Dymo ILP 219, Instructions For Use Manual

Page 1: ...ndustrial Labelprinter Instructions for Use www dymo com PRINT WRAP FLAG 1 FLAG 2 FIXED VERT TBLOCK STYLE BOX CAPS BFONT BCODE ULINE 219 VERT CLEAR BOX UL ALIGN SAVE GRAPHIC SAVE LANG BCODE ERASE CARD ID ...

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Page 3: ...PRINT WRAP FLAG 1 FLAG 2 FIXED VERT TBLOCK STYLE BOX CAPS BFONT BCODE ULINE 219 VERT CLEAR BOX UL ALIGN SAVE GRAPHIC SAVE LANG BCODE ERASE CARD ID ...

Page 4: ...ONAL CHARACTERS AND SYMBOLS 6 Formatting your label 7 TEXT SIZE 7 TEXT STYLE 7 VERTICAL TEXT 7 UNDERLINING AND BOXED TEXT 7 MULTIPLE LINES 8 JUSTIFYING TEXT IN MULTI LINE LABELS 8 ALIGNING TEXT ON A LABEL 8 PRODUCING A BAR CODE 9 PAGE BREAK 10 Printing modes 11 WRAP AROUND LABELS 11 FLAG LABELS 12 COMPONENT OUTLET LABELS 13 TERMINAL BLOCK PATCHPANEL LABELS 13 MODULE MARKING LABELS 14 Saving labels...

Page 5: ...4 Getting Help 25 Creating Labels 26 Creating a Label Set 26 Opening a New Label Set 26 Assigning a Card ID 26 Adding Label Text 27 Adding Symbols 27 About Barcodes 28 Creating Groups 29 Using Pictures 30 Downloading the Label Set 32 Using Data from Another Program 32 Creating Labels Using Smart Paste 34 Importing a File from Another Program 34 Service and Support 35 Technical Support 35 Contactin...

Page 6: ...ing ILP219 Card Loader software User manual 8 languages 1 Memory Card Warranty booklet Registration Card Operating and Storage Conditions Operating temperature 4 C to 40 C Operating humidity 10 to 90 RH Storage temperature 0 C to 40 C Storage humidity 10 to 90 RH 2 Power Supply BATTERIES Remove protective bumper Fig 1 Apply pressure to thumb catch then open and lift away battery compartment cover ...

Page 7: ...d C2 and pinch roller C1 Push firmly C3 until cassette clicks into place Ensure tape and ribbon are positioned correctly Close door B1 until it clicks shut IMPORTANT Please slide the protective bumper back over the printer 4 Printing your first label Press the red power on key The display will light up and an empty screen will be shown Set your language default setting is OFF Press the keys You re...

Page 8: ...ual action Press and hold down while pressing another key or press and release for the SHIFT key to remain in the locked position Use before pressing an alphabet key to produce an upper case CAPS letter Use before pressing a dual purpose key to access the legend or function above the key If you press while CAPS is set you will produce a lower case letter BACKSPACE Press to delete the character to ...

Page 9: ... you wait for more than one second the character will be selected and the cursor will move on to the next position Note Please make sure that you have selected the appropriate language or the universal UNI language for access to all international characters Example Type a twice and the letter à appears If you tap the key again within one second á will appear Pause for a second and the letter á wil...

Page 10: ...e TEXT STYLE Besides the size of text you can also choose one of four styles for your text italic shadow shadow o ou ut tl li in ne e Press STYLE and the display will prompt you to select one of these four options Select the style you require using the Q and R arrows and press ENTER The style indicator will be highlighted Note that you cannot combine these styles with each other VERTICAL TEXT Sing...

Page 11: ...ngth labels you can also choose how you position your text in relation to the edge of the label left centred or aligned right Left aligned will place the blank space within the label after the text on the right Right aligned will place the blank space within the label before the text on the left Centre aligned will split the blank space within the label equally on both sides of the text Press H to...

Page 12: ...l appear at each end of the space allocated for barcode characters Note Backspace or Escape will cancel the barcode function and return to the current label Enter the characters which will become the barcode e g 1234567 Press to return to the label Note that the barcode indicator will appear in the display whenever the cursor is positioned under barcode characters To edit a barcode press H H the b...

Page 13: ...el into pages or blocks of text each with its own text size and style settings Each of these blocks is separated by a page break The number of lines which can be cre ated in each page will depend on the label width You can store up to two page breaks in a label Press to insert a page break When scrolling through the text each page break is identified by the symbol When you scroll through a label w...

Page 14: ...e verify your settings and re start the printing 2 Vertical wrapping WRAP VERT With vertical wrap you wrap your label around the cable or wire The text will run along the label Press the key Use the arrow H H on the navigator key to scroll through to the second mode Press ENTER and the machine will prompt you to enter the diameter The display will show Ø xx where xx is defaulted to 2 5mm or 0 1 in...

Page 15: ... 1 or 1mm 0 1 or 1 until you have reached the diameter of your cable or Move the cursor to the left with arrow Q to set the left hand digits Enter the cable diameter via the keypad Press ENTER to select The indicator FLAG 1 will be highlighted FLAG 1 mode can print flags for wires or cables with a maximum diameter of 1000mm or 40 inch When asking multiple copies the printer will print after each l...

Page 16: ...e H arrow on the navigator key to increase the settings in steps of 0 1mm or 10mm until you have reached the length you require or Move the cursor to the left with arrow H to set the left hand digits Enter the length via the keypad Press ENTER to select The indicator FIXED will be highlighted Maximum fixed length is 999 9mm or 40 inch Minimum fixed length is 20mm or 0 79 inch When asking multiple ...

Page 17: ... set as the distance between the blocks C C C C The display will show C C C C xx where xx is defaulted to 6mm or 0 025 inch for the steps between your terminal blocks Use the cursor key to increase or decrease the settings min increments of 0 1mm or 0 1 inch until you have reached the length you require or Move the cursor to the left with arrow Q to set the left hand digits Enter the step via the ...

Page 18: ...for the first module 3 Press to erase the previous text from the display 4 Type in the text for the next module Select current from the printing menu Press enter or the print button again to start printing the label for the second module 5 Please repeat steps 3 to 4 until all labels of the module rack are printed After each label a vertical line will be printed The text is automatically centered o...

Page 19: ...o the label Recalling a saved label 1 Press to display the memory locations of saved labels as shown in Saving a label above 2 Use Q or R to move the cursor under each full location until the label you require is displayed 3 Press ENTER to select the label required or to exit and return to the current label Deleting a saved label H 1 To delete a saved label use Q or R to move the cursor under the ...

Page 20: ... ENTER to select the required label For more information on working with ILP 219 Card Loader software consult Part Two of this manual Dymo ILP219 Card Loader Software GRAPHICS The ILP 219 can store up to 32 bitmap graphics on a memory card see section Saving a label These can easily be combined with text within labels 1 Press 2 Use H or P arrows on the navigator key to choose whether to place your...

Page 21: ...he incremental option from the PRINT menu using the H or P 3 Press ENTER and the cursor moves to the ending value on the right of the display area Set the starting number by using H or P and then press ENTER 4 The labels will be numbered automatically in increments of 1 The ILP 219 will automatically print combinations of text number Line1 Line2 Line3 or number text 5Z 6Z 7Z etc It starts looking ...

Page 22: ...to avoid jamming of the knives caused by the strong adhesive Troubleshooting No display check machine is on replace discharged batteries check AC adaptor Check if battery pack is charged No printing or poor text replace discharged batteries check tape cassette installed correctly clean the print head replace the tape cassette Tape jammed lift out tape cassette carefully remove release jammed tape ...

Page 23: ...an be grouped within the label set by category usage or other means for easy identification and retrieval For example one label set may contain all of the labels and graphics that might be required by an installer for a telephone cabling installation A project manager who has determined the cable layout for a particular installation can create a label set containing all the labels and graphics for...

Page 24: ...il or fax registration If you choose to register over the Internet wait a few seconds while your information is transmitted to DYMO To register by mail or fax click Print to print the completed registration form and mail or fax the form to the location printed on the form The ILP219 Card Loader User Interface The ILP219 Card Loader software consists of three views the Group view the Label view and...

Page 25: ...n organize your labels moving and copying labels from one group to another or deleting labels or groups of labels from the set The icon shown for each label indicates if the label includes a barcode or only text When you select a group in the Groups view and then change to Labels view only the labels in the currently selected group are displayed When you add a label in Labels view the new label is...

Page 26: ...aves the current label set to disk If the current set has not been saved uses the Save As command Save As Displays the Save File dialog box allowing you to name the label set prior to saving Create Group Adds a new group to the label set with the name New Group Rename Group Selects the current group name allowing you to edit the existing name or enter a new name Import Allows you to import label t...

Page 27: ...nu Command Description Picture Allows you to insert a picture from a file See Using Pictures on page 13 Menu Command Description Groups Displays the Groups view Labels Displays the Labels view Graphics Displays the Graphics view Label Preview Opens a preview window which shows how the label will print 25 Toolbar Icon Menu Command Description Undo Undoes the last action Cut Cuts the selection to th...

Page 28: ...a new label set R From within the ILP219 Card Loader software select New Label Set from the File menu A new blank label set opens in the Labels view Assigning a Card ID The Card ID is a name that identifies the label set contained on a memory card For example the Card ID may be a job number for an electrical installation or some other meaningful reference The Card ID can be up to 15 alphanumeric c...

Page 29: ...mport command See Importing a File from Another Program on page 17 Using the Smart Paste command See Creating Labels Using Smart Paste on page 17 3 Click or select Save from the File menu The Save File dialog box appears 4 Type a name for the label set and click Save The label set is saved to your hard disk with a dyl extension automatically added to the file name 5 Select Label Preview from the V...

Page 30: ...oup to which you wish to add barcodes 2 Select the Labels tab 3 Select As Lines under View Mode 4 Do one of the following In As Lines mode click the Line 1 or Line 2 label at the top of the column to which you want to apply a barcode In As Labels mode select a group of label numbers to which you want to apply a barcode 5 Click Apply Barcode The Insert Barcode dialog box appears 6 Select the type o...

Page 31: ...med UNASSIGNED where all new labels appear by default You cannot change the name of or delete this group You can create up to 31 additional groups in each label set You can then move labels from the UNASSIGNED group or any other group as you wish You can also copy and paste labels from one group to another The Groups view allows you to create and rename groups copy and move labels among groups or ...

Page 32: ...he group are also deleted To delete a group 1 Select the Groups tab 2 Move any labels you wish to keep to another group 3 Select the group you wish to delete 4 Select Delete from the Edit menu A confirmation dialog box appears 5 Click OK to delete the group Using Pictures Each label set can contain a library of images that can be added to a label when the label is printed You can insert up to 32 i...

Page 33: ... example a copy of an image with the name logo is named logo1 Flipping an Image You may wish to have several versions of the same image but in different orientations for use on different types of labels You can flip an image on its vertical or horizontal axis from within the graphics view To flip an image 1 Select the Graphics tab 2 Select the image you wish to change 3 Duplicate the image if you ...

Page 34: ...els from a text or delimited file exported from a database program See Appendix A for information about the character set supported by the ILP219 label printer Spreadsheet Text When copying and pasting rows of text from a spreadsheet program using Smart Paste each row is treated as a separate label and each cell in the row is treated as a separate line on the label similar to how the label is disp...

Page 35: ...from a word processor you will typically have multi line text In this case the text for each label is separat ed by either a single blank line or a carriage return line feed If a blank line is contained in the text Smart Paste reads the text as multiple labels separated by a single blank line If no blank line is found the text is read as multiple one line labels For example the following two addre...

Page 36: ...seful when you have exported text from a spreadsheet or database program where you cannot copy the desired text using Smart Paste To import a file 1 Select Import from the File menu The Import dialog box appears 2 Select the file you wish to import You can select any file with a csv or txt extension 3 Click Open The Select Import Group dialog box appears showing the list of available groups in thi...

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Page 38: ...int This allows you to easily find the unsupported characters so they can be changed When you download labels that contain unsupported characters a warning dialog box appears You have the choice of contin uing with the download in which case the unsupported characters will be replaced with an underscore character or you can cancel the download and change any unsupported characters to characters th...

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Page 40: ...easures Reorient the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Use shielded cables to connect this device to computers Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help You may find helpful the following booklet prepared by the FCC Interferen...