E KL-120 User’s Guide RJA518623-001V01
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Danger Alkaline Batteries Warning Dropping and rough treatment Perform the following steps immediately if fluid leaking from alkaline batteries ever gets into your eyes. 1. Do not rub your eyes! Rinse them with water. 2. Contact your physician immediately. Leaving alkaline battery fluid in your eyes can lead to loss of sight. Continued use of the product after it has been damaged due to dropping or other rough treatment creates the risk of fire and electric shock.
Warning Do not affix labels to a container to be used in a microwave oven. Do not affix labels to any container you plan to use in a microwave range. The label material contains metal, which creates the risk of fire and burn injury when heated in a microwave oven. It can also cause deformation of the container to which the label is affixed. Caution Batteries Misuse of batteries can cause them to leak resulting in damage to nearby objects, or to explode, creating the risk of fire and personal injury.
Operating Precautions Observe the following precautions to ensure that the printer provides you with the years of trouble-free operation for which it is designed. • Avoid using the printer in areas exposed to direct sunlight, and in areas subjected to high humidity, electrostatic charge, sudden temperature changes, and temperature extremes. Operating Temperature Range: 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) • Battery capacity becomes lower at temperatures of 10°C (50°F) and colder.
Contents Part 6 Printing ............................................................................ E-18 Safety Precautions ...................................................................... E-1 Printing a Tape .......................................................................................... E-18 Print Preview ............................................................................................. E-19 Feeding the Tape ..................................................................
Part 1 Label Printer Menus Getting Acquainted This part of the manual provides you with important information you need to know in order to use the Label Printer to its full potential. Be sure to read it carefully before using the Label Printer for the first time. 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.
Part 2 Getting Ready This part of the manual tells you how to load batteries and the tape cartridge, and how to perform other basic setups for the Label Printer. Warning! • Never use recharged batteries with the unit. • Do not expose batteries to direct heat, do not short circuit them, and do not try to take them apart. • Keep batteries out of the reach of small children. If swallowed, consult with a physician immediately.
To load the batteries Turning Power On and Off Caution • Do not touch the springs inside the battery compartment cover with your fingers while loading or replacing batteries. The springs have sharp areas and can cut your fingers. 3. Load batteries into the battery compartment. • Be sure to use alkaline batteries. • Make sure the positive (+) and negative (–) ends of the batteries are facing correctly when you load them. 4. Replace the back cover.
3. Release the PRINT, SPACE, and ON/OFF keys. 4. Press SET to initialize the Label Printer or ESC to abort the reset operation without initializing anything. The tape width selection screen appears after initialization is complete. 5. Use z and x to select the width of the tape you will use and then press SET. Display Language Setting You can select English, German, French, Italian, or Spanish as the language to be used for display messages.
5. Use a pencil or some other thin object to take up slack in the ink ribbon as shown in the illustration. Note that the tape does not move at this time. • If the ink ribbon is slack when you load it into the Label Printer, it can break or cause some other problem. • Be sure to turn the ink ribbon take up spool only in the direction indicated by the arrow (a). • Turn the spool until the other spool (b) starts turning in the direction noted by the arrow. This indicates there is no slack in the ribbon.
• Shift indicator This indicator appears when you press the SHIFT key. While this indicator is on the display, the keyboard is shifted, so the letter keys input upper-case alpha characters. The number keys input the punctuation symbols marked in the upper right corners of the keys. If both the caps mode indicator and the shift indicator are shown on the display, the keyboard is shifted to lower-case input.
3. When you reach the end of a line of text, press to input a newline mark. • A newline operation is indicated on the display by the symbol. This shows where you changed lines. • The maximum number of lines you can input depends on the width of the tape you have loaded in the Label Printer. Tape Width Maximum Number of Lines • 6mm ............................ 1 • 9mm ............................ 1 • 12mm .......................... 2 • 18mm .......................... 2 4.
Using Text Blocks In the example label shown below, “Promotion Plan” and “Retail Package Sample Data” are independent units called “text blocks,” or simply “blocks.” You can divided your tape label text into blocks and then apply the following settings on a block-by-block basis. • Number of text lines (page E-12) • Text alignment (page E-19) • Character pitch (page E-19) The block mark is located here. (Nothing is printed at block mark locations.) Block 1 Block 2 • Two lines (page E-12) 3.
To delete characters using the DEL key Part 4 Deleting and Inserting Characters This section describes everything you need to know about deleting and editing characters you have already input. Moving the Cursor Use the cursor keys to move the cursor around the display and position it for deleting and editing characters. Example: To change the word “commmputer” to “computer”. 1. Use c and v to move the cursor under the first (far left) “m”. 2.
Part 5 Character Size, Text Effects and Character Styles This part of the manual explains how to set the size of characters. It also tells you how to assign text effects like underlining, shading, and box printing, and how to select character styles like normal, bold, and outline. • If a sentence is divided into multiple blocks, you will be able to select either “ONE BLOCK” or “ALL BLOCKS” for the application of Character Size, Text Effects, and Character Styles settings.
6mm (1 line) 12mm (2 lines) Horizontal 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 2 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 3 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 4 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 9mm (1 line) Vertical Vertical Horizontal 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 2 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 3 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 4 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 2 2×1 2×2 2×3 2×4 2×5 2×6 3 3×1 3×2 3×3 3×4 3×5 3×6 4* 4×1
Using Auto Sizing (AUTO) Text Effects 1. Input the text. 2. Press FUNC 1 (SIZE) to display the size setting menu. There are three text effects that you can assign: shading, underlining, and boxed text. The following shows examples of each. AUTO MANUA L Shading: Underlining: 3. Make sure the pointer is aligned with AUTO and then press SET. Now the character size is automatically set. To specify character sizes (MANUAL) 1. Input the text. 2. Press FUNC 1 (SIZE) to display the size setting menu. 3.
Character Styles There are three character styles that you can assign; normal, bold, and outline. The following shows examples of each. Style Indicator Normal None Sample Bold Outline Character style changes are applied to printed text only. The appearance of the displayed text does not change, but the character style indicators will show you when a character style is being used. Important! • The character style effect setting is applied to all of the characters within the block.
• An easy way to remove the backing from a tape and expose the adhesive surface is to bend the tape near one of its ends. This should cause the tape and its backing to separate, allowing you to pull them apart. Print Preview You can use the print preview screen to get an idea of what the printout will look like without actually printing it. 1. Press FUNC and then PRINT (PREVIEW). The print image that appears scrolls on the display for easy viewing. 2. To stop the scrolling, press SET.
When this setting is selected: TAPE LENGTH MIRROR ALIGN PITCH Use z and x to select the option you want: • AUTO: Automatically adjusts tape length in accordance with the number of characters. • FIX: Maintains a fixed tape length in the range of 0cm (0") to 99.9cm (39 5/16"). Part 8 Layout Printing Using Layout Printing The printer comes with a Layout Printing feature with preset formats for CD/ DVD labeling, video tape labeling, and other applications. • NORMAL: Prints the tape normally.
5. Enter the text you want and then press SET. Here we will input text for three items. • You also can specify style (bold, outline) settings, if you want. • You also can select the “Boxed Text” effect. The following screen appears after input of all the label data is complete. PR I NT EX I T 6. Use z and x to select “PRINT” and then press SET. This will display a screen for specifying the number of copies. 7. Specify the number of copies and then press SET to start printing.
To recall text from memory 1. While the input screen is on the display, press MEMORY. • Note that text recalled from memory will replace any text currently on the display. 2. Press z and x to select RECALL. S TORE RECA L L 3. Press SET. 4. Use z and x to select the text you want to recall and then press SET. • If all of the text does not fit on the display, you can use c and v to scroll it to the left and right. 5. Press SET to recall the text from memory.
Demo Printing Demo printing uses built-in data to demonstrate the type of tape label printing that can be performed by the printer. Important! • If there is label data from your last label layout session is still in memory, performing a demo print will delete it. If you think you will need the data later, save it in memory (page E-21) before performing a demo print. Part 11 Reference This section contains information about the Label Printer that you can use as reference when you need it.
Initializing the Label Printer Troubleshooting If you experience serious malfunction of the Label Printer or if operation fails completely, try performing the following operation to initialize the printer. • Power Supply Important! • Initializing the Label Printer deletes all memory contents. Make sure you have a back-up copy of text stored in memory if you need it. To initialize the Label Printer 1. Turn power off. 2. While holding down the PRINT and SPACE keys, press ON/OFF to turn power on.
• Printing Printer powers down while printing is in progress. Possible Causes Tape does not come out when PRINT is pressed. Possible Causes Action Tape cartridge compartment cover is not closed completely. Securely close the cover. No more tape left in the cartridge. Replace the tape cartridge with a new one. Tape jam Remove the tape cartridge and pull out the jammed tape by hand. Cut off excess tape with scissors, and carefully replace the cartridge into the label printer.
• Tape Cutting Error Messages/Display Messages Cannot cut tape. Message Possible Causes Action Page Tape cutter blade is dull. Take the label printer to the dealer from whom you purchased it to have the tape cutter blade replaced. — Out of tape Action Replace the tape cartridge with a new one. Page NO DATA! • You are attempting to recall text from memory when there is none stored.
Message DATA ERROR! Possible Causes • Data in memory has become corrupted for some reason. Action • Press any key besides ON/OFF to clear the error message. In response to the “INITIALIZE THE PRINTER!” message that appears, press any key besides ON/OFF to initialize the Label Printer. NO INPUT TEXT! • You are attempting a print • Input the text and then or preview operation try again. when no text are input. PRINT ERROR! • The tape became jammed • Turn off the printer and during printing.
Alpha Characters E-28 Symbols
Layout Formats Type CD/DVD VHS mini DV MD/FD/MO Format Input Item Maximum Number TITLE 25 TITLE 25 COMMENT 25 TITLE 16 COMMENT1 16 COMMENT2 16 TITLE 24 TITLE 36 COMMENT 36 TITLE 15 COMMENT1 13 COMMENT2 13 TITLE 17 TITLE 17 COMMENT 17 TITLE 10 COMMENT1 6 COMMENT2 6 TITLE 21 TITLE 21 COMMENT 21 TITLE 12 COMMENT1 8 COMMENT2 8 TAPE Width (mm) 18 12 9 6 Type CASSETTE – – – – FILE – – – – – – – – – – – – Format Input Item Maximum Number T
Specifications Model: KL-120 Input Keyboard Layout: Typewriter (QWERTY) Character Types Alpha (English and other languages): 151 Numbers: 10 Symbols: 87 Display Type: Liquid crystal display Character matrix: 96 × 16 dots, 16 columns × 2 lines Printing Resolution: 200dpi Type: Thermal transfer Speed: Approximately 6mm/second Width: 4mm (6mm tape), 7mm (9mm tape), 10mm (12mm tape), 12mm (18mm tape) Character Matrix: 48 × 48-dot Character font: Sans-serif Character effects: Shade, underline, box Character Styl
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