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KL-7400

User’s Guide

Be sure to read the Safety Precautions contained in this manual before trying
to use the printer for the first time, and always keep this manual on hand for
future reference.

RJA520036-001V01

Summary of Contents for KL-7400

Page 1: ...400 User s Guide Be sure to read the Safety Precautions contained in this manual before trying to use the printer for the first time and always keep this manual on hand for future reference RJA520036...

Page 2: ...s However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined...

Page 3: ...I UE Este s mbolo es v lido s lo en pa ses de la UE Questo marchio vale soltanto nei paesi dell UE Detta m rke till mpas enbart i EU l nder Manufacturer CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD 6 2 Hon machi 1 chome Sh...

Page 4: ...sing it be sure to read the following Safety Precautions Keep the manual in a convenient location for future reference when necessary Danger This symbol indicates information that if ignored or applie...

Page 5: ...t them to bending Warning AC adaptor Misuse of the AC adaptor can damage it and create the risk of fire and electric shock Make sure you follow the precautions listed below Do not subject these items...

Page 6: ...ion Particular care is required in households where young children are present Caution AC adaptor Misuse of the AC adaptor can damage it and create the risk of fire and electric shock Make sure you fo...

Page 7: ...cing batteries The springs inside of the battery compartment have sharp edges Take care that you do not touch the springs with your fingers when loading or replacing batteries Doing so creates the ris...

Page 8: ...rinting impossible Unclear printing can indicate a dirty print head If printing becomes unclear use the procedures on page 49 to clean the print head and rubber roller Using the printer in an area tha...

Page 9: ...c characters 36 About the CODE key 37 Inputting Symbols and Special Characters 37 To use the SYMBOL menu 37 Inputting Illustrations 38 To input illustrations 38 Deleting an Individual Character 38 To...

Page 10: ...th one of the AC plugs shown below installed AC plug Depending on the geographic area your printer may come with a second AC plug Use the AC plug that matches the configuration of the wall outlet in y...

Page 11: ...ard Display Cassette cover Cassette cover release Tape outlet Carrying handle AC adaptor terminal Connect the bundled AC adaptor here Battery cover Carrying the Printer Pull out the handle as shown in...

Page 12: ...ata for printing a tape label Getting Ready Connect the AC adaptor or load batteries pages 10 47 Load a tape cartridge page 13 Select the label mode Free Design pages 17 27 Preset Layout Label page 23...

Page 13: ...lfunction Never disconnect the AC adaptor or remove the batteries while the printer is turned on Also make sure that the display is completely blank after turning off the printer before disconnecting...

Page 14: ...ng printer memory clears its memory of all input data To initialize printer memory 1 Make sure that the printer is turned off 2 While holding down the PRINT and SPACE keys press 3 In response to the I...

Page 15: ...o the pages noted below To input new label text To recall previously saved text into a label To display text that was on the display when you last turned off the printer LAST DATA Data that was displa...

Page 16: ...Stopper 6 Pull the tape out about 3cm 1 3 16 Tape Ink ribbon under the tape Important Once tape is pulled out there is no way to get it back into the cartridge Never use excessive force when pulling o...

Page 17: ...ubber roller Tape Print head 9 Close the cassette cover Press down on the cassette cover until you hear it click securely into place After loading the tape cartridge in the printer never pull on the t...

Page 18: ...yboard between uppercase and lowercase For details see page 36 Press to activate the functions marked above below or next to keyboard keys in same color as FUNCTION Press to cancel the current operati...

Page 19: ...ter is set up for vertical printing Normal horizontal printing is performed when this indicator is not shown 0 Mirror printing indicator This indicator appears when the printer is set up for mirror im...

Page 20: ...r turn off the printer while it is performing a print operation Never open the cassette cover while the printer is performing a print operation Do not touch the tape coming out of the printer until it...

Page 21: ...causes the contents of the label to scroll on the display Note that the above step cannot be performed if you do not have a tape cartridge loaded in the printer 2 To pause scrolling of the label cont...

Page 22: ...heating in a microwave oven To create margins to the left and right of label text 1 Before text is printed or after text printing is complete press FEED This feeds the tape approximately 21 millimeter...

Page 23: ...e Reflective tape Always use this tape cut mode setting FULL CUT UNCUT Cut Modes You can select from among four different cut modes Note that the type of cut operation performed depends on the cut mod...

Page 24: ...e Be sure to select UNCUT when printing on magnetic tape and reflective tape After printing is complete press FEED to feed the tape and then cut it with a pair of scissors F o r S a l e F o r S a l e...

Page 25: ...mplete Cutting between each label Trimming of excess at beginning of label Cut Margin NARROW Half cut Half cut Full cut Half cut Full cut Full cut Full cut Full cut Full cut None None None 16mm 5 8 16...

Page 26: ...the number of copies 10 Use and to select the tape cut mode page 20 and then press SET This starts the print operation For information about saving tape label data see page 45 Creating and Printing a...

Page 27: ...entially numbered tape labels Example 1 Press the to turn on the printer 2 Use and to select NEW and then press SET 3 Use the cursor keys to select and then press SET This enters the Numbering Mode Yo...

Page 28: ...number of labels to be printed checking the start and end numbers to make sure that they are correct and then press SET Here we want to print one set of labels numbered 15 16 and 17 so we will specify...

Page 29: ...ill cause the logo to scroll automatically in order to display all of the text Here we will select Special 6 Press PREVIEW 7 Use and to select the logo language you want and then press SET The languag...

Page 30: ...that are available in the Free Design mode only To create a basic Free Design 1 Press to turn on the printer 2 Use and to select NEW and then press SET 3 Use the cursor keys to select and then press S...

Page 31: ...o insert a newline mark into existing text Move the cursor to the desired location and then press To delete a newline mark move the cursor to it and then press DEL Note that you cannot delete a newlin...

Page 32: ...bel in the Layout Mode or Numbering Mode You also can change the MARGINS setting while creating a label in the Numbering Mode Note however that NONE cannot be selected for the MARGINS setting at this...

Page 33: ...ntrolling the Length of a Tape Label Tape label length is normally adjusted in accordance with the size and number of the characters in the label This section explains how you can control the length o...

Page 34: ...EQUAL CENTER RIGHT FREE DESIGN Aligning Tape Label Text This section explains how to align tape label text LEFT EQUAL CENTER RIGHT To align tape label text 1 In the Free Design Mode input the text you...

Page 35: ...o apply the size setting and then press SET Here we will select No Smoking Character Size Character Size Mark Auto Fit Mark FREE DESIGN Changing the Size ofTape Label Text Normally when you print the...

Page 36: ...strations may not print correctly while Small Font is being used SMALL FONT Label format indicator Character Size This indicates the character size at the current cur sor position Character Size Mark...

Page 37: ...ame Frames and the Number of Lines The number of lines that can be printed with a frame depends on the width of the tape Tape Width Maximum Number of Lines with Frame 24 18mm 4 12mm 3 9mm 2 6mm 1 Crea...

Page 38: ...100 for the number of copies 9 Use and to select the tape cut mode page 20 and then press SET This starts the print operation For information about saving tape label data see page 45 ex EAN 13 Barcode...

Page 39: ...ers Example ABXYZ 1234567890 1 Input the characters by typing them on the printer s keyboard To input the uppercase letters you can use either SHIFT or CAPS With SHIFT you must shift the keyboard for...

Page 40: ...vides you with a choice of symbols dingbats and special number formats in addition to Greek and Russian letters To use the SYMBOL menu 1 With the cursor at the location where you want to input a symbo...

Page 41: ...ete list of illustrations that are available Deleting an Individual Character You can delete an individual character with either the BS key or the DEL key The only difference between the operations of...

Page 42: ...acter of the range of text from which you want to delete and then press SET 4 Use and to move the cursor to the last character of the range of text to which you want to delete and then press SET Text...

Page 43: ...one item can be in copy memory at one time Performing a new copy operation will delete any data currently in copy memory All copy memory contents are deleted whenever you turn off the printer Any char...

Page 44: ...e number of lines number of input lines or number of lines in the selected format and the tape width require it A pointer appears next to the SMALL FONT indicator when the SMALL FONT is in use The fol...

Page 45: ...he font you want to use as the default and then press SET The default font you specified will be used first for all new labels To change the font of text you have just input 1 After inputting the text...

Page 46: ...o your text NORMAL BOLD OUTLINE SHADOW RAISED Note that STYLE menu text attributes cannot be applied to illustrations To apply STYLE menu text attributes 1 Input the text whose attributes you want to...

Page 47: ...o select the EFFECT setting you want 4 Use and to select ON or OFF for EFFECT and then press SET This will apply the setting and return to the text input screen Combining Effects SHADING UNDERLINE and...

Page 48: ...at appears press SET to save the label or ESC to abort To recall a label 1 Press to turn on the printer 2 Use and to select STORED DATA and then press SET 3 Use and to select RECALL and then press SET...

Page 49: ...t printing The demo print contents depend on the width of the tape cartridge currently loaded in the printer 9 After printing is complete use and to select EXIT and then press SET 10 In response to th...

Page 50: ...preset phrases you have stored in printer memory Turn off the printer before switching from AC adaptor power to battery power or from battery power to AC adaptor power Switching from one power supply...

Page 51: ...rinter during that period Changing the AC Plug Perform the following steps when you need to change the AC plug that is installed on the AC adaptor 1 Slide the plug in the direction of the ar row in Fi...

Page 52: ...otate the rubber roller by pressing FEED You can also use a commercially available cassette tape recorder head cleaning kit to clean the print head To clean with a cleaning tape Note Use an optionally...

Page 53: ...Note initialization will cause all data stored in printer memory to be lost Always keep separate written copies of important information If memory initialization does not solve the problem contact yo...

Page 54: ...ause The ink ribbon is coming out of the tape outlet together with the tape The tape will not cut Slack in the ink ribbon when the tape cartridge was loaded in the printer The tape cutter is dull Tape...

Page 55: ...issors to cut the labels after printing is complete Select UNCUT for the tape cut mode whenever printing on magnetic tape or reflective tape page 21 Use scissors to cut the labels after printing is co...

Page 56: ...cters change to a longer tape setting or select auto tape length You are trying to print something that is longer than the length of tape available Make the label shorter or reduce the number of copie...

Page 57: ...d number of digits Re input the correct number of digits To delete the text press SET If you do not want to delete the text press ESC 45 40 18 23 40 35 PRINT ERROR CHECK THE TAPE CARTRIDGE The tape be...

Page 58: ...lace the tape cartridge You replaced the tape cartridge while the printer was turned on Turn off the printer and replace the tape cartridge 20 13 Pasting copied text will cause the number of character...

Page 59: ...t possible To print without cutting press SET After printing is complete use scissors to cut the labels To print with auto cutting change the settings to increase the margin width from NARROW to MEDIU...

Page 60: ...57 E NUMBER GREEK RUSSIAN SYMBOL DINGBAT Illustrations Symbols Dingbats and Special Characters...

Page 61: ...E 58 Frames...

Page 62: ...59 E Built in Logos You can change the language of the logos by changing the language setting page 26 PRICE SIGN...

Page 63: ...E 60 WORK ATTENTION...

Page 64: ...TLE 2 TITLE 3 TITLE TITLE COMMENT TITLE COMMENT1 COMMENT2 TITLE 1 TITLE 2 TITLE 3 24 36 36 16 22 22 36 36 36 23 31 47 20 16 16 40 40 40 mini DV MD FD MO TITLE TITLE COMMENT TITLE COMMENT1 COMMENT2 TIT...

Page 65: ...ENT NUMBER NUMBER COMMENT Numbering Formats CASSETTE FILE TITLE TITLE COMMENT TITLE COMMENT1 COMMENT2 TITLE 1 TITLE 2 TITLE 3 TITLE TITLE COMMENT TITLE COMMENT1 COMMENT2 TITLE 1 TITLE 2 TITLE 3 31 31...

Page 66: ...pe width and format being used Tape Width mm Tape Width mm 6 1 line 2 lines 1 1 1 Up to 2 9 1 line 3 lines 2 2 Up to 2 Up to 3 12 2 lines 5 lines 3 3 Up to 2 Up to 5 18 24 3 lines 6 lines 4 3 Up to 3...

Page 67: ...onment and conditions Characters Bitmap Fonts New Sans serif New Sans serif Italic New Sans serif Rounded New Roman New Roman Italic Print Directions Horizontal Vertical Mirror Character Styles Normal...

Page 68: ...CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD 6 2 Hon machi 1 chome Shibuya ku Tokyo 151 8543 Japan MO0811 A Printed in China...

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