Printing Modes; Printing Fixed Length Labels; Printing Options; Printing Vertical Labels - 3M PL100 Guia Del Usuario

Printing Modes

Two print modes are available in addition to
Normal: fixed length and flag mode. Pressing
returns you to normal printing mode.
NORMAL

Printing Fixed Length Labels

Normally, the length of the label is determined by
the length of the text entered. However, you may
wish to make a label for a specific purpose that is a
fixed length regardless of the length of the text.
You can specify a fixed length for a label in 0.10"
(2 mm) increments between 1.50" (40 mm) and
20.00" (500 mm). The default fixed length is 2.00"
(50 mm). Any change you make to the fixed length
setting remains in effect until you change it.
To set the label length
1. Press .
LENGTH
2. Use the arrow keys to increase or decrease the
length and press
3. Press .
PRINT
When you attempt to print with the fixed
length set smaller than the length needed to print
the label text, an error message is displayed
indicating the minimum allowable length.
Printing in Flag Mode
Flag labels wrap around a wire or cable leaving the
text part of the label extending out from the cable.
See Figure 9.
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Figure 9
The text on flag labels is automatically printed on
both ends of the label leaving a blank space in the
middle that wraps around the cable. When the label
LENGTH
.
FLAG
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is applied to the cable, both ends of the label are
applied back to back leaving a tail or flag. The
result is a label that can be read from both sides.
To print a flag label
1. Enter the text for the label.
2. Press and then press
FLAG
3. Press .
PRINT

Printing Options

You can choose to print your labels vertically, print
multiple copies of the same label, print serialized
labels, or print multiple copies of serialized labels.

Printing Vertical Labels

Single-line labels can be printed with the text
running vertically.
To print vertically
1. Enter the text for your label.
2. Press and then use the arrow keys to turn
VERT
on vertical printing.
3. Press .
PRINT

Printing Multiple Copies

You can print up to 16 copies of the same label at
one time. When printing multiple copies, a dotted
cut-line is printed between each label.
To print multiple copies
1. Press + .
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PRINT
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2. Press to increase the number of copies to
print. The default is two copies.
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3. Press to decrease the number of copies.
4. Press or to begin printing.
PRINT
You may notice a brief pause in printing
between each label for more complex formats.
When printing is finished, the number of copies to
print returns to 2.
.
VERT
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