Dymo 18949 manual

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    Declaration of Conformity DYMO Corporation 44 Commerce Road Stamford, CT 06902-4561 Phone: (203) 355-9000 Fax: (203) 355-9090 Equipment Information Description: Direct Thermal Printer Model: LabelMANAGER PC (18949) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC (Federa[...]

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    iii Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installing LabelMANAGER PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Registering the Software .[...]

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    1 Chapter 1 Getting Started The DYMO LabelMANAGER PC electronic labelmaker allows you to quickly print high-quality permanent labels directly from your PC. W ith your LabelMANAGER PC, you can create labels that include borders, graphics, formatted text, and date & time stamps. Y ou can even print labels horizontally or vertically . The LabelMAN[...]

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    Getting Started 2 The LabelMANAGER PC Window The LabelMANAGER PC is easy to learn because the main window consists of menus and toolbars similar to those of popular word processing programs. This section summarizes the commands available to you. For more detailed information about a particular command, refer to the Help. T o start LabelMANAGER PC ?[...]

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    The LabelMANAGER PC Window 3 Edit Menu The following commands are available from the Edit menu. Insert Menu The following commands are available from the Insert menu. Format Menu The following commands are available from the Format menu. T oolbar Icon Menu Command Description Undo Undoes the last action. Redo Redoes the last action after an Undo. C[...]

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    Getting Started 4 Help Menu The following commands are available from the Help menu. Ordering Tape Cassettes The LabelMANAGER PC uses DYMO D1 tape cassettes. The tape cassettes are available in 1/4” (6 mm), 3/8” (9 mm), 1/2” (12 mm), 3/4” (18 mm), and 1” (24 mm) widths, and come in a variety of colors. For a complete list of D1 tapes and [...]

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    5 Chapter 2 Making Labels The LabelMANAGER PC can print your labels horizontally or vertically with text in a variety of fonts, sizes, and styles. Y ou can add borders, graphics, and special characters. Y ou can also add a date and time stamp to your labels. This chapter will give you an overview of creating and printing labels with LabelMANAGER PC[...]

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    Making Labels 6 2 Select 1/2” (12 mm) from the Tape Width pull-down menu. The text area of the main window changes in size based on the tape width you select. 3 Select Fixed At and enter 3.50 (8.5 cm) in the Label Length Fixed At text box. Notice the size of the input area change on the ruler . 4 T ype 2002 Annual Budget Projections in the main w[...]

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    Designing a Label 7 Now that you have created and saved your label, let’ s introduce additional features you can use to customize your labels. Additional Formatting Features T o further customize your labels, you can add borders, symbols, graphics, and even date and time stamps. Y ou can also choose to print the label vertically . Adding Borders [...]

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    Making Labels 8 The Symbol dialog box appears. 3 Choose the font that contains the special character you wish to insert from the Font pull-down menu. The Symbol, Dingbats, and W ingdings fonts contain many unique characters you can add to your labels. 4 Select the symbol you wish to insert and click Insert . 5 Click Close to close the Symbol dialog[...]

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    Designing a Label 9 The Date and T ime dialog box appears. 3 Select the date and/or time format you wish to insert and click OK . The date and/or time appears on the label in the format you selected. Adding Graphics Y ou can add a graphic to your label from the clipboard or from a file. If the graphic is in a file, the format can be BMP , JPG, PCX,[...]

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    Making Labels 10 3 Select the graphic file you wish to insert and click Open . The graphic you selected appears on the label. Printing Vertically Y ou can print your label vertically , for example, to be placed on the spine of a binder or a video tape. When you print vertically , the text on your label is reformatted to fit in a single column on th[...]

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    Printing Labels from a List 11 For example, the rows in the following spreadsheet: will print two three-line labels: one for DYMO and one for Esselte. Text File Many programs can create a text file, such as a T ext Editing program, exporting from a database application, and so on. When you export text from a database, you usually create a delimited[...]

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    Making Labels 12 If a blank line is contained in the text, Smart Paste reads the text as multiple labels separated by a single blank line. If no blank line is found, the text is read as multiple, one-line labels. For example, the following two addresses are separated by a single blank line and Smart Paste will print two three-line labels. However ,[...]

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    Printing from Other Applications 13 Printing from Other Applications The LabelMANAGER PC installation wizard installs a standard W indows printer driver on your computer so the LabelMANAGER PC printer will appear in your list of printers. This printer can be used to print directly from other applications, such as Microsoft W ord or Access, in the s[...]

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    Making Labels 14 5 On the Margins tab, enter the margin values for the top, bottom, left, and right mar gins based on the labels you have loaded in the printer . Refer to T able 1 for the correct settings. 6 Click the Paper Size tab. 7 Select the label size you have loaded in the printer from the Paper size drop-down list. The width and height valu[...]

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    Print Settings 15 Continuous Mode Printing Continuous mode printing prints multiple labels with no space between the labels. This is especially helpful for conserving label tape. Continuous mode printing is turned off by default. NOTE The Continuous mode printing ON selection only applies to printing from other applications. This selection has no a[...]

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    17 Chapter 3 Service and Support This chapter describes how to clean the LabelMANAGER PC and offers suggestions for identifying problems that can occur when you use the printer . If you are unable to solve the problem, this chapter also describes how to contact DYMO for technical support. Cleaning the LabelMANAGER PC The LabelMANAGER PC printer is [...]

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    Service and Support 18 Troubleshooting the LabelMANAGER PC Y our LabelMANAGER PC has been designed to perform to the highest standards. However , if you experience difficulties when operating the printer , try to determine the problem by checking the information provided in this section. The status light is not green The table below shows the statu[...]

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    Technical Support 19 Technical Support If you experience problems with the set up or use of your LabelMANAGER PC, carefully read this manual and consult the Help to make sure you have not missed something that is covered in the documentation. If you cannot resolve your problem by consulting the documentation, you can obtain additional information a[...]

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    21 Appendix A Technical Specifications The following are the technical specifications for the LabelMANAGER PC printer . Print Method Thermal Transfer Print Resolution 180 dots per inch (7.09 dots per mm) Print Speed 0.4 inch per second (10 mm per second) Maximum Print Height 0.53 inch (13.54 mm) Maximum T ape Width 0.94 inch (24 mm) Computer Interf[...]

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    23 Index A adding borders 7 date and time 8 graphics 9 special characters 7 B BMP 9 C cassettes ordering 4 chain printing 14 cleaning the printer 17 contacting DYMO 19 continuous mode printing 15 creating a label 5 D delimited files, printing 11 E EMF 9 G graphics from the clipboard 9 I installing LabelMANAGER PC 1 J JPG 9 L label tape see tape cas[...]

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