LabelMANAGER User Guide
DYMO Corporation 44 Commerce Road Stamford, CT 06902-4561 Phone: (203) 355-9000 Fax: (203) 355-9090 Declaration Equipment Information of Conformity Description: Thermal Transfer Printer (for US models only) Model: LabelMANAGER PC (18949) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC (Federal Communications Committee) rules.
Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installing the LabelMANAGER Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Registering the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The LabelMANAGER Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 1 Getting Started DYMO’s LabelMANAGER electronic label printers allow you to quickly print high-quality permanent labels. The LabelMANAGER PC must be connected to your computer for you to design and print labels. The LabelMANAGER 400 has a built-in keyboard allowing you to use it as a stand-alone label printer in addition to attaching it to your computer. The LabelMANAGER 400 also gives you the option of automatically cutting each label after printing.
Getting Started If you choose to register over the Internet, wait a few seconds while your information is transmitted to DYMO. To register by mail or fax, click Print to print the completed registration form, and mail or fax the form to the location printed on the form. The LabelMANAGER Window The LabelMANAGER software is easy to learn because the main window consists of menus and toolbars similar to those of popular word processing programs. This section summarizes the commands available to you.
The LabelMANAGER Window Edit Menu The following commands are available from the Edit menu. Toolbar Icon Insert Menu Menu Command Description Undo Undoes the last action. Redo Redoes the last action after an Undo. Cut Cuts the selection to the clipboard. Copy Copies the selection to the clipboard. Paste Pastes the clipboard contents onto the label. Smart Paste Performs a multi-label paste. See “Printing Labels Using Data from Another Program” on page 12.
Getting Started Format Menu The following commands are available from the Format menu. Toolbar Icon Help Menu Menu Command Description Font Allows you to apply a font to the selected text. Borders Allows you to add a border around the contents of the label and may reduce the size of the text and graphics. See “Adding Borders” on page 7. Tabs Allows you to set tabs.
Chapter 2 Making Labels The LabelMANAGER printer can print text on your labels in a variety of fonts, sizes, and styles. You can add borders, graphics, special characters, and barcodes. You can also add a date and time stamp to your labels. This chapter gives you an overview of creating and printing labels using the LabelMANAGER software. For more information on any of these features, refer to the Help. Designing a Label The instructions in the Quick Start card showed you how to print your first label.
Making Labels 2 Select 1/2” (12 mm) from the Tape Width pull-down menu. The text area of the main window changes in size based on the tape width you select. 3 Select Fixed At and enter 3.50 (8.5 cm) in the Label Length Fixed At text box. Notice that the size of the input area changes on the ruler. 4 Type 2002 Annual Budget Projections in the main window.
Designing a Label Now that you have created and saved your label, the following sections will introduce additional features you can use to customize your labels. Additional Formatting Features To further customize your labels, you can add borders, symbols, graphics, barcodes, and even date and time stamps. You can also choose to print the label vertically. Adding Borders You can choose to add one of several pre-defined borders to your label.
Making Labels The Symbol dialog box appears. 3 Choose the font that contains the special character you wish to insert from the Font pull-down menu. The Symbol, Dingbats, and Wingdings fonts contain many unique characters you can add to your labels. 4 Select the symbol you wish to insert and click Insert. 5 Click Close to close the Symbol dialog box. The character you selected appears on the label in a size that matches the text font size.
Designing a Label To add an outline effect to your text with a fill pattern 1 Highlight the text on your label to which you wish to apply an outline effect. 2 Select Font from the Format menu. The Font dialog box appears. 3 Select Outline under Effects. 4 Select a fill pattern from the Fill Pattern drop-down menu. 5 Click OK. The highlighted text now appears on the label with an outline effect. Adding a Date and Time Stamp You can choose to add a date and/or time stamp to the label.
Making Labels The date and/or time appears on the label in the format you selected. Adding Graphics You can add a graphic to your label from the clipboard or from a file. If the graphic is in a file, the format can be BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TIF, WMF, or EMF. When inserted on the label, the graphic will be scaled automatically to the size of the surrounding text while maintaining the aspect ratio. To add a graphic from the clipboard 1 Copy the graphic to the clipboard from another application.
Designing a Label 2 Click on the Standard toolbar or select Barcode from the Insert menu. The Barcode Settings dialog box appears. 3 Type the text you wish displayed as a barcode in the Data field. 4 Select the type of barcode from the Symbology drop-down menu. 5 Select whether you want the actual text to appear above the barcode, below the barcode or not at all under Human Readable Text. 6 If you selected above or below, click the Font button to choose the font for the text.
Making Labels NOTE If the contents of the label are too long to fit vertically on a fixed width label, the excess content is truncated. This action cannot be undone once you click Yes. 2 Click Yes. The text of your label is now displayed in a single vertical column. Printing Labels Using Data from Another Program LabelMANAGER includes two commands that allow you to print labels from other programs: Smart Paste and Merge Print from Database.
Printing Labels Using Data from Another Program will print two three-line labels: one for DYMO and one for Esselte. DYMO Corp. 44 Commerce Road Stamford, CT 06902 Esselte 48 South Service Road Melville, NY 11471 In another example, the following three lines of text are printed as three two-line labels: Pencils, 3 for $1.00 Pens, $0.50 each Erasers, $1.00 Pencils 3 for $1.00 Pens $0.50 each Erasers $1.
Making Labels To print multiple labels 1 Copy the text you wish to print as labels to the clipboard. 2 From the Tape Settings toolbar, select the tape width from the Tape Width pull-down menu. 3 Select the formatting for the labels from the Formatting toolbar. For example, you can change the font, size, and the horizontal position on the label. 4 Select Smart Paste from the Edit menu. A dialog box appears telling you how many labels will be printed. 5 Click OK. The labels begin printing.
Printing from Other Applications To successfully print to a LabelMANAGER printer, you need to set the correct page size, orientation, and margins for the tape cassette currently in the printer. Table 1 gives the paper size and margin settings for each of the label sizes supported by the LabelMANAGER printers. Table 1. Label Size and Margin Settings Paper Height Paper Width Top Margin Bottom Margin Left Margin Right Margin Address Label 1” (24 mm) 3.5” (89 mm) 0.23” (5.8 mm) 0.24” (6.1 mm) 0.
Making Labels The width and height values should now match the values for that label size shown in Table 1. 8 Select Landscape under Orientation and click OK. 9 Click to print the label. Print Settings This section discusses several printer settings that may optimize your printing. Tape Cassette Color Setting The LabelMANAGER printer adjusts its print settings based on the color of the label tape.
Print Settings The Options dialog box appears. 2 Select one of the following: • Cut each label as printed — Automatically cuts each label after printing. • Print cut marks between labels — Prints labels in a continuous stream with dotted lines between each label for cutting. 3 Click OK to apply the new setting. Label Alignment As a label is printed, blank space is added at the beginning of the label and at the end of the label. Normally, the space is the same on both ends of the label.
Making Labels 2 Select an alignment from the Label Alignment drop-down menu. 3 Click OK to apply the new setting. Continuous Mode Printing Continuous mode printing prints multiple labels with no space between the labels. This is especially helpful for conserving label tape. Continuous mode printing is turned off by default. NOTE The Continuous mode printing ON selection only applies to printing from other applications. This selection has no affect when printing from the LabelMANAGER software.
Chapter 3 Service and Support This chapter describes how to contact DYMO for technical support. Technical Support If you experience problems with the set up or use of your LabelMANAGER printer or software, carefully read this manual and consult the Help to see if the answer is available in the documentation.
Service and Support 20 Country Telephone Support Fax Support Schweiz/Suisse 01/342 04 66 +31/ 20/ 581 93 80 Slovakia (+420) 2/619 12 720 (+420) 2/619 12 730 Suomi 09 229 07 04 +31/ 20/ 581 93 80 Sverige 08/ 632 00 57 +31/ 20/ 581 93 80 Turkey 212/ 286 26 30 PBX 212/ 286 26 28 United Kingdom (+44) 020/ 7341 55 29 +31/ 20/ 581 93 80 United States (203) 588-2500
Appendix A Technical Specifications The following are the technical specifications for the LabelMANAGER printers. LabelMANAGER PC LabelMANAGER 400 Print Method Thermal Transfer Print Resolution 180 dots per inch (7.09 dots per mm) Print Speed 0.4 inch per second (10 mm per second) Maximum Print Height 0.53 inch (13.54 mm) Maximum Tape Width 0.94 inch (24 mm) Computer Interface USB 1.1 Dimensions 2.5” x 5.25” x 5.25” (63.5 mm x 133.4 mm x 133.4 mm) Power Requirements 9 V DC, 1.
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Index A M adding barcodes 10 borders 7 date and time 9 graphics 10 special characters 7 special fonts 8 alignment, label 17 main window 2 multi-line text 13 B barcodes, adding 10 BMP 10 C cassettes,ordering 4 chain printing 16 cleaning the printer 19 contacting DYMO 19 continuous mode printing 18 creating a label 5 D database, printing 14 delimited files, printing 12 E EMF 10 F fonts, special effects 8 G graphics, adding 10 I installing LabelMANAGER 1 J JPG 10 L label alignment 17 label tape see
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