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User’s Manual

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Summary of Contents for LX900e

Page 1: ...al An online version of this manual can be found at http primera eu europe manuals html 2011 All rights reserved 051211 511271 after registering your product See www primerawarranty com for terms and...

Page 2: ...interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following mea...

Page 3: ...tor 18 C Replacing Ink Cartridges Low Ink Warning 19 Section 4 Printing 22 A Using NiceLabel 22 B Creating Barcodes in NiceLabel 28 C Printing from Other Programs 31 D Adjusting Print Alignment 32 E C...

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Page 5: ...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 adequa...

Page 6: ...the supply box Power Adapter Separate Power Cord USB Cable Software Installer CD Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black Ink Cartridges Warranty Statement and Registration Card Installation Quick Start and oth...

Page 7: ...se one label to be fed from the printer The Ink Low LED will illuminate when a cartridge has 10 or less of its ink remaining The Unload Button will unload the installed label stock by reversing it thr...

Page 8: ...COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS Recommended PC Specifications For optimal printing speed you must have a PC with the following recommended specifications Pentium Dual Core Processor 2 GB of RAM 10 GB of Free...

Page 9: ...nded printer before ordering large quantities Primera will only assume responsibility for custom label stock ordered from Primera Label Width Liner Width Distance from edge of Media to edge of Label W...

Page 10: ...There are two factors that determine whether the printer will accept any particular stock thickness 1 The ability for the printer to pull the paper through the print area 2 The ability for the sensor...

Page 11: ...pplicator to apply your labels be sure to order label stock with the correct orientation for your applicator For example most applicators will apply the side of the label first so you will want to pri...

Page 12: ...CK The following steps will guide you through loading label stock in your printer Make sure power is connected and printer is on 1 Open the Top Cover 2 Lower the Roll Guide and pull it outward to make...

Page 13: ...inward until it touches the Roll Stop 5 Flip up the Roll Guide and slide it inward until it touches the label stock The Roll Guide will automatically pull back slightly to the correct position There s...

Page 14: ...Guides to provide proper guidance but not close enough to pinch the label stock 0 1 mm gap on either side If the label stock is pinched by the guides poor print quality or feeding problems could resu...

Page 15: ...the correct position on the stock Set the sensor to this measurement Important Note You must adjust the Stock Sensor before loading nonstan dard label stock Circular Labels If you are using Circular L...

Page 16: ...or Mode to Reflective The printer will now look for the black mark representing the beginning of the next label instead of the diecut For more information on changing the Stock Sensor Mode see Section...

Page 17: ...ck on the Alignment Tab 3rd tab from top 4 Click on the Stock Sensor Mode button 5 Select the Stock Sensor Mode by clicking on graphic that most closely corresponds to the stock you intend to install...

Page 18: ...the label stock E SET THE OUTPUT MODE Toggle the Output Mode to set whether or not the last label printed will be presented or left inside the printer To adjust the output mode open the PTStatus progr...

Page 19: ...ent to the printer within one second after the last label has printed the last printed label will present for tear off Present labels No Use with Rewinder In this mode the label stock does not move af...

Page 20: ...mera Technology PTPStatus Once open the Status Monitor consist of four tabs that are arranged on the left side of the window Each tab opens a screen that has various similar functions The tabs will on...

Page 21: ...double up arrows to expand the window to standard mode Click the double down arrows to revert to the smaller mode In the standard mode the ink percentages will be displayed along with four tabs and th...

Page 22: ...of last print is displayed at the top of the window Adjust the cartridge costs according to the actual price paid for them The estimate does not take currency into account so you can assume that what...

Page 23: ...ches 0 during a job you will be prompted to change that cartridge At this point you can change or ignore Under normal circumstances this will be your first warning The 10 warning is only triggered at...

Page 24: ...p slightly 3 Remove the cartridge 4 Locate a new cartridge and remove it from its packaging Remove the foil outer package and the clear plastic shrink wrap Also remove the cartridge cap Note If you op...

Page 25: ...o its corresponding colored slot Press down near the back of the cartridge until it clicks into position Important Note Make sure the cartridge is securely in place An improper ly positioned cartridge...

Page 26: ...to guide you through creating and printing a sample label Launch NiceLabel from your computer s Start Menu Note You are not required to print from the NiceLabel software You can print from any applic...

Page 27: ...text There is no need to be exact once you enter your text it can easily be resized and or moved about the label Upon clicking in the Document Window you will see a prompt to start typing your text b...

Page 28: ...n be positioned anywhere within the Document Window Position your cursor in the general area where you wish your barcode to print and click to start entering your barcode information There is no need...

Page 29: ...o enter the data to be used in the barcode For this we are doing a simple UPC A barcode For more information on other types of barcodes please see Section 3B Creating Barcodes in NiceLabel c Click OK...

Page 30: ...ts NiceLabel will accept universal graphic files such as BMP JPG TIF WMF and PNG It will not accept AI PDF PSD CDR or any proprietary format from design applications or label layout programs Note Obje...

Page 31: ...3C for more information Click File then Print from the main menu Choose your number of copies and click OK The following actions will occur during normal operation Approximately every five passes the...

Page 32: ...dow Position your cursor in the general area where you wish your barcode to print and click to start entering your barcode information Once clicked you will see the Barcode Wizard i The first screen i...

Page 33: ...t UPC E UPC E 2 digit supplement UPC E 5 digit supplement EAN UCC 128 SSCC Bookland Addon 2 Addon 5 Linear Interleaved 2 of 5 ITF 14 ITF 16 Code 39 Code 39 Tri Optic Code 39 Full ASCII Code 32 Code 93...

Page 34: ...of the barcode presentations on the printer These settings are listed here Include Quiet Zones will enable the software to automati cally create the necessary amount of free space before and after th...

Page 35: ...imply set the custom page size just as you would set print quality in the printing preferences In the example below the label size is 4 x 4 so the custom page size is set to 400 x 400 displayed in 01...

Page 36: ...Standard printers feed a sheet and start printing based on the start of the sheet They also prohibit printing to the edge of the sheet This is to avoid any need for alignment The LX900e senses the beg...

Page 37: ...ract from the current value to move the printed label to the left After adjusting the value click the Set button to send the value to the printer Note Before adjusting this value make sure the label s...

Page 38: ...he label Try printing again to see if it covers the entire label If not move on to step two 2 Adjust these settings in the printer driver preferences to create a 05 1 2mm overbleed Page Size Increase...

Page 39: ...ssfully 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 preferences These settings will appl...

Page 40: ...and select Printing Preferences from the drop down menu The preferences screen will appear NOTE on PC Settings Most applications allow you to change these same printer driver options from their Print...

Page 41: ...to right or as shown on the screen select portrait If you wish your printing to rotate 90 degrees from what you see on the screen so it is printing horizontally select landscape as your orientation R...

Page 42: ...s for faster black printing but at a lower dpi Using just the black cartridges for such images may result in a grainy image Media Type There are multiple media type options which correspond with the v...

Page 43: ...ted output can look entirely different Ink Saturation This option controls the amount of ink used when printing an image The default setting is 100 which will provide the most accurate color matching...

Page 44: ...ent of your printing on your label stock This will be factory calibrated If fine tuning is needed increase this setting to move the image down on the label decrease this setting to move the image up o...

Page 45: ...cause the printer to print over the gap and onto the next label Make sure this is set correctly 6 Stock Sensor Position Circular nonstandard label shapes or multiple labels across will require precise...

Page 46: ...ur quality setting The lowest and fastest printing quality may not be sufficient for many photos or graphics The highest quality setting may cause ink to bleed on certain graphics in combination with...

Page 47: ...aper towel 6 Color Matching Change your Color Matching setting to Graphics or Photos via the printer driver preferences See Section 4F 7 Cartridge Setting Change the cartridge setting in the driv er T...

Page 48: ...72 is a typical DPI for images or graphics saved from web sites We recommend a 300 dpi image 12 Cable Try another USB cable Make sure that it is less than 6ft 2 Meters long Faulty cables or cables tha...

Page 49: ...r hand resolutions higher than 300 DPI will not produce better quality but may require more RAM to print and hard drive space to store They could even slow down the print process 3 Image File Format M...

Page 50: ...PG BMP and TIF in CMYK color mode 5 Media Type Setting Experiment with the Media Type setting in the printer preferences Section 4F to achieve the best color matching There are multiple media type opt...

Page 51: ...e create on your desktop E CLEANING THE PRINTER If any ink has gotten on to the printer casing itself the case of the printer can be cleaned with an ammonia based window cleaner and a lint free cloth...

Page 52: ...method multiple times Manual method 1 Remove the printhead using the instructions in Section 5G 2 Moisten a lint free cloth with water 3 Hold the cloth against the nozzles for three seconds This will...

Page 53: ...e of the print nozzles are still clogged after repeated manual cleanings as described in Section 5F Follow this procedure 1 Press the Pause and Load Feed buttons simultaneously to move the print carri...

Page 54: ...50 Troubleshooting and Maintenance 3 Remove the printhead Grasp the printhead near the back as shown in the illustration 4 Locate a new printhead and place it in the carriage...

Page 55: ...til you hear a click 7 Press the Pause and Load Feed buttons simultaneously to move the print carriage back to normal position 8 Now align the print head as described in Section 5B Press Pause Load Fe...

Page 56: ...is on Rotating Ink Power Firmware update is in progress do and Pause LEDs not remove power or USB I TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you have difficulties in operating your Printer the procedures in this manual...

Page 57: ...or for labels and tags with black stripe can use continuous and pre printed labels and tags Supply Roll 152 mm 6 maximum diameter on 76 mm 3 core Ink Level Warning Calculates actual number of prints r...

Page 58: ...Die Cut 6 13 DPI 44 45 Fixed Throat Guide 33 Full Bleed 34 Human Readable Tab 30 Ink Low LED 3 Ink Saturation 39 Ink Tab 16 Installing Label Stock 8 Label Cost 18 Label Size 31 Label Tear Bar 3 Left...

Page 59: ...aning 42 48 Replacing 49 Printing 22 PTStatus 13 16 Resolution 45 Sensor Type 14 Sensor Position 10 41 Status Monitor 16 Reflective 6 13 Roll Arm 9 Roll Guide 8 Roll Specifications 5 7 Roll Stop 9 Tea...

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