Epson LabelWorks Cable and Wire Kit, LabelWorks Cable and Wiring Kit User's Guide

Cable & Wire Label Kit

User’s Guide

Contents

Welcome
Getting Started

Creating Labels

Saving Labels

Enhancing Your Labels

Printing Labels

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Inserting batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Using the optional AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Inserting a label cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Removing a label cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Creating long labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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Deleting labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Adding symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Adding frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Changing the font size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Changing the font. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Changing the font style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Printing multiple copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Customizing Your Labels

Creating vertical text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Adding space between characters . . . . . . . . 18

Selecting narrow characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Increasing print density. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Adding punctuation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Adding letters with an accent mark . . . . . . . 19

Customizing the length of labels. . . . . . . . . . 19

Using mirror-image text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Creating sequentially numbered labels. . . . 20

Cable and Wire Management

Flag labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Wrapped labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Asset Management

Organizing with labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Barcode labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Index tab labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Adjusting the Display
Cleaning the Printer

Cleaning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Storing Your Kit

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Solving Problems

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Problems and solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Epson Technical Support

Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Purchase supplies and accessories . . . . . . . . 31

Registration
Specifications
Notices

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Safety instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

About printed labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

FCC Compliance Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Epson America, Inc. Limited Warranty . . . . . 36

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Welcome

Your Label Wo rksTM Cable and Wire Label Kit
lets you create custom labels to help you
identify your cables, wiring, and other cords.
Barcode labels allow you to label equipment
for use with your asset management system.

Add identifiers or custom text to your labels
along with symbols and frames for A/V
equipment, electrical wiring, electronics, and
more!

Save up to 50 labels to reuse at any time. The
kit includes two cartridges so you can print
over 55 feet of labels.

Additional label sizes and colors are
available, as shown on the back cover of this
guide.

With the tapes listed on the back cover, you
can do even more:

■ Organize stuff in your kitchen, bathroom,

and every room of your house

■ Decorate and personalize school

supplies

■ Create professional looking file labels

■ Use glow-in-the-dark labels for light

switches and electrical panels

■ Personalize your bike helmet or other

gear with reflective labels

You’ll find hundreds of uses for your
LabelWorks printer!

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Getting Started

Your LabelWorks printer requires 6 AA
batteries (not included). An optional AC
adapter is also available (C52CB73020).

Follow the instructions in this section to
insert the batteries and tape cartridge.

Inserting batteries

1. Remove the rear cover.

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2. Insert 6 AA alkaline batteries, positioning
the + and - ends as shown.

3. Replace the cover and snap it into place.

Using the optional AC adapter

Plug in the AC adapter as shown.

Caution: Make sure you use only the AC adapter
designed for your LabelWorks printer
(C52CB73020) or damage may occur.

Inserting a label cartridge

1. Remove any slack from the label.

2. Remove the rear cover.

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3. Insert the cartridge and press it down
firmly until it snaps into place.

4. If there is excess label, feed the end
through the tape guide slot.

5. Replace the cover and snap it into place.

6. Press to turn on the printer.

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Removing a label cartridge

1. Remove the rear cover.

2. Hold the cartridge by the tabs, and lift it
straight up.

Creating Labels

Enter text to begin creating your label. Then
follow the suggestions for adding length if
necessary.

Entering text

Use the built-in keyboard to enter letters and
numbers.

■ Press to use upper case for all letters,

or + character for a single letter.

■ Press to delete the previous

character.

■ Press to start a new line. The line

number is indicated on the display.

Note: You can print up to four lines of text,
depending on the label format and tape
width. If you try to exceed the maximum, an
error message appears and you will not be
able to print. Press to remove the
message and edit your label.

Creating long labels

The number of characters and symbols you
can enter is limited, but you can use the
following techniques to create longer labels:

■ Select multiple copies of your label to

create a longer label with repeated text.
See page 17 for instructions.

■ To add length to one end of the label

(unprinted), press + to feed about
an inch before printing. Press these
buttons repeatedly to add more length.

Repeat this step after printing to add
length to the other end of the label.

■ Press the spacebar to add blank spaces

between printed areas.

■ Using a larger font will make the label

longer.

Note: You’ll see a l back arrow when you
get to the character limit. You may have to
add or delete spaces to make the label fit.

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Saving Labels

Enhancing Your Labels

You can store up to 50 saved labels at a time.

After you finish creating your first label, press

+ to create another label (the label
number appears to the left of the text). Your
first label is automatically saved.

Deleting labels

1. Press + or + to select a label

for deletion.

2. Press + . You see a confirmation

message.

3. Press to delete, or press if you

change your mind.

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Get creative by adding symbols or frames to
your labels and selecting the right font for
each label.

Tip: Use clear labels for a professional look.

Adding symbols

You can add symbols for home electronics,
office equipment, facility signs, and more.

1. Press .

2. Press to scroll through the symbol
categories, then press to select a
category.

3. Press or to highlight a symbol,
then press to select it.

Note: To cancel and return to the previous
menu, press .

You can choose from the symbols shown on
the following pages.

Symbols

Prohibition

Household

Food

Sports

Activity

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Occasion

Shipping

Electrical

Animals

Zodiac

Emoticons

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Measurement

Metric

Abbreviation

Punctuation

Parentheses

Math

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Currency

DoubleFigure

Greek

Oce

Safety

Facility

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