Casio KL-8100 - Manual (Page 19)

E-18
SMOOTHING
ON
OFF
BLOCK SPACE
NONE WIDE
NARROW
FEED
You can also one of two different feed settings that provides
either long or short side spaces (“Fundamentals of Label
Layout” page E-16). You can also specify manual feed.
LONG
This setting causes the tape to feed 16mm at the be-
ginning and end of each printing.
SHORT
This setting causes the tape to feed 3mm at the begin-
ning and end of each printing.
MANUAL
This setting provides side spaces of only 1mm of the
printed text. If you perform two consecutive print op-
erations (without manually feeding between prints), the
last character of the first print operation is followed by
the first character of the second print operation, with
no space provided between them. It is a good way to
save tape when you print a series of tapes.
Important! After you finish printing when using manual feed,
be sure to always press FUNC and then FEED to feed the
tape before cutting it. If you don’t you will cut off part of the
printed text.
TAPE LENGTH
Select “FIX” if you want so specify a fixed tape length in the
range of 0.0 cm to 99.9 cm. Specify “AUTO” for this option if
you want the label printer to automatically adjust the length
of the tape.
BLOCK ALIGN
LEFT
RIGHT
CENTER
EQUAL
Part 8 Printing
This part of the manual includes all the information you need
to print tapes.
Note The following information covers basic printing pro-
cedures only. Other printing related information can be found
in the sections of this manual describing presets (page
E-19), stamp printing (page E-22), frames (page E-19), and
memory operations (page E-23).
Printing Precautions
• Never turn power off while printing is being performed.
• Make sure that the tape outlet is not blocked before you
start printing.
• Never operate the tape cutter while printer is being per-
formed (indicated by the message “NOW PRINTING” on
the display).
• During printing at very high density, printing of very long
text, or repeat printing of the same text a number of times,
the label printer may stop printing for about five seconds.
This is not a malfunction, and normal printing should
resume shortly.
Printing a Tape
Printing a tape is as easy as pressing the PRINT key.
To print a tape
1. Press the PRINT key to print a tape of the text you have
input and laid out.
• To stop a print operation that is in progress, press ESC.
• You can add extra margin to the beginning of the tape by
pressing FUNC and then FEED before starting the print
operation.
2. After the print operation is complete, press the tape cut-
ter lever to cut the tape.
• Make sure you press the tape cutter lever as far as it will
go, but do not apply excessive force.
3. Use scissors to trim the tape to the size you want, if nec-
essary.
• After you print a tape, you can peel off its paper backing
and stick the tape onto the object you want. Note that the
tape will not stick on coarse, wet, oily, or soiled surfaces.
Also, you should not try to use the tape where it is ex-
posed to direct sunlight or rain. Do not stick the tape onto
human skin.
• An easy way to remove the backing from a tape and ex-
pose the adhesive surface is to bend the tape near one of
its ends. This should cause the tape and its backing to
separate, allowing you to pull them apart.
To adjust the print density
1. Turn power on.
2. Press FUNC and then FORM (SET UP) to display the
SET UP menu.