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TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. 144 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 800-323-4840 Fax: 800-548-5359 www.TimeMed.com Keystone™ Labeling System Instruction Manual.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 2 Keystone ™ User Manual Getting started with the TimeMed ® Keystone ™ Labeling System T ABLE OF CONTENTS P AGE A. Unpacking Keystone .........................
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 3 A. UNP ACKING KEYSTONE After removing the printer from the packaging material, check the contents.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 4 B. LOADING THE LABEL MEDIA Load label media into the printer as follows: • Open the media cover and lower the Media Hub Guide and Media Guide. • Press in on the Printhead Latch and raise the Printhead Assembly .
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 5 • Slide the Roll Media onto the Media Hub and raise the Media Hub Guide. The Media Hub Guide should be pushed inward so that it is just touching the Roll Media.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 6 • With label media loaded, grasp the Slide T ab and move the Sensor Eye Mark into the center position over label media. 1. ‘Sensor Eye’ Mark 2. Slide T ab C.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 7 The customer will not have to cover the cost of travel and labor related to the service call. Replacement parts will be provided at no charge except for those parts which by their nature are considered consumable (example: ribbons, paper , printheads, etc).
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 8 Returns If necessary , Keystone products may be returned for credit within 30 days from date of invoice. Returned stock products will be subject to a 20% handling/restocking charge.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 9 Y ou will be required to restart your PC when the program installation has completed. The program will not function correctly until your PC has re-started. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 10 Click on “Next” to continue Click on “I accept the terms of the license agreement” to continue.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 11 T ype in the appropriate User and Company Names and click on “Next” to continue Select “English (United S.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 12 Using the drop down menu, select the appropriate printer model (Select the model: M-4206) and click “Next”.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 13 Click “Install” to begin the installation process When the software installation has completed, click on “Finish” to exit When the program installation has nished you will be prompted to restart your PC.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 14 RUNNING THE PROGRAM: Double-click on the Solo Studio icon to run the program or click on the Windows Start Menu and select Program>Solo Studio. Detailed information on the features of the program can be found under Help>Help T opics.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 15 re-check the physical cable connections between the keyboard and the PC. Also re-check the COM port settings: Click on the menu bar on the top section of the program and select Keyboard>Keyboard settings and check that the correct COM port is selected.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 16 Keyboard and the PC (COM 2) BAUD: 57,600 P ARITY : NONE DA T A BIT : 8 ST OP BIT : 1 SHAKE: XON/XOFF Keyboard .
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 17 F . CONNECTING TO A DA T ABASE (OPTION 1 - MICROSOFT EXCEL) 1.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 18 Select “Sheet 1$” Click the check box for “First Row Contains Field Names” Select “Record #” as the eld that uniquely identies each database table row .
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 19 F . CONNECTING TO A DA T ABASE (OPTION 2 - MICROSOFT ACCESS) 1. T o set up a new database in Access, an easy method is to rst create your data in an Excel Spreadsheet format (as shown below) and export the spreadsheet into Access.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 20 • Y ou will now be given the choice to select the primary key , check the “Choose my own Primary Key”.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 21 Select “Record #” as the eld that uniquely identies each database table row . Notice that “Select Record” will be the database prompt. Click on Finish button to complete the database connection process.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 22 G. SETTING UP THE LABELS/BUILDING THE LABEL TEMPLA TE T imeMed’s Keystone product comes pre-installed with T imeMed label formats (20 different formats) and application specic T imeMed label templates (7 different templates) for your convenience.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 23 T o select a different label size, you can change the “Stock Settings” on the right. Click on “Change” and you will be offered a selection of dif ferent label choices to select.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 24 T o verify that the appropriate label type (Direct Thermal/Thermal T ransfer) has been selected in the software, check your printer ’s settings under Settings > Printer .
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 25 There are 3 different options to map each data element (text or barcode): Fixed Data – The information printe.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 26 Map a BARCODE label element to a Database Field 1. Click on the BARCODE element. 2. Map this barcode label element to the Source T ype of “Database” and Field of “Barcode”.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 27 Map a Label element using the Keyboard User Input Y ou can also setup a label format to prompt the user to manually input data with the keyboard.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 28 Other Label Setup Options Y ou can also select the label size manually . T o set the label size to match the labels you have loaded into your printer , click on or go to Stock > Select.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 29 Map a BARCODE label element to a Database Field 1. Click on the BARCODE icon on the left toolbar to add a barcode label element. The “Select Barcode T ype” dialog will pop up.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 30 H. TRANSFERRING LABELS TO THE KEYBOARD Y our labels can be transferred to the keyboard at any time by selecting Keyboard > Keyboard Builder or by clicking on the Keyboard Builder which will show a list of all the labels you have saved on your PC.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 31 Y ou will now be prompted to enter the record you wish to call up. Enter the desired record # and press the enter key . The keyboard will not prompt you for the number of labels you wish to print.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 32 J. FREQUENTL Y ASKED QUESTIONS AND TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS Q. I am not able to install the label software on my computer , the screen says to contact my IT department.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 33 PC and Program Settings Click on the menu and select Keyboard>Keyboard settings and check that the correct COM port is selected.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 34 Y ou will now be back at the main menu. Press the “Menu” button once. Using the “Down arrow” button, scroll down to the “Communications” option and press the “Enter” button once.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 35 K. REFERENCE INFORMA TION: IMPORT ANT : the communication settings MUST BE IDENTICAL between: • The keyboa.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 36 Communication settings on the PC: Click on the menu bar on the top section of the program and select Keyboard>Keyboard settings and check that the correct COM port is selected.
For technical support, please call: 800-323-4840 ext. 290 (M - F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m CST) 37 Cleaning the Printhead If print quality declines (symptoms include non-compliant bar codes, print dropouts, and streaks; see sample label below), the typical cause is debris build-up on the printhead.
TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. - Call Toll Free: 800-323-4840 or visit www.timemed.com 38 TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. 144 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 800-323-4840 Fax: 800-548-5359 www.
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