Brady BradyPrinter S3100 - Introduction and Printer Setup; Product Overview and User Interface; Initial Setup and PC Connectivity; Label Creation and Object Management

BradyPrinter S3100 Sign & Label Printer User’s Manual xiv
Contents
1 • Introduction
Features and Functions ............................................................................................ 1
Compatible Applications........................................................................................... 2
System Specifications............................................................................................... 2
About Menus, Dialog Boxes and Screens............................................................... 3
Home Page ...........................................................................................................3
Tools Panel ...........................................................................................................4
Button Actions ........................................................................................................... 5
2 • Setting up Your Printer
Unpacking and Setting up Printer............................................................................ 6
What’s in the Box ..................................................................................................6
System Components .............................................................................................7
Setting up the Printer ............................................................................................8
System Power .......................................................................................................... 13
Starting Printer from a Non-powered (Cold) State ..............................................13
Waking the Printer from Sleep Mode ..................................................................13
Putting the Printer into Sleep Mode ....................................................................14
Resetting the Printer ...........................................................................................14
Using Your Printer with a PC.................................................................................. 15
Configuring the Printer for Network Communication ...........................................15
Configuring a Direct USB Connection .................................................................19
Creating and Printing Labels from a PC ..............................................................19
Setting up the System Defaults .............................................................................. 20
Set Clock .............................................................................................................20
Localization and Unit of Measure ........................................................................21
Set Text Defaults .................................................................................................22
Set Barcode Defaults ..........................................................................................23
Set Printing ..........................................................................................................24
Customizing Home Page Defaults.......................................................................... 25
Displaying System Information .............................................................................. 26
3 • Working with Labels
Creating Labels........................................................................................................ 27
Creating a Text Label ..........................................................................................27
Creating a Label from a Template .......................................................................28
Creating a Custom Label ....................................................................................30
Set Label Attributes................................................................................................. 31
Creating Fixed-Length Label ...............................................................................31
Creating Auto-Sized Label ..................................................................................31
Orientation ...........................................................................................................32
Label Width .........................................................................................................33
Framing a Label ..................................................................................................35