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Power Light When the printer is on, the power light located on the front panel of the printer will glow green. The light goes off when you turn the pr

3. If you have a 9-pin serial port on your computer, attach the 9-pin connector; if you have a 25-pin serial port, attach the 25-pin connector. Secure

I. Turn the printer off. 2. Remove the spindle from the printer. (Diagram #I) 3. Find the Label Guide (Diagram #2) nested in the well of the printer.

Loading labels Labels are quickly and easily loaded into the Labelwriter printer. Follow the instructions below while referring to Figures 1-5 and 1-

I Figure 1-6. Insert labels into the feed slot before placing the label roll into the printer. 5. Be certain that the power cord is connected. Now tur

Figure 1-7. After the labels have been properly fed past the label tear bar, rest the label spindle holder and close the cover. 9. Tear off the lab

CHAPTER 2 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING The Labelwriter printer was designed to give long and trouble- free service, requiring very little maintenan

Exterior maintenance ~~ ~- ~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~~ Cleaning the outside of your Labelwriter is as important as clean- ing the inside. Dusting the out

Troubleshooting Since the Labelwriter is extremely reliable there’s an excellent chance you’ll never have to look in this section. However, if you

PortName IRQ Address COM I 4 03 F8 COM2 3 02F8 COM3 4 03E8 COM4 3 02E8 LPT I 7 0378 LPT2 5 0278 The Labelwriter XL sends status information bac

hank you for purchasing the Labelwriter printer. T Your Labelwriter printer comes with 2 manuals and 2 disks. Please follow these steps to set up and

Printer is on but doesn’t print To be certain that your Labelwriter is printing and feeding labels properly, you can run a self-test. I. Make sure a r

How to correct poor print quality ~~~~ Poor print quality can be caused by a misaligned or dirty print ~~ ~ ~ ~~~ head. The first step is to unload

CHAPTER 3 ORDERING MORE LABELS ~ ~~ ~~~- ~~~~~~~~ Costar manufactures a wide selection of labels for your Labelwriter. This chapter provides you with

Labels: (Dimensions listed H x W) XL and BC XL Plus and BC Plus Address: d White, clear, yellow, blue, peach, and lavender. I. I3"x 3.5",

APPENDIX A PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS Hardware specifications Print method: Direct thermal. Print resolution: 203 dots per inch. Print speed, up to: I I&

6' I. 4 5 6 DBSS G N D Pin No.654 GND Red 4 7 5 DTR Black 5 20 4 DSR White 6 6 6 DBSS Pin No. CTS 8 DSR 6 GND 5 DTR 4 TX 3 RX 2 cable RJll 321 D

APPENDIX B WARRANTY AND SERVICE _ One (I) year limited warranty Costar warrants the Labelwriter against defects in materials and workmanship for a pe

We will repair the defects covered under warranty at no charge in approximately three working days. The original warranty on the printers stays in pla

APPENDIX C LABELWRITER DEVELOPMENT TOOLS Costar offers a variety of development tools to simplify the inte- gration of Labelwriter printers into custo

APPENDIX D LABELWRITER BATTERY PACK - ~ Costar offers a Battery Pack for the Labelwriter printers. This Battery Pack turns any Labelwriter model into

LABELW RlTER User Manual for use with Labelwriter XL, XL Plus, BC and BC Plus printers. Includes: Setting Up Your Printer Loading Labels Maintenance &

APPENDIX E INSTALLING WINDOWS PRINT DRIVERS This section explains how to install Windows 3. I, 95 and NT print drivers. The drivers are supplied with

Since the Labelwriter XL print driver does not come with Windows, you will have to install it from the floppy disk that came with your Labelwriter. (D

Click on Connect. In the Ports section of the screen click on COM I, COM2, COM3 or COM4, depending on which port you are connected to. Also hand corne

Follow these instructions for Windows 95 From the Start menu in Windows 95, select Settings and then Printers from the Settings submenu. Double click

You will see a list of manufacturer’s names and printer models. Costar’s driver does not come with Windows 95 so click on the Have Disk button. Insert

Select COM I or COM2 depending on which port your Labelwriter is connected to. Then click on Configure Port. Set Bits per second to 19200. Set Data bi

Click on the No button in this final screen and then click on the Finish button. That's it. Your Windows 95 driver has been installed. Follow th

Type the correct drive and add the i386 path. For example, if you installed from a CD-ROM, the drive and path will probably be:D:\i386\ Click OK when

APPENDIX F USING LABELWRITER WITH ~ ~-~~~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~~~~ 3RD PARTY SOFTWARE A number of 3rd party programs now support direct printing to the Lab

FCC compliance statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits Communications Committee) rules. These limits are designe

TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I . Labelwriter Printer Setup ... i Do you have wh

CHAPTER 1 SETUP This chapter explains how to set up your new Labelwriter printer for optimum performance. Unpacking the printer The first step in sett

Figure 1-1. The Labelwriter printer comes with these items: printer, power transformer, serial cable, roll of lab& user manual. Where to put yo

Identifying printer components Figure 1-2 highlights the main components of the LabelWriter printer. Before setting up the printer, let’s see what the

Interface connector - The interface connector, which looks like a telephone jack, is a serial connector. One end of the special serial cable that com