can recall the label to print or edit. Recalling a label replaces the current label.
To recall a label from memory
When you no longer need a stored label file, you can delete the file from memory.
To delete a label from memory
Your printer is designed to give you long and trouble-free service, while requiring very little maintenance.
Clean your printer from time to time to keep it working properly.
Cutter blade is extremely sharp.
Keep fingers and other body parts away from cutter blade and do not press the cutter button.
To clean the print head
The following tables show the default symbols by category.
Review the following possible solutions if you encounter a problem while using your printer.
Problem/Error Message | Solution |
Battery Low Battery Empty ![]() |
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Poor Print Quality |
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Label Jam Motor is stalled due to label jam. |
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Uneven or slanted printing The cartridge is not positioned correctly. |
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Cannot close the label cartridge lid The cartridge is not inserted correctly. | Make sure nothing is blocking the cartridge cover and that the label cartridge is inserted properly. See Inserting and Removing the Label Cartridge. |
Unable to return to the previous menu |
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Nothing shows on the display |
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Insert label cartridge No cartridge is present. | Open the cartridge compartment and insert a label cartridge. See Inserting and Removing the Label Cartridge. |
Display text is too light to read |
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Too many lines Too many lines for this label width. |
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Barcode not allowed Barcodes can only be printed on 19 mm wide labels. |
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Print error... The label is jammed. |
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No response when pressing keys One of the keys may be jammed. |
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How do I remove the backing from the label? | RHINO labels have an easy-peel split back.
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If you still need assistance, visit the DYMO Web site at www.dymo.com.
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Inaccurate handling of a Lithium-ion rechargeable battery may cause leakage, heat, smoke, an explosion, or fire. This could cause deterioration of performance or failure. This may also damage the protection device installed in the battery pack. This could damage equipment or injure users. Thoroughly follow the instructions below.
While Charging
When Discharging the Battery
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