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       Chapter 2 highlights some of PowisPrint™’s best features—

features that will make your Binderstrips™ even more interesting 
and dynamic.   

 

A.  Text Layout 

 
       Use your Design Window tool bar to change thesefeatures. 
 
       1.  Font Type 
       Select a font using the Font Selection key on the tool bar.  (The  
       available fonts are the TrueType™ fonts already loaded on your  
       computer.) 
 
       2.  Font Size 
       To adjust the font size, use the up and down arrow keys in the 

Font Size area on the tool bar.  (You cannot change the font size 
by entering a number directly in the Size box.) Your point size 
range is 6       to 200.  If you don't select a font size, the software 
automatically AutoFits your text to the zone size. 

               
      

NOTE: 

Once you manually reset the font size, you deactivate 

AutoFit.  Without AutoFit, you can exceed the zone boundaries, 
and enter too many characters, or select a font size that is too big 
for your book.  In this case, the PowisPrinter™ will print exactly 
what you’ve entered—whether it fits or not.  To avoid making 
design errors, we recommend using AutoFit. 

 
       3.  Font Style 
       Using the Font Style keys, choose which style you want:  bold, 

italic, and/or underline.  You may have one, two, or all three of 
these styles simultaneously in one zone.  The style(s) you select 
apply to all the zone contents. 

 
       4.  Character Spacing 
       Use the up and down arrow keys in the Spacing area to adjust the 

space between the characters.  You have a range of 90% (tight) to 
130% (loose).  100% is normal character spacing.   Note that 
changing the character spacing deactivates AutoFit.  To reactivate 
AutoFit at the new spacing, press the AutoFit button on the 
toolbar, or go to the Format 

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Text 

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AutoFit.  PowisPrint™ will 

now automatically size your text (at the new spacing you've 
selected) as large as possible to fit within the zone boundaries.  

 
       5.  Aligning Text 
       Within each zone, you can left-align, center-align, or right-align your 

text.  Use the Alignment keys on the tool bar to place your text.  

        
       6.  AutoFit 
       PowisPrint™ AutoFit is just like AutoFit on your PowisPrinter™ 

keyboard.  It automatically selects the largest font size to fit the 
zone height and width. 

        
                                                                     

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Содержание Fastback P31

Страница 1: ...Instruction Manual Provided By http www MyBinding com http www MyBindingBlog com Powis Parker Fastback P31 Printer...

Страница 2: ...M O D E L 3 1 U S E R S M A N U A L P O W I S P R I N T E R...

Страница 3: ...bilities It s a fun machine so have a good time I INTRODUCTION 2 II FIRST TIME SETUP 5 A What s Included 5 B Unpacking 5 C Plugging In 5 D Loading a Foil Cartridge 5 III PRINTING A QUICK TITLE 6 IV KE...

Страница 4: ...the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a...

Страница 5: ...ower ON Switch L Power Cord Receptacle M Fuse Holder N Voltage Setting A Text Orientations Landscape Stacked Portrait B Text Zones Top Middle Bottom C Help Key D Backspace Key E Escape Clear Menu Ejec...

Страница 6: ...I N T E R M O D E L 3 1 U S E R S M A N U A L I N T R O D U C T I O N DIAGR AM A S C H M A FIG U RE 4 You can use your PowisPrinter alone Or docked to a Fastback Model 11 or Model 15 DIAGR AMA S C H M...

Страница 7: ...ong purple cylinder onto the keyboard s foot Figure 9 C Plugging In 1 Plug the keyboard cable into the bottom Input Port figure 1 2 The Power Switch is located at the lower left on the back of the mac...

Страница 8: ...t When the warm up cycle is completed the green Power ON light will remain on and the display will show This screen is called the Text Screen 2 Type a few words for example hot dog 3 Press PRINT 4 The...

Страница 9: ...ent the different zones of a book s spine the top zone middle zone and bottom zone When you want to put text in a certain zone just press the corresponding key For example if you want your text in the...

Страница 10: ...press ESC at any time to go back to the Text Screen 1 SELECT FONT Select Font allows you to change the font You have eleven wonderful font choices 1 Times 2 Bodoni 3 Palatino 8 4 Univers 5 Univers Co...

Страница 11: ...OINT SAMPLE TEXT 36 POINT SAMPLE TEXT 48 POINT SAMPLE TEXT 60 POINT SAMPLE TEXT Press the MENU key and then press the 2 key FONT SIZE You will see Enter the point size Press ENTER to finish Select an...

Страница 12: ...e s fonts font sizes and font styles to the preset defaults The factory preset defaults are Univers Condensed AutoFit and Normal but you may change these defaults in User Settings MENU option 11 Press...

Страница 13: ...y Press the MENU key the right arrow key once and the 6 key RECALL TITLE You see Replace old title in memory Y N 1 EMPTY Use the right and left arrow keys to scroll through the stored titles Press ENT...

Страница 14: ...w You can shift the text up to 0 25 in 6 3 mm or down to 0 25 in 6 3 mm Press ENTER when you finish modifying the offset 11 USER SETTINGS The User Settings allows you to choose the keyboard display la...

Страница 15: ...hen measuring your book s thickness Changing the Landscape Text Orientation This setting allows you to change the landscape text orientation from American to European style Changing this setting simpl...

Страница 16: ...ime you turn on your printer the machine will assume these settings Note this will not affect text until the next time the printer is turned on or you select the Default Formats MENU item C Other Keys...

Страница 17: ...that for most books only a few characters will fit in Portrait Orientation 4 Type a title for example your favorite color on the first line and press ENTER 5 Type another title like your favorite food...

Страница 18: ...owisPrinter then determines the strip width suitable for your book 18 After you have entered the book thickness the keyboard display says ENTER BOOK THICKNESS __ sheets S sheets I in M mm NOTE N M W N...

Страница 19: ...ry one of the following options 1 DELETE SOME TEXT If you do have too much text an obvious solution is to edit some of your title so that it s shorter Example Original Title Too Long Edited Title 2 RE...

Страница 20: ...your book is less than 38 sheets the front flap of the strip the part that wraps around the cover is actually wider than the spine In this situation when the front flap has more room for titling the P...

Страница 21: ...le Italic Bottom zone Orientation Portrait Text A B A L O S spaces between each letter Font type Univers Condensed Font size 12 Font style Normal Wide strip 375 sheets SMILEY FACE STRIP Top zone Orien...

Страница 22: ...PC requirements A 486 or Pentium class processor At least 16 megabytes MB of RAM optimum 32 MB of RAM At least 20 MB of free hard disk space A Microsoft or 100 compatible mouse recommended A RS 232 s...

Страница 23: ...ur authorized Fastback representative They ll know the details regarding the service modification to your Fastback binder that allows the Fastback binder to talk to the PowisPrinter B Docking the Powi...

Страница 24: ...her hand allows you to print the strip review what it looks like and then re feed it to bind the document Method A Quick n Easy Print and bind in one operation 3 Press the PRINT BIND key to print the...

Страница 25: ...y stick together in the box The Binderstrip width matches the width the printer has requested The Binderstrip is clean and no Binderstrip fragments are attached 5 The PowisPrinter will now print the B...

Страница 26: ...what zone you are currently in A constant zone light indicates where you have entered text Q How can I change how the script looks A Press MENU Press 1 SELECT FONT Press the number of the font you wan...

Страница 27: ...written in all three zones A Press MENU Press the right arrow key to move to the next screen Press 7 REVIEW TITLE The display screen now shows you the text in each zone followed by the orientation fo...

Страница 28: ...L E M S O L V I N G You ll use a Narrow Binderstrip Medium Binderstrip Wide Binderstrip If your book width is between 10 125 sheets 0 04 0 5 inches 1 12 mm 126 250 sheets 0 6 1 inches 13 25 mm 251 375...

Страница 29: ...your dealer P R O B L E M S O L V I N G C Keyboard Error Messages PLEASE REMOVE STRIP FROM FEED ENTRY Fix chute jam STRIP LOADING ERROR PLEASE REMOVE STRIP AND TRY AGAIN CARTRIDGE EMPTY PLEASE INSERTA...

Страница 30: ...give easier access and or visibility see below Close the Top Hatch Front Door Jams Open the Front Door figure 19 Locate the jammed strip Gently and carefully pull the strip out of the machine It may h...

Страница 31: ...re 20 d Grasp the foil cartridge at the top and the bottom and pull it straight out of the machine e Take out a new foil cartridge Remove the orange shipping tab f Look at the cartridge Does the foil...

Страница 32: ...or 800 321 2463 in the United States during the hours of 6 00 a m to 5 00 p m Pacific Time I Ordering PowisPrinter Accessories or Supplies To order PowisPrinter Boxed Accessory Kits or Accessory Kit p...

Страница 33: ...hs A5 8 5 9 11 A4 14 Average Printing Time 20 Seconds can be longer with images Warm up Time 20 second self test Power Requirements and Safety Approvals USA Canada P31 UL CUL 2 5 A 115V 50 60 Hz Europ...

Страница 34: ...P O W I S P R I N T E R M O D E L 3 1 U S E R S M A N U A L USER S MANUAL FOR THE FABULOUS POWIS PRINT SOFTWARE...

Страница 35: ...upgraded version to a charity of your choice and such charity agrees in writing that it will be the sole end user of the product and that it will abide by the terms of this agreement Unless you so don...

Страница 36: ...erms of this Agreement Any technical data provided that is not covered by the above provisions is deemed to be technical data commercial items pursuant to DFAR Section 227 7015 a Any use modification...

Страница 37: ...III GETTING THE MOST FROM POWIS PRINT 40 A Text Layout 40 1 Font Type 40 2 Font Size 40 3 Font Style 40 4 Character Spacing 40 5 Aligning Text 40 6 AutoFit 40 What s What in the Design Window illustr...

Страница 38: ...importantly view your strip as you design it And since you re working on your computer you use a full sized keyboard to design your strip Before we get rolling please note that this manual assumes yo...

Страница 39: ...lling PowisPrint Software a Prior to running the software make sure your display resolution is 800x600 pixels or higher To change your display resolution position the mouse cursor on the Windows deskt...

Страница 40: ...to determine available ports For Windows 95 Position the mouse over the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop Press the Right mouse button then select Properties In the System Properties window clic...

Страница 41: ...y click the Print button A message appears at the top of the Print Window telling you which width strip to insert 6 Insert the correct width strip into the printer adhesive side up It s very important...

Страница 42: ...making design errors we recommend using AutoFit 3 Font Style Using the Font Style keys choose which style you want bold italic and or underline You may have one two or all three of these styles simul...

Страница 43: ...Appropriate Width Strip for Binding Document based on thickness and or number of sheets The software automatically updates the strip width as you 12 Font Styles Bold Italic Underline 13 Binderstrip L...

Страница 44: ...rmatting i e font style size and character spacing This means any line spacing you set in one zone will NOT transfer to other zones when you select Apply Style in All Zones You must apply line spacing...

Страница 45: ...e line of text If you have a lot of text try Landscape orientation Although you can use only one orientation per zone you can use different orientations in different zones Yahoo C Zones A zone designa...

Страница 46: ...aneously place your cursor in the gap between two zone bars Your arrow becomes a little hand Click the mouse button and hold it down while sliding to the left or the right This resizes the two zones s...

Страница 47: ...Rotate Image box You can also invert the bitmap s colors by clicking the Invert Image box When the image is formatted correctly click OK This returns you to the Design Window which now displays the im...

Страница 48: ...then Accessories and select Paint 2 Using the text tool type your title text We typed ALIENS STOLE MY CAT By Rita Pilleggity and then formatted it Notice that we used three different fonts three font...

Страница 49: ...ancel to exit without making changes REMINDER What you choose here does not necessarily reflect what prints That depends on the foil cartridge you have in your printer If you have a gold cartridge in...

Страница 50: ...erly docked to a Fastback insert the book you want to bind and press the green Bind button Then in the Design Window press the Ask button The software communicates with the Fastback then matches the t...

Страница 51: ...he Design Window and Fastback boxes match exactly OR Choose not to correct the book thickness mismatch You will not be allowed to press the Print Bind button the button will be disabled But you can pr...

Страница 52: ...his feature to title and bind a series of the same thickness books see page54 for more details e Eject Ejects the strip out the PowisPrinter Feed Exit below the purple strip guide 2 The Status Boxes a...

Страница 53: ...eed Exit 6 Bind Only Button When docked to a a Fastback binder you can use this button when you want to insert a Binderstrip into the printer and without printing send the strip straight to the Fastba...

Страница 54: ...rs look in the Printer Status box The lights next to Online and Ready will be green d Press Print e A message appears at the top of the Print Window telling you the which width strip to insert f Inser...

Страница 55: ...ign to match the book in the binder It then returns to the Design Window so you can see your updated strip design To return to the Print Window select Print from the File menu The Design Window and Fa...

Страница 56: ...press Ask to update the thickness to the book in the binder d Select Print from the File menu e Press Bind Only f Insert your strip in the PowisPrinter adhesive side up Note there is no prompt to inse...

Страница 57: ...he strip insert another strip into the printer 11 While your next strip is printing remove the bound book from the binder and place it in a cooling rack 12 Insert your next book into the binder and pr...

Страница 58: ...entation a positive value shifts the text up from the center a negative value shifts the text down from the center If you re in Stacked or Portrait orientation a positive value shifts the text right o...

Страница 59: ...d that if you are using the Thickness feature to measure your books or if you press the Ask button to update your design s thickness you do not need to worry about changing this setting D Serial Port...

Страница 60: ...rs Title Orientation This setting allows you to change the landscape text orientation from US Canadian to European style Changing this simply rotates any landscape text 180 Note the difference between...

Страница 61: ...P O W I S P R I N T E R M O D E L 3 1 U S E R S M A N U A L TAKING PRINTING TO THE 21ST CENTURY...

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