User guide

English

4. Entering and Editing Text/Symbols

A. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 36

B. What is a Tag? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 36

C. General Navigation Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 38

D. Browsing, Creating or Deleting Tags. . . . . . . . . . . page 38

E. Changing the Menu/Input Language. . . . . . . . . . . page 40

F. Entering Text in a Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40

G. Formatting the Font in a Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 41

H. Adding Serialization to a Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 42

I. Adding a Barcode to a Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 43

J. Adding Other Symbols to a Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 44

K. Deleting Text/Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 44

L. Changing the Properties of Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 45

A. Introduction

When powered up for the first time, your brand new BMP

printer will prompt you to select a) Media Type and b)

Application. After this, each new editing job will be based on

these default settings.

Upon subsequent power-on however, the printer will autoload the

last editing job (with its media settings) that was in the Tag Editor

before the last power-off. This will happen even when the current

medium may be different from the last medium and even if the last

job was a blank one (with a blank tag), the printer will still load it.

Therefore, the instructions in this chapter are written with the

assumption that the Media Type and its Application have already

been chosen/confirmed. If you want to change the media/

application and need detailed instructions, please see the “F. To

Change the Media Type and Its Application” section in “Chapter

3. Printing on Selected Medium”.

Shorthand used in this chapter: E.g. This instruction,

“Enter [Menu] > Quick Keys > Tag > Properties”

means “Press [Menu]; then select Quick Keys and

press [OK]; next select Tag and press [OK]; and

finally select Properties and press [OK]”.

B. What is a Tag?

Before you can print anything on a tube/label with the BMP

printer, you must use the Tag Editor on the LCD screen to enter the

characters (and serial numbers, barcodes or other symbols, if any)

to something known as a “tag”.

Just what is a “tag”? On this printer, a “tag” is basically a

printable space with default and changeable properties. When

printed, each tag usually corresponds to one segment on the

tube/label. If multiple copies of the same “tag” are printed, a

“tag” will then correspond to multiple segments on the tube/label.

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