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- Page 1 010409-511203-(01) (Label Printer 200) User's Manual © 2009 All rights reserved *after registering your product. See www.primerawarranty.com for terms and conditions.
- Page 2 Notices : The information in this document is subject to change without notice. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS MADE WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Section 1: Getting Started ................1 A. Choosing a Good Location ..............1 B. Unpacking and Inspection..............2 C. Identifying the Parts ................3 D. Computer Specifications ..............4 Section 2: Hardware and Software Setup............5 A. Installing the PC Software ..............5 B. Connecting Power................5 C. -
Page 5: Section 1: Getting Started
Section 1: Getting Started ...for choosing an LX200e Label Printer. The LX200e Printer will print razor-sharp text and barcodes directly onto rolls of labels, card stock and fan-fold stock. This User's Manual is your complete step-by-step guide to quickly and easily setting up and printing with your new... -
Page 6: 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 Power Adapter Separate Power Cord USB Cable Software Installer CD Black Ink Cartridge Starter roll of high gloss label stock... -
Page 7: 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. -
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 USB Port Power Input Port 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
Section 2: Hardware and Software Setup The Installer Disc has a menu that will guide you through the process of setting up your duplicator. Please refer to the following for more information on each step: Place the Installer CD in your CDRom Drive. The Installer application should automatically launch in a few moments. - Page 10 If you are using a PC, after a few moments, Windows will tell you it has found new hardware and is looking for software to install it. 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.
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Page 11: Installing 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 5. Place the leading edge of the label stock between the throat guide and the side of the printer. 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 you are using label stock other than standard square / rectangular die cut labels such as circular die-cut labels or through-hole stock use the instructions below to adjust the label stock TOF sensor. 50.8 12.7 25.4 38.1 Label Stock Sensor Bar Circular Labels If you are using Circular Labels you must adjust the Stock sensor to correspond with the very top of the label where the... - 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
To adjust the sensor position use a pen to move the slide bar to the correct postion. It is possible to use fan-fold label stock by feeding it through the fan-fold slot in the the back of the printer. 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. -
Page 16: 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. In order to make this system work properly, the cartridge must be changed using the procedure listed below. -
Page 17: Aligning The Ink Cartridge
11. Push cartridge cover downward until it snaps in place. 12. Click OK on your screen to indicate the new cartridge is now installed. Once you click OK you will be prompted to align the cartridge. A warning will appear stating that you must have installed label stock that is equal to or larger than 4"... - Page 18 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.
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Page 19: Section 3: Printing Using A Pc
Section 3: Printing Using a PC 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 b. Select your printer. This should be the Label Printer 200. Click Finish. 3. Now you will see your label in the Document Window. You can start to design your label using Tools from the Tool Box. First, we will use the Text Tool. Click the Text Tool Icon in your Toolbox, then move the text cursor over the Document Window and click in the location where you want to enter text.
- Page 21 Now, insert a barcode. 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.
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Page 22: Creating Barcodes In Nicelabel
b. 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. - Page 23 Now insert a graphic. Click on the Graphics Tool Icon in 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.
- Page 24 b. 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"...
- Page 25 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. Once clicked, you will see the Barcode Wizard.
- 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 When you change the barcode dimension directly from the screen by moving the drag handle, the changed dimension will also appear in this dialog box. Some of the barcode types also allow the definition of Narrow- to-wide bar ratio. It can only be set from the predefined steps in the pull-down menu - 1:2, 1:3 or 2:5.
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Page 28: Printer Driver Settings
Once the printer driver has been successfully installed, you will need to setup the driver with the appropriate print options. Refer to the following steps to change or verify your default printer driver preferences. These settings will apply to all new designs created in NiceLabel or other programs after the preferences were changed. - Page 29 Most applications allow you to change these same printer driver options from their "Print" and/or "Printer Setup" screens. Some applications such as NiceLabel save your settings with the label, others use settings only for the current print job just sent to the printer.
- Page 30 This option controls the amount of ink used when printing an image. The default setting is 100%. If the ink is not drying fast enough or bleeding, you can decrease the Ink Saturation to lessen the amount of ink that is applied to the label. Cartridge alignment will align the Cartridge for bidirectional printing and calibrate the printer to each individual cartridge.
- Page 31 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.
- Page 32 This will occur only if there are no other print jobs in queue. Cut (using optional cutter). Use this setting only if you have the label cutter attachment (Primera Part # 074263) Printing Using a PC...
- Page 33 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. 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.
- Page 34 This setting allows you to fine tune the print starting position on your label stock. This will be factory calibrated. If fine tun- ing is needed, increase this value to move the image down on the label. Decrease this value to move the image up the label. The unit of measure is 0.1mm.
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Page 35: Section 4: Troubleshooting
Section 4: Troubleshooting Image is Vertically Offset The LX200e decides where to start printing by detecting the start of die-cut label, detecting a black mark on the back or detecting a thru-hole that corresponds to the start of the label. - Page 36 2. Nonstandard / Non-translucent Backing Material. Test the unit with the label sample material that came with the unit. If it prints correctly, your label stock may not be compatible. The label sensor needs to see the difference between a label and a backing material by seeing through the label stock for light variations.
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Page 37: Troubleshooting
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. Page Size. -
Page 38: Creating A Full Bleed Print
1. If you are having trouble making the image cover the entire label, first make sure the image is printing at least as big as the label size you have selected. To accomplish this using Nice Label, make the image a few millimeters larger than the label by dragging the image over the edge of the label on all sides. -
Page 39: Clearing A Label Jam
If there is a label jam in the printer mechanism first attempt to remove the jam by opening the cover and removing the jam from the printer feed output area. If the jam can not be located, it is possible to remove a cover over the feed input area. -
Page 40: Cleaning The Ink Cartridge
If you still have difficulty, contact the technical support number using one of the methods listed below. Source Location Primera Knowledge Base www.primera.com/knowledgebase.html NiceLabel Software Help files Open the software. Click on the Help Menu - Contents Email Support www.primera.com/contact_tech_support.cfm... -
Page 41: Section 5: Label And Roll Specifications
Section 5: Label and Roll Specifications Label Sensing Methods Label Width Liner Width Gap Between Labels Method 1: Label Gap Sensing Distance from edge of Media Method 2: Thru-Hole Sensing Width of Opening Label Height Distance from edge of Media to edge of Label Method 3: Reflective/Black Mark Sensing... - Page 42 Distance from edge of 1.90" (48.3mm) 0.20" (5.1mm) media to edge of thru-hole Reflective/Black Equal to distance 0.10" (2.5mm) Mark Width* between labels Max Outer Diameter (OD) 5.0"(127mm) Inner Core Diameter (ID) see roll specifications below Stock Thickness .006” (152 micron) Distance from edge of Printer driver assumes 2 mm gap.
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Page 43: Section 6: Technical Specifications
Minimum System: Pentium® IV computer or better, 512MB RAM, 5GB free hard drive space, USB 1.1/2.0 port Label Design NiceLabel™ SE Primera Edition included. Software: Can also be used with most other popular Windows-based label design software programs Electrical Rating: 12VDC, 5.0A... -
Page 44: Index
Index Barcode Wizard ..............17, 18, 21 Cartridge Alignment ..............13, 26 Cleaning Ink Cartridge ..............36 Connecting Power................5 High Gloss Label Stock ..............2 Human Readable Tab ..............23 Ink Low LED ..................3 Ink Saturation ..................26 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... - Page 46 Printed in the United States of America P/N 511203...