Casio KL-8100 Printer User Manual


 
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Contents
Important Safety Precautions ...................... E-1
Quick Reference ............................................ E-2
Part 1 Getting Acquainted............................ E-4
Important Precautions .............................................. E-4
General Guide .......................................................... E-5
Label Printer Menus.................................................. E-5
Part 2 Getting Ready .................................... E-5
Power Supply............................................................ E-5
AC Adaptor ............................................................... E-5
To connect the AC adaptor................................... E-6
Loading/Replacing Batteries..................................... E-6
Loading/Replacing the main batteries ................. E-6
Turning Power On and Off ........................................ E-6
Power On Recall Function ........................................ E-6
Resetting the Memory .............................................. E-6
To reset the memory ............................................ E-6
Auto Power Off Function........................................... E-6
Tape Cartridges ........................................................ E-6
To load a tape cartridge ....................................... E-7
Removing the Tape Cartridge .............................. E-7
About the SET UP menu .......................................... E-7
Message Language .................................................. E-8
To change the message language ....................... E-8
Display Contrast ....................................................... E-8
To change the display contrast ............................ E-8
Sound ....................................................................... E-8
To turn sound on and off ...................................... E-8
Unit of Measurement ................................................ E-8
To set the unit of measurement............................ E-8
Demo Print ................................................................ E-8
To produce a demo print ...................................... E-8
Part 3 Inputting Characters and
Symbols ............................................. E-8
Display Symbols and Indicators ............................... E-8
Basic Alpha-Numeric Input ....................................... E-9
To input alpha-numeric characters....................... E-9
About the CODE key................................................. E-9
Inputting Symbols, Dingbats, Special Numbers,
Greek Characters, and Russian Characters ....... E-10
To use the SYMBOL menu ................................ E-10
Inputting Illustrations ............................................... E-10
To input illustrations ........................................... E-10
User Characters...................................................... E-10
User character drawing techniques ................... E-10
To create a user character using an
existing character............................................ E-10
To create a user character from the user
character you created ..................................... E-10
To recall a user character................................... E-10
To delete a user character ................................. E-11
Part 4 Deleting and Inserting
Characters ........................................E-11
Moving the Cursor .................................................. E-11
To move the cursor ............................................ E-11
Deleting Individual Characters................................ E-11
To delete characters using the BS key .............. E-11
To delete characters using the DEL key ............ E-11
Clearing the Display................................................ E-11
To clear all text ................................................... E-11
To clear a portion of text..................................... E-11
Text Editing ............................................................. E-11
To switch between overwrite and insert ............. E-11
Part 5 Character Attributes and
Text Effects ...................................... E-12
Fonts ....................................................................... E-12
To change the default font setting ...................... E-12
To change the font for displayed text ................. E-12
To change the font for all the text....................... E-12
To change the font for blocks of text .................. E-12
To change the font for lines of text ..................... E-12
To change the font for specific characters ......... E-12
To find out current font settings.......................... E-12
Character Styles ..................................................... E-12
To change the character styles .......................... E-13
To find out current character style settings ........ E-13
Text Effects ............................................................. E-13
About text effect ranges ..................................... E-13
To assign text effects ......................................... E-13
To change the text effects for blocks of text....... E-13
To change the text effect for lines of text ........... E-13
To change the text effect for specific
characters ....................................................... E-13
To change the text effect for a range of text....... E-14
Part 6 Character Sizes................................ E-14
Direct Specification of Character Sizes .................. E-14
Standard Typeface ............................................. E-14
Small Typeface .................................................. E-14
To change character size using direct
specification .................................................... E-14
Specifying Character Sizes for Lines of Text Using
Preset Formats .................................................... E-15
About the format menu ...................................... E-15
To specify character sizes for lines of text using
preset formats ................................................. E-15
To find out preset format character sizes ........... E-15
About Auto Sizing............................................... E-15
Part 7 FORM Menu Functions ................... E-16
Fundamentals of Label Layout ............................... E-16
Using the Layout Display ........................................ E-16
To show the layout display ................................. E-16
Creating and Deleting Blocks ................................. E-16
To create a block ................................................ E-16
To delete a block mark ....................................... E-16
Block Operations .................................................... E-16
To display the BLOCK FORM menu .................. E-16
To display the ALL FORM menu ........................ E-17
Part 8 Printing ............................................. E-18
Printing Precautions................................................ E-18
Printing a Tape ........................................................ E-18
To print a tape .................................................... E-18
To adjust the print density .................................. E-18
Using the Image Display......................................... E-19
To show the image display ................................. E-19
Part 9 Frames.............................................. E-19
To specify a frame around the printing area ........... E-19
To specify frames around each character............... E-19
Part 10 PRESETS Menu Functions ........... E-19
To display the PRESETS menu .............................. E-19
LAYOUT.................................................................. E-19
To use a preset layout to create a label and
print it .............................................................. E-20
To store a label created using a preset layout ... E-20
To recall a preset layout label from memory ...... E-20
To delete a preset layout label from memory ..... E-20
ENLARGE............................................................... E-20
To print a large-size label ................................... E-20
BAR CODE ............................................................. E-21
Bar Code Tape ................................................... E-21
EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E ...................... E-21
To print a bar code ............................................. E-21
ITF, CODE39, CODABAR................................. E-21
To print a bar code ............................................. E-21
General Bar code Operations ........................... E-21
To store a bar code ............................................ E-21
To recall a bar code from memory ..................... E-21
To delete a bar code from memory .................... E-21
NUMBERING .......................................................... E-22
To print sequentially numbered labels ............... E-22
To store a numbering format .............................. E-22
To recall a numbering format from memory ....... E-22
To delete a numbering format from memory ...... E-22
PHRASES............................................................... E-22