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3M PL200 User manual

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    P ortable Labeler PL200 User Guide[...]

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    2 Contents About Your New Pri nter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    3 Creating Module Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Using Fuse Multipliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    4 Fi g u r e 1 3M™ Portable Labeler PL200 T F I H S T F I H S BKSP PL200 F eed Print/ # of copies Escape Backspace Shift Size/CAPS Backlight Serialization Label exit LC D d i s p l ay Save/Insert Hot Keys Navi gation key s Space bar Pow e r Clear OK Reca ll/R emo ve Enter Cut Settings/Barcod e P ower connector[...]

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    5 About Y our New P rinter With y our new 3M™ P ortab le Labeler PL200 printer, you can cr eate a wide vari ety of high- quality , self- adhesive labels . Y ou can ch oose to print y our labels in many diff er ent sizes an d styles. T he printer uses 3M™ P ort able Labeler Refill Car tridges in widths of 1/4” (6 mm), 3/8” (9 mm), 1/2” (12[...]

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    6 Recharging the Battery Pack The battery pack automati cally recharges while the printer is connected to a po wer sourc e through the power adapter . Charg ing the batter y pack for the first time will take ap pro ximately eight hours; recharg ing the battery pack will take ap proxima tely two ho urs . Inser ting the Batteries As temporary backup [...]

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    7 Selec ting a Language The first time yo u turn on the power , you are prompted to select your desired language . By default, the language is set to English. Several language-related featur es on the printer are determined b y the language setting, such as special characters, menu text, and so on. Y ou can change the language selection at any time[...]

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    8 CAPS M ode The key toggles capitalization on and off . When CAPS mode is turne d on, the CAPS indicat or is shown on the display and all letters that you enter are capitalized . The default setting is CAPS mode on. When CAPS mo de is off , all letters entered appear in lowercase. T o toggle CAPS on and off  Pr ess + . Shif t Ke y The keys are [...]

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    9 Removing Labels from a F ile Y ou can remov e one or more labels fr om a label file. T o remov e a label 1. Pr ess + . 2. Selec t one of the following: • All to remove all of th e labels in the file. • Current to r emove the label a t the current cursor position. • Range and then select th e range of labels to remove. 3. Pr ess . The select[...]

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    10 Using Interna tional Characters The printer suppor ts the extended Latin charac ter set using RACE technology . Similar to using a mobile phone keypad, holding down a letter key will scroll thr ough variat ions of that letter . F or example , if you hold do wn the letter a , you will see a à á â ã ä å and so on through all the variations a[...]

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    11 T o creat e a flag label 1. Pr ess + . 2. Selec t Small , Medium , Lar ge , or XLarge f or the wrap around portion and press . 3. Enter or select the length for the flag portion of the label and press . Selec t AU T O to have the length automatically set to fit the text. T o create multiple labels quickly , see Creating a Series of Lab els on pa[...]

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    12 T o print separator lines bet ween the breakers , see Printing Separat or Lines Between C ells on page 14. Using Br eaker Multipliers Breaker multipliers allo w yo u to adjust the size of individual breakers within an Electrical P anel label. T o adjust the size of an individual br eaker 1. Create an Electrical Pa nel label as described in Creat[...]

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    13 Creatin g Mo dule La bel s A Module label allows you to label a row of fuses of var ying widths. Y ou set the width of a fuse and the number of fuses, enter the text for each fuse, and print. Y ou can use fuse multipliers to adjust the width of individual modules as necessary. T o creat e a module label 1. Pr ess + . 2. Enter or select the fuse [...]

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    14 Changing the La bel S ettings Once you create a specific label, you can change the settings without star ting all over again. T o change the label settings 1. Pr ess . 2. Selec t Curren t label config . and press . The settings fo r the par ticular label type are display ed. 3. Make the necessar y changes. 4. Pr ess and then selec t Done ( OK) .[...]

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    15 Hiding Barc ode T ext Y ou can choose to hide the human-readable text for the bar code . T o hide barcode te xt 1. Pr ess + . 2. Selec t Barcode HR and pr ess . 3. Selec t Off . 4. Pr ess and then selec t Done ( OK) . A dding S ymbols Y our printer includes a set of default symbols to use on your labels. T he symbols are separated into several c[...]

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    16 Using Simple Serialization Simple serialization creat es a series of labels by incrementing one alphanumeric character in the pattern. For example , 101, 10 2, 103, 104, and so on. T o use simple serialization 1. Enter the text for your label. 2. Pr ess . A box appears around the character where the cursor was positioned . 3. Use the arrow keys [...]

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    17 C ollating Multiple C opies When printing multiple copies of a label file containing more than one label , all the copies of a label are printed bef ore the next label star ts printing. Y ou ca n choose to have the label file print collated, so each complete cop y of the file prints before the sec ond copy starts. The follo wing example shows th[...]

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    18 Deleting a Label File fr om Memor y When you no longer need a stored label file , you can delete the file from memory . T o delete a label from memory 1. Pr ess . The sav ed label files are display ed. 2. Selec t the label file you want to delete. 3. Pr ess + , and then press to clear the memor y location. Cleaning Y our Printer Y our printer is[...]

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    19 Sy m b o l s The follo wing tables show th e default symbols by category . Electrical Vo i c e / D a t a Wa r n i n g Pun c t uat io n Brack ets Arrows Numbers Cu r re nc y Ω Ø ² °   μ λ        , ; ' " . : & ! ¡ ~[...]

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    20 T roubleshooting Review the following possible solutions if you en counter a pr oblem whi le using your printer. If you still need assistance, visit ww w .3m.com/electrical . Problem/Err or Message Sol uti on Battery Low Battery Empty • Attach the power adapter . • Rechar ge the batt ery pack . See Recharging the Ba ttery Pack . • Insert n[...]

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    21 Safety Precautions f or Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Ba ttery Pack Inaccurate handling of a Lithium- ion r echargeable battery may cause leaka ge, heat, smoke , an explosion, or fire . This could cause deterior ation of per formance or failure . This may also damage the pr otection de vice installed in the batter y pack. This could damage equipment [...]

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