DYMO LabelWriter 450 Turbo, LabelWriter 450 Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide

Copyright

© 2009 Sanford, L.P. All rights reserved. Revised 4/09.
No part of this document or the software may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or

translated into another language without the prior written consent of Sanford, L.P.

Trademarks

DYMO, DYMO File, DYMO Stamps, LabelWriter, and DYMO Label are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Sanford, L.P. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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

LabelWriter

Quick Start

Figure 1

Roll of DYMO Stamps
labels (LW 450 Turbo only)

Roll of Address labels

Quick Start Guide

Power adapter

Power cord

LabelWriter printer

USB cable

CD-ROM

Cleaning card

Quick Start Guide

1. Unpacking your LabelWriter Printer

NOTE Do not plug the printer into your computer until after the software installation

is complete.

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.)

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

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Figure 2

Top c o v e r

Label spool

Platen release

Label feed path
and tear bar

Label roll

Label guide

Label eject
button

Form-feed
button and LED

DC power
connector

Serial number

Cable
channel

USB
connector

LabelWriter Printer Features

Your LabelWriter printer is a direct thermal printer and does not use ink or toner. 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 label. The label eject
button is used to remove labels from the printer when changing rolls.

The 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 the label roll is empty.

• Dimmed blue - printer is in power saving mode.

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2. Installing the Software

Do not connect the printer to your computer until after the software installation is complete.

Windows Depending on your system configuration, the software installation could

take some time while the required Microsoft .NET

To install the software on a Windows system

1 Close all open Microsoft Office applications.
2 Insert the DYMO Productivity Software CD into your CD-ROM/DVD drive.

After a few seconds, the installation screen appears.

3 Click Install and follow the instructions in the installer.

QuickBooks If you have QuickBooks 2007 or later, you will be prompted to install the

QuickBooks Add-in.
You will be prompted to install DYMO File software after DYMO Label software. You can

choose not to install DYMO File by clearing the check box during the installation. See

www.dymofile.com for information about DYMO File software.

To install the software on a Mac OS system

1 Insert the DYMO Productivity Software CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive.

After a few seconds, the DYMO Label Installer icon appears.

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

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software is installed.

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3. Connecting your LabelWriter Printer

Figure 3

Power adapter

Power cord

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USB

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software installation is complete.

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1 Plug the power cord into the power adapter. See Figure 3.
2 Plug the power adapter into the power connector on the

bottom of the printer. See Figure 4.

3 Plug the other end of the power cord into a power outlet.
4 Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the bottom of

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5 Insert the power and USB cables through the cable channel

and set the printer down.

6 When the software is completely installed, connect the

other end of the USB cable into an available USB port on
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to the ReadMe file for instructions on how to add the printer.

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