Casio KL-120 manuale d’uso

E RJ A518623-001V01 KL-120 User’ s Guide[...]

E-1 Safety Precautions Thank you f or purchasing this quality CASIO product. Before using it, be sure to read the f ollowing Safety Precautions . K eep the manual in a conv enient location f or future ref erence when necessary . Danger This symbol indicates information that, if ignored or applied incorrectly , creates the danger of death or serious[...]

E-2 W arning Dropping and r ough treatment 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. Immediately perform the following steps if the product should ev er become damaged. 1. T ur n off power . 2. Contact your original retailer . Do not disassemble or mo[...]

E-3 W arning Do not affix labels to a container to be used in a micro wave o ven. Do not affix labels to any container y ou plan to use in a microwav e r ange. The label material contains metal, which creates the risk of fire and burn injury when heated in a microwav e o v en. It can also cause deformation of the container to which the label is aff[...]

E-4 Introduction Congratulations on y our selection of the CASIO KL-120 Label Printer . This CASIO Label Printer makes it possible f or you to print adhesiv e labels for a wide v ar iety of applications, such as: name tags, CD/D VD labels , binders, and other applications. Y ou can produce attractive , original labels thanks to such features as: ?[...]

E-5 Pa rt 6 Printing ............................................................................ E-18 Printing a T ape .......................................................................................... E-18 Print Preview ............................................................................................. E-19 F eeding the T ape ..[...]

E-6 General Guide Pa rt 1 Getting Acquainted This par t of the manual provides y ou 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 f or the first time . Po wer Key Tu rn po wer on and off . Function key Letter keys T ape outlet Liquid c[...]

E-7 Pa rt 2 Getting Ready This par t of the manual tells you ho w to load batteries and the tape car tr idge, and how to perf orm other basic setups for the Label Printer . Important! • Be sure to read this section bef ore attempting to use the Label Printer . Po wer Supply The Label Printer can run on six AA-size alkaline batteries. Be sure to u[...]

E-8 To load the batteries Caution • Do not touch the springs inside the batter y compar tment cov er with y our fingers while loading or replacing batteries. The springs hav e sharp areas and can cut your fingers. 1. T ur n power off . 2. T ur n over the label printer and remov e the back cov er while pressing down on its lock as sho wn in the il[...]

E-9 T ape Cartridges Use the procedures described below to load a tape cartr idge into the Label Printer . Important! • Nev er try to push the tape back into the cassette. Once tape is out of the cassette, there is no wa y to wind it back in. T rying to do so can cause operational problems with the Label Printer . • The follo wing are the tape [...]

E-10 (a) (b) 5. Use a pencil or some other thin object to take up slack in the ink ribbon as sho wn in the illustration. Note that the tape does not mo ve at this time. • If the ink ribbon is slack when y ou load it into the Label Printer, it can break or cause some other problem. • Be sure to turn the ink r ibbon take up spool only in the dire[...]

E-11 • Shift indicator This indicator appears when you press the SHIFT ke y. While this indicator is on the displa y , the ke yboard is shifted, so the letter ke ys input upper-case alpha characters. The number ke ys input the punctuation symbols mar ked in the upper r ight corners of the keys . If both the caps mode indicator and the shift indic[...]

E-12 3. When you reach the end of a line of te xt, press to input a newline mark. • A newline operation is indicated on the displa y b y the symbol. This shows where you changed lines . • The maximum number of lines y ou can input depends on the width of the tape y ou ha ve loaded in the Label Printer . T ape Width Maximum Number of Lines • 6[...]

E-13 Using T ext Blocks In the example label sho wn below , “Promotion Plan” and “Retail P ackage Sample Data” are independent units called “text b locks , ” or simply “bloc ks. ” Y ou can divided your tape label te xt into bloc ks and then apply the f ollowing settings on a bloc k-by-b loc k basis . • Number of te xt lines (page [...]

E-14 To delete characters using the DEL ke y Example: T o change the word “commmputer” to “computer”. 1. Use c and v to mov e the cursor under the first (f ar left) “m”. 2. Press DEL twice to delete the two m’ s at the cursor’ s position, shifting “mputer” to the left as you do . 3. Press FUNC and then v to jump bac k to the end[...]

E-15 tape size Pa r t 5 Character Size, T ext Effects and Character Styles This par t of the manual e xplains how to set the siz e of characters. It also tells you how to assign te xt effects like underlining, shading, and bo x printing, and how to select character styles like normal, bold, and outline. • If a sentence is divided into multiple b [...]

E-16 Horizontal 12 3 456 11 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 21 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 31 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 41 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 Ve r tical Horizontal 12 3 456 11 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 22 × 12 × 22 × 32 × 42 × 52 × 6 33 × 13 × 23 × 33 × 43 × 53 × 6 4 * 4 × 14 × 24 × 34 × 4[...]

E-17 Using A uto Sizing (A UTO) 1. Input the text. 2. Press FUNC 1 (SIZE) to displa y the size setting menu. AT O AL U U N A M 3. Make sure the pointer is aligned with A UTO and then press SET . Now the character siz e is automatically set. T o specify character sizes (MANU AL) 1. Input the text. 2. Press FUNC 1 (SIZE) to displa y the size setting [...]

E-18 T ape Backing Character Styles There are three character styles that y ou can assign; normal, bold, and outline. The f ollowing shows e xamples of each. Style Indicator Sample Normal None Bold Outline Character style changes are applied to printed text only . The appearance of the displa yed te xt does not change, b ut the character style indi[...]

E-19 • An easy wa y to remov e the backing from a tape and expose the adhesiv e surf ace is to bend the tape near one of its ends. This should cause the tape and its backing to separate , allowing y ou to pull them apar t. Print Previe w Y ou can use the print previe w screen to get an idea of what the printout will look like without actually pri[...]

E-20 When this setting is selected: T APE LENGTH MIRROR ALIGN PITCH Use z z z z z and x x x x x to select the option you want: •A UT O: Automatically adjusts tape length in accordance with the number of characters . • FIX: Maintains a fix ed tape length in the range of 0cm (0") to 99.9cm (39 5/16"). • NORMAL: Prints the tape normall[...]

E-21 Pa rt 9 Memory This par t of the manual tells y ou how to store te xt data in memory for instant recall when you need it. Y ou can store two blocks of te xt in memory , containing up of 80 characters. Important! • All data stored in memory is deleted whenever batteries go dead and when y ou replace batteries. Be sure to keep written backup c[...]

E-22 To recall text from memory 1. While the input screen is on the displa y , press MEMORY . • Note that text recalled from memory will replace any te xt currently on the display . 2. Press z and x to select RECALL . SOE R L AL T C E R 3. Press SET . 4. Use z and x to select the te xt y ou want to recall and then press SET . • If all of the te[...]

E-23 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 la y out session is still in memory , performing a demo print will delete it. If y ou think you will need the data later , sav e it in memory (page E-21)[...]

E-24 Initializing the Label Printer If you e xperience serious malfunction of the Label Printer or if operation fails completely , try performing the following oper ation to initialize the printer . Important! • Initializing the Label Printer deletes all memor y contents. Make sure y ou have a back-up cop y of te xt stored in memory if you need i[...]

E-25 T ape car tr idge compar tment cov er is not closed completely . No more tape left in the car tridge. T ape jam Securely close the cov er . Replace the tape cartr idge with a new one . Remov e the tape car tridge and pull out the jammed tape by hand. Cut off e xcess tape with scissors, and carefully replace the cartr idge into the label printe[...]

E-26 • • • • • Using Labels Label will not adhere to a surface. P ossible Causes Action Pa ge P eel the bac king paper from the back of the tape to expose the adhesiv e . Labels do not adhere well to surf aces that are rough, wet, oily , or dirty . The backing paper is still on the back of the tape . Surface is unsuitab le f or affixing a[...]

E-27 Message DA T A ERROR! NO INPUT TEXT! PRINT ERROR! T OO MANY CHARACTERS! P ossible Causes • Data in memor y has become corrupted for some reason. • Y ou are attempting a print or previe w operation when no text are input. • The tape became jammed during printing. • Y ou are attempting to input more than 80 characters into te xt. • The[...]

E-28 Alpha Characters Symbols[...]

E-29 T ype CD/D VD VHS mini D V MD/FD/MO Input Item TITLE TITLE COMMENT TITLE COMMENT1 COMMENT2 TITLE TITLE COMMENT TITLE COMMENT1 COMMENT2 TITLE TITLE COMMENT TITLE COMMENT1 COMMENT2 TITLE TITLE COMMENT TITLE COMMENT1 COMMENT2 Maximum Number 25 25 25 16 16 16 24 36 36 15 13 13 17 17 17 10 6 6 21 21 21 12 8 8 T APE Width (mm) 18 12 9 6 –– –?[...]

E-30 Specifications Model: KL-120 Input Ke yboard Layout: T ypewriter (QWER TY) Character T ypes Alpha (English and other languages): 151 Numbers: 10 Symbols: 87 Display T ype: Liquid crystal display Character matrix: 96 × 16 dots, 16 columns × 2 lines Printing Resolution: 200dpi T ype: Thermal transfer Speed: Approximately 6mm/second Width: 4mm [...]

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