User manual CASIO KL-8200

[. . . ] KL-8200 User's Guide 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. About safety precaution symbols The following symbols are used in this manual and on the product itself to alert you and others to the risk of personal and material injury. Warning This symbol indicates an item that can result in death or serious personal injury if ignored. Caution This symbol indicates an item that can result in serious personal injury or material damage if ignored. Serious malfunction · Continued use of the unit when smoke or a strange odor is coming from it creates the danger of electrical shock. [. . . ] The character size indicator shows the current size setting for the character where the cursor is located. 9mm tape, 1 line of text 1×1 2×2 Important!You can use preset formats to specify character sizes for lines of text only when there is no character size specification already made inside of the text. If you press the SIZE key while the cursor is located inside of a block that already contains a character size indicator, the FORMAT item will be dimmed on the SIZE menu, which means it cannot be selected. About Auto Sizing If you do not specify a character size, the label printer automatically selects the optimum size in accordance with the width of the tape you are using. If you are using frames (page E-19), characters are automatically balanced with the type of frame being used. The following are examples of how auto sizing works. (See page E-19) E-15 Superscript and Subscript These menu options let you quickly and easily superscript or subscript text. The label printer automatically adjusts the size of the superscripted or subscripted text to balance it with the text to which it is appended. Note that the Dingbats, the special numbers and the Greek and Russian characters of the SYMBOL menu cannot be superscripted or subscripted. To cancel superscripting and subscripting 1. While there is superscripted or subscripted text on the display, press SIZE. Use u and i to highlight "SUPER/SUB" and then press SET. Use u and i to highlight "CANCEL" and then press SET. Select the range of characters for which you want to cancel superscripting or subscripting. Use the same procedures as those described following step 3 under "To superscript or subscript characters". Auto Feed (with side spaces) Manual Feed (no side spaces) To superscript or subscript characters 1. While there is text on the display, press SIZE. ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ S I ZE ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ S I ZE F OR M A T SUPER / SUB Part 7 FORM Menu Functions This part of the manual describes how to use the FORM menu to layout your text exactly the way you want it on the label. With the FORM menu, you can control character pitch, text blocks, text alignment, and a wide range of other features. Label Length The label length is the print area, plus the side spaces. Settings you make for side spaces, block spacing, and mirror printing affect the entire label length. Using the Layout Display You can check the layout of your label at any time using the layout display. The layout display shows all of the graphics and text elements that make up your label to give you a general idea of how the label is laid out. 2. Use u and i to highlight "SUPER/SUB" and then press SET. ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ S I ZE ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ SUPER / SUB ­ SUP ERSCR I P T SUB SCR I P T CANCE L Fundamentals of Label Layout Before we actually begin our discussion about how to layout a tape, we should first define a few terms. Blocks A block is text that is enclosed between two block marks ( ). Note that the first (far left) block does not require a block mark at the beginning, and the last (far right) block does not require a block mark at the end. If there are no block marks, all of the text is treated as a single block. You can individually specify the length of each block, as well as the pitch and the number of lines of inside each block. Print Area The print area is the actual area of a label that contains printed text. [. . . ] Text being printed does not fit within a fixed-length tape. Shorten the text or change the tape length. Message TEXT DOES NOT FIT! Cause and Recommended Action Text 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. [. . . ]