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Getting Started  1

Section 1: Getting Started

THANK YOU…

...for choosing an FX400e Foil Imprinting System. The FX400e Foil
Imprinter adds brilliant, shiny metallic gold and silver highlights to
your inkjet-printed labels.

This User's Manual is your complete step-by-step guide to quickly
and easily setting up and printing with your new Foil Imprinting
System.

A. CHOOSING A GOOD LOCATION

Place the printer on a flat surface in a location with adequate air
circulation to prevent internal heat build up.

Do not place the printer near heat sources such as radiators or
air ducts, or in a place subject to direct sun light, excessive dust,
mechanical vibration or shock.

Allow for adequate clearance in front of the printer to accommo-
date the printed label stock as it is leaving the printer to avoid
the possibility of binding or jamming of the label stock.

Allow for adequate overhead clearance for opening the top
cover to allow easy access to the label stock and ribbons.

Summary of Contents for FX400e

Page 1: ...User s Manual 2009 All rights reserved FX400e Foil Imprinting System 021109 FX400E 01...

Page 2: ...Compliance Statement This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must acc...

Page 3: ...er 5 C Loading the Ribbon 6 D Loading the Labels external 8 E Loading the Labels internal 9 F Diagnostic Tool 10 G Adjusting the Stock Sensor 11 Section 3 Printing 12 A Using NiceLabel 12 B Printer Dr...

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Page 5: ...Place the printer on a flat surface in a location with adequate air circulation to prevent internal heat build up Do not place the printer near heat sources such as radiators or air ducts or in a plac...

Page 6: ...llowing items should be included Foil Imprinter Power Adapter Separate Power Cord USB Cable Software Installer CD One sample roll of TuffCoat Shiny Metallic Gold Foil One Ribbon Rewind Paper Core Two...

Page 7: ...but tons and LED indicator lights This illustration shows the input ports and power switch found on the rear panel of the printer LED Indicator Feed Pause Button Top Cover Open Lever Getting Started 3...

Page 8: ...ing speed you must have a PC with the following minimum specifications Windows XP Vista Pentium IV Processor 512 MB of RAM 5 GB of Free Hard Drive Space Available USB Port If your computer does not ha...

Page 9: ...cess B INSTALLING THE PRINTER 1 Place this printer on a flat stable surface and make sure the power switch is turned off 2 Connect the printer to the host computer with the USB cable 3 Plug the power...

Page 10: ...passed Windows Logo Testing Click Continue Anyway to continue installing the printer driver for your printer C LOADING THE RIBBON 1 Push down the ribbon access window to open the cover 2 Place a pape...

Page 11: ...the ribbon access window and lift up the top cover to the ultimate angle then close the top cover gently and it will be kept at a stop position between 1 and 2 for a while Use both hands to gently pus...

Page 12: ...top cover A top cover support at the rear of the printer will hold the printer top cover open 5 Feed the paper printing side face up through the teflon bar paper guide and pass over the platen 6 Adjus...

Page 13: ...he platen 5 Adjust the green center biased paper guides in or out so they are slightly touch the edges of the label backing 6 Lift up the top cover to the ultimate angle then close the top cover gentl...

Page 14: ...e printer status and settings and trouble shoot the printer The Diagnostic Tool is included on the Installer Disc Note This utility works with printer firmware V6 00 and later versions 1 Insert the In...

Page 15: ...the sensor But some label stock has its black marks only at the rims of the linen and the sensor needs to be moved to this position Hardware and Software Setup 11 Description Calibrate the sensor spe...

Page 16: ...For instructions see Section 2C 2 Choose Create a new Label from the New Label Wizard and click on Finish 3 You will see the Label Setup Wizard This will guide you through setting up your label a Set...

Page 17: ...d resize your graphic c There are other tools at your disposal to align the object or add shapes On the right side of the screen you will see alignment tools so you can align the objects on your label...

Page 18: ...14 Printing While dragging At desired position...

Page 19: ...he values and apply them by clicking on Finish For changing the thickness of lines you have to pull the edit handles c You are now ready to print your label Click File Printer Settings to adjust quali...

Page 20: ...he printer driver has been successfully installed you will need to setup the driver with the appropriate print options Refer to the following steps to change or verify your default printer driver pref...

Page 21: ...your needs Advanced Setup Tab In the first area you can set the Sensor type to the kind of label stock you are using We recommend leaving the default settings in Media settings Options and Graphics op...

Page 22: ...you are using other graphics programs you will need to change the page size in the application and in the printer driver preferences TOF Decrease the Top of form by 10 This will cause the printer to...

Page 23: ...es solve the problem If you still have difficulty contact the technical support number using one of the methods listed below Source Location NiceLabel Software Help files Open the software Click on th...

Page 24: ...of Media Label Sensing Methods Method 1 Label Gap Sensing Method 2 Thru Hole Sensing Method 3 Reflective Black Mark Sensing Black Mark must be printed on back side of label stock Note See table below...

Page 25: ...dia to edge of thru hole 48 3 mm 1 90 5 1 mm 0 20 Reflective Black Mark Width Equal to distance between labels 25 4 mm 1 Max Outer Diameter OD 127 mm 5 0 N A Inner Core Diameter ID see roll specificat...

Page 26: ...B free hard drive space USB 1 1 2 0 port Label Design Software NiceLabel SE Primera Edition included Can also be used with most other popular Windows based label design software programs DC output 24...

Page 27: ...ck Internal 9 Installing NiceLabel 5 Installing the Printer 5 Installing the Printer Driver 5 Internal Label Roll Mount 9 Label Size 20 LED Indicator 3 Loading Ribbon 6 Location 1 Parts 3 Pause Button...

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