Primera LX810 - 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 ” or " Install Anyway ." ii. Once installed the "Color Label Pr...

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 scr...

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) Label Material: Primera’s TuffCoat High Gloss and Semi-Gloss label materials have been specifically designed to be highly abso...

Supplies and Driver Settings 9 NOTE : If you are printing barcodes on your labels it is recommended that you test your combination of label stock and cartridge to make sure the barcodes can be read accurately prior to committing to a large purchase of supplies. B. INSTALLING LABEL STOCK Your printer...

12 Supplies and Driver Settings 8. Slide the Movable Throat Guide inward until it almost touches the label stock. There must be slightly more space between the Throat Guides than the width of the label stock. If the label stock is pinched by the guides, poor print quality or even feeding problems co...

Supplies and Driver Settings 13 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 center of the hole or mark to the edge of...

Supplies and Driver Settings 15 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 sto...

16 Supplies and Driver Settings d. Click OK. 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 t...

Supplies and Driver Settings 17 NOTE on PC Settings : Most applications allow you to change these same printer driver options from their "Print" and/or "Printer Setup" screens. This means that you don't have to go back to the main printer setup window each time you want to change a s...

18 Supplies and Driver Settings 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 ...

Supplies and Driver Settings 19 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 sheet of paper (no wider than 8.25 inches or 209mm) into the print area then click OK to continue. The printer will print an alignment pattern then scan that pattern into memory auto- matically. Once it has finished you will see a dialog box stating that alignment val...

Supplies and Driver Settings 21 b. If not, press the Unload button found on the front of the printer simultaneously to reverse the stock out of the print feed mechanism. Load a sheet of paper, not to exceed 8.25 inches or 209 millimeters in width, into the feed mechanism by pulling the Throat Guide ...

22 Supplies and Driver Settings Sensor Type Sensor Type refers to the method the printer will use to center the print image on your label material. 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 Throug...

Using the Printer 23 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...

24 Using the Printer 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 . 510943.qxd 11/27/2007 11:26 AM Page 24 TOC INDEX

Using the Printer 25 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. Text Tool Icon Text Cursor a. Click the Text Tool Icon in your Toolbox, then move the text cursor over the Document Window a...

26 Using the Printer 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...

Using the Printer 27 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...

28 Using the Printer 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...

Using the Printer 29 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...

30 Using the Printer 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...

Using the Printer 31 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 ...

32 Using the Printer 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...

Using the Printer 33 Base element width (mils) is calculated automatically from the X expansion factor.v. The Check Digit Tab will allow you to include a system automated check digits or enter your own. Check digits can be disabled on some barcodes from this tab as well. vi. The Human Readable Tab a...

34 Using the Printer C. PRINTING ON A MAC FROM ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR 1. Create your document using the File - New command. Set your Width and Height to correspond with the label stock installed in the Printer. 2. Once your document is created and ready to print go to File - Print. The following screen w...

36 Using the Printer 5. Click Print to return to the print preview screen. Now click Page Setup to change the label size set in the printer driver. 6. The paper/label size defaults to 4x6 or whatever was last used. 510943.qxd 11/27/2007 11:27 AM Page 36 TOC INDEX

Using the Printer 37 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 no 5.5 x 4 label predefined so the following step will explain how to create a custom size. 8. To create a custom size click the ...

40 Troubleshooting and Maintenance 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...

Troubleshooting and Maintenance 41 C. BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING Generally, when a malfunction or an abnormal condition occurs, the "PAUSE " LED will keep blinking repeatedly and printing and communication between the host PC and the printer will cease. After the problems have been solved, press ...

Label Specifications 43 Section 5 : Label Specifications Important! Test all custom made label stock with the intended printer before ordering large quantities! Primera will only assume responsibility for custom label stock ordered from Primera. Label Wid t h L in e r Wid t h Dis ta n ce fr o m e dg...

44 Label Specifications Max Min Label width 8.25" (210mm) 0.75" (19mm) Liner width 8.375" (212mm) 1.5" (38mm) Label height/length 24" (609.6mm) 0.75" (19mm) Gap between labels 10" (253mm) 0.10 (2.5mm) Width of thru-hole 0.5" (12.65mm) 0.25" (6.325mm) openingDistan...

Label Specifications 45 Roll Specifications Label Stock 3 in c h e s 6 in c h e s 510943.qxd 11/27/2007 11:27 AM Page 45 TOC INDEX

46 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" ...

48 Auxiliary Port Specifications Section 7: Auxiliary Port Specifications The 6-pin minicircular auxiliary interface is used for connecting the printer with auxiliary equipment such as a Auto Cutter.Pin assignments are as follows: Uses 5v logic @ 5mA - All signals are active low. Pin Number Signal D...

Index 49 Index Alignment Tool ...............................................................................29Applying Power................................................................................5Auxiliary Port ..................................................................................