User manual CASIO VZ-1

[. . . ] · All rights to this User's Guide and the software that accompanies it shall revert to CASIO COMPUTER CO. , LTD. · Microsoft® and Windows® are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. · True Type® is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. · Other product and company names used in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of others. [. . . ] · Never disconnect the cable between the Label Printer and computer while printing is in progress. · Never try printing on the CW-L300 printer from the VZ-1 Software and the DISC TITLE PRINTER Application at the same time. 26 Inserting Phrases, and the Current Date and Time The VZ-1 Software comes pre-programmed with 103 different often-used expressions and phrases that you can recall and input into a label. In addition, you can also store your own phrases for instant recall when you need them. To insert phrases, and the current date and time 1 On the Input Panel, click the Recall Phrase button. This displays a menu of phrase categories. Recall Phrase Button 2 Align the mouse pointer with the category of the phrase you want to input. On the submenu that appears, click the phrase you want to input. · To input a date and time, select the Time Stamp category. 27 Time Stamp Formats Clicking this menu item: mm/dd/yy dd/mm/yyyy yyyy-mm-dd dd-mmm-yy d mmmm yyyy h:mm h:mm AM/PM Inputs this:* 10/18/05 18/10/2005 2005-10-18 18-Oct-05 18 October 2005 14:00 2:00 PM * The input examples shown here are what would be input when the current date and time setting of your computer is October 18, 2005, 2:00 pm. Saving Text in Phrase Memory Three categories named USER 1, USER 2, and USER 3 are provided for saving your own original phrases and expressions in phrase memory. Each category can hold up to 30 phrases. To save a text in phrase memory 1 2 On the Input Panel, select (highlight) the text you want to save. Click the Save Phrase button. This displays a group selection menu. Save Phrase Button Text Input Box · You can also save text that is selected on a part of the screen outside the Text Input Box as well. Right-click the selected text and then click Save Phrase on the shortcut menu that appears. Note that depending on how you have the VZ-1 Software configured, the Save Phrase item may not appear. · See "Configuring Shortcut Menu Settings" on page 51 for information about displaying the Save Phrase item. 28 3 Click the group where you want to save the text. The highlighted text is saved into phrase memory. Editing Phrase Memory Text See "Editing Phrase Memory Text" on page 50 for information about deleting and changing the order of phrase memory text. 29 Importing Screen Text into a Label This section explains how to import text that is selected on a word processor, browser, or other application screen into a label for printing. You can import a single string of text, or you can accumulate multiple strings from different locations. As an example, the following procedure shows how to import and print text from Microsoft® Internet Explorer. To import and print a single string of text 1 Check to make sure the Label Printer is connected correctly to your computer. You can connect the Label Printer to your computer any time before you click the Print button in step 6. 2 If the VZ-1 Software is already running, highlight the text you want to print. · You can input up to 255 characters per line. A carriage return is inserted automatically whenever your input surpasses the maximum allowable line length. · You can use the scroll bars to scroll the Text Input Box and view any text that does not fit. 6 7 After appending all the text strings you want, edit the text in the Text Input Box, if you want. Configure Font, Width, Length, and Layout settings. · Your settings will be reflected in the preview window, so you can see what your printed label will look like. · If you have Auto selected for Layout, the size of text will be adjusted automatically so it fits within the specified tape length. If you have Title specified for Layout, the first line will be middle size, while all remaining lines will be small size text. · The tape length setting is ignored when you are printing to thermal roll paper. The length of the tape changes automatically in accordance with the text when this check box is cleared. · Note that some settings may not be available when using a label printer model that does not support them. 33 Preview window Width Font Layout Fixed Length Print Button Printer Margins Copies 8 9 Specify the number of copies and margin size. Click the Print button. This causes a confirmation message to appear. · If you do not have the preview window displayed along with the Input Panel, the preview dialog box will appear at this time. 10 Click OK. · · · · This starts actual printing. · If the preview dialog box appeared in step 9, click Print to start printing. Important! [. . . ] To print a specific length, click Cancel to return to the Input Panel, change to a smaller character size, or reduce the number of characters. Clicking OK starts printing, but the printer may turn off if battery power drops below a certain level. *Some printer models do not support use of an AC adaptor. Tape size setting error Cut setting error Tape is jammed inside the printer No tape is loaded in the printer or tape is jammed inside the printer The printer is busy. Wait until printing from the other application is complete and try again. [. . . ]