Casio KL-7200 manual

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    KL-7200 User’ s Guide[...]

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    E-1 English A C adaptor • Do not allow the power cord to become damaged or broken, and ne ver modify , over bend, twist, or pull it. Nev er place heavy objects on the pow er cord, and never e xpose it to direct heat. A damaged power cord creates the danger of fire and electrical shock. • Use only the A C adaptor specified for this unit (optiona[...]

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    E-2 and unplug the power cord from the w all sock et. Request servicing from your original dealer . • Nev er allow metal objects or comb ustib le materials to get into the air vents of the unit. Doing so creates the danger of fire and electrical shock. Location • A void leaving the unit in areas subjected to high humidity and large amounts of d[...]

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    E-3 Introduction Congratulations on y our selection of the CASIO KL-7200 Label Printer. This CASIO Label Printer makes it possible for you to print adhesive labels for a wide variety of applications, such as: name tags, cassette tape labels, floppy disks, binders, and other applications. Y ou can produce attractiv e, original labels thanks to such [...]

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    E-4 Part 5 Character Size, T ext Effects and Character Styles .. E-12 Character Size .......................................................................................... E-12 Using A uto Sizing (A UT O) ................................................................ E-14 T o specify character sizes (MANU AL) .................................[...]

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    E-5 General Guide 1 Po wer Key T urn power on and off. 2 Function key 3 Letter keys 4 Cover release 5 T ape outlet 6 T ape cutter b utton 7 Optional A C Adaptor connector 8 Liquid crystal display (LCD) 9 Battery compartment Label Printer Menus Label Printer operation is designed to be as simple as possible, thanks to on- screen menus that you can u[...]

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    E-6 Replacing Batteries A handy low battery power indicator lets you know when battery power is getting too low f or proper operation. The message “LOW BA TTERY” appears on the display if battery power is low when you perform any of the following operations. • T ur n power on • Execute a print operation Whenev er the “LOW BA TTER Y” mes[...]

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    E-7 5. Press SET to initialize the Label Printer or ESC to abort the reset operation without initializing anything. • See “Initializing the Label Printer” on page E-21 for information on the initial default settings of the Label Printer following the reset operation. A uto P ower Off Function If you do not perform any key operation for about [...]

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    E-8 Using a Magnetic T ape Car tridg e Precautions • Make sure that print density is set to 4 or greater for magnetic tape. • If printed tape curls, flatten it out before using it. • Keep magnetic tape away from floppy diskettes, magnetic cards, checks, and other items that can be damaged by magnetism. • Do not use the tape where it can be [...]

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    E-9 • Shift indicator This indicator appears when you press the SHIFT k e y . While this indicator is on the displa y , the keyboard is shifted, so the letter k eys input upper-case alpha characters. The n umber keys input the punctuation symbols mark ed in the up- per right corners of the keys. If both the caps mode indicator and the shift indic[...]

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    E-10 • Manual feed indicator This indicator appears when you are using manual feed instead of auto feed. Auto f eed is in eff ect when this indicator is not on the displa y . Important! • After you finish printing when using manual f eed, be sure to alwa ys press FUNC and then PRINT (FEED) to f eed the tape bef ore cutting it. If y ou don’t y[...]

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    E-11 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. T o move the cur sor • Press H to move the cursor to the lef[...]

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    E-12 T o delete character s using the DEL key Example: T o change the word “commmputer” to “computer”. 1. Use H and J to move the cursor under the first (far 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 J to jump back to the end of[...]

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    E-13 Character size changes are applied to printed te xt only . The size of the dis- played text does not change. Important! • Any character size specification you make is applied to all the characters on the display . Y ou cannot make multiple specifications f or specific characters. • The maximum character size you can print depends on the si[...]

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    E-14 12mm (2 lines) 18mm/24mm (1 line) * At this size, certain text eff ects can cause closely spaced lines of te xt to ov er- lap. * At this size, the lines of certain character styles can become broken. 18mm/24mm (2 lines, 3 lines) Using A uto Sizing (A UT O) 1. Input the text. 2. Press FUNC 3 (SIZE) to displa y the size setting menu. AU TO M AN [...]

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    E-15 T ext Effects There are three te xt effects that y ou can assign: shading, underlining, and box ed te xt. The follo wing shows e xamples of each. Shading: Underlining: Bo xed T ext: T ext effect changes are applied to printed te xt only . The appearance of the displa yed text does not change , but the text eff ect indicators will show y ou whe[...]

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    E-16 P art 6 Printing This part of the manual includes all the information you need to print tapes. It also tells you how to print special stamp tapes that you can attach to an optional stamp holder to create your own original stamps. Printing Precautions • Nev er turn power off while printing is being performed. • Make sure that the tape outle[...]

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    E-17 Auto Feed Y ou can turn the Label Pr inter’ s auto f eed f eature on and off . When auto f eed is on, the Label Printer automatically feeds the tape about 19mm at the beginning and end of each print operation. This creates identical margins on both sides of your text. Important! • After you finish printing when using manual f eed, be sure [...]

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    E-18 RECEIVED CANCELLED VOID COPY FILE SAMPLE PRINTED MA TTER T o print a preset phrase 1. Press FUNC and then 1 (PRESET). PH RA S EN U M BE R 2. Use H and J to mov e the underlining to “PHRASE” and then press SET . 3. Use K and L to scroll through the preset phrases until the one you want appears on the display . Next, press SET . • If all o[...]

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    E-19 P art 9 Stamp Printing The stamp printing feature lets y ou print on special stamp tape. Y ou can then attach the finished stamp tape to an optionally available stamp holder to create your own original pre-ink ed stamps. The f ollowing is the type of stamp holder currently available for use with stamp tapes. Note the following important points[...]

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    E-20 T o recall text from memory 1. While the input screen is on the displa y , press MEMO . • Note that text recalled from memory will replace any text currently on the displa y . 2. Press H and J to select RECALL ( RECALL). ST O R E R E C A L L 3. Press SET . • If all of the text does not fit on the displa y , you can use H and J to scroll it[...]

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    E-21 Initializing the Label Printer If you experience serious malfunction of the Label Printer or if operation fails completely , try performing the following operation to initializ e the printer. 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. T o[...]

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    E-22 The printer is set up for manual tape feed. Out of tape Be sure to press the FUNC FEED key before perf orming the tape cut operation. Important! When the printer is set up for manual tape feed, the tape is not fed automati- cally after printing is complete. Replace the tape cartridge with a new one. T ape car tr idge compart- ment cover is not[...]

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    E-23 Label will not adhere to a surface. Possible Causes Action Page Peel the backing paper from the back of the tape to expose the adhesive. Labels do not adhere well to surfaces that are rough, wet, oily , or dir ty . The backing paper is still on the back of the tape. Surface is unsuitable for affixing a tape. Error Messages/Display Messages •[...]

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    E-24 Message ST AMP ERROR! * This message appears on the screen for about one second. LOW BA TTERY D A T A ERROR! Possible Causes • Y ou are attempting to print a stamp with text that is longer than 5.5cm. • Y ou are attempting to print a stamp while three lines of text are input. • Batter y power is low . • Data in memory has become corrup[...]

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    E-25 Specifications Model: KL-7200 Input K eyboard La yout: T ypewriter (QWERTY) Character T ypes Alpha (English and other languages): 151 Numbers: 10 Symbols: 59 Display T ype: Liquid crystal display Character matrix: 12 columns of 5 × 7-dot Printing T ype: Thermal transf er Speed: Approximately 6.76mm/second Width: 4mm (6mm tape), 7mm (9mm tape)[...]

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    E-26 Dimensions: 53.5 (H) × 190 (W) × 211 (D)mm (2 1 / 8 "H × 7 1 / 2 "W × 8 3 / 8 "D) Weight: Appro ximately 510g Ambient T emperature: 10°C~35°C (50°F~95°F)[...]

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    CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. 6-2, Hon-machi 1-chome Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8543, Japan MO9906-A Printed in Malaysia A343023-4[...]