Primera LX400 - Manual

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 C. CONNECTING POWER 1. Locate the power adapter supplied with your printer. 2. Place one end of the adapter cord into the power port on the rear panel of the printer. 3. Plug the power cord of the adapter into an available wall outlet or surge protect- ing power stri...

Hardware and Software Settings 7 Select "Install the software automatically" and click Next . You may see a notice like the one shown here stating that the Printer has not passed Windows Logo Testing. Click Continue Anyway to continue installing the printer driver for your Publisher. If you ...

8 Hardware and Software Settings 2. Click Add . Select the Color Label 400 from the list of available printers. Click Add again. Note: These instructions and screen captures are for use with OS 10.4.x E. INSTALLING LABEL STOCK Your printer will utilize a wide variety of paper label stock. As long as...

Hardware and Software Settings 9 3. Remove any shipping tape from your label stock roll to ensure that it can unroll freely, making certain that no adhesive portion is exposed. It is important to note that any exposed adhesive surface can attach itself the inner workings of the print mechanism and c...

10 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 11 Circular Labels If you are using Circular Labels you must adjust the Stock sensor to correspond with the very top of the label where the circles are closest together. If the sensor is too far to the right or the left the printer will still sense the label but the im...

12 Hardware and Software Settings To adjust the sensor position use a pen to move the slide bar to the correct postion. G. 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...

Hardware and Software Settings 15 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...

16 Printing Using a PC 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 simply. The following is a tutorial to ...

Printing Using a PC 17 b. Select your printer. This should be the Color Label Printer. 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,...

Printing Using a PC 19 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...

20 Printing Using a PC 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...

22 Printing Using a PC 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...

24 Printing Using a PC 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...

Printing Using a PC 25 C. PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (PC) 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...

26 Printing Using a PC 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...

Printing Using a PC 27 Color Matching Best for Graphics mode is best used for graphical images where accurate color reproduction is not as essential. Images printed in this mode will look more vibrant because more ink is being used to produce them. However, printing images of people may produce skin...

28 Printing Using a PC Clean/Change Cartridge & Check Ink Levels Click this setting to reveal a Properties button. Click Properties and you will see the color ink level as well as buttons allowing you to either clean or change your ink cartridge. If you have printed a label you will see an estim...

Printing Using a PC 29 Change Cartridge Click the Change Cartridge button to move the cartridge into position for easy access for replacement. For more information on this see Section 2H. When installing cartridge you will be prompted to align your cartridge as described earlier in this section. Det...

Printing Using a PC 31 Left Margin Offset This will be factory calibrated. If fine tuning is needed, increase this setting to move the image right on the label; decrease this setting to move the image to the left on the label. The unit of measure is 0.1mm. Top of Form (TOF) This setting allows you t...

32 Printing Using a Macintosh Section 4: Printing Using a Macintosh NOTE: You must set the Printer and Page Setup by clicking on these buttons each time you print. You must perform these steps each time you print even if what you see on the preview screen appears correct. A. PRINTING ON A MAC FROM A...

34 Printing Using a Macintosh 5. Click Print to return to the print preview screen. Now click Page Setup to change the label size set in the printer driver. You must click the Page Setup button every time you print even if the preview screen looks correct. 6. The paper/label size defaults to 4x4 or ...

Printing Using a Macintosh 35 7. Click on the drop down arrow to select a predefined label size or create a custom size by clicking Manage Custom Sizes . For this example there is a 4x3 predefined size. If your label is on the list choose it, click OK and move on to step 10. If your label is not on ...

Printing Using a Macintosh 37 B. CREATING BARCODES ON A MAC You can integrate barcode printing into any application that can print to the printer by using Mac Barcode Maker. Mac Barcode Maker can be purchased from their website at www.barcodeformac.comThis application was tested using Adobe Illustra...

38 Printing Using a Macintosh D. PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (MAC) To find Printer Driver Settings on Mac:1. Click Print from within any printing application. The following screen will appear: 2. Click the Copies and Pages drop down arrow. Choose Label Printer Settings. 510984.qxd 11/21/2006 9:09 AM Pag...

40 Printing Using a Macintosh Config. Utility Click on the Config. Utility to access the following screen. A description of each setting on this screen is below. Clean Cartridge If it has been more than 48 hours since your last print or if your print quality has deteriorated with bands or lines it i...

Printing Using a Macintosh 41 Cartridge Alignment Cartridge alignment will align the Color Cartridge for bidirec- tional printing and calibrate the printer to each individual cartridge. You will automatically be prompted to perform this alignment each time you install a new cartridge. To manually al...

42 Printing Using a Macintosh Tear Off Position If Output Mode (described later in this section) is set to Present, the printer will present your labels over the Tear Bar for easy removal. This tear off position is set at the factory. If fine tuning is needed to align the break in your label stock o...

Printing Using a Macintosh 43 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 Thro...

44 Troubleshooting Section 5: Troubleshooting A. SOLVING REGISTRATION PROBLEMS Image is Vertically Offset The LX400 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...

Troubleshooting 45 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...

Troubleshooting 49 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 ...

50 Label and Roll Specifications Section 6: Label and Roll Specifications Max Min Label/Print width 4.00" (101.6mm) 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...

Label and Roll Specifications 51 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...

52 Technical Specifications Section 7: 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...

Index 53 Index Barcode Wizard ...................................................................18, 19, 22Cartridge Alignment ..........................................................14, 27, 41Cleaning Ink Cartridge ..................................................................49Connecting Pow...

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