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Upgrading the PanTher™ LS8E Hand-Held Thermal Transfer Printer
Firmware

1. Save the LS8E printer firmware upgrade file to your computer. Choose a

location that will be easy to find.

2. Open

PanTherLink

software.

3. Select Upgrades the LS8 firmware from the toolbar. The icon shows “BIN”

with an arrow pointing away from a computer.

4. To enter USB upgrade mode on the LS8 printer, hold the F5 button and

power the LS8E printer on.

5. Click OK on your computer.
6. Locate the LS8E firmware upgrade file that you saved to your computer in

step 1.

7. Click

Open.

8. The Upgrading Firmware progress bar will appear. The LS8E printer screen

will display Receiving Firmware. The upgrade takes approximately 3 minutes
to complete.

9.

DO NOT INTERRUPT THE UPGRADING PROCESS!

10. Once the Firmware upgrade successful message appears on your computer,

Click OK.

11. The LS8E printer will reboot automatically after the upgrade.

LS8E Printer Firmware Upgrade Screens

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Summary of Contents for PANTHER LS8E

Page 1: ...L TRANSFER PRINTER Operator s Manual Panduit Corp Identification Products Division 1819 Atlanta Highway Cumming GA 30040 USA Technical Support 1 866 871 4571 Customer Service 1 800 777 3300 www pandui...

Page 2: ...ns 16 18 Creating Symbols 19 21 Creating Data Lists 22 Creating Bar Codes 23 24 Creating a Date or Time Stamp 25 Creating Lines 26 27 Creating Frames 28 Using Pages 29 Using Special Functions 30 Setti...

Page 3: ...3 SECTION 1 GETTING STARTED...

Page 4: ...nd troubleshooting of the PANTHER LS8E Hand held Thermal Transfer Printer If you have problems not covered herein contact your local Panduit Sales Representative call Panduit Technical Support at 866...

Page 5: ...f not used in accordance with this instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this printer in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which ca...

Page 6: ...ermal Transfer Printer meets the requirements of the following standards FCC Part 15 Class A CE European Directive 2002 95 EC on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS Additional Reference Mater...

Page 7: ...nter P1 Label Cassette System Large graphic display with backlight 59 button keypad Adjustable wrist neck strap Print head latch Durable plastic housing Die cut or continuous labels Ribbon included Cu...

Page 8: ...s two possible settings Full Cut and Partial Cut Full Cut is used to cut entirely across a label and its liner This is the familiar cutting style used on other hand held printers Partial Cut is used t...

Page 9: ...rity When Installing Batteries Replace All Six Batteries At The Same Time Loading a Label Cassette 1 Remove the cassette door from the back of the PANTHER LS8E printer 2 Install a label cassette Press...

Page 10: ...KEYBOARD FUNCTIONS 10 Setup Power Delete Clear Feed Backlight Print Enter Rotate Space Accent Shift Directional Arrows Numbers Letters Size Length Insert or Edit Tools Label Mode Caps Lock...

Page 11: ...text font style ALIGN Change the label justification LINE Add vertical and horizontal lines to a label FRAME Add a frame around a label PAGE Move to another page FILE Access the file manager INSERT In...

Page 12: ...12 SECTION 2 WORKING WITH THE PANTHER LS8E...

Page 13: ...tion Available styles include Normal no icon Normal Underline Bold and Bold Underline Text Line Indicates the current line Page 1 9 Indicates the current page There are 9 total pages Vertical or Horiz...

Page 14: ...ve the cursor to any position and begin typing The character will be inserted at the cursor position Deleting Text To remove characters from the screen press the key Each press of the key will delete...

Page 15: ...fied center justified and right justified The vertical justification options include top justified center justified and bottom justified The character A inside of the page shaped icon in the lower rig...

Page 16: ...bel Creating a Serialization The serialization tool should be accessed from the home screen To access the serialization tool 1 Press the INSERT key to enter the tools menu 2 Press the directional arro...

Page 17: ...opies parameter The Copies parameter will default to a value of 1 Enter the number of copies to print Press the key to accept the changes 2 The Collate parameter determines whether or not the copies o...

Page 18: ...u Printing a serialization as a bar code is useful for asset tracking component manufacturing and quality control 2 The Place On option determines whether the serialization will print on consecutive l...

Page 19: ...is chosen to match the text size on the current line 6 Press the key to accept the changes and to return to the home screen Otherwise press the DEL key to return to the home screen without accepting...

Page 20: ...mbers are listed below Additional symbols may be added to the PANTHER LS8E firmware in the future 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37...

Page 21: ...CREATING SYMBOLS 21 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82...

Page 22: ...an recall a previously saved data list or you can create a new list Creating a new list is similar to working on the home screen Use the PAGE function to move forward or backward through the 100 data...

Page 23: ...onal arrow keys to change the bar code settings 8 Press the key to accept all of the changes and to return to the home screen Otherwise press the DEL key to return to the home screen without accepting...

Page 24: ...play Yes Checksum Indicates whether the checksum digit is activated or not If activated checksum digit is turned on the setting will display Yes Bar Size Indicates the width of the bar code Available...

Page 25: ...Tool The Time Tool allows the user to print a time stamp on a label The time printed on the label is defined by the internal clock of the PANTHER LS8E Creating a Time Tool The time tool should be acc...

Page 26: ...ff independently NOTE The top bottom left and right sides of the label will rotate with the legend when a label is rotated 1 The Center Horizontal setting places a line through the center of the label...

Page 27: ...s the LINE key 2 Use the up or down directional arrow keys to select the desired line position 3 Use the right or left directional arrow keys to turn on or turn off the line tool at the selected posit...

Page 28: ...The Box Off setting deactivates the frame Creating a Frame The frame menu should be accessed from the home screen To access the box tool 1 Press the SHIFT key and then press the LINE key to enter box...

Page 29: ...ages function is also useful for creating text on patch panel labels or terminal block labels Using the Page Function The page number icon in the lower right hand corner of the display indicates the c...

Page 30: ...minal block labeling network component labeling and pipe marking o This wizard assists in choosing the required label cassette part number for each application o This wizard introduces new label legen...

Page 31: ...to access the PC interface mode in order to import data from a computer upgrade your printer s operating system or print directly from Panduit Easy Mark Labeling Software The available language option...

Page 32: ...pe marking Strip Repeats legend until label is filled and copies legend on two sides of middle perforation Wire and cable marking Network Places legends at port locations Data communications component...

Page 33: ...aving a new file press the key to begin entering a file name Use the alphabetic or numeric keys to enter a file name After entering a file name press the key again to Save NOTE When renaming a previou...

Page 34: ...KIT or LS8 PCKIT Insert the CD into a personal computer The installation program will begin automatically If it does not then 1 Click the Start menu button on your computer screen 2 Select Run 3 Selec...

Page 35: ...PANTHERLINK 35 Upon completion of the installation process the PANTHERLINK icon will appear on the computer desktop PANTHERLINK desktop icon...

Page 36: ...ess the POWER button on the LS8E printer This will activate the USB upgrade mode 3 Your computer should automatically recognize the LS8E printer If your computer does not automatically activate the AD...

Page 37: ...inting 6 Your computer should automatically recognize the LS8 printer If your computer does not automatically activate the ADD HARDWARE WIZARD you must manually initiate the ADD HARDWARE WIZARD throug...

Page 38: ...it from the Printers and Faxes menu 6 Select Add a Printer 7 Click Next 8 Select the option for Local Printer uncheck Automatically Detect and Install 9 Click Next 10 In the Select a Printer Port wind...

Page 39: ...PANTHERLINK 39 23 The LS8 printer driver is now installed LS8 Printer Driver Installation Screens...

Page 40: ...PANTHERLINK 40...

Page 41: ...up or down directional arrow keys to highlight Files Printing or Firmware Upgrade 8 Press the key 9 When choosing Firmware Upgrade select Yes and then press 10 The LS8E is now ready to communicate to...

Page 42: ...7 Create your labels 8 Power the LS8E printer on 9 Press the SETUP button Select PC Interface Select Files Printing 10 The LS8E printer is now ready to print from Easy Mark 11 In Easy Mark select Fil...

Page 43: ...label A blank cell will be treated as a blank line A line is limited to 32 characters A blank row will be treated as a blank label 3 Select FILE then SAVE AS 4 In the SAVE AS window select the CSV com...

Page 44: ...The file name will disappear so that you can rename and save the file as a DAT file 5 In the Select target DAT file window enter a file name for the data file 6 Browse to the desired folder for savin...

Page 45: ...printer to send the DAT file to 8 Click OK 9 The file transfer progress bar will appear 10 Once the Data file transfer successful message appears on you computer click OK 11 The file menu tree on the...

Page 46: ...PANTHERLINK 46 DAT File Transfer Screens...

Page 47: ...LS8 printer hold the F5 button and power the LS8E printer on 5 Click OK on your computer 6 Locate the LS8E firmware upgrade file that you saved to your computer in step 1 7 Click Open 8 The Upgrading...

Page 48: ...PANTHERLINK 48...

Page 49: ...nk File Save previous label if necessary Step 3 Type ABCD Step 4 Press PRINT Results 1234 1234 1234 Hint S100X150VAC defaults to 10 point font printed in Wire Marker Mode You can adjust the font size...

Page 50: ...el if necessary Step 3 Type 220 VOLTS Step 4 Press PRINT Results Hint T100X000VUC BK defaults to 36 point font printed in Tape Mode with an Auto length setting You can adjust the font size by pressing...

Page 51: ...ss Step 10 Press right arrow key Step 11 Type 3 for End value Step 12 Press twice Step 13 Press PRINT Results Hint The Serial tool allows numeric or alphabetic serializations You can choose any increm...

Page 52: ...e T024X000FJC BK T031X000FJC BK or T038X000FJC BK Step 2 When prompted select New Blank File Save previous label if necessary Step 3 Enter the terminal spacing ie 0 25 Step 4 Change rotation to 0 degr...

Page 53: ...creating or editing data on the LS8E use the Page key to move to the next or to the previous terminal 8 lines are allowed per terminal Text for up to 100 terminals can be created in this way Press F5...

Page 54: ...Module Span Step 6 Create label text or tools Step 7 Press PRINT Step 8 Repeat steps 4 through 6 until print job is complete Step 9 Press DEL at steps 4 or 5 to exit DIN Mode Exercise 8 Create a facep...

Page 55: ...t arrow key and then pressing ENTER Step 6 Select SELF for self laminating labels THE OPTIMUM LABEL CASSETTE PART NUMBER FOR YOUR APPLICATION IS NOW DISPLAYED ON SCREEN INSERT THIS LABEL CASSETTE INTO...

Page 56: ...Network Applications CABLE Cable Marking PATCH Patch Panel Labeling BAKB Backbone Labeling GND Ground Labeling FACE Faceplate Labeling FIRE Firestop Labeling TIA EIA 606 A Compliance Tool Application...

Page 57: ...uding copies in the table 10 Press Shift and then F10 to save the serialization and exit the Label Wizard 11 The TABLE that you have created is stored in a data file The data tool appears on the home...

Page 58: ...NTER for the selected parameter An on screen window will appear 8 Type the value for the selected parameter in the on screen window 9 Press ENTER 10 Repeat steps 6 9 for each parameter 11 Press Shift...

Page 59: ...rint head should be cleaned whenever any irregular printing results occur The drive roller should be cleaned whenever foreign matter such as dust or adhesive is present 1 Turn OFF power to printer 2 R...

Page 60: ...er to printer 2 Remove the cassette door 3 Unlock the print head latch 4 Remove the label cassette from the printer 5 Push the cutter button in so that the cutter blade is exposed through the media op...

Page 61: ...media is fed beneath guide arm on cassette 4 Print head latch is locked 5 Has text or tools on the screen to print Tools Too Big The items on the home screen are too large for the printable area You...

Page 62: ...BELS Labels not registering Make sure that labels are feeding properly Printer not reset for new label format Turn printer OFF then ON again Printer will re calibrate for new label Die cut labels cont...

Page 63: ...ite tab from my label cassette Answer No this tab is meant to remain on the cassette It is used to help remove the cassette from your printer 4 Question How many files can be stored on the LS8E printe...

Page 64: ...ze and number of characters or tools that you are printing While the number of cassettes will vary you should typically be able to print at least 4 or 5 cassettes before replacing the batteries 11 Que...

Page 65: ...and excludes all other warranties expressed or implied THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE ARE SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED Neither seller nor manufacturer shall be li...

Page 66: ...ted cutter Display 4 line x 14 graphic LCD with backlight LCD Contrast Control Adjustable via keypad Operating System Panduit proprietary user upgradeable Power Supply 6 AA alkaline batteries AC Adapt...

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