Dymo 500TS manual

1 This guide describes some of the fe atures of your DYMO ® LabelManager™ 5 00TS label maker. Read the following sectio ns for information about using your label maker.  Registering You r Label Maker  Connecting the Pow er  Inserting th e Label Cassette  Getting to Know Your Label Maker  Using the Touch Screen  Installing DYMO [...]

2 Connecting the Power The label maker is powe red by a rechargeab le, Li thium Polymer (LiPo) battery pack. Inserting the Battery The batter y pack includ ed with you r label maker comes partia lly charged. Make sure t he charging a dapter is disco nnected be fore handlin g the LiPo battery pack . To insert the battery 1 Lift the back c over of th[...]

3 Charging the Battery A charging ad apter is inclu ded with your lab el maker for re charging the battery pack. Chargin g the battery p ack will take a pproximately thr ee hours. The charging adapter is only used for recharging t he battery pack ; the chargin g adapter can not be used to power th e label maker. To recharge th e battery 1 Plug the [...]

4 Getting to Know Your Label Maker Become familiar with th e features shown in the following figure. 1 USB connector 8 Return 15 Symbols - Punctuation 2 Power connector 9 Symbols - C urrency 16 Home 3 Touch screen 10 Delete 17 On/Off 4 OK 11 Accented characters 18 Cutter 5 Print 12 Space bar 19 Label exit slot 6 Print preview 13 Shift 20 Navigation[...]

5 The following figure shows the major features availab le from the LabelManag er 500TS Home screen . The following figure shows the features available for editin g your labels. Create new users and manage user settings. Change the label maker settings. Download labels and clip art. Open a saved or recently pr inted labe l. Edit the current label. [...]

6 Using the Touch Screen The first time y ou turn on t he power, yo u are asked to select the la nguage, units of measure, and label width . These selections remain set unt il you change t hem. Once you select a language, you will see a short video with information abo ut using your label maker. To replay the video, tap on the LabelM anager 500TS H[...]

7 Selecting Text You can quickly select text to edit or delete. Scrolling a List Dragging a sc roll bar moves you quickly throu gh a menu o r list. Drag the handles to select more or less text. Tap to select all text on the label. Double-tap to select a word. Drag to scroll through a list.[...]

8 Using the Label Maker with Your Computer Your label maker can be used as a standalon e label printer or you can print labels directly fro m your compute r using DYMO Labe l ™ software (requires DYMO Label v.8.4 or later). You can also us e DYMO Label software to imp ort data from a number of standard da tabase forma ts and downlo ad labels to y[...]

9 Connecting the Label Maker to Your Computer The label m aker connects t o your com puter using th e USB connectio n located on the top of the label maker. Do not conne ct the labe l maker to your computer u ntil after the software installation is complete. To connect the labe l maker to your co mputer 1 Plug the USB ca ble into the USB port on th[...]

10 Using DYMO Label Software The following figur e shows some o f the major featu res available in DYMO Label softw are. For complete details on usin g the software, refer to the on line Help. From the He lp menu, you can view the following:  DYMO Label v.8 Help  DYMO Label v.8 User Guide  LabelManag er 500TS Use r Guide Visually choose yo[...]

11 Downloading Labels and Clip Art Using DYMO Labe l software, yo u can imp ort data from a database f ile and download labels to the la bel maker. You can also downlo ad your own c ustom clip art to the label maker. Importing Data and Downloading Labe ls You can quickly import data and downlo ad labels from t he following t ypes of database files:[...]

12 Downloading Clip Art The label m aker includes a variety of usefu l clip art image s that you can quickly add to your lab els. You can also d ownload your o wn images to the label maker. To download clip ar t to the label maker 1 Click in the DYMO Label soft ware Print area. 2 Click Download Clip Art . 3 Do one of the following: •U n d e r My [...]

13 Managing Labels and Clip Art You can manage labels and clip art on yo ur la bel maker from within DYMO Label software usin g the LabelM anager 500T S File Manager. To manage labe ls and clip art dire ctly on your label make r, tap on the LabelMan ager 500TS Ho me screen, a nd then select Manage Files . Managing Labels You can view, o rganize, an[...]

14 To manage labels on your label maker 1 Click in the DYMO Label soft ware Print area. 2 Click Manage labels and Clip Art on the label maker . The LabelMan ager 500TS Fi le Manager dialo g box appears. 3 Click Labels in the navigation pane. Managing Clip Art You can dele te clip art im ages that yo u previously down loaded to you r label maker. To[...]

15 Safety Precauti ons for Lithium Polym er Recharge able Battery Pack Inaccurate hand ling of a Lithium Po lymer rechar geable battery ma y cause leakage, heat , smoke, an e xplosion, or fire . This co uld cause det erioration of performanc e or failure. This ma y also damage the protection device installed in the battery pa ck. This could damage [...]

16 Two Year Warranty for Your DYMO Product Your electroni c DYMO product is sold with a 2-year warran ty from the date of purchase against defec ts in material and workmanship. DYMO will repair or replace your produ ct free of charge on the following condit ions: 1 Products re turned un der this warr anty must be accompanied by a descrip tion of th[...]