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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
1. THE SUPPLEMENTARY MANUAL OF LM-550A2 SERIES. ................................................. 1
2. BE SURE TO READ ............................................................................................................... 3
2-1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 3
2-2 PRECAUTIONS FOR USE.................................................................................................. 3
3. CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................ 8
4. BEFORE USE....................................................................................................................... 10
4-1 MAIN FEATURES.............................................................................................................. 10
4-2 CONFIRMING THE PACKAGE CONTENTS.................................................................... 11
4-3 NAME OF EACH SECTION .............................................................................................. 12
4-4 NAME OF KEYS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS ......................................................................13
4-5 INPUT SCREEN ................................................................................................................ 15
4-6 SELECTING THE SCREEN LANGUAGE ......................................................................... 16
17....4-7
CLEANING THE PLATEN ROLLER OR REMOVING JAMMED TUBE (“FEED” function)
4-8 ADJUSTING THE HALF CUTTING DEPTH ..................................................................... 18
4-9 SWITCHING THE PRINTING PRESSURE....................................................................... 18
4-10 CONNECTING AC ADAPTER.......................................................................................... 18
4-11 USE WITH A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY (Panasonic eneloop recommended).. ........ 19
5 LOADING THE CONSUMABLES......................................................................................... 20
5-1 INSTALLING OR REPLACING THE INK RIBBON ........................................................... 20
5-2 LOADING THE TUBES AND THE INK RIBBON CASE.................................................... 21
5-3 LOADING THE TAPE CASSETTE AND THE INK RIBBON CASE .................................. 25
5-4 LOADING THE 4.1mm ID PLATE AND THE INK RIBBON CASE .................................. 27
5-5 REPLACING THE HALF CUTTER.................................................................................... 29
5-6 INSERTING THE USB MEMORY (EXTERNAL MEMORY) ............................................. 29
6. BASIC OPERATION ................................................................
............................................. 30
6-1 PRINTING ON THE TUBE (PITCH PRI
NT)...................................................................... 31
6-2 PRINTING ON THE TAPE................................................................................................. 33
6-3 PRINTING ON THE ID PLATE (PITCH PRINT) .............................................................. 37
6-2-1 PITCH PRINT ON THE TAPE .................................................................................. 33
6-2-2 NORMAL PRINT ON THE TAPE.............................................................................. 35
7. INPUTTING AND DELETING CHARACTERS ..................................................................... 39
7-1 INPUTTING CHARACTERS ............................................................................................. 39
7-2 DELETING CHARACTERS............................................................................................... 39
7-3 INPUTTING CHARACTERS WITH “CODE” FUNCTION ................................................. 40
7-4 INPUTTING CHARACTERS WITH “DIACR” FUNCTION ................................................ 41
8. FUNCTIONS ......................................................................................................................... 42
8-1 SIZE ................................................................................................................................... 42
8-2 WIDTH ............................................................................................................................... 43
8-3 CHARACTER / LINE SPACE ............................................................................................ 44
8-4 PIT
CH PRINT .................................................................................................................... 45
8-4-1 PITCH LENGTH ....................................................................................................... 46
8-4-2 PITCH CUT............................................................................................................... 46
8-5 NORMAL PRINT................................................................................................................ 47
8-5-1 PRINTING LENGTH................................................................................................. 47
8-5-2 MARGIN ................................................................................................................... 47
8-6 VERTICAL ......................................................................................................................... 48
8-7 REPEAT............................................................................................................................. 48
8-8 UNDERLINE .................................................................................................................................... 49
8-9 SEQUENCE....................................................................................................................... 49
8-10 FRAME .............................................................................................................................. 50
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