Casio KL-8200 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
Memory Back-up Battery .......................................... E-6
To replace the memory back-up battery .............. 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-9
To use the SYMBOL menu .................................. E-9
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-14
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
To change character size using direct
specification .................................................... E-14
Specifying Character Sizes for Lines of Text Using
Preset Formats .................................................... E-14
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
Superscript and Subscript ...................................... E-16
To superscript or subscript characters ............... E-16
To cancel superscripting and subscripting ......... E-16
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-17
Block Operations .................................................... E-17
To display the BLOCK FORM menu .................. E-17
To display the ALL FORM menu ........................ E-18
Part 8 Printing ............................................ E-19
Printing Precautions ............................................... E-19
Printing a Tape ........................................................ E-19
To print a tape .................................................... E-19
To adjust the print density .................................. E-19
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-20
Part 10 PRESETS Menu Functions ........... E-20
To display the PRESETS menu .............................. E-20
LAYOUT .................................................................. E-20
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-21
To delete a preset layout label from memory ..... E-21
ORIGINAL............................................................... E-21
Blocks and lines ................................................. E-21
To create a new original layout........................... E-21
To store an original layout .................................. E-22
To recall an original layout with text from
memory ........................................................... E-22
To recall an original layout without text from
memory ........................................................... E-22
To delete an original layout from memory .......... E-22
ENLARGE............................................................... E-22
To print a large-size label ................................... E-22
BAR CODE ............................................................. E-22
Bar Code Tape ................................................... E-22
EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E ...................... E-23
To print a bar code ............................................. E-23
ITF, CODE39, CODABAR ................................. E-23
To print a bar code ............................................. E-23
General Bar code Operations ........................... E-23