Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product KL-8200 Casio
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KL-8200 User ’ s Guide.
E-1 Important Safety Precautions Note of the following safety precautions before using the label printer for the first time. Keep these safety precautions and operating instructions on hand for future reference.
E-2 • Avoid leaving the unit on a kitchen table, next to a humidifier , or in any other area where it might come into contact with oil vapors or steam. Such conditions create the danger of fire and electri- cal shock. • Never place heavy objects on the unit.
E-3 Contents Important Safety Precautions ...................... E-1 Quick Reference ............................................ E-2 Part 1 Getting Acquainted ........................... E-4 Important Precautions .....................................
E-4 T o store a bar code ............................................ E-23 T o recall a bar code from memory ..................... E-23 T o delete a bar code from memory .................... E-23 NUMBERING .............................................
E-5 Bottom General Guide Front Replacing the Cover if it Comes Off If the cover comes off, replace it as shown in the illustra- tion nearby . T ake care to avoid damaging the tabs and hinges when installing the cover . Power Keys Turn power on and off.
E-6 • Use only an adaptor , and make sure the adaptor has the same voltage rating as the household current in your area. Using a wrong adaptor can damage your label printer . • Be sure to turn the label printer off before you connect the adaptor .
E-7 Important! Never try to push the tape back into the cas- sette. Once tape is out of the cassette, there is no way to wind it back in. T rying to do so can cause operational prob- lems with the label printer . T o load a tape cartridge 1. Make sure the label printer is turned off.
E-8 Use u and i to move the highlighting to the item you want to select and then press SET . Press ESC to clear the SET UP menu without selecting anything. The following sections explain how to use most of the SET UP menu items. See page E-12 for details on using DEF AUL T FONT , page E-1 1 for how to use INPUT , and page E-19 for DENSITY .
E-9 Shift indicator This indicator appears when you press the SHIFT key . While this indicator is on the display , the keyboard is shifted, so the letter keys input the opposite of their current upper-case/lower- case setting. The number keys input the punctuation symbols marked in the upper right corners of the keys.
E-10 2. Use u and i to move the highlighting to the item you want to select and then press SET . • Pressing SET causes a menu of symbols, dingbats, number formats, or characters to appear . • T o clear the SYMBOL menu without selecting anything, press ESC .
E-11 2. Use u and i to move the highlighting to “ RECALL ” and then press SET . 3. Use u , i , t and y to select the user character you want and then press SET . T o delete a user character 1. Press FUNC and then ILLUST (USER CHR). 2. Use u and i to move the highlighting to “ DELETE ” and then press SET .
E-12 Part 5 Character Attributes and T ext Effects The operations in this part of the manual explain how to change fonts and character styles. These characteristics are called “character attributes”. It also tells you how to assign such text effects as underlining, shading, and box printing to text.
E-13 T o change the character styles 1. While there is text on the display , press STYLE . – – – – – E L Y T S – – – – L A M R O N D L O B E N I L T U O W O D A H S D E S I A R 2. Use u and i to highlight the style you want to change to and then press SET .
E-14 T o change the text effect for specific characters 1. After performing the two steps under “ T o assign text ef- fects ” , use u and i to highlight “ CHARACTER ” and then press SET . 2. Move the cursor to the start character from which you want to change the text effect and then press SET to register your selection.
E-15 About the format menu The format that appears in the following procedure uses symbols to indicate character sizes in each line of text. The formats that appear depend on the width of the tape loaded in the label printer and the number of lines in the block of text where the cursor is located when you press the SIZE key .
E-16 T o cancel superscripting and subscripting 1. While there is superscripted or subscripted text on the display , press SIZE . 2. Use u and i to highlight “ SUPER/SUB ” and then press SET . 3. Use u and i to highlight “ CANCEL ” and then press SET .
E-17 T o create a block Example: T o input the text “ ABXYZ Computer Company ” and create two blocks: “ ABXYZ ” and “ Computer Company ” . 1. Input the text. 2. Move the cursor to the space between “ ABXYZ ” and “ Computer Company ” .
E-18 All T ext Operations The procedures in this section control the following param- eters for all of the text on the display . • Mirror printing (mirror , normal) • Proportional character spacin.
E-19 Part 8 Printing This part of the manual includes all the information you need to print tapes. Note The following information covers basic printing pro- cedures only .
E-20 T o specify frames around each character 1. Input the text you want to frame. 2. Press FRAME . – – – – – E M A R F – – – – 1 E T C A R A H C H C A E – 3. Use u and i to move the highlighting to “ EACH CHAR- ACTER ” and press SET .
E-21 2. Use u and i to move the highlighting to “ ST ORE ” and then press SET . m c 8 . 4 1 H T G N E L m m 8 1 H T D I W A ? E M A N 3. Input up to five characters for the name of the label, and then press SET . C S E / T E S ? E R O T S % 0 2 Y R O M E M D E S U – – – – T U O Y A L – – – – 4.
E-22 12. Use u and i to move the highlighting to “ EXIT ” and then press SET . 13. Press SET to end the operation. T o store an original layout 1. Perform steps 1 through 10 under “ T o create a new origi- nal layout ” to create the layout. 2.
E-23 • Always test bar codes produced using this label printer before actually using them. If bar codes cannot be read properly , try adjusting the print density (page E-19) or us- ing a larger character size. EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E The following applies to EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, and UPC- E bar codes.
E-24 2. Use u and i to move the highlighting to “ NEW ” and press SET . 4 3 2 1 m c O T U A H T G N E L H T D I W m m 8 1 3. Use t and y to move the highlighting to the number of the format you want and then press SET . S N A S R E B M U N a m c O T U A H T G N E L H T D I W 1 m m 8 1 4.
E-25 T o change the week’s starting day 1. While a calendar is on the display , press FORM . – – – – – M R O F – – – – – T A M R O F L L A R A D N E L A C 2. Use u and i to move the highlighting to “ CALENDAR FORMA T ” and then press SET .
E-26 5. Use u and i to move the highlighting to “ EXIT ” and then press SET . 6. Press SET to end the operation. T o recall a stamp label from memory 1. While the ST AMP menu is on the display , use u and i to move the highlighting to “ RECALL ” and then press SET .
E-27 • The optional F A-900 makes it possible for you to use the label printer to print data created on your personal com- puter . Importing Data from an SF Unit Use the following procedure to send data to the label printer from a SF Unit. T o connect the SF Unit to the label printer 1.
E-28 • If you do not want to receive and append any more data items, skip steps 4 and 5. 5. Repeat step 3 to receive more data. • The “ ! ” indicator means that data items will be printed one at a time. If you want to print all of the received data items at once, press B to change “ ! ” to “ A ” .
E-29 • Use a tape width of at least 18mm when received data item character size is increased vertically by a factor of two. • None of the following functions can be used with received data: frames.
E-30 ENLARGED Label Measurements Illustrations Symbols, Dingbats, and Special Characters ● SYMBOL ● DINGBA T ● NUMBER ● GREEK, RUSSIAN Frames ● ALL TEXT ● EACH CHARACTER Fonts 24 mm 18 mm .
E-31 Bar Code Specifications *1 The check digit is automatically calculated in accordance with input data. For EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, and ITF , the check digit is appended at the end of the printed digits. For CODE39 and CODABAR, the check digit is appended one digit before the final digit (when a check digit is used).
E-32 • • • • • Data Communication Only blank spaces were input. Input the text you want to print. T ape comes out when PRINT is pressed, but nothing is printed on it.
E-33 Message Cause and Recommended Action T ext being printed with a frame does not fit within a fixed-length tape. Shorten the text or change the tape length. Print operation attempted when memory is not initialized. Perform the reset operation and try again.
E-34 Specifications Model: KL-8200 Input Keyboard Layout: T ypewriter (QWERTY) Character T ypes Alpha (English and other languages): 52 (A~Z, a~z), 99 ( Á , ß , Ç , W etc.
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