Brady LS2000 User Manual

LS2000 Portable Printer

• Introduction

§ Features and capabilities

§ Basic operations

• Setup

§ Menu

§ Keyboard functions

§ Memory functions

• Tutorial

• Installation of labels and ribbon

• Working with the menu and function keys

• Printing

• Saving and serializing labels

• Cleaning

§ Basic cleaning instructions

• Troubleshooting

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Operational Exercise

Introduction

• The LS2000 portable printing machine is a shuttle head impact type of printer. It has a stepper motor drive

mechanism for fast printing. It is capable of printing on labels and sleeves.

• Label registration is accomplished by optically sensing a “cut-out” in each label insuring proper label alignment

and precise registration.

• The LS2000 features five type sizes and each size can be scaled up to five times its original size in both width and

height. In addition to type scaling the LS2000 allows an adjustable line spacing feature. There are also three
formats and full justification.

• The display is a 4 line, 20 character liquid crystal display.

• Files can be created and stored for later use. The base memory is 32K and is not upgradeable. The LS2000 also

has a computer download capability via the RS-232 serial port.

• Print functions include multiple copies and automatic numeric and alphabetic serialization.

Basic operations

Cursor and editing keys

This group of keys is used to control the movement of the cursor and enables text editing. The function of each key is
described below:

Enter

Activates a screen selection or, when used while composing a legend, inserts a non-visible end of line character
and moves the cursor down to the next line. In general, pressing the enter key instructs the printer to accept a
screen as displayed.

Shift + Enter

Toggles between upper and lower-case characters. Upon pressing keys, unit beeps one time to indicate
lowercase mode, and beeps twice to indicate being in uppercase mode.

Cursor control panel

Moves the cursor one space to the left, right, up, or down. Cursor moves in the direction of the arrow as
indicated on the key.

Shifts+ ¬

Moves cursor to beginning of current line.

Shift + ®

Moves cursor to end of current line.

Shift + -

Moves cursor to beginning of the first line.

Shift + _

Moves cursor to end of the last line.

Del ete

Deletes the character at the cursor position.

Shift + delete

Backspaces as it deletes characters.

Insert

Toggles between the text entry modes of insert and overwrite. A flashing block cursor indicates that the printer
is in the insert mode. A single line cursor indicates that the printer is in the overwrite mode.

Space bar

Moves the cursor one position to the right. Will erase the character at the current cursor position if in overwrite
mode, or add a space if in insert mode.

Function keys

The use of each function key while in the TEXT EDITOR is described in below:

Exit

• Backs you out one level in the menu tree.

• Press this key to terminate or pause the printing of markers.

• Press this key to move from a sub menu back to the main menu or from the main menu to the TEXT

EDITOR screen.

• This key will also take you from any message screen back to the TEXT EDITOR screen. Press and hold this

key when the message, Enter new legend, is displayed in order to display the editor status (summary of
defined parameters).

Clear

Clears all characters from the TEXT EDITOR screen.

Menu

Moves the TEXT EDITOR screen to the main menu. While in the main menu, press and hold this key to display
your current setup status.

Print

Activates the printing function.

Help

Press and hold the key down for help instructions appropriate to your current activity.

Serial

Toggles the serialization status (on/off) of a character at the cursor.

Save

Stores the current legend to a previously selected “list” file.

Recall

Enables viewing of legends in a previously created “list” file.

Reprint

Prints a duplicate of the last marker printed.

Feed

Advances marker roll to the next marker. (You must be in the TEXT EDITOR.)

Shift + feed

Back feeds the marker roll through the printer. (You must be in the TEXT EDITOR)

Menu

Printer

Format

Allows for three formats for printing; wiremarker, component and strip. These formats are the same as for the
BMXC+ and the I.D. PRO Plus.

Tear bar

Allows for adjusting the location of the label relative to the Tear bar (set by pressing enter). It moves in
increments of .00625". Pressing the clear key resets to factory settings.

Quantity

This mode has two settings; single, for printing only one label at a time or multiple, for printing more than one. In
the multiple mode, you will be prompted for the number required for printing.

Align

This allows for micro-alignment of a legend on its marker. It is useful for making minor adjustments instead of
having to change the parameters of the legend. Alignment is done in ½ dot intervals of .00625".

Marker

Standard

This setting includes wiremarker labels, component labels, and general labels.

PermaSleeve

Use for PermaSleeve labels.

Terminal block

Use when printing on labels used for terminal blocks.

NEXT you will be prompted for a size code. This information can be found on both the label box and on the inside of
the label core. If the number is a 4 digit number, simply type in that number. If the number is a 3 digit number, YOU
MUST insert a space first then put in the 3 digit number (example 311 is _311, not 311 or 0311. Some size codes
have a zero (0) as the first digit. Do not omit it.