Panduit PanTher LS8EQ Operator'S Manual Download

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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.panduit.com

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REV. 0 – 5/5/09

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Page 1: ...AL 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 pandu...

Page 2: ...mbols 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 Setting up the PANTHER LS...

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

Page 4: ...and troubleshooting of the PANTHER LS8EQ Hand held Thermal Transfer Printer If you have problems not covered herein contact your local Panduit Sales Representative call Panduit Technical Support at 86...

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: ...ette System Large graphic display with backlight QWERTY keypad Print head latch Durable plastic housing Die cut or continuous labels Ribbon included Cutter button with partial cut adjustment Integrate...

Page 8: ...has 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...

Page 9: ...ity 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 LS8EQ printer 2 Install a label cassette Press...

Page 10: ...tion Keys F1 F10 Setup Power Feed Delete Clear Print Enter Rotate Space Accented Characters Shift Directional Arrows Numbers and Letters Size Length Insert or Edit Tools Style Align Label Mode Caps Lo...

Page 11: ...s ENTER Move to the next line or accept menu changes ROTATE Rotate the label to 0 90 180 or 270 degrees HOME Move to home position on screen END Move to end position on screen SIZE Select the text fon...

Page 12: ...12 SECTION 2 WORKING WITH THE PANTHER LS8EQ...

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: ...ified 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 ri...

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

Page 19: ...page for available symbols 5 Use the up or down directional arrow keys to increase or decrease the size of the symbol The default size of the symbol is chosen to match the text size on the current lin...

Page 20: ...bers are listed below Additional symbols may be added to the PANTHER LS8EQ 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: ...can 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: ...ional arrow keys to highlight the other bar code settings 7 Use the right or left directional arrow keys to change the bar code settings 8 Press the key to accept all of the changes and to return to t...

Page 24: ...uman readable or not If activated bar code text is human readable the setting will display Yes Checksum Indicates whether the checksum digit is activated or not If activated checksum digit is turned o...

Page 25: ...n press the INSERT key The Time 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 LS8EQ Creating a Time...

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: ...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 position 4 Press the k...

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: ...pages 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...

Page 30: ...tion o This wizard introduces new label legend creation tools including a text table format and TIA compliance guide See page 58 for a labeling example using this wizard F5 DIN Mode for European Termi...

Page 31: ...nu scroll up or down using the directional arrows Select the setting to adjust by pressing Once inside the setting use the arrow keys to select a parameter to change Press to accept the changes and re...

Page 32: ...ipe 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 componen...

Page 33: ...saving 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 previo...

Page 34: ...nsert 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 Select D 4 Click OK 5 D...

Page 35: ...PANTHERLINK 35 Click Next Click Next...

Page 36: ...n of the installation process the PANTHERLINK icon will appear on the computer desktop PANTHERLINK desktop icon The main PANTHERLINK installation screen will reappear Click Install File Transfer Drive...

Page 37: ...ansfer Driver 1 After PanTherLink is installed connect the USB cable provided in the LS8 PCKIT to the LS8EQ printer and to your computer 2 Power the LS8EQ printer on 3 Press the SETUP key 4 Select PC...

Page 38: ...f you get a message indicating that the driver is unsigned select Continue Anyway 11 Click Finish 12 The file transfer driver installation is complete 13 Click Back to return to the main PANTHERLINK i...

Page 39: ...vate the USB upgrade mode Your computer will notify you that it has found new hardware The Found New Hardware Wizard will then begin on your computer 3 Select No not this time 4 Click Next 5 Select In...

Page 40: ...ntact Panduit Identification Products Tech Support at 1 866 871 4571 or speak to your network administrator 4 From the main PANTHERLINK installation screen click the Install Easy Mark Driver button 5...

Page 41: ...onal arrow keys to highlight PC Interface 6 Press the key 7 Use the up or down directional arrow keys to highlight Files Printing Symbol Transfer or Firmware Upgrade 8 Press the key 9 When choosing Fi...

Page 42: ...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 co...

Page 43: ...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 saving...

Page 44: ...he 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 your computer click OK 11 The file menu tree on...

Page 45: ...PANTHERLINK 45 DAT File Transfer Screens...

Page 46: ...om the toolbar The icon shows BMP with an arrow pointing away from a computer 9 Browse to locate your BMP file on your computer Highlight the file and click Open 10 Select the file storage location on...

Page 47: ...PANTHERLINK 47 Downloadable Symbols BMP File Transfer Screens...

Page 48: ...PANTHERLINK 48...

Page 49: ...Downloadable Symbols included in PanTherLink software 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 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 5...

Page 50: ...LS8 printer hold the F5 button and power the LS8EQ printer on 5 Click OK on your computer 6 Locate the LS8EQ firmware upgrade file that you saved to your computer in step 1 7 Click Open 8 The Upgradin...

Page 51: ...he USB cable from the printer to your computer 5 Press the SETUP button Select PC Interface Select Files Printing 6 The LS8EQ printer is now ready to print from Easy Mark 7 In Easy Mark select File Pr...

Page 52: ...PANTHERLINK 52 b Click Advanced c Select the Paper Size that matches your label format in Easy Mark d Click OK e Click OK 9 Click OK to begin printing LS8EQ Printing with Easy Mark Screens...

Page 53: ...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 54: ...p 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 the SIZE key You c...

Page 55: ...w 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 increment from 1 to 99 print mult...

Page 56: ...sert a terminal block cassette 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 Ste...

Page 57: ...g data on the LS8EQ 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 to exit the data...

Page 58: ...f a DIN module label section is the Module Size multiplied by the Module Span For example a Module Size of 10 mm and Module Span of 2 equal a DIN label section of 20 mm DIN labeling allows you to prin...

Page 59: ...the right 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 CASS...

Page 60: ...Block Labeling PIPE Pipe Marking Network Applications CABLE Cable Marking PATCH Patch Panel Labeling BAKB Backbone Labeling GND Ground Labeling FACE Faceplate Labeling FIRE Firestop Labeling TIA EIA 6...

Page 61: ...luding 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 62: ...ENTER 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 63: ...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 64: ...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 65: ...ed in the printer If problem persists replace batteries Plug in AC Adapter PRINTING Not printing Make sure printer 1 Is turned ON 2 Has label cassette loaded properly 3 Label media is fed beneath guid...

Page 66: ...ted image areas where there is no print Print head elements or dots are dirty or obstructed Clean print head with soft stemmed swab and isopropyl alcohol part number LS8 CLN LABELS Labels not register...

Page 67: ...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 LS8EQ printer...

Page 68: ...er blade ever get dull and if so would the printer need to be repaired Answer The cutter blade is designed to maintain its sharpness throughout the life of a printer The cutter blade should be cleaned...

Page 69: ...intended or unauthorized medical application buyer shall indemnify and hold Panduit harmless from any liability or damage whatsoever arising out of the use of Panduit products in such medical applicat...

Page 70: ...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...

Page 71: ...ON 71 COUNTRY REGION TECHNICAL SUPPORT PHONE NUMBER Asia Pacific 65 6379 6700 Australia 61 3 9794 9020 Brazil 551136112434 Canada 866 871 4571 Europe 44 208 601 7200 Japan 81 3 376 77011 Latin America...

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