Primera LX200 - Manual

Getting Started 1 Section 1: Getting Started THANK YOU… ...for choosing an LX200 Label Printer. The LX200 Printer will print razor-sharp text and barcodes directly onto rolls of labels, card stock and fan-fold stock. This User's Manual is your complete step-by-step guide to quickly and easily settin...

2 Getting Started B. UNPACKING AND INSPECTION While unpacking your printer, inspect the carton to ensure that no damage has occurred during shipping. Make sure that all supplied accessories are included with your unit. The following items should be included: • Printer • Power Adapter • Separate Powe...

C. IDENTIFYING THE PARTS This illustration shows the front of the printer with its control buttons and LED indicator lights. The Pause Button pauses the printer AFTER the printing of the current label has finished to allow for loading of label stock and ink cartridge.The Power LED indicates that the...

4 Getting Started This illustration shows the input ports and power switch found on the rear panel of the printer. D. COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS Minimum PC Specifications For optimal printing speed you must have a PC with the following minimum specifications:• Pentium IV Processor• 512 MB of RAM• 5 GB ...

Hardware and Software Settings 5 Section 2: Hardware and Software Setup A. INSTALLING THE PC SOFTWARE The Installer Disc has a menu that will guide you through the process of setting up your duplicator. Please refer to the following for more information on each step:1. Place the Installer CD in your...

6 Hardware and Software Settings If you are using a PC, after a few moments, Windows will tell you it has found new hardware and is looking for software to install it. Select "Install the software automatically" and click Next . You may see a notice like the one shown here stating that the P...

Hardware and Software Settings 7 D. INSTALLING LABEL STOCK Your printer will utilize a wide variety of paper label stock. As long as the label stock is paper and can receive ink jet printing and is within the allotted size, it will work in the printer. Primera carries a large variety of paper label ...

8 Hardware and Software Settings 5. Place the leading edge of the label stock between the throat guide and the side of the printer. 6. Feed the label stock further into the printer until it senses the label and automatically feeds it through the printer. If the printer fails to feed the label stock,...

Hardware and Software Settings 9 E. ADJUSTING THE LABEL STOCK TOF (TOP OF FORM) SENSOR If you are using label stock other than standard square / rectangular die cut labels such as circular die-cut labels or through-hole stock use the instructions below to adjust the label stock TOF sensor. Circular ...

10 Hardware and Software Settings Through Hole Labels If you are using card stock or label stock that has a hole punch or a notch to identify a transition from backing to label, you can adjust the Sensor Bar to position it over the identifying mark. The Sensor Bar has a guide in inches and milimeter...

Hardware and Software Settings 11 To adjust the sensor position use a pen to move the slide bar to the correct postion. F. USING FAN-FOLD LABEL STOCK It is possible to use fan-fold label stock by feeding it through the fan-fold slot in the the back of the printer.Before feeding the fan-fold stock th...

12 Hardware and Software Settings G. INSTALLING THE INK CAR TRIDGE Your printer has a built-in ink tracking system. This system is designed to warn you if your ink cartridge is low on ink. This ensures your labels will print properly and that the printer can create large batches of labels unattended...

14 Hardware and Software Settings c. Cut or fold a 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper in half length wise so that it is no wider than 4.25 inches. Pull the the label stock guide all the way out and lock it in place using the instructions in Section 2G. Push the paper into the feed area. Once the prin...

Printing Using a PC 15 Section 3: Printing Using a PC A. USING NICELABEL Your printer ships with a basic version of Niceware's NiceLabel software. This easy-to-use software is designed to allow you to create full color labels with text and barcodes quickly and sim- ply. The following is a tutorial t...

16 Printing Using a PC b. Select your printer. This should be the Label Printer 200. Click Finish . 3. Now you will see your label in the Document Window. You can start to design your label using Tools from the Tool Box. First, we will use the Text Tool.a. Click the Text Tool Icon in your Toolbox, t...

18 Printing Using a PC b. The first screen in the Barcode Wizard will allow you to select the type of Barcode you wish to print. You can also enter the data to be used in the barcode. For this we are doing a simple UPC-A barcode. For more information on other types of barcodes, please see Section 3B...

Printing Using a PC 19 5. Now insert a graphic . Click on the Graphics Tool Icon in the toolbox. You will now see a Graphics Cursor. Drag the cursor to the general area where you wish to place the graphic and click to get an Open dialog box. You will be prompted to browse for graphic files. NiceLabe...

Printing Using a PC 21 B. CREATING BARCODES IN NICELABEL a. Click the Barcode Tool Icon from the Toolbox. b. You will now have a Barcode Cursor that can be positioned anywhere within the Document Window. Position your cursor in the general area where you wish your barcode to print and click to start...

Printing Using a PC 23 When you change the barcode dimension directly from the screen by moving the drag handle, the changed dimension will also appear in this dialog box.Some of the barcode types also allow the definition of Narrow- to-wide bar ratio. It can only be set from the predefined steps in...

24 Printing Using a PC C. PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Once the printer driver has been successfully installed, you will need to setup the driver with the appropriate print options. Refer to the following steps to change or verify your default printer driver preferences. These settings will apply to all ...

Printing Using a PC 25 NOTE on PC Settings : Most applications allow you to change these same printer driver options from their "Print" and/or "Printer Setup" screens. Some applications such as NiceLabel save your settings with the label, others use settings only for the current prin...

26 Printing Using a PC Ink Saturation This option controls the amount of ink used when printing an image. The default setting is 100%. If the ink is not drying fast enough or bleeding, you can decrease the Ink Saturation to lessen the amount of ink that is applied to the label. Cartridge Alignment C...

Printing Using a PC 27 Note: You will be prompted to load label stock of 4"x 4" (101.6 mm x 101.6mm) or larger, into the printer. If you have stock of this size or larger, simply click OK . If not see Section 2H for instructions on loading a test sheet to complete the purge print. The printe...

28 Printing Using a PC Sensor Type Sensor Type refers to the method the printer will use to detect the print starting position for each label. If you are using standard die-cut labels or Through-hole label material where a hole is punched through each label for alignment purposes use the Through-hol...

Printing Using a PC 29 Enable Bi-di Printing This setting defaults to Yes for fastest printing. When enabled you will be required to perform an alignment print after a new cartridge is installed. Offsets If your label is printing horizontally or vertically offset (printing on the liner or with white...

30 Printing Using a PC Top of Form (TOF) This setting allows you to fine tune the print starting position on your label stock. This will be factory calibrated. If fine tun- ing is needed, increase this value to move the image down on the label. Decrease this value to move the image up the label. The...

Troubleshooting 31 Section 4: Troubleshooting A. SOLVING REGISTRATION PROBLEMS Image is Vertically Offset The LX200 decides where to start printing by detecting the start of die-cut label, detecting a black mark on the back or detecting a thru-hole that corresponds to the start of the label.The foll...

32 Troubleshooting 2. Nonstandard / Non-translucent Backing Material . Test the unit with the label sample material that came with the unit. If it prints correctly, your label stock may not be compatible. The label sensor needs to see the difference between a label and a backing material by seeing t...

36 Troubleshooting E. CLEANING THE INK CARTRIDGE It may be necessary to clean the ink cartridge nozzles if you notice reduced print quality, or if you suspect an cartridge nozzle has become slightly dried out or clogged. If you are having print quality problems, follow the steps below:1. Remove the ...

Label and Roll Specifications 37 Section 5: Label and Roll Specifications Max Min Label/Print width 4.25" (108mm) 0.75" (19mm) Liner width 4.25" (108mm) 1" (25.4mm) Label height/length 24" (609.6mm) 0.75" (19mm) Gap between labels 0.75" (19mm) 0.10 (2.5mm) Width of thru-h...

38 Label and Roll Specifications Max Min Distance from edge of 1.90" (48.3mm) 0.20" (5.1mm) media to edge of thru-holeReflective/Black Equal to distance 0.10" (2.5mm) Mark Width* between labels Max Outer Diameter (OD) 5.0"(127mm) N/A Inner Core Diameter (ID) see roll specifications b...

Technical Specifications 39 Section 6: Technical Specifications Print Method : Inkjet Print Resolutions : 4800 x 1200 dpi, 1200 x 1200 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi Accessories: A label cutter (part # 074263) can be connectedto the printer to cut labels as they are fed out of the printer. Ink Cartridge : #5337...

40 Index Index Barcode Wizard ...................................................................17, 18, 21Cartridge Alignment ................................................................13, 26Cleaning Ink Cartridge ..................................................................36Connecting P...

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