User manual CASIO KL-C500

[. . . ] KL-C500 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. Serious malfunction Continued use of the unit when smoke or a strange odor is coming from it creates the danger of electrical shock. Immediately turn power off and unplug the power cord from the wall outlet. Request servicing from your original dealer. [. . . ] Neighboring characters with different font settings, may overlap on the printed tape. You can correct for this by changing the PITCH setting on the BLOCK FORMAT menu (see page E-25), or by inputting a space between the overlapping characters. The following table shows how STYLE settings affect illustrations (ILLUST). STYLE SETTING Normal Italic Bold Outline Shadow Raised Italic+Bold Italic+Outline Italic+Shadow Italic+Raised EFFECT ON ILLUSTRATIONS Normal Italic Normal Normal Normal Normal Italic Italic Italic Italic E-18 To find out current character style settings Use the t and y cursor keys to move the cursor around the display. The character style indicator points to the current character style setting for the character where the cursor is located. The K indicator points to the character style that is assigned to the character where the cursor is currectly located. oe indicates combination of a character style with italic (italic-bold, italic-outline, italic-shadow, italic-raised). The following table shows the indicator that appears on the upper-right corner of the STYLE menu. Indicator Meaning Normal Bold Outline Shadow Raised Indicator Meaning Italic Italic-bold Italic-outline Italic-shadow Italic-raised LINE This range specifies application of a text effect for all the text in a specific line. CHARACTER This range specifies application of a text effect for a specific character. Changing STYLE to italic also makes the print length longer. TEXT This range is used to specify text across various lines, etc. A TEXT range specification must begin and end with in the same block. To assign text effects Text Effects You get a choice of three text effects: shading, underline, and box. Effects can be used in combination with each other. The text effects are applied to text on the display, in addition to the printed text. 1. While there is text on the display, press EFFECT. About text effect ranges As with fonts and character styles, you can specify a range for your text effect specifications. The following shows an example for each of the ranges available for text effects. BLOCK This range specifies application of a text effect for all the text in a specific block. See page E-25 for details about how to use blocks. Example: Box 2. Use u and i to highlight the effect you want and then press SET. What you should do next depends on the range you want to use. To change the text effects for blocks of text 1. After performing the two steps under "To assign text effects", use u and i to highlight "BLOCK" and then press SET. See page E-25 for details about how to use blocks. Move the cursor to the start block from which you want to change the text effect and then press SET to register your selection. At this point, the label printer returns to the text input screen. Any of the following settings for the TEXT range or CHARACTER range can cause vertical BOX lines between characters to overlap with characters. STYLE: Italic (italic, italic + bold, italic + outline, italic + shadow, italic + raised) EFFECT: BOX Certain FONT settings can also cause BOX lines to overlap with characters, even when italic is not being used. If you experience such overlapping, use BLOCK range or LINE range to change the BOX setting, or increase the PITCH setting on the BLOCK FORMAT menu (see page E-25). 3. Move the cursor to the end block up to which you want to change the text effect and then press SET to register your selection and change the effect. [. . . ] E-8 Message THAT NAME IS ALREADY USED!THIS IS THE WRONG TYPE OF TAPE CARTRIDGE TOO MANY BLOCKS!TURN OFF POWER THEN LOAD A TAPE CARTRIDGE Possible Cause Name being assigned to a barcode is already used. Tape cartridge is not compatible with label printer model. [. . . ]