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DYMO Label

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User Guide

Summary of Contents for LabelWriter DUO

Page 1: ...DYMO Label Software User Guide ...

Page 2: ...f this document or the Software 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 is a registered trademark of DYMO Corporation DYMO is a registered trademark of Esselte Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders ...

Page 3: ...Designer 11 Design Objects 11 Creating a New Label File 13 Opening an Existing Label File 13 Adding an Object 14 Deleting Objects 14 Chapter 3 Working with Lists 15 Using the Address Book 15 Creating a New List 17 Opening an Existing List 18 Using Address Fixer Windows 18 Printing Internet Postage Windows 18 Chapter 4 Printing Labels Using Smart Paste 19 About Smart Paste 19 Printing Multiple Labe...

Page 4: ...ation Add Ins 24 About the ACT and GoldMine Add Ins 25 Printing Directly from Other Applications 26 Chapter 6 Maintenance and Troubleshooting 27 Caring for the LabelWriter Printer 27 Performing a Printer Self Test 27 Obtaining Technical Support 28 Appendix A Printer Specifications 29 Developer and SDK Information 30 ...

Page 5: ...from a thermal print head to specially treated labels The thermal print head contains a row of miniature heating elements that press against the treated label As a heating element touches the specially treated label a thermal reaction causes the specific point on the label to turn black Labels The only supplies you will ever need for this printer are the labels We recommend you only use DYMO brand...

Page 6: ... a few seconds while your information is sent to DYMO 3 To register by mail or fax print the completed registration form and mail or fax the form to the location printed on the form Getting Help Before making labels you should know about the various help resources available to you DYMO Label Software includes extensive online Help At times in this manual you will be directed to the online Help for...

Page 7: ...ws only Many of DYMO s partners have also integrated label printing into their software including Corex CardScan Sage Software s TeleMagic and eGrabber A Smart Paste function allowing you to automatically print multiple labels by copying text from other applications directly into the current label see page 19 Database connectivity allowing you to print from an Access Paradox dBase or Excel databas...

Page 8: ... of the pre designed labels included with the software In this tutorial you will customize a shipping label with a graphic NOTE You can only print the shipping label on the LabelWriter EL60 Turbo 320 330 and 330 Turbo printers If you have a LabelWriter EL40 300 310 or 315 printer select this shipping label and follow the tutorial anyway This tutorial will give you valuable information on how to ac...

Page 9: ...pe first then any important objects on the label and finally the part number of the label 2 Select the Shipping with graphic 30256 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 10: ...g 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 com...

Page 11: ...een 2 Enter the following text CompuDoctor s Fix It Service 1234 Hardware Way Livermore CA 94550 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 ...

Page 12: ...s 4 Select Below Address under Barcode Position and then click OK DYMO s address now appears as the recipient s address on the label with a postal barcode beneath the city state and ZIP code Changing the Font You may want to modify the font used for the recipient address or return address To change the font 1 Click the recipient address object The address text is highlighted 2 Select Times New Rom...

Page 13: ...r information on how to set up your printer and load the labels To print the label 1 Enter the number of copies of this label to print in the Copies field on the Main toolbar 2 Click on the Main toolbar Saving the Label Now that you have created your shipping label you can save it as a label file Saved labels will automatically appear in the Label Files drop down list To save the label 1 Click on ...

Page 14: ... must store them in the Label Files folder A default Label Files folder is created for you under the DYMO Label installation folder when you first install the software Now that you can open edit print and save a shipping label you are ready to modify and use most other label files ...

Page 15: ... 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 sect...

Page 16: ... 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 17: ... 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 text as a full circle or as a semi cir...

Page 18: ... 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 appears in all new graphic objects yo...

Page 19: ...dress Book entry is displayed in the object This means that the actual content that prints in an address object is not necessarily the same each time the label is printed For example if you select ten entries from the Address 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 for...

Page 20: ...not copied to the new label only the text which takes on the formatting of the new label To display the Address Book Click or select Open from the Address Book menu The last list file that was opened appears in the Address Book panel of the Main window The first time you open the Address Book the Sample List entries appear Using Lists with Multiple Variable Objects You can use the Address Book to ...

Page 21: ...Address Lists The Address Book automatically sorts addresses by the last name For example if you enter the following address Harrison Schreppel 5040 El Cantada Berkeley CA 94720 3828 The Address Book displays Schreppel Harrison in the Entries list In some cases Address Book incorrectly identifies which name is the last name or incorrectly identifies a company name as a person s name This is easily...

Page 22: ...en you print labels for multiple contacts Address Fixer is a separate utility available from DYMO and is included on your DYMO Label Software CD ROM To check your address do one of the following Click The current address is checked With a contact selected click the Check Address button from the Word Outlook or Palm Desktop Add in Visit www dymo com addressfixer for more information about the Addre...

Page 23: ...rom a spreadsheet program using Smart Paste each 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 ...

Page 24: ...d one for Esselte In another example the following three lines of text are printed as three two line labels Multi Line Text from a Word Processor When copying text from a word processor 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 ...

Page 25: ...bel 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 printing Printing from a File You can use Smart Paste to print data ...

Page 26: ...Printing Labels Using Smart Paste 22 A dialog box appears telling you how many labels will be printed 6 Click Yes The labels begin printing ...

Page 27: ... t worry none of your existing 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 name copy the changed label files to another locati...

Page 28: ... in the Recipient Address dialog box 3 Click Print Label to print the label If you are printing a shipping label file it will include the return address that s already been defined for the file Additional Windows Application Add Ins In addition to the Microsoft Word Add In you can install add ins for several Windows based contact management applications Each application is described in this sectio...

Page 29: ...s 2 Select the Other tab and then click Advanced Options The Advanced Options dialog box appears For Outlook 97 also select the General tab 3 Click Add In Manager 4 Check the DYMO LabelWriter item in the Add In Manager list you might have to scroll down the list to display this item If DYMO LabelWriter does not appear click the Install button and then select from the list of files Click OK 5 Click...

Page 30: ...r Applications At times you may want to print labels directly from another program to your LabelWriter printer without using DYMO Label Software or the LabelWriter add ins One example could be if you maintain address lists within Microsoft Word or Access and want to print them all on labels without importing the list to the DYMO Label Software Address Book Printing labels directly from application...

Page 31: ...ng cards visit www dymo com or call 800 426 7827 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...

Page 32: ...0 Turbo 1 Press and hold down the multi function button on the front of the printer for 10 seconds 2 Release the multi function button The printer will begin printing vertical lines along the width of the printer The test pattern will automatically change every 3 4 inch 3 To stop the self test press and release the multi function button Obtaining Technical Support If you experience problems with t...

Page 33: ...Handling Maximum 300 feet 91 meters of thermal paper 1200 30 meters of labels Interface USB USB Spec 1 1 protocol Serial Bi directional RS232 USB USB Spec 1 1 protocol Serial Printer Settings 19 200 baud 8 data bits no parity hardware handshaking 115 200 baud 8 data bits no parity hardware handshaking N A N A N A Dimensions 4 7 8 12 4 cm x 5 3 4 14 6 cm x 7 1 4 18 4 cm WHD Weight 1 1 2 pounds 0 68...

Page 34: ...iter is no different than printing on a laser printer except that the pages are smaller In cases where you want to automate printing and take advantage of the label printing power built into DYMO Label Software a Software Developer s Kit SDK is included in your LabelWriter CD The SDK provides OLE direct DLL calls and Dynamic Data Exchange DDE interfaces For more information visit www dymo com deve...

Page 35: ...se harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try correcting the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver ...

Page 36: ...nter is required NOTE Please DO NOT send products to DYMO without first obtaining a Return Authorization RA number Packages shipped without an RA number will be returned to you This applies to both warranty and out of warranty repairs Obtaining an RA Number from DYMO Contact DYMO s technical support department at 203 588 2500 between 9 A M and 8 P M Eastern time A technical support specialist will...

Page 37: ...ime objects 13 placing new 14 Default Logo File 4 Default Return Address 4 delimited files printing 19 designer 11 designer toolbar 11 DYMO Label Software starting 5 E EAN 8 13 13 ellipse objects 12 G GoldMine Add In 25 graphic objects 12 placing new 14 H help 2 28 horizontal line objects 12 placing new 14 I Interleaved 2 of 5 13 Internet Postage 18 ITF 14 13 L Label Designer 11 starting 11 label ...

Page 38: ... test 27 service 32 specifications 29 testing 27 printing labels 9 multiple labels 21 Printing Internet Postage 18 R rectangle objects 12 placing new 14 register the software 2 return address 4 Rotate Name 17 S saving label files 9 self test 27 service 32 Smart Paste 19 spreadsheets printing from 19 storing labels 1 T technical support 28 text files printing from 19 text objects 11 placing new 14 ...

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