Dymo Labelwriter 400 Turbo User Manual

Quick Start Guide

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Quick Start Guide

LabelWriter

Quick Start

Figure 1

Power adapter

LabelWriter printer

CD-ROM

Roll of Address labels

Power cable

Quick Start Guide

USB cable

Roll of

DYMO Stamps labels

Follow these steps to install the LabelWriter printer and print your first label.

1. Unpacking your LabelWriter Printer

NOTE Do not plug the printer into your computer until asked to do so during the

software installation.

1 Unpack your printer and save the packing materials.

2 Make sure you have all the items shown in Figure 1. (Labels included in the

package may vary.)

Become familiar with the printer’s m ajor components. See Figure 2.

Figure 2

Form-feed

Label feed path
and tear bar

Top
cover

USB
connector

DC power
connector

button and LED

Cable
channel

Label eject
button

Platen

Label roll

Label
spool

release

LabelWriter Printer Features

Yo ur LabelWriter printer is a direct thermal printer and does not use ink or toner.

label. The label

Instead, the printer

uses heat from a thermal print head to print on specially

treated labels. Labels are the only supplies you will ever need to buy.

The form-feed button on the front of the printer advances a single
eject button is used to remove labels from the printer when changing rolls.

The LED status light visually shows the current state of the printer:

• Solid blue - power is on and the printer is ready.

• Flashing blue - labels are not loaded properly or label spool is empty.

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2. Installing the Software

DYMO Label

Figure 3

NOTE Do not connect the printer to your computer until instructed to do so during

the software installation.

To install the software on a Windows system

1 Insert the LabelWriter CD into your CD-ROM drive. After a few seconds, the

installation screen appears.

If the installation screen does not appear:

a. Click Start, then Run on the Windows taskbar. The Run dialog box

appears.

b. Enter D:\install.exe (where D is the letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive)

and click OK.

2 Click Install and follow the instructions in the installer.

To install the software on a Mac OS system

1 Insert the DYMO LabelWriter CD into the CD-ROM drive.

After a few seconds, the DYMO Label Software Installer
icon appears. See Figure 3.

2 Double-click the Installer icon and follow the instructions.

If you do not see your printer in the printer list when the installation is
complete, refer to the ReadMe file for instructi

ons on how to add the printer.

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