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KL-120
User’s Guide
RJA518623-001V01
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English Read This First! Safety Precautions • CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. shall not be held liable for any loss or Thank you for purchasing this quality CASIO product. claims by you or any other person or entity that may arise through the use Before using it, be sure to read the following Safety Precautions. Keep the manual of this printer. in a convenient location for future reference when necessary. • Reproduction of this manual in any form, either in part or its entirety, is forbidden without th
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Danger Warning Alkaline Batteries Dropping and rough treatment Perform the following steps immediately if fluid leaking from alkaline Continued use of the product after it has been damaged due to batteries ever gets into your eyes. dropping or other rough treatment creates the risk of fire and 1. Do not rub your eyes! Rinse them with water. electric shock. Immediately perform the following steps if the 2. Contact your physician immediately. product should ever become damaged. 1. Turn off power.
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Warning Caution Do not affix labels to a container to be used in a Location Avoid the locations listed below for the product. Such locations microwave oven. create the risk of fire and electric shock. Do not affix labels to any container you plan to use in a microwave • Areas subject to high humidity and large amounts of dust range. The label material contains metal, which creates the risk of • Food preparation areas or other location subjected to oil steam fire and burn injury when heated in a
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Introduction Operating Precautions Congratulations on your selection of the CASIO KL-120 Label Printer. This CASIO Observe the following precautions to ensure that the printer provides you with Label Printer makes it possible for you to print adhesive labels for a wide variety the years of trouble-free operation for which it is designed. of applications, such as: name tags, CD/DVD labels, binders, and other • Avoid using the printer in areas exposed to direct sunlight, and in areas sub- applicat
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Part 6 Printing............................................................................ E-18 Contents Printing a Tape .......................................................................................... E-18 Print Preview ............................................................................................. E-19 Safety Precautions ...................................................................... E-1 Feeding the Tape ..........................................................
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Label Printer Menus Part 1 Getting Acquainted Label Printer operation is designed to be as simple as possible, thanks to on- screen menus that you can use to select the settings you need. Each menu is described in detail in the sections that follow in this manual, but note the following This part of the manual provides you with important information you need to general points when using them. know in order to use the Label Printer to its full potential. Be sure to read it • The item that is unde
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Warning! • Never use recharged batteries with the unit. Part 2 Getting Ready • Do not expose batteries to direct heat, do not short circuit them, and do not try to take them apart. • Keep batteries out of the reach of small children. If swallowed, consult This part of the manual tells you how to load batteries and the tape cartridge, with a physician immediately. and how to perform other basic setups for the Label Printer. Important! • Be sure to read this section before attempting to use the La
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To load the batteries Turning Power On and Off Press ON/OFF to turn power on and off. Caution • Do not touch the springs inside the battery Power On Power Off compartment cover with your fingers while WI DTO H F T APE ? loading or replacing batteries. The springs have sharp areas and can cut your fingers. ➔ 1. Turn power off. 2. Turn over the label printer and remove the back 1m 8 m cover while pressing down on its lock as shown in the illustration. 1 2 mm • Turn on power, and the tape width sel
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3. Release the PRINT, SPACE, and ON/OFF keys. Tape Cartridges 4. Press SET to initialize the Label Printer or ESC to abort the reset operation Use the procedures described below to load a tape cartridge into the Label without initializing anything. Printer. The tape width selection screen appears after initialization is complete. Important! 5. Use z and x to select the width of the tape you will use and then press • Never try to push the tape back into the cassette. Once tape is out of the SET.
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5. Use a pencil or some other thin object to take up slack in the ink ribbon as shown in the Part 3 Inputting Characters and Symbols illustration. Note that the tape does not move at this time. • If the ink ribbon is slack when you load it into the This part of the manual tells you how to input characters. To make things easier Label Printer, it can break or cause some other to understand, we call everything you input a character, regardless of whether it problem. is actually a letter, number, o
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• Shift indicator • Tape indicator This indicator appears when you press the SHIFT key. While this indicator is on Indicates the currently selected tape width. the display, the keyboard is shifted, so the letter keys input upper-case alpha • Cursor characters. The number keys input the punctuation symbols marked in the upper The cursor shows the next input position. Any character you input appears at right corners of the keys. the point where the cursor is located. If both the caps mode indicato
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3. When you reach the end of a line of text, press to input a newline mark. ■ CAPS off • A newline operation is indicated on the display by the symbol. This shows Key Operation Input Key Operation Input Key Operation Input where you changed lines. CODE U ü CODE L j CODE 4 • The maximum number of lines you can input depends on the width of the tape ˜ CODE O œ CODE Z w CODE 5 you have loaded in the Label Printer. ˆ CODE P å CODE C ç CODE 6 ˇ Tape Width Maximum Number of Lines CODE A æ CODE N ñ C
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3. Input the text for the next first block. Using Text Blocks • Here we will input “Retail Package”. In the example label shown below, “Promotion Plan” and “Retail Package Sample Data” are independent units called “text blocks,” or simply “blocks.” You can divided your tape label text into blocks and then apply the following settings on Pr omion t o Pla n B a block-by-block basis. •• Re tal i Paa ckge • Number of text lines (page E-12) • Text alignment (page E-19) • Character pitch (page E-19)
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To delete characters using the DEL key Part 4 Deleting and Inserting Characters Example: To change the word “commmputer” to “computer”. 1. Use c and v to move the cursor under the first (far left) “m”. 2. Press DEL twice to delete the two m’s at the cursor’s position, shifting “mputer” This section describes everything you need to know about deleting and editing to the left as you do. characters you have already input. 3. Press FUNC and then v to jump back to the end of the characters for more i
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Actual Size Character Size Indicator Part 5 Character Size, Text Effects and Character Styles (Vertical × Horizontal mm) 1 × 4 3mm × 12mm 1 × 5 3mm × 15mm This part of the manual explains how to set the size of characters. 1 × 6 3mm × 18mm It also tells you how to assign text effects like underlining, shading, and box 2 × 1 6mm × 3mm printing, and how to select character styles like normal, bold, and outline. 2 × 2 6mm × 6mm • If a sentence is divided into multiple blocks, you will be able to se
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6mm (1 line) 12mm (2 lines) Horizontal Horizontal 12 3 4 5 6 12 3 456 11 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 11 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 21 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 21 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 31 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 31 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 41 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 41 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 9mm (1 line) 18mm (1 line) Horizontal Horizontal 12 3 4 5 6 12 3 456 11 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 11 × 11 × 21 × 31 × 41 × 51 × 6 22 × 12 × 22 × 32 × 42 × 52 × 6 22 × 12 ×
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Using Auto Sizing (AUTO) Text Effects 1. Input the text. There are three text effects that you can assign: shading, underlining, and boxed 2. Press FUNC 1 (SIZE) to display the size setting menu. text. The following shows examples of each. AT U O Shading: MANUAL Underlining: 3. Make sure the pointer is aligned with AUTO and then press SET. Boxed Text: Now the character size is automatically set. Text effect changes are applied to printed text only. The appearance of the To specify character size
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Character Styles Part 6 Printing There are three character styles that you can assign; normal, bold, and outline. The following shows examples of each. This part of the manual includes all the information you need to print tapes. Style Indicator Sample Normal None Printing Precautions • Never turn power off while printing is being performed. Bold • Make sure that the tape outlet is not blocked before you start printing. Outline • Never operate the tape cutter while printer is being performed (in
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• An easy way to remove the backing from a tape and expose the adhesive surface is to bend the Part 7 Configuring Form Settings tape near one of its ends. This should cause the tape and its backing to separate, allowing you to pull them apart. You can use the procedure in this section to configure mirror, alignment, pitch, and tape length settings. Print Preview To configure form settings You can use the print preview screen to get an idea of what the printout will look 1. Input the text you wan
