DYMO LabelManager LM100 User's Guide

Introduction

The Dymo LM100 Electronic Labelmaker enables you to
create a wide variety of high quality self-adhesive labels of
up to 100 characters.

The Labelmaker uses 9mm (
cassettes in a number of label colours. Labels are back
slit for easy removal from the backing tape. Text can be
printed horizontally or vertically in a variety of sizes and
styles and is always centered on the label.

3

/8") or 12mm (1/2") wide tape

Warranty Registration

Please complete the warranty registration card and return
it to the relevant customer service address, within seven
days– see the warranty booklet for details.

Power Supply

BATTERIES

• Apply pressure to thumb catch and open hinged access
door – see fig A, page 2.

• Insert six size AA alkaline or re-chargeable Nickel-

cadmium batteries, observing the polarity markings

A

➊, and close cover.

• Remove batteries if the Labelmaker is to be unused for
some time.

AC ADAPTOR (optional)

• Connect the AC adaptor to socket B

adaptor plug disconnects the supply from the batteries.

• Unplug the AC adaptor from the Labelmaker before
disconnecting the mains power to the adaptor,

➊. Inserting the

otherwise last label memory settings will be lost (see
also ON/OFF).

Changing the cassette

• Open hinged access door as above.

• Hold as shown, then lift cassette B

out.

• Ensure tape and ribbon B
cassette and tape passes between guideposts before
installing as shown. If necessary, turn spool B
clockwise to tighten ribbon.

• Insert cassette and push
place.

• Ensure tape and ribbon are positioned as shown
between pinch roller C

➊ and print head C➋.

➋ straight up and

➌ are taut across mouth of

➌

firmly

C until it clicks into

The Display

OUTLINE

▲

▲

Fixed label
length set

Vertical
text

VERT

LTH SET

Box Underline

CAPS on

CAPS

▲

▼

12345678

▲

Shift on

The display shows:

▲

Italic Outline

ITALIC

–

▲▲

▲

CURSOR

• Up to eight text characters, plus the cursor,

at one time.
Use

or to move along the text.

GB

• Eight indicators – as shown above.

• The display will flash if you press an incorrect key in a

function sequence.

Function keys

ON/OFF

Switches the power on and off.

• Switches off automatically after two minutes if no keys are
pressed. The last label created will be retained and
displayed when next turned on. Any stored label and
settings will be retained.

Note: If the batteries are removed for more than a few
seconds, all text and settings will be lost.

When power is restored, the display will show a flashing
cursor (no text) and the settings will be full height
standard width text with

CAPITALS

• Press for all subsequent characters in UPPER CASE

(CAPITALS), as confirmed by the CAPS indicator in the
display.

CAPS

• Press again to cancel and return to lower case.

SHIFT KEY

Dual action - either press and hold down or press and
release to remain in “shift” position. Press
to return to normal state.

• Use
an UPPER CASE (CAPS) character.

before pressing an alphabet key to produce

• For dual-purpose keys, press
the legend above the key.

• Pressing

while

character.

DELETE

• Press to delete the character to the left of the cursor, or to

CLEAR TEXT

• Press to clear all the current text and cancel any fixed

CURSOR KEYS

• Press to move the cursor along the text, one character

DEL

exit certain function key operations.

+

length setting, but leave the text size and other settings
unchanged. Also use to exit or clear certain function
key operations.

or

at a time.

• Press and hold to scan quickly through the text.

• Press

+ or to move the cursor to the

beginning or end of the text.

• When used in conjunction with certain function keys,
use

or to select options.

• To insert characters into the text, use

and all other settings off.

first to produce

CAPS

is set will give a lower case

CLEAR

DEL

again

or to

3

position the cursor under the character to the right of

COPIES

SYMBOL

the insertion point, then type in the characters required.

PRINTING

• Press

PRINT

PRINT

to print the label.

• Use cutter lever E to release the label – see page 2.

PREVIEW

Allows you to preview your label before printing it.

• Press

PREVIEW

+

and the entire text will scroll across

the display.
Note with a 2 line label, the message will be previewed as
a single line message.

SPACE KEY

• Press to insert a space into the text.

FEED KEY

• Press

(1.37 inches) of blank tape

SYMBOLS

• Press to select a symbol character – see ‘Symbols and

special characters’ and the symbols table on page 2.

TEXT SIZE

+

SYMBOL

SIZE

FEED

to feed out 35mm

• Press to display the symbols for the six text print sizes:

half-height,
half-height, normal full height, normal
half-height,

condensed

extended

full height,

full height,

The cursor will be positioned over the current selection.

• Either press

DEL

to exit, or use or to move

the cursor over the size symbol required, then press

SIZE

or

to confirm the selection, or

the selection and print the label.

VERTICAL TEXT

• Rotates the text through 90° so that the label is printed

v

e

r

t

i

c

indicator, top right of the display.

VERT

+

BOX/UL

a

l

l

y

, as confirmed by the

PRINT

• Press again to cancel and return to horizontal text.

Note: Vertical text is not available on two-lines.

2-LINE PRINTING

• Press

to start the second line of text on a two-line

label. The two lines will be printed half-height and
ranged left, e.g.

This is a two

line label in the display will be

printed as:

This is a two
line label

condensed

extended

to confirm

VERT

BOXED/UNDERLINED PRINTING

BOX/UL

• Press

once to display the menu below.

BOX/UL

AA

Normal

Underlined Box

text

• Use or to move the cursor under the desired

option and press

to enter. (Confirmed by the or

— indicator displayed.

• To return to previously selected Box/Underline text

DEL

press

ITALIC

• Press once to set

ITALIC

.

italic

text (confirmed by the
indicator in the display).
Press again to cancel and return to normal text.

OUTLINE

OUTLINE

• Press shift followed by “outline” to print the label in

outline text (confirmed by the
display). Press shift and outline again to cancel and
return to normal text.

LABEL LENGTH

Displays the current label length. The length is normally
calculated automatically, according to the length of the

+

ITALIC

LENGTH

+

text on the label.

DEL

• Press

the length, or:

• Use

max.) or decrease the length in 2mm / 0.1 inch steps.
The display will flash if you try to make the label
shorter than the text.

• If the length displayed is preceded by the > symbol, the

length has already been fixed; the label is too short for
the text and it will not print. Either press
increase the length in 2mm / 0.2 inch steps until the >

to exit the length function without changing

or to increase (400mm / 15.6 inches

symbol disappears, or press
fixed length; the label is now long enough for the text

and can be printed.

• Press

• Press

• Pressing

to fix the length for all subsequent labels,

confirmed by the

PRINT

LTH SET

to fix the new length and print the label.

CLEAR

+

DEL

and restore the automatic length.

MULTIPLE COPIES +

• Your Labelmaker can provide multiple copies within the

range 1-99.

• To use this facility press
n = 1 on the display. To increase the number of copies

required press
backwards from 99. To print the desired quantity press

PRINT

4

.

. By pressing you can work

Shaded box

around

around

OUTLINE

indicator in the

SIZE

CLEAR

+

DEL

indicator in the display, or

will cancel the fixed length

COPIES

SYMBOL

then

ITALIC

to

to cancel

to show