Primera LX800 - 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 cartridges.The Pause LED is lit when the p...

4 Getting Started This illustration shows the input ports and power switch found on the rear panel of the printer. D. 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 of Free Hard Drive Space...

Getting Started 5 F. APPLYING 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 protecting power strip. Once the power co...

6 Getting Started b. Plug in USB Cable i. After a few moments Windows will detect the printer and attempt to install the printer driver. You will be prompted with a dialog box like the one shown here: Click “Continue Anyway ”.ii. Once installed the "Color Label Printer" icon will appear in t...

Getting Started 7 Mac Installation 1. Insert the Installation CD into your computer. In a few moments the Color Label Printer Icon should appear on your desktop. 2. Double click on the Color Label Printer Icon.3. To run the installation, click on the ColorLabelSeries.pkg file.4. Follow the on screen...

8 Supplies and Driver Settings Section 2: Supplies and Driver Settings A. ABOUT INK CARTRIDGES AND LABEL MATERIAL (PIGMENT-BASED VS. DYE-BASED INKS, GLOSS VS. PLAIN PAPER) For full-color printing, a 3-color ink cartridge is available. This cartridge contains the three process-color inks of yellow, m...

Supplies and Driver Settings 9 NOTE : All the stock listed on Primera's supply order sheet is semi-gloss or gloss and is meant for use with the Dye-Based Black Ink. You can use other stock if you like. If using plain paper stock, you will most likely have success with the Pigment-Based Black Ink. It...

Supplies and Driver Settings 11 7. Place the leading edge of label stock under the "label stock" symbols on the Throat Guides. The label stock should be placed far enough into the throat of the printer to correctly position the Movable Throat Guide but not yet into the printer itself. The la...

12 Supplies and Driver Settings over the identifying mark. The Sensor Position Adjust tab has a guide in inches and milimeters that will help you identify where to set the tab to align the sensor over any identifying mark. To do this, simply measure from the cen- ter of the hole or mark to the edge ...

Supplies and Driver Settings 13 C. INSTALLING INK CARTRIDGES Your printer has a built-in ink tracking system. This system is designed to warn you if your ink cartridges are low on ink. This ensures your labels will print properly and that the printer can create large batches of labels unattended and...

14 Supplies and Driver Settings 11. Click OK on your screen to indicate the new cartridge is now installed. Once you click OK you will be prompted to align the cartridge. The printer will automatically align the cartridge for you as follows:a. For Alignment you will need to have installed label stoc...

Supplies and Driver Settings 15 e. The printer will print the alignment test and scan it into memory. Once the alignment is complete you will see a confirmation dialogue box on your monitor. Click OK . You have successfully installed the ink cartridges. D. PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Once the printer dr...

Supplies and Driver Settings 17 The following options are present in both the PC and Mac drivers: Label Size This option is set to Custom as a default. Even though you can click Properties and key in the dimensions of your label, this is best done from your labeling software. It is recommended that ...

18 Supplies and Driver Settings Best for Photos mode is best used for photographic images where accurate color reproduction is very essential. Images printed in this mode will look lighter than those printed in Photo mode. Skin tones especially will look more natural in this mode. NOTE: Exact color ...

20 Supplies and Driver Settings Once the sensor "sees" the paper it will automatically feed it into position and will begin to print. c. The printer will print a purge pattern where swaths of each color are printed to clean the jets of the cartridge. A series of diagonal lines are printed in...

22 Using the Printer Section 3: Using the Printer 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 guid...

Using the Printer 23 a. Set the dimensions of your label and unit of measure and click Next . b. Select your printer. This should be the Color Label Printer. Click Finish . 510910.qxd 9/26/2005 2:32 PM Page 23 TOC INDEX

Using the Printer 25 4. Now, insert a barcode. BarcodeTool Icon Barcode Cursor a. Click the Barcode Tool Icon from the Toolbox. 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...

26 Using the Printer c. Click Define to change the type of Barcode or to make changes to the options associated with your particular type of barcode. You will also want to set the Symbol Height and X Expansion Factor d. Click the Human Readable tab to change the font that prints under your barcode 5...

Using the Printer 27 e. Click OK , then click Finish and your Barcode will be placed on your label with "Edit Handles" to allow you to move and resize your barcode. Graphics Tool Icon Graphics Cursor 5. Now insert a graphic . Click on the Graphics Tool Icon in the toolbox. You will now see a...

28 Using the Printer a. Click Open and the graphic will be imported with edit handles so you can easily move and resize your graphic. b. There are other tools at your disposal to align the object or add shapes. On the right side of the screen you will see alignment tools so you can align the objects...

Using the Printer 29 c. You are now ready to print your label. Click File then Print from the main menu. Choose your number of copies and click OK . Congratulations! You have successfully created and printed your first label. The rest of this section will explain in more detail how to use barcode la...

30 Using the Printer ii. Click Define to change the type of Barcode. iii. This contains four tabs, General , Check Digit , Human Readable and Details . iv. The General Tab (shown on page 27) allows you to choose the appropriate barcode type from the Available barcodes : menu. You can choose one- or ...

Using the Printer 31 Available barcode types are listed here: EAN and UPC EAN-8, EAN-8 + 2-digit supplement, EAN-8 + 5-digit supplement, EAN-13, EAN-13 + 2-digit supplement, EAN-13 + 5-digit supplement, EAN-14, DUN-14, UPC Case Code, UPC-A, UPC-A + 2-digit supplement, UPC-A + 5-digit supplement, UPC...

32 Using the Printer vi. The Human Readable Tab allows you to manipulate the human readable text printed with your barcode. Here you can disable Human Readable, select position (above or below the barcode), include a check digit, and choose your font type and scaling. vii. The Details Tab allows you...

Troubleshooting and Maintenance 39 Section 4: Troubleshooting and Maintenance A. CLEANING THE PRINTER It may be necessary to clean the ink cartridge nozzles if the your labels are printing with horizontal banding or if you suspect an ink cartridge nozzle has become slightly dried out or clogged. Ref...

Label Specifications 41 Media Width Distance from edge of Media Label Height Gap Between Labels Width of Opening Label Width Through- hole (Optional) Stripe Width Stripe Length Black Stripe Section 5 : Label Specifications Max Min Label width 8.25" (210mm) 0.75" (19mm) Media width 8.5" (...

42 Technical Specifications Section 6 : Technical Specifications Print Method : Inkjet Print Resolutions : 4800 x 1200 dpi, 1200 x 1200 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi Print Speeds : Approximately 2" (51mm) per second for black Approximately 1.5" (38mm) per second for color + black Approximately 10" ...

44 Index Index Alignment Tool ...............................................................................28Applying Power................................................................................5Available Barcode Types in NiceLabel ......................................31Barcode Wizard .....