KL-100E User’s Guide
Important Safety Precautions Note of the following safety precautions before using the label printer for the first time. Keep these safety precautions and operating instructions on hand for future reference. About safety precaution symbols The following symbols are used in this manual and on the product itself to alert you and others to the risk of personal and material injury. Warning This symbol indicates an item that can result in death or serious personal injury if ignored.
Caution AC Adaptor • Do not leave the power cord near stoves or other sources of intense heat. Doing so can melt power cord insulation and create the danger of fire and electrical shock. • When unplugging the power cord from the wall socket, grasp the plug. Never pull on the cord itself. Doing so can damage the power cord and create the danger of fire and electrical shock. • Whenever leaving the unit unattended for long periods, be sure to unplug it from the wall socket.
Introduction Congratulations on your selection of the CASIO KL-100E Label Printer. This CASIO Label Printer makes it possible for you to print adhesive labels for a wide variety of applications, such as: name tags, cassette tape labels, floppy disks, binders, and other applications. Contents Important Safety Precautions ....................................................... 1 Part 1 Getting Acquainted ............................................................ 4 Important Precautions ....................
Part 5 Character Size and Text Effects ...................................... 12 Character Size .............................................................................................. 12 To change the character size ................................................................ 12 Text Effects ................................................................................................... 13 To specify a text effect ..........................................................................
General Guide 1 Label Printer Menus Label Printer operation is designed to be as simple as possible, thanks to onscreen menus that you can use to select the settings you need. Each menu is described in detail in the sections that follow in this manual, but note the following general points when using them. 6 2 5 • The item that is underlined in a menu is the one that is currently selected. 3 1 Power Keys Turn power on and off.
Replacing Batteries A handy low battery power indicator lets you know when battery power is getting too low for proper operation. The message “BATT” appears on the display if battery power is low when you perform any of the following operations. • Turn power on • Execute a print operation Whenever the “BATT” message appears, press SET to clear it from the display.
AC Adaptor Turning Power On and Off Note the following important precautions when using an AC adaptor to power your Label Printer. • Use only a genuine CASIO AD-A95100 AC adaptor with the same voltage rating as the household current in your area. Using a wrong adaptor can damage your Label Printer. • Be sure to turn the Label Printer off before you connect the adaptor. Do not turn power on until the adaptor is connected to the Label Printer and plugged into and AC outlet.
Important! • Never try to push the tape back into the cassette. Once tape is out of the cassette, there is no way to wind it back in. Trying to do so can cause operational problems with the Label Printer. • The following are the tape widths that can be used with this printer: 6mm, 9mm, 12mm, 18mm. To load a tape cartridge 1. Make sure that the Label Printer is turned off. 2. Open the back cover.
Part 3 Inputting Characters and Symbols This part of the manual tells you how to input characters. To make things easier to understand, we call everything you input a character, regardless of whether it is actually a letter, number, or symbol. Explanations here all use the default settings that are in effect from the initial power-on screen. For information on using other character styles, effects and sizes, see page 12. Important! • You can input up to 63 characters per label.
• Manual feed indicator This indicator appears when you are using manual feed instead of auto feed. Auto feed is in effect when this indicator is not on the display. Important! • After you finish printing when using manual feed, be sure to always press FUNCTION and then PRINT (FEED) to feed the tape before cutting it. If you don’t you will cut off part of the printed text. • 6mm tape indicator This indicator appears when you use the procedure on page 8 to specify you are using 6mm tape.
2. Use the H, J, K and L cursor keys to move the underlining to the symbol you want. • Not all of the available symbols fit on the display. The menu will scroll when you press the cursor keys. • In this example, underline #. 3. After you underline the symbol you want, press SET. • This returns to the input screen, with the symbol you selected input at the location where the cursor was located when you displayed the symbol list.
2. Input the new characters (XYZ). • Inputting the new characters causes them to be inserted at the cursor position. The existing characters are opened up to make room for the new characters. To change existing characters to different ones Example: To change the text “ABCDEF” to “XYZDEF”. Important! • Any character size specification you make is applied to all the characters on the display. You cannot make multiple specifications for specific characters.
4. When the character size you want to specify is on the display, press SET to select it and return to the text display. XYZ Note • You could also perform the above procedure in reverse, specifying the character size first and then inputting the text. 3. Use H and J to move the cursor to the effect you want to use. 4. When the cursor is located under the effect you want to specify, press SET to select it and return to the text display.
Printing a Tape To print a stamp tape Printing a tape is as easy as pressing the PRINT key. 1. Input the text you want to print. 2. Press FUNCTION and then 5 (STAMP). To print a tape 1. Press the PRINT key to print a tape of the text you have input and laid out. • To stop a print operation that is in progress, press ESC. 2. After the print operation is complete, press down on the tape cutter button to cut the tape. 3. Use scissors to trim the tape to the size you want, if necessary.
2. Press H, J, K or L to change the setting shown on the display between ON (mirror printing) and OFF (normal). 3. When the mirror image printing setting is the way you want it, press SET to register it. • A mark appears next to the MIRROR indicator on the display when mirror printing is turned on. • After you turn printing on, input text and perform the print operation as you normally do (page 14) to produce mirror image tapes.
4. Press SET to store the text in memory or ESC to abort the store procedure without storing anything. • If there is nothing in memory yet, your text is automatically stored in Area 1. If Area 1 already contains data, your new input is automatically stored in Area 2. • If there is not enough room for your text to fit in memory, the message “FUL!” appears when you press SET in step 4. OK EFG 5. Press SET to recall the text from the area that is currently on the display.
Part 8 Currency Conversion Your Label Printer can perform currency conversion calculations according to a rate preset by you, and print the results on a label. Label Formats 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 To set the conversion rate 1. Press FUNCTION Z (RATE). 2. Input the rate you want to use. (ex. 1.2345678) • You can input up to eight digits plus decimal point, or a leading decimal point plus seven digits.
To select a label format To perform the calculation and print the label 1. Press FUNCTION B (FORMAT). 2. Use H and J to select the number of the format you want to use. • There are eight formats (1 through 8: page 17), though only four numbers are displayed at one time. Use H and J to scroll the available display numbers left and right. CURRENCY A NOW CURRENCY B (Blank) RATE 0.7 (–30%) ROUND 2 (Round to two decimal places) FORMAT 1 PRINT PRINT B → A 1.
3. Remove the tape cartridge. 4. Use a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to clean the printer head and roller as shown in the illustration. Printer head To initialize the Label Printer 1. Turn power off. 2. While holding down the PRINT and ESC keys, press ON to turn power on. 3. Keeping PRINT and ESC held down, release the ON key only. • This prompt confirms whether or not you want to initialize the Label Printer. INT? 4. Press SET to initialize the Label Printer or ESC to abort the reset operation.
• Text Input Ink ribbon is being fed from the tape outlet along with the tape. Cannot input text. Possible Cause FUNC key has been pressed. Action Press ESC to clear FUNC key operation. Possible Cause Action Ink ribbon cassette loaded while the ink ribbon is slack. Remove the ink ribbon cassette and check to make sure the ink ribbon is not broken. Next, take up any slack in the ink ribbon and then reload the tape cartridge. Tape does not come out when PRINT is pressed.
• Using Labels Error Messages Label will not adhere to a surface. Possible Causes Action The backing paper is still on the back of the tape. Peel the backing paper from the back of the tape to expose the adhesive. Surface is unsuitable for affixing a tape. Labels do not adhere well to surfaces that are rough, wet, oily, or dirty. Message ERR! * This message appears on the screen for about one second. Possible Causes Action • Attempt to input two B marks within the same text.
Message Possible Causes Action • Both text memory areas (AREA 1 and AREA 2) already contain text. • Delete text from one of the text memory areas and then store the new text. BATT • Battery power is too low. • Replace batteries. ERR! • Memory data has become • Initialize the Label corrupted for some Printer. reason. FUL! * This message appears on the screen for about one second.
Specifications Model: KL-100E Input Keyboard Layout: Typewriter (QWERTY) Character Types Alpha (English and other languages): 151 Numbers: 10 Symbols: 41 Display Type: Liquid crystal display Columns: 4 Character matrix: 5×7-dot Printing Type: Thermal transfer Speed: Approximately 6.
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