LabelTac 4 Manuel utilisateur
LabelTac 4 Setup Guide
Contents
Unboxing
What’s in the box
Your printer
Setup & Install
Before you continue...
Connecting LabelTac
Installing LabelTac drivers
Installing templates & symbols
Using LabelTac
Loading print ribbon
Loading tape supply
How to make labels
LED & button functions
Troubleshooting
When using die-cut labels...
Warranty
Contact Us
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What’s in the box
Included
•LabelTac 4 Printer
•USB Cable
•Power Cable
LabelTac Printers are professional thermal transfer printing
systems, designed for creating custom vinyl labels and signs,
in-house, for a variety of applications including:
Pipe Marking, Safety, Arc Flash, OSHA, Racks/Warehouses,
Tool Identification, Lean & 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, Hazmat, ANSI/
ASME & more.
We’re here to help!
Please give us a call or email if you need any help with installing
or operating your LabelTac Printer:
phone (866) 777-1360
web www.labeltac.com
email [email protected]
* Print ribbon ships pre-installed for convenience
•Install CD
•Setup Guide & Lit
•1 Black Print Ribbon*
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Your printer Your printer (cont’d)
Unboxing Your printer4Unboxing Your printer 5
Ribbon Rewind Hub
LED Indicator
Multi-Function Action Button
Ribbon Access Cover
Cover Releases
Ribbon Supply Hub
Cover Support Release
Media Holder
Platen Roller
Cutter
Alignment Guide
Adjustment Wheel
Print Head
Alignment Guides
Black Mark Sensor
Mouth
Media Holder
Lock Switch
Ribbon Rewind Gear
Ethernet Port
USB 2.0 Port
Parallel Port
RS-232C Port
Power Jack Socket
Power Switch
Before you continue... Connecting LabelTac
BEFORE INSTALLING DRIVERS...
Please connect your LabelTac Printer to both
your computer and to power, and make sure
the printer is turned on.
See pages 7-9 for connection instructions.
Setup & Install Before you continue...6Setup & Install Connecting LabelTac 7
Step 1: Connect to PC
Connect one end of the USB cable to an available USB 2.0
port on the back of your computer.
Connect the other end of the cable to the USB port on your
LabelTac 4 printer.
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USB 2.0
IMPORTANT
Let us install LabelTac for you, for free!
We offer a quick 5-minute remote installation- Go ahead, let us do the work while
you grab a cup of coffee! Call us at (866) 777-1360. Mon-Fri, 6am-3:30pm (PST)
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Connecting LabelTac Connecting LabelTac (cont’d)
Step 2: Connect to Power Step 3: Turn on your printer
Join the 2 segments of the power cord together.
Connect one end of the power cord to the power port on the
back of the LabelTac, and the other end to a power outlet.
Flip power switch from ‘off’ position (O) to ‘on’ position ( I ).
The LED indicator on the top side of the printer will turn green,
signaling that the LabelTac is powered on and ready.
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Installing LabelTac drivers Installing templates & symbols
Insert LabelTac Install CD. The install menu should auto-load. If
it doesn’t, open the CD and run setup.exe manually.
Select ‘Install LabelTac 4 Drivers’. (If a pop-up appears about
making changes to your computer, select ‘Yes’ and continue)
Click ‘Install printer drivers’, and then click ‘Next’.
Select ‘Install a driver for a Plug and Play printer’ (this should
be already selected by default) and click ‘Next’.
In the Printer name field, change the name to LabelTac 4.
Leave everything else as-is, and click ‘Next’.
Click ‘Finish’ to start the installation. (If a pop-up appears about
driver software publishers, select ‘Install this driver software
anyways’ and continue) Click ‘Close’ when complete.
From the LabelTac Install CD menu, select ‘Install Templates &
Symbols’.
Choose the folder you would like to install the templates and
symbols, and then click ‘Install’. (We recommend installing to
your desktop for easy access when creating signs and labels)
Click ‘Close’ when complete.
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Need a hand with installation?
Our representatives are available Mon-Fri, 6am-3:30pm (PST) to assist in a variety of
ways with installing your printer. Call us toll free at (866) 777-1360.
LabelTac Printers include hundreds of templates and symbols to help you make
professional signs and labels quickly and easily.
Once installed, you will see two folders named ‘Templates’ and ‘Symbols’.
The Templates folder contains customizable industrial templates in MS Word and
OpenOffice formats, and is divided into subfolders based on application as well
as by size/width.
The Symbols folder contains useful symbols often found on industrial labels in a
resizable PNG format. The folder is also divided into subfolders by application,
and all also appear together in an ‘(ALL SYMBOLS)’ folder.
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Loading print ribbon Loading print ribbon (cont’d)
Open cover by pulling both green cover release tabs straight
towards you, then lift up on the ribbon access cover to open.
Remove outer plastic bag from the ribbon, and unstick the
white ribbon ‘leader’ or ‘tail’ from the roll. (For new rolls)
With the ribbon leader hanging from behind/under the roll,
insert the ribbon right-side first onto the ribbon supply hub. (a)
Insert the left side of the ribbon onto the other hub and rotate
the ribbon until you feel the notches on the cardboard core
lock into the hub spokes.
Insert an empty cardboard core into the ribbon rewind hub, then
take the hanging ribbon up and over the print head and stick the
ribbon to the core with scotch tape or the leader adhesive. (b)
With your finger, turn the green ribbon rewind gear until the
leader is wound around the core, and the ribbon is exposed
and fully covers the print head.
Close the ribbon access cover, push the green cover support
to the left to disengage and close the top cover gently.
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Using LabelTac Loading print ribbon12 Using LabelTac Loading print ribbon 13
A full print ribbon loading video is available on your LabelTac Install CD under “User
Guides & Videos” or online at www.labeltac.com/support.
If installed correctly, the dull side of the ribbon should be exposed and facing you.
(a) (b)
Loading tape supply Loading tape supply (cont’d)
Open cover by pulling both green cover release tabs straight
towards you.
Separate the green media holders so they are wider than the
roll of material you are loading. (a) (If media holders are locked,
unlock them by clicking up the lock switch on the left holder) (b)
Place the supply roll in between the holders, close them onto
the core, and lock the holders into place by clicking down on
the lock switch on the left media holder.
Using the green guide adjustment wheel, adjust the media
guides wider than the width of the material, feed the material
through the guides, and then re-adjust the guides so they fit up
against the material while still allowing free movement. (c)
Feed the material through the cutter and out the mouth of the
printer. Push the green cover support to the left to disengage
and close the top cover gently.
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Using LabelTac Loading tape supply14 Using LabelTac Loading tape supply 15
A full tape supply loading video is available on your LabelTac Install CD under “User
Guides & Videos” or online at www.labeltac.com/support.
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How to make labels (cont’d)
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How to make labels
How LabelTac works
Setting up your document (label size)
Getting started
LabelTac Printers are designed to work with PC’s running
Microsoft Windows XP or later.
The printer interfaces into your system like a normal printer,
allowing virtually any program to print to it, including:
The size of the label or sign that will print is determined by the
page size in your word/image processing program.
For example- if you want to print a 4”x6” label, simply set your
page size in the program’s settings to 4” height and to 6” width.
We find Microsoft Word to be the easiest program to design
labels and signs, but if you don’t have access to Word on your
computer, OpenOffice or Bartender (both included on the Install
CD) are great free alternatives. The majority of the templates
that we include with your LabelTac are in Word format.
Creating labels and signs with LabelTac is easy-
•Microsoft Word (preferred)
•Microsoft Excel
•Apache OpenOffice
•Seagull Bartender
•Adobe Creative Suite
•Google Docs
Start with one of our pre-made templates (see page 11 for
information on installing templates) and customize to fit your
needs & application...
Start from scratch in any word or image processing program.
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Be sure to load appropriate width material for your job- for the above example, you
would want to load 4” wide material.
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