Mk1500 Users Guide
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... of Symbols 4 Safety Precautions 5 Quick Guide to Using the Printer 12 Contents Part 1 Before You Begin (Preparation) Part 2 Basic Operations 1.1 Names and Functions of Parts .......... 18 2.1 Printing on Tube and Clear Tube........ 26 Main Unit 18 LCD screen 20 Keyboard 21 1.2 Connecting the AC Adapter 23 Install cassettes 26 Insert tube 28 Turn the power switch on ........29 Input characters 30 Print 33 2.2 Printing on ........44 Input characters...
... of Symbols 4 Safety Precautions 5 Quick Guide to Using the Printer 12 Contents Part 1 Before You Begin (Preparation) Part 2 Basic Operations 1.1 Names and Functions of Parts .......... 18 2.1 Printing on Tube and Clear Tube........ 26 Main Unit 18 LCD screen 20 Keyboard 21 1.2 Connecting the AC Adapter 23 Install cassettes 26 Insert tube 28 Turn the power switch on ........29 Input characters 30 Print 33 2.2 Printing on ........44 Input characters...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... Printing Functions 68 Printing count 68 Changing the printing orientation 70 Changing the length and the character alignment 72 Printing a specific page multiple times (Continuous Print 74 Generating sequential characters (serial printing 76 Adjusting the printing start position and vertical position 79 Adjusting the printing density 81 4.4 Changing the Cutting Method 82 Half cuts and full cuts 82 Turning off half cuts 82 Part 4 Advanced Operations 4.1 Changing the Characters and the Number of Lines 58 Changing character size...
... Printing Functions 68 Printing count 68 Changing the printing orientation 70 Changing the length and the character alignment 72 Printing a specific page multiple times (Continuous Print 74 Generating sequential characters (serial printing 76 Adjusting the printing start position and vertical position 79 Adjusting the printing density 81 4.4 Changing the Cutting Method 82 Half cuts and full cuts 82 Turning off half cuts 82 Part 4 Advanced Operations 4.1 Changing the Characters and the Number of Lines 58 Changing character size...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... 96 Changing the cutting depth 96 6.1 Consumable Supplies and Options 106 Consumable supplies 106 Options 107 6.2 Message List 108 6.3 Troubleshooting 109 6.4 List of Symbols 111 6.5 List of Function 112 6.6 Main Specifications 113 5.3 Replacing the Cutter 98 5.4 Replacing the Cassette 100 Replacing the ribbon cassette 100 Replacing a tube or the label tape cassette 101 5.5 Maintenance 102 Cleaning the printer 102 Cleaning the transport rollers 102 Cleaning the print head 104 Cleaning/Replacing...
... 96 Changing the cutting depth 96 6.1 Consumable Supplies and Options 106 Consumable supplies 106 Options 107 6.2 Message List 108 6.3 Troubleshooting 109 6.4 List of Symbols 111 6.5 List of Function 112 6.6 Main Specifications 113 5.3 Replacing the Cutter 98 5.4 Replacing the Cassette 100 Replacing the ribbon cassette 100 Replacing a tube or the label tape cassette 101 5.5 Maintenance 102 Cleaning the printer 102 Cleaning the transport rollers 102 Cleaning the print head 104 Cleaning/Replacing...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... guide is installed when printing on , and flip the switch to the " " position to load a cassette or tube. Flip the switch to the "|" position to release transport roller 3. The optional Tube Warmer also mounts here. Cutter receiver This is replaced at the same time. Cover release Pull this lever to the right to turn the power off . Power switch Use this keyboard. LCD screen Displays...
... guide is installed when printing on , and flip the switch to the " " position to load a cassette or tube. Flip the switch to the "|" position to release transport roller 3. The optional Tube Warmer also mounts here. Cutter receiver This is replaced at the same time. Cover release Pull this lever to the right to turn the power off . Power switch Use this keyboard. LCD screen Displays...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... used to input a space. [Print/Print option] • This key is used to enter print mode and to make settings and to change set optional functions (for adjustment, maintenance mode, or print option). [Delete] ( page 53.) This key is used to delete all input data. [Cancel] • This key is used to cancel settings or operations, and to return the display to the previous display. • This key is also used to cancel printing...
... used to input a space. [Print/Print option] • This key is used to enter print mode and to make settings and to change set optional functions (for adjustment, maintenance mode, or print option). [Delete] ( page 53.) This key is used to delete all input data. [Cancel] • This key is used to cancel settings or operations, and to return the display to the previous display. • This key is also used to cancel printing...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... printing on Input characters Print Install cassettes Install the ribbon cassette and the tube attachment. 1 Open the cover. 2 Take up any slack in the ribbon. • Remove the stopper and then take up any slack. Dispose the removed stopper according to take up slack in the ribbon when installing the ribbon cassette. Install cassettes Insert tube Turn the power switch on tube or clear...
... printing on Input characters Print Install cassettes Install the ribbon cassette and the tube attachment. 1 Open the cover. 2 Take up any slack in the ribbon. • Remove the stopper and then take up any slack. Dispose the removed stopper according to take up slack in the ribbon when installing the ribbon cassette. Install cassettes Insert tube Turn the power switch on tube or clear...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... the printer; In such cases, use the clear tube mode for printing. it clicks shut. Note that is bumpy, dirty, or of tube, this machine may be unable to 5.2mm. If the load is too great, the tube will stretch and the cutting position will not print properly on tube that the printer will shift. 28 Close the cover completely...
... the printer; In such cases, use the clear tube mode for printing. it clicks shut. Note that is bumpy, dirty, or of tube, this machine may be unable to 5.2mm. If the load is too great, the tube will stretch and the cutting position will not print properly on tube that the printer will shift. 28 Close the cover completely...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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...], the message "Aborting print" appears and printing is not ejected. In this operation is that you do not select the correct tube size. • The sets to "If a Tube or Label Tape Becomes Jammed" ( page 90) and take out the jammed tube. No ribbon amount displayed. The printer stops all operations immediately. Rough amount of the remaining ink ribbon is printed four times. 5 Confirm the location of...
...], the message "Aborting print" appears and printing is not ejected. In this operation is that you do not select the correct tube size. • The sets to "If a Tube or Label Tape Becomes Jammed" ( page 90) and take out the jammed tube. No ribbon amount displayed. The printer stops all operations immediately. Rough amount of the remaining ink ribbon is printed four times. 5 Confirm the location of...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... [Enter]. • The sets to print display appears. strip is aborted. If label tape jams Hold down [Cancel] until the printer beeps. strip, or clear tube. 2 Press [◄] or [►] to "If a Tube or Label Tape Becomes Jammed" ( page 90) and take out the jammed label tape. Basic Operations Part 2 5 Confirm the location of the leading end of the loaded label tape is...
... [Enter]. • The sets to print display appears. strip is aborted. If label tape jams Hold down [Cancel] until the printer beeps. strip, or clear tube. 2 Press [◄] or [►] to "If a Tube or Label Tape Becomes Jammed" ( page 90) and take out the jammed label tape. Basic Operations Part 2 5 Confirm the location of the leading end of the loaded label tape is...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... character data 67 4.3 Various Printing Functions... 68 Printing count 68 Changing the printing orientation............70 Changing the length and the character alignment 72 Printing a specific page multiple times (Continuous Print 74 Generating sequential characters (serial printing 76 Adjusting the printing start position and vertical position 79 Adjusting the printing density 81 4.4 Changing the Cutting Method 82 Half cuts and full cuts 82 Turning off half cuts 82 4.5 Other Operations 84 Removing the print media 84 Changing the display...
... character data 67 4.3 Various Printing Functions... 68 Printing count 68 Changing the printing orientation............70 Changing the length and the character alignment 72 Printing a specific page multiple times (Continuous Print 74 Generating sequential characters (serial printing 76 Adjusting the printing start position and vertical position 79 Adjusting the printing density 81 4.4 Changing the Cutting Method 82 Half cuts and full cuts 82 Turning off half cuts 82 4.5 Other Operations 84 Removing the print media 84 Changing the display...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... is replaced with "Add" When the character data (file) is loaded, it is added following the last page of the loaded character data is currently displayed. Add the text saved in files: "New" and "Add". appears, and then the display returns to the character input display. "*" appears next to the names of files that cannot be loaded because of their data size. 4 Press...
... is replaced with "Add" When the character data (file) is loaded, it is added following the last page of the loaded character data is currently displayed. Add the text saved in files: "New" and "Add". appears, and then the display returns to the character input display. "*" appears next to the names of files that cannot be loaded because of their data size. 4 Press...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... Fig. 1, you want to use continuous print. • Press [Shift] + [◄] or [Shift] + [►] and display the page in Fig. 2. 2 Display the page for each page. The function that prints multiple copies of continuous printings can obtain the same results by creating the character data shown below and then printing page 2 ("Pump Room") three times. Printing a specific page multiple times (Continuous Print) Assume that you can be set from 1 to 10 for...
... Fig. 1, you want to use continuous print. • Press [Shift] + [◄] or [Shift] + [►] and display the page in Fig. 2. 2 Display the page for each page. The function that prints multiple copies of continuous printings can obtain the same results by creating the character data shown below and then printing page 2 ("Pump Room") three times. Printing a specific page multiple times (Continuous Print) Assume that you can be set from 1 to 10 for...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... "Media JAM" message is not displayed 92 When a Tube or Label Tape is Not Ejected/Fed 94 5.2 What To Do If the Cutter Is Getting Blunt 96 Changing the cutting depth 96 5.3 Replacing the Cutter 98 5.4 Replacing the Cassette ...... 100 Replacing the ribbon cassette 100 Replacing a tube or the label tape cassette 101 5.5 Maintenance 102 Cleaning the printer 102 Cleaning the transport rollers 102 Cleaning...
... "Media JAM" message is not displayed 92 When a Tube or Label Tape is Not Ejected/Fed 94 5.2 What To Do If the Cutter Is Getting Blunt 96 Changing the cutting depth 96 5.3 Replacing the Cutter 98 5.4 Replacing the Cassette ...... 100 Replacing the ribbon cassette 100 Replacing a tube or the label tape cassette 101 5.5 Maintenance 102 Cleaning the printer 102 Cleaning the transport rollers 102 Cleaning...
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If you have turned off the printer after display of the "Media JAM" message, use the feed function of the printer to Take against Other Jams (When the "Media JAM" message is not displayed)" ( page 92). 2 Press the [Enter] key. • The Feed display appears. 3 Open the cover. 4 Remove the ribbon cassette from the jam clearing procedure. In this because the "Media JAM" message is not shown although a tube or tape is jammed or you cannot do...
If you have turned off the printer after display of the "Media JAM" message, use the feed function of the printer to Take against Other Jams (When the "Media JAM" message is not displayed)" ( page 92). 2 Press the [Enter] key. • The Feed display appears. 3 Open the cover. 4 Remove the ribbon cassette from the jam clearing procedure. In this because the "Media JAM" message is not shown although a tube or tape is jammed or you cannot do...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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If you can remove the jammed printing media using the Feed function in the maintenance mode. 1 When the printer is operating (printing), keep pressing the [Cancel] key until a "peep" sound is heard. If the ribbon winds itself around some parts and therefore it cannot be removed, proceed to step 4 without removing it is loaded. If the label tape winds itself around some parts inside the printer when it is...
If you can remove the jammed printing media using the Feed function in the maintenance mode. 1 When the printer is operating (printing), keep pressing the [Cancel] key until a "peep" sound is heard. If the ribbon winds itself around some parts and therefore it cannot be removed, proceed to step 4 without removing it is loaded. If the label tape winds itself around some parts inside the printer when it is...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... For example, use the Feed function in the following cases: • Printing media is not released from the feed roller even when you press the [Remove] key to feed the tube or label tape loaded in the maintenance mode allows you to replace the printing media. • The printer is operating but printing media is not ejected after completion of the ribbon cassette around other parts, causing a jam. In this...
... For example, use the Feed function in the following cases: • Printing media is not released from the feed roller even when you press the [Remove] key to feed the tube or label tape loaded in the maintenance mode allows you to replace the printing media. • The printer is operating but printing media is not ejected after completion of the ribbon cassette around other parts, causing a jam. In this...
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... install a new one. Clear tube is Not Ejected/Fed" ( page 94)) 2 Open the cover. 3 Remove the tube attachment or label cassette from the machine. • While pulling the lever to purchase tube or label tape cassettes. After pressing [Enter], use the feed function if the tube or label is not released from the transport roller (unable to remove) even after the printer has stopped...
... install a new one. Clear tube is Not Ejected/Fed" ( page 94)) 2 Open the cover. 3 Remove the tube attachment or label cassette from the machine. • While pulling the lever to purchase tube or label tape cassettes. After pressing [Enter], use the feed function if the tube or label is not released from the transport roller (unable to remove) even after the printer has stopped...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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...ficient free space in memory. An operation was attempted while the cover was made to initialize the print head position for some reason. Make the correct setting according to the pages 73 and 74. See page 65. Take out the printing media from the printer, and replace it with new ribbon cassette if printing a long document. If the same message appears again, contact your dealer. Replace with new printing media. 6.2 Message List Message Input...
...ficient free space in memory. An operation was attempted while the cover was made to initialize the print head position for some reason. Make the correct setting according to the pages 73 and 74. See page 65. Take out the printing media from the printer, and replace it with new ribbon cassette if printing a long document. If the same message appears again, contact your dealer. Replace with new printing media. 6.2 Message List Message Input...
Mk1500 Users Guide
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... print head" (page 104) and clean the print head. Refer to "Adjusting the printing start position and the printing vertical position are dirty. The startup display remains on . Cause The AC adapter is turned on. Action Turn the power switch off the misshaped portion and then install the media again. Use an AC adapter that is specifically intended for printing does not match the size of the printing media...
... print head" (page 104) and clean the print head. Refer to "Adjusting the printing start position and the printing vertical position are dirty. The startup display remains on . Cause The AC adapter is turned on. Action Turn the power switch off the misshaped portion and then install the media again. Use an AC adapter that is specifically intended for printing does not match the size of the printing media...
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... Becomes Jammed" (page 90) and clear the jam. Symptoms Surface of the print media is not installed correctly. The tube or label tape transport path is preventing proper ejection at the ejection end of the printer. Cut is crooked because something is dirty. Clean away the dirt. The print media is unsuitable for the printer. Half cuts are dirty, causing the media to "Replacing...
... Becomes Jammed" (page 90) and clear the jam. Symptoms Surface of the print media is not installed correctly. The tube or label tape transport path is preventing proper ejection at the ejection end of the printer. Cut is crooked because something is dirty. Clean away the dirt. The print media is unsuitable for the printer. Half cuts are dirty, causing the media to "Replacing...