E KL-780 User’s Guide
Note of the following safety precautions before using the label printer for the first time. Keep these safety precautions and operating instructions on hand for future reference. About safety precaution symbols The following symbols are used in this manual and on the product itself to alert you and others to the risk of personal and material injury. Warning This symbol indicates an item that can result in death or serious personal injury if ignored.
Tape Cutter • Never touch the tape cutter while a tape cut operation is being performed. Doing so can result in cuts and other personal injury. Avoid unstable areas • Never place the unit on a wobbly table or a high shelf. Doing so can cause it to fall, resulting in personal injury. Microwave oven containers • Never affix labels to containers used for heating food in a microwave oven. The label material contains metal, which creates the risk of sparking and burn injury when heated in a microwave oven.
Batteries • Misuse of batteries can cause them to leak acid that can cause damage to nearby items and creates the possibility of personal injury. • Be sure that the plus (+) and minus (–) sides of each battery are facing correctly. Introduction Congratulations on your selection of the CASIO KL-780 Label Printer.
Part 5 Character Size, Text Effects and Character Styles ..... E-13 Contents Important Safety Precautions .................................................... E-1 Part 1 Getting Acquainted .......................................................... E-5 Important Precautions ................................................................................. E-5 General Guide ............................................................................................. E-5 Label Printer Menus ...................
Part 1 Getting Acquainted This part of the manual provides you with important information you need to know in order to use the Label Printer to its full potential. Be sure to read it carefully before using the Label Printer for the first time. General Guide 2 8 1 6 5 Important Precautions • Keep your Label Printer out of areas subject to temperature extremes, moisture and direct sunlight. The recommended temperature range is 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F).
Label Printer Menus Replacing Batteries Label Printer operation is designed to be as simple as possible, thanks to onscreen 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 general points when using them. A handy low battery power indicator lets you know when battery power is getting too low for proper operation.
To load the batteries AC Adaptor Caution • Do not touch the springs inside the battery compartment cover with your fingers while loading or replacing batteries. The springs have sharp areas and can cut your fingers. 1. Turn power off. • If you are using the optional AC adaptor for power, you should also unplug it from the Label Printer. 2. Turn over the Label Printer. Open the battery compartment cover as shown in the illustration. 3. Load batteries into the battery compartment.
Resetting the Memory Tape Cartridges You should reset the memory of the Label Printer before using it for the first time, after you have not used it for a long time, or if nothing happens when you turn power on, even after you change the batteries. Use the procedures described below to load a tape cartridge into the Label Printer. Important! • Resetting Label Printer memory clears its memory of all input data. To reset the memory 1. Make sure that Label Printer power is off. 2.
4. Use a pencil or some other thin object to take up slack in the ink ribbon as shown in the illustration. Note that the tape does not move at this time. • If the ink ribbon is slack when you load it into the Label Printer, it can break or cause some other problem. • Be sure to turn the ink ribbon take up spool only in the direction indicated by the arrow (a). • Turn the spool until the other spool (b) starts turning in the direction noted by the arrow. This indicates there is no slack in the ribbon.
• Shift indicator This indicator appears when you press the SHIFT key. While this indicator is on the display, the keyboard is shifted, so the letter keys input upper-case alpha characters. The number keys input the punctuation symbols marked in the upper right corners of the keys. If both the caps mode indicator and the shift indicator are shown on the display, the keyboard is shifted to lower-case input.
3. When you reach the end of a line of text, press B to input a newline mark. • A newline operation is indicated on the display by the B symbol. This shows where you changed lines. • The maximum number of lines you can input depends on the width of the tape you have loaded in the Label Printer. Tape Width Maximum Number of Lines • 6mm ............................ 1 • 9mm ............................ 1 • 12mm .......................... 2 • 18mm .......................... 3 4.
Part 4 Deleting and Inserting Characters This section describes everything you need to know about deleting and editing characters you have already input. Moving the Cursor Use the cursor keys to move the cursor around the display and position it for deleting and editing 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.
Part 5 Character Size, Text Effects and Character Styles This part of the manual explains how to set the size of characters. It also tells you how to assign text effects like underlining, shading, and box printing, and how to select character styles like normal, outline, shadow, and raised. Character Size There are two methods you can use to set the character size: AUTO and MANUAL.
6mm (1 line) 12mm (2 lines) Horizontal 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 2 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 3 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 4 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 9mm (1 line) Vertical Vertical Horizontal 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 2 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 3 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 4 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1×1 1×2 1×3 1×4 1×5 1×6 2 2×1 2×2 2×3 2×4 2×5 2×6 3 3×1 3×2 3×3 3×4 3×5 3×6 4* 4×1
Using Auto Sizing (AUTO) Text Effects 1. Input the text. 2. Press FUNC 4 (SIZE) to display the size setting menu. There are three text effects that you can assign: shading, underlining, and boxed text. The following shows examples of each. AUTO MANUA L Shading: Underlining: 3. Make sure the pointer is aligned with AUTO and then press SET. Now the character size is automatically set. Boxed Text: To specify character sizes (MANUAL) Text effect changes are applied to printed text only.
Character Styles There are four character styles that you can assign; normal, outline, shadow, and raised. The following shows examples of each. Style Indicator Normal None Sample Part 6 Printing This part of the manual includes all the information you need to print tapes. It also tells you how to print special stamp tapes that you can attach to an optional stamp holder to create your own original stamps. Outline Shadow Raised Character style changes are applied to printed text only.
• An easy way to remove the backing from a tape and expose the adhesive surface is to bend the tape near one of its ends. This should cause the tape and its backing to separate, allowing you to pull them apart. Mirror Image Printing When you specify mirror image for text, it is printed in reverse image. Use mirror image when you plan to print on transparent tape, with the printing on the inside. When viewed through the transparent tape, the text will appear normal.
Part 7 Bar Code 2. Use z and x to move the pointer to the type of bar code you want to print and then press SET. • • • • • • • • • • Bar Code (ex. EAN-13) With this item, you can print two different types of bar codes: EAN-13, EAN-8. Important! • The procedure you use to print a bar code depends on the type of bar code you select. Bar Code Tape Only the following types of tape should be used for printing bar codes.
Part 8 Stamp Printing Part 9 The stamp printing feature lets you print on special stamp tape. You can then attach the finished stamp tape to an optionally available stamp holder to create your own original pre-inked stamps. The following is the type of stamp holder currently available for use with stamp tapes. Type Maximum Stamp Size ST-15 5.5cm Example 10mm 18mm 5.5cm 9.3cm Note the following important points about stamp printing. • Stamp printing prints text in mirror image.
To recall text from memory 1. While the input screen is on the display, press FUNC 3 (MEMO). • Note that text recalled from memory will replace any text currently on the display. 2. Press z and x to select RECALL. S TORE RECA L L 3. Press SET. • If all of the text does not fit on the display, you can use c, v, x and z to scroll it to the left, right, up and down. 4. Press SET to recall the text from memory. • Note that recalling data from memory replaces anything that is currently on the input display.
• The following table shows the initial settings. Initial Power On Settings The following are the initial settings of the Label Printer whenever you turn it power on. Item SIZE EFFECT STYLE MIRROR AUTO SIZE Item Display Memory SYMBOL SIZE EFFECT STYLE MIRROR MEMO DENSITY Power On 6mm tape...1 × 1 9mm tape...2 × 2 12mm, 18mm tapes...
• Printing Troubleshooting • Power Supply Tape does not come out when PRINT is pressed. Possible Causes Nothing appears on the display. Possible Causes Action Securely close the cover. E-8 No more tape left in the cartridge. Replace the tape cartridge with a new one. Tape jam Remove the tape cartridge and pull out the jammed tape by hand. Cut off excess tape with scissors, and carefully replace the cartridge into the label printer. Page Low batteries Replace batteries.
• Using Labels Ink ribbon is being fed from the tape outlet along with the tape. Possible Causes Tape cartridge loaded while the ink ribbon is slack. Action Remove the tape cartridge and check to make sure the ink ribbon is not broken. Next, take up any slack in the ink ribbon and then reload the tape cartridge. Important! • Before loading a tape cartridge into the label printer, always make sure you take up any slack in the ink ribbon first.
Message Possible Causes Action Press any key besides ON/OFF to clear the error message. • Turn the power OFF and set the tape cartridge. TAPE ERROR • You are attempting to perform printing without setting a tape cartridge. • Use only 18mm tape to • You are attempting to print a stamp. print a stamp using a tape size other than 18mm. • Use only 12 or 18mm • You are attempting to tapes to perform bar perform a bar code code operation. operation using a 6mm or 9mm tape.
Alpha Characters Symbols E-25
Specifications Model: KL-780 Input Keyboard Layout: Typewriter (QWERTY) Character Types Alpha (English and other languages): 151 Numbers: 10 Symbols: 46 Display Type: Liquid crystal display Character matrix: 10 columns × 2 lines of 5 × 7-dot Printing Type: Thermal transfer Speed: Approximately 6.
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