SECTION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION
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2.0  Before You Begin
This guide makes a few assumptions.  Before you can begin printing, 
make sure:
• The coder is completely and correctly installed and integrated with 
your packaging line.  If you do not know whether installation is 
complete, ask your company's setup technician.
• Machine setup parameters and software settings have been 
configured. If you do not know whether the coder is completely 
configured, ask your company's setup technician.
• Two job files have been designed, saved, and downloaded into the 
flash memory of the coder. If you do not know the name of the job 
you want to print, you may use one of the two downloaded job files 
or ask your company's setup technician for assistance.
Images to be printed are designed on a computer using Composer or 
CoLOS Create image design software. The set of job parameters, 
including the image data, is called a “job file.” The images for all 
printheads in the job file are called the “label.”
The job file must be downloaded from the computer to the coder. 
Then the job file must be selected before printing on your product or 
package.
• The Composer or CoLOS Create software manuals describe how 
to design, name, and save job files.
• The “Database Management” section of the Model 5200/5400 
Installation and Setup Guide describes how to download, view, 
back up, and delete job files. 
•The Model 5200/5400 Operation Guide describes how to select 
and print job files. If you need help with job files, ask your 
company’s setup technician.
Note that the Model 5200 and 5400 coders are almost identical 
electrically, mechanically, and in terms of software.  The major 
difference between the two models is the maximum number of 
printheads that can be configured, and design changes necessary to 
accommodate the printheads. 
Procedures and pictures throughout this guide depict the Model 5200.  
Adapt the instructions as needed for the Model 5400.