
Printing
• This application does not support printing on 6mm wide tape.
• Make sure the KL-8100 is connected correctly to your computer.
• Check to make sure that none of the text or graphics in your layout fall outside the print area, which is indicated by a dotted line on the layout
window. Also, confirm that the tape width you specified with this application matches the width of the tape loaded in the printer.
Printing Precautions
• Printing for a long time with a layout that is wider than the tape loaded in the
KL-8100 can cause print quality to deteriorate and cause tape jamming, which can damage the KL-8100. Always make sure that your layout fits
within the width of the tape you are using.
• Check the instructions that come with the tape cartridge for possible special instructions concerning KL-8100 density settings.
• With the KL-8100, a very high density setting may cause printing to become dim. See the User’s Manual that comes with the KL-8100 for details.
Setting Up the KL-8100 for Printing
1. Press the KL-8100’s [ON] button to turn it on.
2. Press the KL-8100’s [COMPUTER LINK] button.
3. Use the procedures described in the User’s Guide that comes with the KL-8100 to put it into the data communication mode.
• The data communication mode is indicated when the ”READY!” message is on the screen of the KL-8100.
Important!
• Start the print operation on your computer within about 20 seconds after the ”Prepare EZ-LABEL PRINTER to READY!” message appears on
the KL-8100’s display. If you don’t, a communication error will occur on the printer. Press the printer’s [ESC] button to clear the error.
Setting Up Your computer for Printing
1. On the [File] menu, click [Print] to display the [Print Setup] dialog box.
• You can also display this dialog box by clicking the icon.
2. Use the [Port] radio buttons to specify to which of the ports of your PC the KL-8100 is connected.
3. Use the [Number of Copies] text box or up and down buttons to specify how many copies of the layout you want to print.
• If you made a number of pieces setting in the new layout dialog box when creating a ”Free Setting” layout (page E-14), you should also specify the
number of pieces here for printing.
• You can specify up to 100 copies.
• Note that the tape length cannot exceed 8 meters.
4. Click the [Mirror Printing] checkbox to turn mirror printing on (checked) and off (unchecked).
• Mirror printing reverses the printed data, making it appear like it is reflected in a mirror.
5. After checking to make sure that all the settings are as you want, click [OK] and a message appears to confirm whether you actually want to print.
6. Check your settings and that the ”Prepare EZ-LABEL PRINTER to receive. OK?” message is on the KL-8100’s screen, and then click [OK].
• You can abort the print operation by clicking [Cancel].
• When your are outputting your layout to multiple pieces of tape, the message ”1-line printing complete. Cut tape.” appears after printing of each tape
is complete. Cut the tape and click [OK].
• After you print a layout on multiple pieces of tape, you can assemble the tape to create the finished image. See ”Hints for Producing Output Wider
Than the Tape Width” on page E-36 for details.
Merge Printing
See ”Merge Printing” on page E-27 for a detailed description of merge printing.
1. On the [File] menu, click [Merge Print] to display the merge print setup window.
2. Specify the start record and end record.
• Input a value directly into the [Records] text box or the up and down buttons to change this setting.
3. Perform steps 2 through 6 under ”Printing” on page E-34.
• Use the following procedure when you want to print a single record.
(1) Display the layout window for the record you want to print. See ”Displaying a Record in the Layout Window” on page E-30.
(2) Perform the normal print operation. See ”Printing” on page E-34.
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