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Chapter 8

Caring for Your

LabelWriter Printer

This chapter describes how to take care of your LabelWriter printer and offers suggestions for 
identifying problems that can occur when you using the printer. If you can’t solve a problem, this 
chapter also describes how to contact DYMO for technical support.

Caring for the LabelWriter Printer

The LabelWriter printer is designed to give you long and trouble-free service, while requiring very 
little maintenance. You’ll get the best possible performance from your LabelWriter printer if you 
follow the setup instructions that appear in the 

Quick Start Guide 

and the procedures described in 

this section. 
You can easily clean your LabelWriter printer using the following items:

•

Lint-free cloth. 

•

Isopropyl alcohol, diluted dishwashing detergent, or diluted glass cleaner. (If you use glass 
cleaner, make sure it does not contain ammonia.)

•

Small, soft brush, such as a paint brush. 

•

LabelWriter cleaning card. One cleaning card  is included in your printer package. To purchase 
additional cleaning cards, visit 

www.dymo.com

.

To keep your LabelWriter printer working properly, you should clean it from time to time. Dusting 
the outside of the printer occasionally will help keep foreign matter from getting inside the printer. 
However, it is still a good idea to periodically perform some basic interior maintenance. 

To clean the exterior and interior of your printer

1

Turn off the printer and disconnect the power cord. 

2

Use the lint-free cloth to wipe the exterior of the printer. Remove dirt and smudges with one of 
the cleaning solutions mentioned above. 

3

Open the top cover. 

4

Use a small, soft brush/cotton swab to whisk away paper dust and other stray particles from the 
inside of the printer.

5

Remove the roll of labels to clean under the roll. 

6

If you have a LabelWriter cleaning card, follow the instructions printed on its packaging and 
feed it through the printer mechanism.

7

Reconnect the power cord and turn on the printer.

8

Reload the roll of labels and close the top cover. 

Summary of Contents for LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer

Page 1: ...DYMO Label Software User Guide Version 7 6 ...

Page 2: ...tware may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or translated into another language without the prior written consent of DYMO Corporation Trademarks LabelWriter LabelManager and LabelPoint are registered trademarks of DYMO Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders ...

Page 3: ... Using the Label Designer 13 Starting the Designer 13 Design Objects 13 Creating a New Label File 15 Opening an Existing Label File 15 Adding an Object 16 Deleting Objects 16 Chapter 4 Working with Lists 17 How the Address Book Works 17 Using the Address Book 18 Creating a New List 19 Opening an Existing List 19 Using the Mac OS Address Book Macintosh 20 Chapter 5 Printing Labels Using Smart Paste...

Page 4: ... Print Settings 37 Chapter 8 Caring for Your LabelWriter Printer 43 Caring for the LabelWriter Printer 43 Performing a Printer Self Test 44 Obtaining Technical Support 44 Appendix A Technical Specifications 47 LabelWriter Printer Specifications 47 Tape Printer Technical Specifications 48 Developer and SDK Information 49 Documentation Feedback 49 Appendix B Printing Over a Network 51 Printing to a ...

Page 5: ...ditor on page 29 In addition DYMO has integrated the Label Software into Microsoft Word and Excel allowing you to print labels quickly and easily from within Word and Excel For Windows the software has also been integrated with Microsoft Outlook Palm Desktop and WordPerfect About DYMO Printers DYMO printers use advanced thermal printing technology to print on specially treated labels or special th...

Page 6: ...life when not in use keep the labels stored in a cool dry place and in the black bag in which they were shipped Registering the Software We highly recommend that you register your DYMO Label Software so that you can receive customer support and product updates Both Windows and Macintosh users can register the software by selecting Register from the Help menu However the first time Windows users st...

Page 7: ... about the Label Designer in the Label Editor and applies only to LabelWriter label printers Working with Lists This chapter describes the Address Book and working with lists The Address Book can be used with all printers Printing Labels Using Smart Paste This chapter describes how to use the Smart Paste feature for quickly printing labels Smart Paste can be used with all printers Using the LabelW...

Page 8: ...Introduction 4 ...

Page 9: ...rosoft Excel Microsoft Outlook Windows only Palm Desktop Windows only WordPerfect Windows only A Smart Paste function allowing you to automatically print multiple labels by copying text from other applications directly into the current label see page 21 Database connectivity allowing you to print from an Access Paradox dBase or Excel database see page 26 Windows only The Label Editor This section ...

Page 10: ...torial you will customize a shipping label with a graphic NOTE You can print the shipping label used in this tutorial on most of the LabelWriter printers If you have a LabelWriter 300 printer select this shipping label and follow the tutorial anyway This tutorial will give you valuable information on how to access the various text and design objects and change their attributes Save Open Print Past...

Page 11: ...pe first then any important objects on the label and finally the part number of the label 2 Select the Shipping with graphic 99014 label The Shipping with graphic label appears in the main window Changing the Graphic The next step is to customize the graphic As you will see in this step each piece of information on a label is an object for example the return address the recipient address the line ...

Page 12: ...ialog box appears listing the contents of the default Clipart folder 4 Select the Miscellaneous folder and click Open The contents of the Miscellaneous folder appear 5 Select Comput1 bmp from the Miscellaneous folder A preview showing the contents of the Comput1 bmp graphic file appears in the dialog box 6 Click Open The Comput1 bmp graphic appears in the Graphic Settings dialog box 7 Click OK The...

Page 13: ...B V Max Euwelaan 104 3046 MA ROTTERDAM The Netherlands 3 Click anywhere outside the text object The new return address appears on the label Changing the Recipient Address Next you enter a recipient s address To enter the recipient s address 1 Click once on the address object in the middle of the label The flashing cursor appears where the default text had been Windows To help identify objects a hi...

Page 14: ...appears in the new font and style Printing the Label Now that you have customized the label you are ready to print NOTE You can only print this shipping label on most LabelWriter printers If you have a LabelWriter 300 review this section even though you will not be able to actually print the label Before you print the label make sure The LabelWriter printer is connected to your computer and turned...

Page 15: ...ly used label and also alphabetically in the list of labels below To use a label file you created choose it from the Label Files drop down list NOTE To access your label files from the Label Files list you must store them in the Label Files folder A default Label Files folder is created for you when the software is installed For Windows the folder is located in C Documents and Settings All Users D...

Page 16: ...Using the Label Editor 12 ...

Page 17: ...Designer toolbar automatically appears With a label file open click Design Objects A label created in DYMO Label Software can contain various text and design objects Each object has certain attributes such as size position font and so on You can select the attributes that you want in the object s Settings dialog box For more information on modifying object attributes see the online Help This secti...

Page 18: ... default logo file Lines You can use the horizontal and vertical line objects to improve a label s appearance Horizontal lines also function well as visual dividers on labels for example between the sender and recipient s address on shipping labels You can specify the thickness of the lines and you can also hide lines that appear on labels Rectangle The rectangle object like the line objects is pr...

Page 19: ...hour time format 13 00 22 00 and so on You can control the font settings and other attributes for the date time information Curved Text The curved text object is similar to the text object but allows you to place the text along a curve This object can be used for placing text around the perimeter of a round CD label or for simply adding text in an arc on any label You can choose to display the tex...

Page 20: ...ical The only difference is the tool button you select from the Designer toolbar to place the desired object To add an object 1 Click the object that you wish to add on the Designer toolbar The new object appears in the upper left corner of the label 2 Resize and move the object where you want it on the label using the cursor NOTE If you defined a default logo file the graphic file you specified a...

Page 21: ...ess Book and then click print with an address label open ten address labels will print one for each selected entry in the Address Book When you save an address label only the formatting is saved not a specific address When that address label is opened the next time the then currently selected Address Book entry appears in the address object You can however define an address object as a fixed addre...

Page 22: ... Address Book the Sample List entries appear Using Lists with Multiple Variable Objects You can use the Address Book to enter information into objects that can contain variable text on the current label Variable text objects are text objects where you have selected the Variable Text field in the Text Setting dialog box or barcode objects If the current label contains more than one variable object ...

Page 23: ...s The Address Book displays Meijjer Elsbeth in the Entries list In some cases the Address Book incorrectly identifies which name is the last name or incorrectly identifies a company name as a person s name This is easily fixed using Rotate Name To rotate the name 1 Select the entries that are displayed incorrectly 2 Click to rotate the words in the entry s first line so that they display correctly...

Page 24: ...your Mac OS Address Book My Card record contains your country of residence This country information is used to determine the correct address format for your labels Refer to the Mac OS Address Book online Help for more information about My Card To print from the Mac OS Address Book 1 Select Use Mac Address Book from the Address Book menu You can also choose this menu item from the Address Book drop...

Page 25: ...ch row is treated as a separate label and each cell in the row is treated as a separate line on the label For example the rows in the following spreadsheet will print two three line labels one for DYMO and one for Esselte Text File Many programs can create a text file such as a text editing program a database application and so on When you export text from a database you usually create a delimited...

Page 26: ...you will typically have multi line text In this case the text for each label is separated by either a single blank line or a carriage return line feed If a blank line is contained in the text Smart Paste reads the text as multiple labels separated by a single blank line If no blank line is found the text is read as multiple one line labels For example the following two addresses are separated by a...

Page 27: ...2 Make sure you have at least one text or address object on the label If using a text object for the paste select Function as Variable Text Object on the Text Settings dialog box 3 Copy the text you wish to print as labels to the clipboard 4 Select Smart Paste and then From Clipboard from the Edit menu A dialog box appears telling you how many labels will be printed 5 Click Yes The labels begin pr...

Page 28: ... Smart Paste and then From File from the Edit menu The File Open dialog box appears 5 Navigate to and open the file you exported as CSV or text A dialog box appears telling you how many labels will be printed 6 Click Yes The labels begin printing ...

Page 29: ...to reinstall your DYMO Label Software Don t worry none of your customized label files will be changed Simply reinstall DYMO Label Software from your DYMO Label Software CD ROM CAUTION When you reinstall the DYMO LabelWriter Software all of the pre designed label files are also reinstalled If you have made any changes to the pre designed label files and have not saved the changes with a new file na...

Page 30: ... the Microsoft Excel and Outlook Palm Desktop and WordPerfect Add ins are automatically installed at the same time as DYMO Label Software When an add in is installed correctly you will see a tool button in the main toolbar of the application If you don t see this tool button you will need to reinstall your DYMO Label Software CAUTION When you reinstall the DYMO LabelWriter Software all of the pre ...

Page 31: ...thout importing the list to the DYMO Label Software Address Book Printing labels directly from applications like these is quite easy because the LabelWriter printers come with standard Windows and Mac OS printer drivers that work with virtually any application Detailed instructions on printing directly from Microsoft Word can be found in the online Help Even if you are using a different applicatio...

Page 32: ...Using the LabelWriter Printer with Other Applications 28 ...

Page 33: ...such as the LabelWriter Duo LabelManager PCII LabelManager 450 or LabelPoint 350 printers The basic functionality of DYMO Label Software is the same in both the Label Editor and the Tape Editor such as opening and saving files using Smart Paste to print multiple labels and so on So when the Tape Editor is active the only differences you will see are those specfic to designing and printing D1 tape ...

Page 34: ... you will place the label For this example we will create a label that will fit on a file folder tab The total label length must be no more than 3 1 2 8 5 cm and we will print on label tape with a width of 1 2 12 mm To create a label 1 Start DYMO Label Software The main window appears 2 Select 19 mm from the Tape Width drop down menu The text area of the main window changes in size based on the ta...

Page 35: ...m the File menu Now that you have created and saved your label the following sections will introduce additional features you can use to customize your labels Additional Formatting Features To further customize your labels you can add borders symbols graphics barcodes and even date and time stamps You can also choose to print the label vertically Adding Borders You can choose to add one of several ...

Page 36: ... 3 Choose the font that contains the special character you wish to insert from the Font drop down list The Symbol Dingbats and Wingdings fonts contain many unique characters you can add to your labels 4 Select the symbol you wish to insert and click Insert 5 Click Close to close the Symbol dialog box The character you selected appears on the label in a size that matches the text font size Adding S...

Page 37: ...Outline under Effects 4 Select a fill pattern from the Fill Pattern drop down menu 5 Click OK The highlighted text now appears on the label with an outline effect Adding a Date and Time Stamp You can choose to add a date and or time stamp to the label The date and time is entered as text and will be the actual system date and time when you added the stamp to the label For example if today s date i...

Page 38: ... size of the surrounding text while maintaining the aspect ratio To add a graphic from the clipboard 1 Copy the graphic to the clipboard from another application 2 Place the cursor at the point on the label where you want the graphic to appear 3 Click or select Paste from the Edit menu The graphic appears on the label at the cursor position To add a graphic from a file 1 Place the cursor at the po...

Page 39: ... actual text to appear above the barcode below the barcode or not at all under Human Readable Text 6 If you selected above or below click the Font button to choose the font for the text 7 Select the size of the barcode under Barcode Size 8 Click OK to insert the barcode on the label The barcode is placed on the label as a single object To remove the barcode you can use the backspace key or highlig...

Page 40: ...argins for the tape cassette currently in the printer Table 1 gives the paper size and margin settings for each of the label sizes supported by the DYMO tape printers Table 1 DYMO Tape Printer Page Size and Margin Settings Paper Name Paper Height Paper Width Top Margin Bottom Margin Left Margin Right Margin Address Label 1 24 mm 3 5 89 mm 0 23 5 8 mm 0 24 6 1 mm 0 4 10 2 mm 0 39 9 9 mm Large Penda...

Page 41: ...the Paper Size tab 7 Select the label size you have loaded in the printer from the Paper size drop down list The width and height values should now match the values for that label size shown in Table 1 8 Select Landscape under Orientation and click OK 9 Click to print the label Print Settings This section discusses several printer settings that may optimize your printing Tape Cassette Color Settin...

Page 42: ...r idea of how your printed label will look Chain Printing When printing multiple labels the chain printing feature will automatically print a dashed cut line between each label to indicate where each label should be cut You have the option of chain printing or automatically cutting each label after printing To change the chain print setting 1 Select Options from the Edit menu DYMO Corp 44 Commerce...

Page 43: ...Alignment As a label is printed blank space is added at the beginning of the label and at the end of the label Normally the space is the same on both ends of the label However you have the option of printing the label with less space at the beginning or at end of the label To change the label alignment 1 Select Options from the Edit menu DYMO Corp 44 Commerce Road Stamford CT 06902 DYMO Corp 44 Co...

Page 44: ...y helpful for conserving label tape Continuous mode printing is turned off by default NOTE Continuous mode printing only applies to printing from other applications This selection has no effect when printing from the DYMO Label Software Continuous mode printing may not be available on all tape printers To set continuous mode printing 1 Right click the tape printer from the Printers and Faxes contr...

Page 45: ...alog box appears NOTE You can also get to this dialog box by selecting Printer Setup from the File menu 3 Select Enabled from the Continuous Paper drop down list and click OK The labels will now print continuously with no space between labels ...

Page 46: ...Using the Tape Editor 42 ...

Page 47: ...aint brush LabelWriter cleaning card One cleaning card is included in your printer package To purchase additional cleaning cards visit www dymo com To keep your LabelWriter printer working properly you should clean it from time to time Dusting the outside of the printer occasionally will help keep foreign matter from getting inside the printer However it is still a good idea to periodically perfor...

Page 48: ...s flashing red and green and starts printing vertical lines along the width of the printer The test pattern automatically changes every 3 4 inch 19 mm 2 Release the form feed button 3 To stop the self test press and release the form feed button To perform a self test for the LabelWriter 330 330 Turbo 400 400 Turbo Twin Turbo and Duo 1 Press and hold down the form feed button on the front of the pr...

Page 49: ... 66 56 85 29 31 20 581 93 80 España Portugal 91 662 31 49 31 20 581 93 80 France 01 69 32 49 32 31 20 581 93 80 Hong Kong 852 2527 1928 Hungaria 1 424 6600 1 424 6601 Ireland 353 14118934 Italia 02 45 28 13 08 31 20 581 93 80 Mexico 01 5368 2066 Nederland 020 581 93 86 020 581 93 80 New Zealand 0800 803 966 0800 737 212 Norge 22 97 17 10 31 20 581 93 80 Österreich 01 599 14 20 12 02 627 400 160 Po...

Page 50: ...Caring for Your LabelWriter Printer 46 ...

Page 51: ...mum Media Width 2 44 62 mm in all printers Maximum Label Length User definable Interface USB USB Spec 1 1 protocol Serial Bi directional RS232 serial USB USB Spec 1 1 protocol USB 2 0 Full Speed Printer Class Device Serial Printer Settings 115 200 baud 8 data bits no parity hardware handshaking N A N A N A N A N A N A Dimensions WHD 4 7 8 12 4 cm x 5 3 4 14 6 cm x 7 1 4 18 4 cm 183 mm x 140 mm Wei...

Page 52: ...Media Width 0 95 24 mm 0 95 24 mm 0 95 24 mm 0 75 19 mm Interface USB 2 0 Full Speed Dimensions WHD 5 5 18 3 cm x 7 8 19 8 cm x 7 3 18 5 cm 2 5 6 4 cm x 5 3 13 3 cm x 5 3 13 3 cm 8 5 21 5 cm x 9 6 24 5 cm x 3 4 8 5 cm 4 5 11 4 cm x 8 4 21 2 cm x 2 8 7 0 cm Weight 1 lb 1 oz 0 5 kg 1 lb 9 oz 0 7 kg 1 lb 2 oz 0 5 kg Print Head Life Minimum 200 cassettes 7 meters each 4 590 feet 1 4 km of label tape P...

Page 53: ...com developers for the latest news Also you can join the Developer s mailing list to obtain developer specific news and announcements Documentation Feedback We are constantly working to produce the highest quality documentation for our products We welcome your feedback Send us your comments or suggestions about our online Help printed or PDF manuals Please include the following information with yo...

Page 54: ...Technical Specifications 50 ...

Page 55: ...mote computer must be able to access the local computer over the network Contact your System Administrator for more information 1 Install the printer to be shared on the local computer 2 Confirm that you can print to the printer locally 3 Share the printer on the local computer 4 Install the printer on the remote computer that will be printing to the shared printer See Using a Print Server on page...

Page 56: ...hand is displayed under the shared printer This indicates that other users in the workgroup can print to this printer Installing a Network Printer Before you can print to a shared network printer you need to install DYMO Label Software DLS on your local computer If you want to install more than one shared DYMO label printer you must either run the DLS installer for each printer or use the Windows ...

Page 57: ...er select the shared printer and click OK The path to the shared printer is displayed in the dialog box 7 Click Next and then Finish Printing to a Shared Printer from Mac OS This section describes how to print to a shared printer in a Mac OS workgroup For information on printing to a shared printer under other versions of Mac OS see your Mac OS documentation or contact your System Administrator Sh...

Page 58: ...ont of each printer you wish to share 5 Close the Print Fax dialog box Adding a Shared Printer Before you can printer to a network printer you need to install DYMO Label Software DLS on the remote computer If you want to install more than one shared DYMO label printer you must add each additional label printer To install a shared network printer 1 Install DYMO Label Software See the Quick Start Gu...

Page 59: ...DUO printer does not currently support print servers Contact DYMO technical support DYMO technical support for more information DYMO label printers with older firmware versions do not support print servers See Printer Firmware Versions that Support Print Servers In general during print server installation if you are prompted for the printer or printer driver select the option for installing a prin...

Page 60: ...he serial number printed on the bottom of the printer If your printer has firmware that does not support print servers contact DYMO technical support for assistance on updating the printer s firmware DYMO Label Printer Model Serial Numbers Greater Than Firmware Version Greater Than DYMO LabelWriter 400 xxxxx 2046321 93089v0T 93490v0T DYMO LabelWriter 400 Turbo xxxxx 2096232 93176v0T 93491v0T DYMO ...

Page 61: ... label 30 Creating a New List 19 curved text objects 15 D Database Add In 26 date time objects 15 placing new 16 delimited files printing 21 designer 13 designer toolbar 13 DYMO Label Software starting 7 E EAN 8 13 15 ellipse objects 14 EMF 34 F fonts special effects 32 form feed button 44 G graphic objects 14 placing new 16 graphics adding 34 H help 2 44 horizontal line objects 14 placing new 16 ...

Page 62: ...ting 40 label alignment 39 tape cassette color 37 printer maintenance 43 self test 44 specifications 47 testing 44 printing chain printing 38 continuous mode 40 from a list 36 labels 10 multiple labels 23 network 51 vertically 35 R rectangle objects 14 placing new 16 register the software 2 Rotate Name 19 S saving label files 11 self test 44 shadow font 33 sharing a printer Mac OS 53 Windows 51 Sm...

Page 63: ...59 W WMF 34 Word Add in 25 WordPerfect 26 ...

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