Designer Software for Spectrum 2 Thermal Printer (Rev: 03/05/01) Owner manual

Spectrum2 Designer User’s Guide
Document Revision: 060102
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Table of Contents
GETTING STARTED.................................................................................................................................... 3
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................... 3
INSTALLING THE APPLICATIONS .......................................................................................................... 3
SPECTRUM2 DESIGNER............................................................................................................................... 3
PRINTER DRIVER ........................................................................................................................................ 4
THE DISPLAY .............................................................................................................................................. 8
¡ DESKTOP AND CD-R TEMPLATE.............................................................................................................. 8
¡ TITLE BAR ............................................................................................................................................... 8
¡ WINDOWS BORDER.................................................................................................................................. 9
¡ MENU BAR .............................................................................................................................................. 9
¡ TOOLBAR................................................................................................................................................. 9
¡ SCROLL BARS.......................................................................................................................................... 9
¡ STATUS BAR ............................................................................................................................................ 9
ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY...................................................................................................................... 10
ADJUSTING IMAGE SIZE............................................................................................................................ 10
HIDING THE DISPLAY............................................................................................................................ 10
PRINTING ................................................................................................................................................... 11
¡ PRINTING FROM A STANDARD PRINTER ................................................................................................ 11
¡ PRINTING FROM THE SPECTRUM2 ......................................................................................................... 11
ADJUSTING THE PRINTOUT................................................................................................................... 12
FILE FUNCTIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 13
DESIGNING A LABEL............................................................................................................................... 14
ENTERING STANDARD TEXT ................................................................................................................ 15
ENTERING CIRCULAR TEXT......................................................................................................... 17
EDITING STANDARD AND CIRCULAR TEXT ..................................................................................... 19
MOVING STANDARD TEXT ....................................................................................................................... 19
MOVING CIRCULAR TEXT......................................................................................................................... 20
RETURNING TO THE TEXT DIALOGUE BOXES............................................................................................. 20
CHANGING OR DELETING TEXT................................................................................................................ 20
SERIAL NUMBERS..................................................................................................................................... 21
WORKING WITH BASIC SHAPES........................................................................................................... 23
ENTERING BASIC SHAPES ......................................................................................................................... 23
RESHAPING AND RE-SIZING BASIC SHAPES .............................................................................................. 24
FILL PATTERNS......................................................................................................................................... 24
EDITING.................................................................................................................................................... 24
WORKING WITH FREEHAND ................................................................................................................. 25