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1. Before You Begin
1. Before You Begin
A. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 1
B. Icon & Text Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 1
C. Do’s & Don’ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 2
D. In This Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 6
E. Travelling with your BMP®91 printer . . . . . . . . . . . .page 7
F. BMP®91 Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 7
G. External components of the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 8
H. Internal components of the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 15
A. Introduction
Before you start using the printer, please read this chapter,
especially the safety precautions in the Do’s & Don’ts
section.
The BMP
®
91 printer can print text, serial numbers, barcodes and
other symbols on tubes (up to 7.0 mm in internal diameter) and
labels (up to 12.0 mm wide). Other special features supported
include:
• Fast printing speed (up to 25 mm/s)
• Long lasting battery (up to 2 hours)
• Large capacity ribbon cartridge (up to 200 m)
• 3.5” 320x240 pixel resolution, 256k colors TFT LCD display
• Automatic font sizing (so that more characters can be entered)
• Background printing while you continue editting
• Printing on high-quality Brady labels
B. Icon & Text Conventions
For easier reference, this guide follows these conventions:
Table 1-1. Icon Co nventions:
Table 1-2. Text Conventions:
Icon Function
Note
: Information highlighted by this gives you tips or
additional instructions that are useful.
Caution or warning
: Information highlighted by this
tells you how to avoid actions or situations that may
damage your device or endanger you.
Text Style Function
italics
Name of a graphic, figure and/or table.
UPPERCASE Name of a menu or submenu; or an acronym.
“xyz” Name of an item (e.g. “xyz”) on the LCD screen.
[xyz] Name of a key (e.g. “xyz”) on the keyboard.
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