Dymo 400 Turbo - Manual

1 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on purchasing a DYMO label printer. After just a short time, you will realize how many of your daily tasks will be simplified by using the label printer. Your label printer will help you to address letters; label file folders, CD/DVDs, video cassettes, packag...

Introduction 2 In its original packaging, the label shelf life is 18 months. When labels are used for short-term applications (envelopes, packages, and so on), fading is not a problem. When labels are used to label files in a file cabinet, fading is very gradual over many years. Labels applied to th...

3 Chapter 2 Getting Started DYMO Label Software is a general-purpose label printing program that is specifically designed to help you get the most benefit from your LabelWriter printer. The program includes: • Many pre-designed labels for commonly used tasks • A built-in Designer you can use to crea...

Getting Started 4 The first time you open DYMO Label Software, you are prompted to register the software. See "Registering the Software" on page 2. You are also asked to enter your return address and select a default logo, such as your company’s logo. Creating a New Label This tutorial guide...

Creating a New Label 5 Choosing a Label File The first step is to choose a label file as the basis for your new label. To choose a label file 1 Select the arrow next to the Label Files drop-down list. A list of the most recently used label files appears. If necessary, click More to access all the pr...

Creating a New Label 7 Changing the Return Address Next, you change the return address. To enter a return address 1 Click the text in the label’s upper-right corner. The flashing cursor appears where the default text had been. 2 Enter the following text: COMPUTEK EUROPE B.V.Max Euwelaan 1043046 MA R...

Getting Started 8 2 Enter the following address. Elsbeth MeijjerAirportplein 7NL-3045 AP ROTTERDAMThe Netherlands Elsbeth Meijjer’s address now appears as the recipient’s address on the label. Changing the Font You may want to modify the font used for the recipient address or return address. To chan...

Creating a New Label 9 Saving the Label Now that you have created your shipping label, you can save it as a label file. Saved labels will automatically appear in the Label Files drop-down list. To save the label 1 Click on the Main toolbar. The Save File dialog box appears. 2 Enter MyShip as the new...

11 Chapter 3 Using the Label Designer The Label Editor allows you to easily design labels for your specific needs using a simple-to-use Label Designer. You can also modify any of the pre-designed label files included with the software. The Designer allows you to change the appearance and content of ...

Creating a New Label File 13 You can choose from many standard barcode symbologies, including Code 39, Code 128, Codabar, UPC A/E, EAN 8/13, ITF-14, POSTNET, PLANET, and Interleaved 2 of 5 barcodes.You can choose to include or exclude human-readable text (alphanumeric information) and specify the fo...

Using the Label Designer 14 To open an existing label file 1 Click . The Open File dialog box appears. 2 Select the file you wish to open and click Open . The label opens in the label workspace. Adding an Object When you place a new object on a label, the new object displays certain default settings...

15 Chapter 4 Working with Lists DYMO Label Software includes a built-in Address Book that allows you to maintain lists of addresses routinely used to generate labels. Additionally, if you have Mac OS version 10.2 or later, you can print labels using the addresses already stored in your Mac OS addres...

Working with Lists 16 Using the Address Book The Address Book is displayed in a panel at the bottom of the DYMO Label main window. You can display or hide the panel using the Address Book button on the Action bar. To display the Address Book Click or select Open from the Address Book menu. The last ...

Creating a New List 17 To insert address data into a label with multiple variable objects 1 Select the list entries you wish to print.The Pick Variable Object dialog box appears listing the objects available on the current label. 2 Select the object you want to link to the Address Book and then clic...

Working with Lists 18 Using the Mac OS Address Book (Macintosh) If you are running Mac OS version 10.2 or later, you can print addresses you already have stored in the Mac OS address book. However, unlike the built-in Address Book, you cannot add or change the addresses in the Mac OS address book fr...

19 Chapter 5 Printing Labels Using Smart Paste The Smart Paste command allows you to quickly print multiple labels from a list created in a word processing, spreadsheet, or other similar program. The text and address objects can be used to print text from other applications. For the text object, you...

Printing Labels Using Smart Paste 20 NOTE The separator character may be different for countries other than the United States. When using Smart Paste, the list separator character is based on the Windows list separator (or regional setting) being used. For example, the following lines of text (delim...

Printing Multiple Labels Using Smart Paste 21 However, the following three lines of text contain no blank lines. So, Smart Paste will print three one-line labels. Printing Multiple Labels Using Smart Paste When you use Smart Paste to print multiple labels, the labels will be formatted using the font...

Printing Labels Using Smart Paste 22 4 Select Smart Paste , and then From File from the Edit menu. The File Open dialog box appears. 5 Navigate to and open the file you exported as CSV or text.A dialog box appears telling you how many labels will be printed. 6 Click Yes . The labels begin printing.

23 Chapter 6 Using the LabelWriter Printer with Other Applications This chapter describes how to use your LabelWriter printer with other application programs. The chapter covers: • Printing labels from Microsoft Word using the Word Add-In. • Printing labels using other Add-Ins for Windows applicatio...

Using the LabelWriter Printer with Other Applications 24 To start using the Word Add-in 1 Open Microsoft Word and type an address. 2 Click on the Word toolbar or select DYMO LabelWriter from the Tools menu. The DYMO LabelWriter dialog box appears with the address from your document automatically pla...

Printing Directly from Other Applications 25 If the LabelWriter tool button appears in your Outlook toolbar automatically, you can begin using the Add-In. If a tool button is not present, you’ll need to enable the Outlook Add-In from the Outlook Add-In Manager. To enable the Outlook Add-In 1 Choose ...

27 Chapter 7 Using the Tape Editor The DYMO Label Software Tape Editor is used to design and print labels on DYMO tape printers, such as the LabelWriter Duo or the LabelManager PCII. Using the Tape Editor, you can print text on your D1 tape labels in a variety of fonts, sizes, and styles. You can ad...

Using the Tape Editor 28 Designing a Label In this section, we will show you how to print a label for a file folder tab using the Tape Editor. You can format the label text and then save the label for future use. When designing a label, the first items to consider are the width of the label tape ont...

Using the Tape Editor 30 Additional Formatting Features To further customize your labels, you can add borders, symbols, graphics, barcodes, and even date and time stamps. You can also choose to print the label vertically. Adding Borders You can choose to add one of several pre-defined borders to you...

Designing a Label 31 The Symbol dialog box appears. 3 Choose the font that contains the special character you wish to insert from the Font drop-down list.The Symbol, Dingbats, and Wingdings fonts contain many unique characters you can add to your labels. 4 Select the symbol you wish to insert and cl...

Using the Tape Editor 32 To add an outline effect to your text with a fill pattern 1 Highlight the text on your label to which you wish to apply an outline effect. 2 Select Font from the Format menu. The Font dialog box appears. 3 Select Outline under Effects . 4 Select a fill pattern from the Fill ...

Designing a Label 33 Adding Graphics You 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, PNG, TIF, WMF, or EMF. When inserted on the label, the graphic will be scaled automatically to the size of the surrounding text wh...

Using the Tape Editor 34 3 Type the text you wish displayed as a barcode in the Data field. 4 Select the type of barcode from the Symbology drop-down menu. 5 Select whether you want the actual text to appear above the barcode, below the barcode or not at all under Human Readable Text . 6 If you sele...

Using the Tape Editor 36 7 Select the label size you have loaded in the printer from the Paper size drop-down list. The width and height values should now match the values for that label size shown in Table 1. 8 Select Landscape under Orientation and click OK . 9 Click to print the label. Print Sett...

Print Settings 37 To change the chain print setting 1 Select Options from the Edit menu. The Options dialog box appears. 2 Select one of the following: • Cut each label as printed — Automatically cuts each label after printing. • Print cut marks between labels — Prints labels in a continuous stream ...

Using the Tape Editor 38 The Options dialog box appears. 2 Select an alignment from the Label Alignment drop-down list. 3 Click OK to apply the new setting. Continuous Mode Printing Continuous mode printing prints multiple labels with no space between the labels. This is especially helpful for conse...

41 Chapter 8 Maintenance and Troubleshooting This chapter describes how to take care of your LabelWriter printer and offers suggestions for identifying problems that can occur when you using the printer. If you can’t solve a problem, this chapter also describes how to contact DYMO for technical supp...

Maintenance and Troubleshooting 42 Performing a Printer Self-Test If you experience problems with broken characters or other print quality issues, you should perform a printer self-test. The self-test verifies that all elements of the print head are in working condition. To perform a self test for t...

Obtaining Technical Support 43 Contacting DYMO DYMO maintains an Internet Web site, www.dymo.com , that offers support for each printer. The following table provides a list of telephone numbers to reach DYMO Sales and Support departments. You can also reach DYMO at www.dymo.com . Country Telephone S...

45 Appendix A Technical Specifications This section gives the printer specifications for all the printers. You will also find information on DYMO’s Software Development Kit which will allow you to use the LabelWriter printer and software with your application. LabelWriter Printer Specifications 300 ...

Technical Specifications 46 Tape Printer Technical Specifications LabelWriter Duo (Tape Printer) LabelManager PC II LabelManager 450 LabelPoint 350 Print Method Thermal Transfer Print Resolution 180 dpi (7.09 dots per mm) Print Speed 0.4" (10 mm) per second Maximum Print Height 0.71" (18.1 m...

Developer and SDK Information 47 Developer and SDK Information DYMO provides various types of information designed to help developers create products that work with the LabelWriter printers and DYMO Label Software. Below are some notes for those interested in developing products that work with Label...

49 Index A adding barcodes 33 borders 30 date and time 32 graphics 33 special characters 30 special fonts 31 address book About 15 creating new 17 opening lists 17 rotating names 17 using Mac OS address book 18 address objects 12 placing new 14 alignment, label 37 B barcode objects 12 placing new 14...