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ii Notices : The information in this document is subject to change without notice. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS MADE WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. No liability is assumed for errors contained...
Page 3 - iii; Table of Contents
iii Table of Contents Section 1: Getting Started ...............................................................................1 A. Choosing a Good Location ................................................................1 B. Unpacking and Inspection....................................................
Page 5 - Getting Started 1; Section 1: Getting Started; THANK YOU...; TOC
Getting Started 1 Section 1: Getting Started THANK YOU… ...for choosing an LX900 Color Label Printer. The LX900 Printer will print razor-sharp text and barcodes, vibrant colors, and even stunning photo-realistic photographs directly onto rolls of labels, card stock and a variety of other approved me...
Page 6 - Getting Started; B. UNPACKING AND INSPECTION
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 are included in the supply box: • Power Adapter • Separate Po...
Page 7 - C. IDENTIFYING THE PARTS; Pause Button; Getting Started 3
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...
Page 8 - Getting Started; This illustration shows the input ports and power switch found; Recommended PC Specifications; For optimal printing speed you must have a PC with the
4 Getting Started This illustration shows the input ports and power switch found on the rear panel of the printer. This illustration shows the interior of the printer. D. COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS Recommended PC Specifications For optimal printing speed you must have a PC with the following recommende...
Page 9 - Label Stock; Section 2: Label Stock; ROLL SPECIFICATIONS
Label Stock 5 Section 2: Label Stock A. LABEL AND ROLL SPECIFICATIONS A wide variety of label stock can be used in the Printer. Refer to the specifications and settings in the following sections before ordering custom stock from Primera or any stock from another company. Important! Test all custom m...
Page 10 - continuous; ordering large quantities!
6 Label Stock Max Min Label width 8.25" (209mm) 0.75" (19mm) Liner/media width 8.375" (212mm) 1.5" (38mm) Label height/length 17" (431mm) 0.75" (19mm) Gap between labels 10" (253mm) 0.10 (2.5mm) Width of thru-hole 0.5" (12.65mm) 0.25" (6.325mm) openingDistance fro...
Page 11 - Roll Specifications; Label Side Out
Label Stock 7 Roll Specifications Label Side Out Core I.D. Core O.D. Roll O.D. 3” 6” Label Stock LX900.qxd 1/14/2010 12:40 PM Page 7 TOC INDEX TOC TOC INDEX
Page 12 - Lift Here
8 Label Stock B. INSTALLING LABEL STOCK The following steps will guide you through loading label stock in your printer:Make sure power is connected and printer is on.1. Open the Top Cover. 2. Lower the Roll Guide and pull it outward to make room for your label stock. Lift Here LX900.qxd 1/14/2010 12...
Page 13 - Roll Guide
Label Stock 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 the inner workings of the print mechanism and cause a media ja...
Page 14 - almost; The label stock should be close enough to the Fixed and; Fixed Throat Guide
10 Label Stock 6. Pull the Movable Throat Guide outward to make room for the label stock. 7. Place the leading edge of the 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 Mo...
Page 15 - Circular Labels; Label Stock Sensor Slide
Label Stock 11 C. ADJUSTING THE LABEL STOCK TOF (TOP OF FORM) SENSOR If you are using label stock other than standard square / rectangular diecut labels such as circular die-cut labels or through-hole stock use the instructions below to adjust the position of the label stock sensor. The sensor can b...
Page 17 - Die Cut
Label Stock 13 D. SET THE STOCK SENSOR MODE The stock sensor mode refers to the method the printer will use to detect the print starting position for each label. To adjust the stock sensor mode, open the PTStatus program. PTStatus automatically installs with your printer driver and can be accessed t...
Page 18 - Continuous; sensor type
14 Label Stock Continuous . (Sensor off) If you have continuous stock with no die-cut, reflective mark or holes, set the sensor type to Continuous. This will turn off the stock sensor. It this mode there is no way to set the print starting position. The printer will simply start printing the first l...
Page 19 - Present labels
Label Stock 15 There are two different output modes: Present labels ? - Yes (Default). This setting will cause the printer to feed the last label printed forward so that it and the previously printed labels can be torn off using the tear bar. If no other jobs are sent to the printer within one secon...
Page 20 - Ink Cartridges; Section 3: Ink Cartridges
16 Ink Cartridges Section 3: Ink Cartridges (Status Monitor) PTStatus or Status Monitor is used to interact with the printer for gathering ink levels, maintenance, alignment, cost calcula- tion and several other functions. PTStatus automatically installs with your printer driver and can be accessed ...
Page 26 - Printing; USING NICELABEL; New Label Icon
22 Printing Section 4: Printing 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 to guide you through cr...
Page 27 - Finish
Printing 23 b. Select your printer. This should be the Color Label Printer 900. 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, then m...
Page 29 - Section 3B. Creating Barcodes in NiceLabel
Printing 25 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. Creating ...
Page 30 - NiceLabel accepted file formats; NiceLabel. This feature is available in upgraded versions.; Open
26 Printing 5. Now insert a Picture. Click on the Picture 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. NiceLabel accepted fi...
Page 32 - Define
28 Printing 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 entering y...
Page 34 - Human Readable Tab
30 Printing 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 the pull-d...
Page 35 - Label Size
Printing 31 C. PRINTING FROM OTHER PROGRAMS Since this printer uses a standard Windows printer driver you can print from any application you would like. There are just a few things to remember that will make it much easier. 1. Set the Page/ Label Size in the Driver. NiceLabel auto matically prompts ...
Page 37 - Tear off Position; fixed throat guide; TOF
Printing 33 Adjust print alignment using the Status Monitor. Go to the Alignment Tab (third tab). Three items can be adjusted here: • Tear off Position . This value adjusts the position of the last label printed after it has been presented for tear off. This only applies if the output mode is set to...
Page 38 - Left Margin Offset
34 Printing You may have to make several adjustments to one or more of these values. After each adjust- ment you can click the Test but- ton to print a small test pattern on the label. This will help you find the proper alignment value. E. CREATING A FULL BLEED PRINT 1. If you are having trouble mak...
Page 39 - PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS
Printing 35 TOF . Decrease the Top of form by 10. This will cause the printer to start printing before the label and ensure a fully printed label. Note: It is best to over bleed as little as possible to avoid excess ink on the label backing. Also, over bleeding too much will cause the printer to ski...
Page 40 - Start; Color Label 900 Icon and select Printing Preferences from the
36 Printing To find Driver Settings: Click the Start button, choose Printers and Faxes (XP), Printers (Vista), Devices and Printers (Windows 7) . Right-click on the Color Label 900 Icon and select Printing Preferences from the drop-down menu. The preferences screen will appear. NOTE on PC Settings :...
Page 41 - Portrait; Print Quality
Printing 37 Paper Size If you are using NiceLabel, this setting is adjusted during the label setup wizard. If you are using a program other than NiceLabel you will need to set this to the dimensions of your label. Keep in mind that the dimensions are always relative to the width and height of the ac...
Page 44 - Troubleshooting and Maintenance; Section 5: Troubleshooting and; PRINT ALIGNMENT; Image is Vertically Offset; Alignment; Nonstandard / Non-translucent Backing Material
40 Troubleshooting and Maintenance Section 5: Troubleshooting and Maintenance A. SOLVING PRINT ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS Image is Vertically Offset The LX900 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...
Page 45 - Insufficient Label Gap Distance.
Troubleshooting and Maintenance 41 backing, try label stock that has a black mark on the back to show where the label begins. You will need to change the Stock Sensor Mode in the Status Monitor. 3. Insufficient Label Gap Distance. See Section 2A for label specifications. 4. Page Size is Bigger than ...
Page 46 - Clean the Printhead
42 Troubleshooting and Maintenance Page Size. Often the page size is not large enough for the label. If this is the case you may see white space on the right (printers left) side of the the label and no image over-lap on the opposite side. This indicates that the page size needs to be increased. Inc...
Page 47 - Clean the Maintenance Station.
Troubleshooting and Maintenance 43 print quality. Align the printhead by opening the PTStatus Monitor. Click on the Align Printhead button on the Cartridge Utilities Tab (second tab). Follow the onscreen prompts to load your paper for alignment. 5. Clean the Maintenance Station. Clean the maintenanc...
Page 48 - Source File Image Mode.; COLOR MATCHING
44 Troubleshooting and Maintenance 8. Media. Make sure your label stock is inkjet printable. Many thermal label stocks look the same as inkjet but do not allow the ink to soak into the surface of the media. 9. Source File Image Mode. The image mode of the source file may be set to RGB instead of CMY...
Page 49 - Resolution; dpi; 2 DPI Image printed with the LX900
Troubleshooting and Maintenance 45 2. Resolution . Resolution is measured in dots per inch or dpi . 300 dpi is sufficient to get the best possible quality from most images. A 72 DPI image will look fine on screen but WILL NOT print well. Graphics and logos found on web- sites are typically 72 DPI. T...
Page 50 - Media Type
46 Troubleshooting and Maintenance 4. Color Mode. Set the color mode in the source graphic application to CMYK. In most cases this will produce the most accurate color reproduction of the image on screen. However, if CMYK is not producing the desired color matching try changing the source image to R...
Page 52 - A. Automatic Method (THIS WILL FIX MOST QUALITY; Cartridge Utilities Tab
48 Troubleshooting and Maintenance F. CLEANING THE PRINTHEAD It may be necessary to clean the printhead nozzles if you notice reduced print quality, missing colors or if you suspect an cartridge nozzle has become slightly dried out or clogged. Try the following solutions: 1. Secure Cartridges. Make ...
Page 54 - PRINTHEAD / CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE; Notes on Ink Replacement; Semi-Permanent Print Head - Part Number 53450
50 Troubleshooting and Maintenance PRINTHEAD / CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE If you think your cartridge/printhead is defective, please con- tact tech support to arrange for a replacement. Tech support may ask you to perform troubleshooting before sending a replacement cartridge or printhead. Note...
Page 55 - Power
Troubleshooting and Maintenance 51 G. REPLACING THE PRINTHEAD Regular replacement of the printhead is not necessary. However it may become necessary if you notice a gradual decrease in print quality or if some of the print nozzles are still clogged after repeated manual cleanings as described in Sec...
Page 58 - LED; Help
54 Troubleshooting and Maintenance H. INTERPRETING THE PRINTER’S INDICATOR LIGHTS Most error messages will appear on your computer screen via the Status Monitor application. However, if the error prevents communication with the computer the LED lights may be used to help diagnose the problem. LED Ex...
Page 59 - Technical Specifications; Section 6: Technical Specifications; Z-ColorTM Color Matching Software
Technical Specifications 55 Section 6: Technical Specifications Print Method: Thermal inkjet with Primera Imaging Perfection enhancements Print Resolutions: Up to 4800 DPI Print Speeds: Draft Mode: 4.5" per secondNormal Mode: 1.8" per second High Quality Mode: 0.8" per second Print Head:...
Page 60 - Index
56 Index Index Align Printhead ...............................................................................42Alignment Tab .....................................................................13, 16, 40Barcode Wizard .........................................................................24, 28B...
Page 62 - Printed in the United States of America
Printed in the United States of America P/N 511271 LX900.qxd 6/22/2011 6:40 AM Page 60
