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Quick Start Guide
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Engl ish Quick Start Guide Follow these steps to install the LabelWriter printer and print your first label. 1. Unpacking your LabelWriter Printer NOTE Do not plug the printer into your computer until asked to do so during the software installation. 1 Unpack your printer and save the packing materials. 2 Make sure you have all the items shown in Figure 1. (Labels included in the package may vary.) Roll of Address labels Quick Start Guide LabelWriter Quick Start Roll of DYMO Stamps labels
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Become familiar with the printer’s major components. See Figure 2. Top cover Label roll USB connector DC power Platen connector release Label feed path and tear bar Label spool Form-feed Cable button and LED Label eject channel button Figure 2 LabelWriter Printer Features Your LabelWriter printer is a direct thermal printer and does not use ink or toner. Instead, the printer uses heat from a thermal print head to print on specially treated labels. Labels are the only supplies you will ever
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2. Installing the Software NOTE Do not connect the printer to your computer until instructed to do so during the software installation. To install the software on a Windows system 1 Insert the LabelWriter CD into your CD-ROM drive. After a few seconds, the installation screen appears. If the installation screen does not appear: a. Click Start, then Run on the Windows taskbar. The Run dialog box appears. b. Enter D:\install.exe (where D is the letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive) and clic
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3. Connecting your LabelWriter Printer NOTE Do not connect the printer to your computer Power adapter until instructed to do so during the software installation. To connect the power Power cord 1 Plug the power cord into the power adapter. Figure 4 See Figure 4. 2 Plug the power adapter into the power connector on the bottom of the printer. See Figure 5. Power USB 3 Plug the other end of the power cord into a USB 24VDC power outlet. 4 Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the Cable cha
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4. Loading Labels Spool To load a label roll Spool guide spindle 1 Press the form-feed button to eject the labels that protected the printer during shipment. 2 Open the top cover and remove any packing material inside the label compartment. Figure 7 3 Remove the label spool from inside the cover. 4 Hold the spool spindle in your left hand and place the label roll on the spindle so that the labels feed from underneath and the left edge of the label roll is flush against the side of the spoo
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7 Align the left edge of the label with the left edge of the label feed slot and insert the label into the slot. See Figure 10. The printer feeds the labels, stopping at the beginning of the first label. If the printer does not feed the labels, make sure the first label is fully inserted and then press the form-feed button. Figure 10 8 Close the top cover. You are now ready to print your first label. 5. Printing your First Label To print your first label 1 Start DYMO Label Software by doin
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Figure 11 highlights some of the major features available in DYMO Label Software. Verify and correct addresses Insert text you’ve as you add them to the copied to the Address Book. Clipboard. Insert text, addresses, pictures, rectangles, lines, barcodes, dates, or counters. If you also have a tape printer, two buttons allow you to easily switch between the Label and Tape Editors. Store your favorite addresses in the Address Book; automatically insert them on your label. Figure 11 For comple
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Printing Postage with ™ DYMO Stamps You can now print postage right from your desktop using your LabelWriter 400 ™ Turbo label printer. All you need is DYMO Stamps software, your LabelWriter printer, DYMO Stamps labels, and an Internet connection. To install DYMO Stamps and print postage 1 Sign up for your USPS account with Endicia. Go to: www.endicia.com/dymostamps 2 At the end of the sign up process, download and install the DYMO Stamps software. DYMO Stamps software is available for bot
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4 Select Buy Postage from the Account menu and purchase postage for your account. 5 Select DYMO LabelWriter 400 Turbo from the Printer drop- down list under Printer Selection. 6 Click Test Print to print a voided postage label. You are now ready to start printing actual postage whenever you need it. Refer to the DYMO Stamps online Help for more information about using the software. You can add postage, buy DYMO Stamps postage labels, and order supplies directly from within the DYMO Sta
