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DuraLabel 4 TTP User Manual

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  • Page 1 DuraLabel 4 User’s Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    INTRODUCTION Welcome... And congratulations on the purchase of your new DuraLabel 4 Thermal Transfer Printer! We've included this guide to get you printing as quickly as possible. In this guide you'll find information on setting up your printer, configuring your software, and creating custom labels.

  • Page 3: Getting Started

    Automatic Install to begin. To use the RTK Software, the print driver and the DuraLabel 4 itself must be set up. See the introduction section of the help page in the software and follow the directions there.
  • Page 4 Select either Local or Network for your printer driver. If you select Local, make sure Select any options desired on the final screen and uncheck the second option, the “Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer,” is unchecked. “Read Installation Instructions,”...
  • Page 5 In the space provided, type “C:\Seagull” and click OK. Enter DuraLabel 4TTP for the printer name and select Yes if you want it to be set as your default printer, then click Next. Select the TSC TTP-342M Plus for the printer and then click Next.

  • Page 6: Driver Configuration

    Right-click on the DuraLabel 4TTP and select Printing Preferences from the drop- down menu. This will bring up the DuraLabel 4 TTP Printing Preferences. Click on the Page Setup Tab. A dialog box will appear regarding Hardware Installation, click Continue Anyway.
  • Page 7 Under Stocks, select “USER (4.00 in x 6.00 in)” and click Edit. This brings up the The Graphics Tab under Dithering allows you to adjust the contrast of colors. Do not Edit Stock dialog box. apply dithering to monochrome (one color or no gray) sections of printing because it may appear fuzzy.
  • Page 8 To set the cutter, select the Stock Tab. Set the Media Settings “Type” to Continuous. To cut labels in intervals, you may do so by setting the “Occurrence” to After In order for the automatic cutter to cut after each label, under Media Handling next Specified Interval under the Stocks Tab.

  • Page 9: Load Supplies

    Loading of Ribbon Structure of DuraLabel 4 TTP *Please view our supply loading video online at www.DuraLabel.com 1) With the lid open and the front of the machine is facing forward, open the Ribbon Mechanism (2, pg. 14) by pulling the Printer Carriage Release Lever (3, pg.
  • Page 10 5) Thread the Ribbon Supply underneath the Ribbon Mechanism. 3) Take the Ribbon Supply Spindle (6, pg. 14) with the flange on the right side and put the Ribbon Supply on it with the Ribbon Supply facing towards the back of the machine and extending over the top of the Ribbon Supply Spindle.

  • Page 11: Label Media

    6) Tape the entire length of the end of the Ribbon Supply to the core on the Rewind Structure of DuraLabel 4 TTP Ribbon Spindle and roll the Ribbon Rewind Spindle forward a few times to secure the Ribbon Supply around the Ribbon Rewind Spindle and to eliminate any wrinkles, fingerprints or flaws.
  • Page 12 Label Opening (#4, pg. 14) and leave a little excess Media out the other side. *Please view our supply loading video online at www.DuraLabel.com 5) Adjust the Adjustable Label Guides (Fig. 7, #4, pg. 19), to hold the Label Media in place.

  • Page 13: Label Creation

    Word, or with different word processors, but the basic principles will be the same. The DuraLabel 4 TTP is designed to work with virtually all Windows software, and should work with the software packages that you already have installed on your computer.

  • Page 14: Select The Printer

    To change the speed and density settings, you need to open the Print Properties, choose from, all of which are setup to print correctly on the DuraLabel 4 TTP. Just from there select the Options Tab. You change your speed and darkness settings.

  • Page 15: Changing The

    You can change the automatic cutter settings without going back into the printer driver. Go to File >> Print , then click on the Properties button next to DuraLabel 4 TTP. Now click the Margins tab. Set all of your margins and edges to 0.

  • Page 16: Orientation

    LABEL DESIGN Orientation Create the label with the width and height of the Label. If the width of the label is the width of the tape installed in the printer, then set the orientation to Portrait. If Working With Text the height of the label is the width of the tape installed in the printer, set the Working with text for label creation is only slightly different from working with text in orientation to Landscape.

  • Page 17: Graphics

    Black and white will give you the best con- trast, and the best printing output. Actual print color depends on the ribbon and tape loaded in the DuraLabel 4 and is unaffected by the colors shown on your screen.

  • Page 18: Symbols

    Symbols can be used on labels and signage to get your point across visually. When capabilities of the printer. The DuraLabel 4 TTP is designed for label creation, and safety is a concern, it is important to have a language that is universal, and has a monochromatic output (meaning it can only print one color at a time).

  • Page 19: Barcodes

    Windows based word processing program. Install the dBest Barcode Package To Install the Symbols, insert the DuraLabel 4 TTP CD into your CD drive. When from the CD. When the CD startup screen appears upon inserting the CD in the CD the startup screen appears, simply click the “Install Templates and Symbols”...

  • Page 20: Sequencing

    Search >>> For Files and Folders and type in BCFONT. Click OK. Once the file is 1) Open an existing template on the DuraLabel CD or start a new Word found, right click it and choose “copy.” Next, go to the C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office/Start up/ folder, right click inside of the folder, and document.
  • Page 21 Now that you have the desired label size, its time to add the text to it. Keeping Word open, browse to the pro- vided Excel template: Number Sequence.xls This is a predefined template with the formula already in place to increment a numeric value by one.

  • Page 22: Importing From Excel

    Importing from Excel Spreadsheets Once you're satisfied with the amount of increments and cell span, its time to copy this into your Word template. Go back to the word document that you previously created. !!Remember!! The page layout of the Word template must match the cell How to transfer Excel spreadsheet information into a Word label Note: These instructions are for users of Windows 2000.
  • Page 23 5) Click on column header A, right click the mouse, and select Copy. B. Merging Multiple Columns from a Spreadsheet to a Label: 6) Toggle (Alt-T T ab) over to the Word document and find the Edit button on the 1) Open the saved Excel document you plan to merge into Word.
  • Page 24 6) When the text cursor is blinking in the text box, click on the Insert menu and 17) At the bottom, click the Files of Type dropdown menu. select Field. 18) Click on the All Files item, then find the file name of the Excel document you plan to merge into Word.

  • Page 25: Cleaning The Print Head & Cutter

    Cleaning the Print Head 30) Click Merge. 31) Click Merge and the document will merge from Excel to Word. It is recommended to clean the cutter and print head after every 2 rolls of vinyl used. To do so, please follow these procedures You are now finished.

  • Page 26: Extensive Cleaning Of Cutter

    Cleaning the Cutter Extensive Cleaning of the Cutter How to Disassemble the Cutter 1) With the front of the machine facing forward, turn the machine OFF and unplug it It’s recommended to extensively clean the cutter after every 20 rolls of vinyl. *Please take note of how things are taken apart for easy assembly.
  • Page 27 5) Lift the whole casing of the cutter mechanism straight up and then towards you, 7) Lift the black metal bar off and put aside, until finished cleaning. to detach the cutter mechanism from the 2 hooks that hold it in place. Figure 5.
  • Page 28 Extensive Cleaning of the Cutter 9) Now you are able to clean the cutter from all sides and angles. Make sure to clean all visible glue and/or vinyl that has built up. How to Assemble the cutter. 1) With the wires pressed flat against the bottom of the cutter, in front of the yellow label, ”CAUTION: DO NOT INSERT FOREIGN OBJECT!!”...
  • Page 29 2) Match the holes in the cutter with the holes in the gray casing/lid of the cutter 4) Put the black bar back on the cutter mechanism and line the holes up to be able mechanism. to put the 2 screws with the washers back in place. Make sure the wires are not in front of the holes.
  • Page 30 7) Once cutter mechanism is in place and attached to the machine as a whole unit; turn the machine back upside down. 8) Screw the 2 outside screws back in the appropriate slots on the machine to hold the cutter in place. Figure 6.
  • Page 31 Graphic Products 503-644-5572 P.O. Box 4030 1-800-788-5572 Beaverton, OR 97076 Fax: 503-646-0183 www.DuraLabel.com Copyright 2007 Graphic Products, Inc. v. 2.10...

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