Startup Guide Flow

The startup guide is a function to help you through the initial product settings (language selection, date and time settings, loading media, etc.).

You can cancel the startup guide and perform the configuration later from the menu.

• The time zone setting screen appears if the NTP function is enabled or the optional RTC (Real Time Clock) kit is installed. • The date and time setting screen appears if the NTP function is disabled and the optional RTC kit is installed. • Tapping a selection opens the next screen. To move manually to the next or previous screen, tap / or slide the screen to the left or right.

1.	Press the (Power/Home) button on the operator panel until the LED lights blue to power on the product.

The startup guide screen appears.

2.	Tap the display language.

3.	Tap the region to set for the time zone.

(Appears if you have enabled the NTP function or installed the optional RTC kit.)

4.	Tap the city to set for the time zone.

(Appears if you have enabled the NTP function or installed the optional RTC kit.)

Tap to reselect the region.

5.	Tap the unit to use.

The options are as follows:

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dot

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" (inch)

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mm

6.	Tap / to set the current year, month, and date, and then tap .

(Appears if you have disabled the NTP function and installed the optional RTC kit.)

When the confirmation screen appears, tap to confirm the settings.

7.	Tap / to set the current time, and then tap .

(Appears if you have disabled the NTP function and installed the optional RTC kit.)

• The time is set in the 24-hour format.

When the confirmation screen appears, tap to confirm the settings.

8.	Tap the print method to use.

(Available only for the combined direct thermal/thermal transfer model.)

[Use Ribbon]

Prints using a ribbon.

[Direct Thermal]

Prints using direct thermal media.

9.	Tap the sensor type for detecting the media.

[None]

Disable the media sensor.

[Gap]

Select when using the media of Gap type. Use the transmissive sensor.

[I-Mark]

Select when using the media of I-mark type. Use the reflective sensor.

• The available selections vary depending on the [Print Mode] set on the product. The initial value of [Print Mode] differs depending on the options installed on the product. ◦ If [Print Mode] is set to [Dispenser], only [Gap] and [I-Mark] will be available. ◦ If [Print Mode] is set to [Linerless cutter] or [Linerless tearoff], only [None] and [I-Mark] will be available.

10.	Select whether to enable or disable the Label Waste Prevention function.

• This is not displayed if the optional dispenser unit or linerless cutter unit is installed. • The Label Waste Prevention function cannot be used in the following conditions: ◦ When using linerless labels or journal paper ◦ When using media whose labels are not at the leading edge, such as media with I-marks not positioned at the leading edge of the label (However, wristbands and koDakara can be used) ◦ When using RFID tags with inlay positioned within less than 2 mm (0.08") from the leading edge of the media ◦ When using media with back side pre-printing, which is positioned within less than 2 mm (0.08") from the leading edge of the media, and in the center of the horizontal direction of the label (passing position of label top sensor) (However, media that has I-marks can be used.)

11.	Tap [Edit] to register the length of the media, and then tap .

(Appears if you have enabled the Label Waste Prevention function and selected [Gap] or [I-Mark] for the sensor type.)

To accurately execute the Label Waste Prevention function, register the length of the media.

Register the range of the label length (including liner) that the following illustration shows.

(1) Label length (including liner)

(2) Label

(3) Liner

Calculate the values from the following equations to input dots.

◦	203 dpi: Label length (mm) x 8

◦	305 dpi: Label length (mm) x 12

• If you set it to 0 (Auto), the label length is measured automatically while the first label is being printed. • Register the length of the label and do not set it to 0 (Auto) in the following conditions: ◦ When using media with I-marks positioned at the leading edge of the label, and the I-mark and the back side pre-printing are positioned in the center of the horizontal direction of the label ◦ When using media with perforated lines in the center of the horizontal direction of the label ◦ When using media with holes in the center of the horizontal direction of the label ◦ When printing continuously across 2 or more labels • This is not displayed if the optional dispenser unit or linerless cutter unit is installed.

12.	Load the media and ribbon while checking the video.

Tapping the icon starts playing the video.

• When the label waste prevention function is enabled, tap [Roll] or [Fanfold] to show how to load media when the label waste prevention function is enabled. • [Fanfold] is not displayed if the optional dispenser unit is installed. • [Install Ribbon] is displayed only if [Use Ribbon] is selected for [Printing Mode] on the combined direct thermal/thermal transfer model.

13.	When you have finished loading the media and ribbon, tap on the video's screen to stop the video.

Returns to the screen for selecting a video.

14.	Tap or slide the screen to the left.

The confirmation screen appears.

15.	If you want the startup guide to show the next time you start up, tap . If not, tap .

The Home screen appears.

　

• You can set whether to open the startup guide the next time you start up the product in [Startup Guide] in the [Tools] menu.

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Related Topics

Loading Media

About the Label Waste Prevention Function

Precautions for Using the Label Waste Prevention Function

Print Method (Combined Direct Thermal/Thermal Transfer Model Only)

Media Sensor Type

Manually Setting the Print Mode

Loading the Ribbon

[NTP]

[Regional]

[Startup Guide]

[Label Waste Prevention]