Designing and Printing Labels
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surfaces, including hands and other printed labels. As a guideline, no more than 0.02”
(0.5 mm) of ink should be printed onto the liner.
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Design elements that will run to the edge of the label are the parts of the design that will
“bleed” across the edge. Your bleed will most commonly be a solid color, pattern, or
gradient background running off the edge of the label.
Use the following guidelines when setting up a file for a
non-bleed label
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The height and width of the label file “canvas” should be the same as the height and width
of the physical label.
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All design elements should be placed inside a .0625” (1.5 mm) border of the canvas. This
will ensure such design elements never run to or over the edge of the label.
Printing Black
There are two ways to print black with QL-120 series printers. The printing method will vary
based on the RGB values of the black color being printed.
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True Black
- This method uses only black ink when printing black. The RGB color values
must all be between 0 and 1 to print in true black. For example, images with RGB values
of 0,0,0 or 0,1,0 or 1,1,1 will print using only black ink.
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Process Black
- This method uses a mixture of inks when printing black. If RGB color
values are not between 0 and 1, process black will be used. For example, images with
RGB values of 2,2,2 or 1,1,2 or 0,0,30 will print using a mixture of inks in a process black.
Setting up the Label Design Software
This section describes how to set up your label design software to print on QL-120 series
printers.
Setting up Labels in CQL Pro
CQL Pro is a software application developed by QuickLabel to access special features in our
printers and allow customers to easily design and print labels.
For detailed label setup and printing instructions, please refer to the CQL Pro Help.
Setting up Labels in Third-Party Design Applications
You can design and print label files exclusively within a third-party application such as Adobe
Photoshop or Illustrator. In this situation, use the following guidelines to ensure best results.
Note: You can also use third-party applications to design components of a label to be imported
into CQL Pro. In this situation, save or export graphic files in a .BMP, .PCX, uncompressed
.JPG, uncompressed .TIF, .GIF, .PNG, or .PDF format.
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Select a resolution of 600 pixels per inch
- For raster-based design applications such
as Adobe Photoshop, choose a resolution of 600 pixels per inch. This will provide suffi-
cient image resolution to produce superior 1200 pixel per inch output quality. This setting
is not used in vector-based design applications such as Adobe Illustrator.
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