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Summary of Contents for LabelTac LT4
- Page 1 LabelTac 4 Reference Guide ®...
- Page 2 Creative Safety Supply 1-877-356-6584 phone labeltac.com email info@labeltac.com...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Unboxing What’s in the box Your printer Setup & Install Before you continue... Connecting LabelTac ® Installing LabelTac drivers ® Installing templates & symbols Using LabelTac ® Loading print ribbon Loading tape supply How to make labels LED & button functions... - Page 4 Pipe Marking, Safety, Arc Flash, OSHA, Racks/Warehouses, Tool Identification, Lean & 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, Hazmat, ANSI/ASME & more. We’re here to help! Please give us a call or email if you need any help with installing or operating your LabelTac Printer: ® 1-877-356-6584 phone labeltac.com...
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Page 5: What's In The Box
What’s in the box Included LabelTac 4 Printer ® Install CD • • USB Cable Reference Guide & Lit • • Power Cable 1 Black Print Ribbon* • • 2 Cleaning Swabs • * Print ribbon ships pre-installed for convenience Unboxing What’s in the box... -
Page 6: Your Printer
Your Printer Ribbon Rewind Gear Ribbon Rewind Hub Print Head Ribbon Supply Hub Cover Support Release Media Holder Media Holder Lock Switch Alignment Guides Alignment Guide Adjustment Wheel Black Mark Sensor Platen Roller Mouth Cutter Unboxing Your Printer... - Page 7 Your Printer (cont’d) Ethernet Port USB 2.0 Port Parallel Port RS-232C Port Power Jack Socket Power Switch LED Indicator Multi-Function Action Button Ribbon Access Cover Cover Releases Unboxing Your Printer...
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Page 8: Setup & Install Before You Continue
Before you continue... IMPORTANT BEFORE INSTALLING DRIVERS... Please connect your LabelTac Printer to both ® your computer and to power, and make sure the printer is turned on. See pages 7-9 for connection instructions..Let us install LabelTac for you, for free! ®... -
Page 9: Connecting Labeltac
Connecting LabelTac ® Step 1: Connect to PC Connect one end of the USB cable to an available USB 2.0 port on the back of your computer. Connect the other end of the cable to the USB port on your LabelTac 4 printer. - Page 10 ® Step 2: Connect to Power Connect one end of the power cord to the power port on the back of the LabelTac ® Connect the other end of the cable to a power outlet. Setup & Install Connecting LabelTac...
- Page 11 Turn on your printer Flip power switch from ‘off’ position to ‘on’ position The LED indicator on the top side of the printer will turn green, signaling that the LabelTac is powered on and ready. ® Setup & Install Connecting LabelTac...
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Page 12: Installing Labeltac ® Drivers
Installing LabelTac drivers ® Note: You must have Admin Rights for your account in Windows to be able to install LabelTac drivers. (Unsure? Give us a call at 1-877-356-6584) Insert LabelTac Install CD. The install menu should auto- ® load. If it doesn’t, open the CD and run setup.exe... -
Page 13: Installing Templates & Symbols
Installing templates and symbols From the LabelTac Install CD menu, select ‘Install Templates ® & Symbols’. Choose the folder you would like to install the templates and symbols, and then click ‘Install’. (We recommend installing to your desktop for easy access when creating signs and labels) Click ‘Close’... -
Page 14: Using Labeltac
Close the ribbon access cover, push the green cover support to the left to disengage and close the top cover gently. Using LabelTac Loading print ribbon ®... - Page 15 Loading print ribbon (cont’d) If installed correctly, the dull side of the ribbon should be exposed and facing you. A full print ribbon loading video is available online at www.labeltac.com/support. Using LabelTac Loading print ribbon ®...
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Page 16: Loading Tape Supply
Feed the material through the cutter and out the mouth of the printer. Push the green cover support to the left to disengage and close the top cover gently. Using LabelTac Loading tape supply ®... - Page 17 Loading tape supply (cont’d) A full tape supply loading video is available online at www.labeltac.com/support. Using LabelTac Loading tape supply ®...
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Page 18: How To Make Labels
Start from scratch in any word or image processing program..We find Microsoft Word to be the easiest program to design labels and signs in (the majority of the templates that we include with your LabelTac are in Word ®... - Page 19 The LabelTac 4 is a monochrome thermal transfer printer, so when ®...
- Page 20 ® Adding: Arrows Arrows for marking directions or for use with pipe marking labels can also be found in the LabelTac ‘Symbols’ folder in the ‘Arrows’ ® sub-folder. You can also insert or paste your own arrows in most image formats into your label.
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Page 21: Led & Button Functions
LED & button functions The LabelTac 4 has one button and one 3-color LED ® indicator. LED indicator LED Color Description Green (solid) Power is on and the device is ready to use System is downloading data from the PC to... -
Page 22: Ribbon Tension
Depending on the color that is flashing when you release the button, a printer utility function will happen. Release during Description Red blinking Ribbon sensor & gap/mark sensor calibration Amber blinking Gap/black mark sensor calibration + Dump Mode Green blinking Printer initialization Using LabelTac LED & button functions ®... -
Page 23: Troubleshooting
LabelTac printing preferences is accessed by navigating to... ® Start Menu > Devices and Printers > LabelTac 4 > Printing Preferences (...or through your program’s print dialog when printing*.) From this menu you can control many things, including: print speed, “darkness” (print density), graphics rendering, etc. -
Page 24: Common Issues
Try cleaning print head with sup- print plied alcohol swabs. This can indicate: ribbon or supply is missing/ incorrectly loaded/depleted, cutter or paper is LED indicator blinking red jammed, incorrect supply mode (continuous vs die-cut), or a communication/memory error. Using LabelTac Troubleshooting ®... -
Page 25: When Using Die-Cut Labels
Load the die-cut material in the printer, leaving a small amount of the first label leading out of the mouth of the printer. When ready to print your label, first go to ‘Printing Preferences’ for your LabelTac (see page 22). In the tabs at ®... -
Page 26: Cleaning Your Printer
Cleaning your printer Note: You should clean your LabelTac printer after every 10 rolls of label supply ® Open cover by pulling both green cover release tabs straight towards you. Take one of the included cleaning swabs and squeeze the clear handle until it ‘cracks’... -
Page 27: Warranty & Support
Warranty We offer an industry-leading, LIFETIME full warranty to our LabelTac customers. This is a lifetime ® warranty on parts, manufacturer defects and even the thermal print head. Our warranty is the label printer equivalent of a “bumper-to-bumper” warranty. If anything goes wrong, we’ve got your back! - Page 28 Revised 10/14...
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