Dymo LetraTag 2000 User Manual

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Dymo LetraTag
This product is CE marked in accordance with the CE
directive and is designed to conform with the
following international standards:
Safety –

BSEN 60950
IEC 950
UL 1950

Emissions –

BSEN 55022 Class B (1997),
FCC part15 Sub part B Class B,
CISPR22 Class B

Immunity –

BSEN 50082-1 (1997)*

* Although unlikely, it is possible that abnormal
behaviour may result from electrostatic discharges.
In such cases, should normal operation not resume,
follow the relevant procedure as detailed in the
trouble-shooting section: No response to keys.

The user should avoid directly touching the thermal
print head.

SIZE

SIZE

• Press to display the four text print sizes:

STYLE B

123

CAPS

▲

condensed normal extended BIG CAPS

The "

B" (BIG CAPS) mode will produce highly

visible labels using the entire print height.

• To create a label in "

B" mode use

move the cursor under "

B" and press

• When "

B" is selected, all other options are

not available.

Note: All text and settings already selected
will be lost when selecting BIG CAPS mode.

• Now key in text and the label is ready to

print in BIG CAPS ONLY.

• To exit “

B” mode, press

SIZE

and

select another text size, then press

BOX/UNDERLINE

• There are seven options available under

the

BOX/UNDERLINE feature:

1. Normal -

= DYMO

2. Underlined -

= DYMO

3. Round Corners - =

4. Shaded Box -

5. Toothed Box -

6. Crocodile Box -

STYLE

123

CAPS

CLICK!

CAPS

STYLE B

123

DYMO
labelmaker

PREVIEW

CAPS

➫

Electronic

Labelmaker

Instructions for Use

7. Pointed Box -

• Use

to move the cursor under

the desired option. Press

STYLE

STYLE

• There are five options available under the

STYLE menu.

• Place cursor under required

STYLE and

press

2-LINE LABELS

• Print two lines of half height characters.
• Type the first line of text eg. DYMO and

press

then

The display shows an arrow (

) to

indicate the line break. Type the second
line of your text, eg. DYMO

LABEL

This will print as

DYMO
LABEL

Note: The Box/Underline and Style features
are not available on 2-line labels.

STYLE B

123

CAPS

Normal

Outline

Shadow

Italic

Vertical

✂

DYMO

DYMO
DYMO

DYMO

SYMBOLS

SIZE

STYLE

123

’

★

CAPS

DEL

STYLE B

123

DYMO
labelmaker

PREVIEW

CLEAR

’

CAPS

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I

★

➙

¿ ¡

(

)

% + = # °
£ Ж Ш Œ Я
Е Г С Х В
ж ш œ *

е г с х в

☎

Flashing !!!!!!!! in the display
• !!!!!!!! in the display indicates that the tape

can not be transported.

• Press any key to return to normal display.
• Check if there is a tape jam. In that case,

lift out the cassette and carefully release
jammed tape. Cut off excess tape and refit/
replace the cassette.

• If there is no tape jam, replace the batteries.
No success?

• call the customer service telephone number

in your country - see warranty booklet.
In the USA, call 800-645-6051
In Canada, call (905) 670-2222

NUMBER LOCK

123

For number labels,

NUMBER LOCK is a useful

alternative to using the shift key.

• Press

then

123

to set this feature

which makes A-J become 1-0.

• Press

then

123

to exit.

Note: The

key allows you to override

the number lock for A - J characters.

INTERNATIONAL CHARACTERS
To add a diacritical (accent) to create an
international character, enter the character
first, followed by the diacritical.

Eg. a +

= á

a +

= â

SYMBOLS

SYMBOLS

★

Press

followed by the space bar (

)

to access symbols and special characters.
The display will show:

A-I?

Press

DEL

to cancel, or press a letter key ‘A’

to ‘I’ until you find the line of symbols
required. See table.

Use

to select a symbol. Press

to place the symbol in the label.

Printing a label

• To print a label press

PRINT PREVIEW

PREVIEW

Allows you to preview your label before
printing it.
• Press

PREVIEW

and the entire text

will scroll across the display.

CUTTING A LABEL
• To cut a label push the cutter forward as

shown in Fig. E.

• The label has a split in the backing for

easy removal, as shown in Fig. F.

Cleaning

• Check and clean the print head regularly to

ensure optimum print quality - see
Fig. D.

• Using the cleaning tool D1 supplied, clean

the print head as shown in D2.

Troubleshooting

No display
• check machine is on
• check batteries and replace if necessary

No response to keys
• remove batteries for a few minutes then

refit. The Labelmaker will now reset

No printing or poor text

• check batteries and replace if necessary
• check tape cassette installed correctly and

not empty

• clean print head (see ‘Cleaning’)

Print contrast

For use under extreme temperature or
humidity conditions.
• Press

(Press

the space bar twice). The display will show

the five contrast symbols

• Use

to select lighter or darker

print and press

to set.

Written by DAW Publications, Cambridge, U.K.

• Shows up to 6 characters plus cursor and 6

indicators ▲ as shown below. Indicators
show whether a feature is selected.

STYLE B

123

CAPS

▲

CAPS = capital letters

= box/underline

STYLE = outline/italic etc.

B = BIG CAPS

123

= number lock

= shift key

Function keys

ON/OFF

Switches the power on and off.
• Switches off automatically after two

minutes if no keys are pressed.

The last

label will be retained automatically in
memory.

Note: If the batteries are removed for more
than a few seconds, the memory will be lost.

CAPITALS

CAPS

• Press for all subsequent characters in

UPPER CASE (CAPITALS), as confirmed by
the

CAPS indicator in the display.

• Press again to cancel and return to lower

case.

SHIFT KEY

• Press

before pressing a number,

punctuation or function indicated above a
key.

DELETE

DEL

• Press to delete the character to the left of the

cursor or to exit function menus.

CLEAR

DEL

CLEAR

• Press to clear all the text but leave the

settings unchanged.

CURSOR KEYS

• Press to move the cursor along the text,

one character at a time.

• Press

to move the cursor

to the beginning or end of the text.

• When used in conjunction with certain

function keys, use

to select

options.

SPACE

• Press

to insert a space into the text.

Power Supply

• Insert six size AA batteries, as shown in

Fig. A.

• Remove batteries if the Labelmaker is to be

unused for some time.

Inserting the cassette

• The Labelmaker

uses paper, plastic and

metallic labels.

• Insert cassette as shown in Fig. B and

press until it "clicks" into place - Fig. C.

• Check that the cassette is correctly located

before closing the access door.

The Display

▲

123456

Label cassettes

Type:

Paper

Plastic Metallic

Length:

White

91200

------

Pearl White

------

91201

------

HyperYellow

------

91202

------

Cosmic Red

------

91203

------

Acid Green

------

91204

------

Ultra Blue

------

91205

------

Smiles (Yellow) ------

91206

------

Feet (Blue)

------

91207

------

Silver

------

91208

Green

------

91209

Assorted Pack 91240:
1 x paper white
1 x plastic yellow
1 x metallic silver

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