WAGO 211-837 Instructions

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Information on Print Material

Note: Individual handling instructions are representative for other print materials with identical handling.
The graphics in these instructions only show the print material associated with this information.

These handling instructions are also valid for print materials with the following item numbers:
211-836/000-002

Item No.

211-836

Print material

Cable markers

Print Material Intake

Label reel holder in the WAGO Smart Printer thermal transfer printer

Material

Color

white

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1. Hardware Preparation

1.1 Roller

1.2 Sensor Settings

1.3 Load the Print Material and Align It

Use roller 258-5006.

The tip of the triangle on the sensor
must be centered on the rectangular
bookmark in the print material.

Set the guide to the print material
width.
Optimum setting:
Maximum guide opening

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2. Smart Script – Creating Project Files

Smart Script

Always use the most up-to-date version of the software. Check your existing installation to make sure that it is
up to date, or download the newest version:
Link: www.wago.com/smartprinter

Start Smart Script and select the following at the [Projects] level.

❶ Specify a storage location for the project file.
❷ Press the [+ New project] button.

Enter a project name in the [Project name] box at the [New project] level.

The project name is assigned by Smart Script and consists of the word “Unnamed”, the creation date and the

time when the project is created.
You can either accept the Smart Script project name, or enter your own project name here.
Position the mouse cursor in the input box [Project name] and click to enter your own project name.

❶ Press the [Select template] button.

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Select the Smart-Script template for your print material on the [Templates] level.

❶ Enter the item number for the print material in the input box [Template item number].
❷ Select the template for the print material.

At the [New project] level

❶ Press the [Continue creating project] button.

You are in the Smart Script work space. Your project is displayed.
You can now begin with the layout and labeling.

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Figure 2.4

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Custom Marking

❶ Move the cursor to a marking box and click it. The active marking box is shown with a green frame. Enter
the label/caption text.

❷ Press the TAB key on your keyboard to accept the text and to move to and fill in further marking boxes, or
just move to and click in a different marking box.

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Figure 2.7

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Copying Marking Elements

❶ Select the [Project] tab.

❷ Enter the required number of elements. Further elements are added to the right of the original element.

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Figure 2.9

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❶ Select the [Project] tab.

❷ Click in the area around the number ❷. This area is then displayed with a green frame.
❸ Click and hold down the mouse button on the icon . In the pop-up window enter the number of

elements to be added to the left or right of the original element.

One element was added to the left of the original element.

The total number of elements is displayed in the sidebar area under ❹ [Total length].

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❷ ❸ ❹

Figure 2.11

Figure 2.12

Press the ? button to call up the Smart Script online Help function.

You can get more information about Smart Script functions in detailed tutorials.

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Automatic Numbering

Alphanumeric labeling on existing elements
❶ Select the [Auto-Num] tab.

❷ Press [Ctrl + A] on your keyboard. This marks and automatically numbers all the marking boxes.
❸ Change the values and settings in the sidebar to configure the marking text.
❹ Press [Accept].

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Figure 2.13

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Alphanumeric labeling with automatic adding of elements
❶ Select the [Auto-Num] tab.

❷ Press [Automatic adding of elements]. ❸ Press [Ctrl + A] on your keyboard.
❸ Change the values and settings in the sidebar to configure the marking text.
❹ Press [Accept].

The results of alphanumeric labeling with automatic adding of elements are shown in the figure below.
One element was added automatically to label the value range from 1 to 4.

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Figure 2.15

Figure 2.16

Press the ? button to call up the Smart Script online Help function.

You can get more information about Smart Script functions in detailed tutorials.

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Importing Markings

Smart Script supports importing of *.xls, *.xlsx, *.txt, *.csv and *.dat files.

Press the ? button to call up the Smart Script online Help function.

You can get more information about Smart Script functions in detailed tutorials.

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Setting crop and print marks

If you use the printer with the cutting unit you must set crop marks.
Crop marks are the positions in the project at which Smart Script evaluates a cut as logical.
When you select the template material at the beginning of your project, [Crop and print marks] will be
available for use in the sidebar.
❶ Click the button with the scissors icon to activate the application.

The button with the scissors symbol is green. These features can be used.
❷Press [Activate all].
Smart Script places crop marks at the end of every element.
Crop mark position is correct = Crop mark is green.

❸ Click on a print mark to deactivate it.
❹ Click on a print mark to activate it.

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Figure 2.22

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3. Print

Start the print job from Smart Script.
❸ In the menu bar select [Menu].
Then select menu item [Print]. The Print window opens.

Tip: Press [Crtl + P] on your keyboard to open the Print window directly.

In the Smart Script Print window select the printer in the [Settings] sidebar and specify the number of print
copies.
❶Press [Print]. Printing of the project then starts.

Figure 3.1

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Calibrate the Printer

The WAGO Marking Software Smart Script detects if the calibration of the printer matches the marking
accessory to be printed. If this is not the case, the print job is stopped.
The [Recalibrate?] dialog opens.

Press the [Cancel] button to cancel the print job.
Press the [Print anyway] if you want to override the dialog information. The print job is started.
Print the [Calibrate], if you want to optimize the printer, the inserted marking accessory and your Smart Script
project. The print job is canceled and the printer is calibrated.

Press the ? button to call up the Smart Script online Help function.

You can get more information about Smart Script function [Calibrate] in detailed tutorials.

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4. Correcting Print Quality

WAGO Smart Script marking software allows you to correct the printing quality of the labeling text afterwards.
The procedure described in this chapter is representative of all print materials.

Description of defects:

a) The labeling text is not printed vertically centered.

The labeling text is moved up or down (Figure 1).

b) The labeling text is not printed centered horizontally.

The labeling text is moved to the right (Fig 2).

c) The labeling text is faint or has not been completely printed (Fig 3).

Change the values in the input boxes in the [Settings] sidebar of the Smart Script Print window.
Correction option by changing values:

❶ Increase the [Vertical Offset(mm)] value. = The labeling text is moved up.
Decrease the [Verticaler Offset(mm)] value. = The labeling text is moved down.

❷ Increase the [Horizontal Offset(mm)] value. = The labeling text is moved to the right.
Decrease the [Horizontal Offset(mm)] value. = The labeling text is moved to the left

(Firmware 1.UW7U).

❸ Decrease the [Printing darkness] value. = Labeling text gets lighter.
Attention! A value >12 might damage the color ribbon.

Fig. 1: Moved vertically

Fig. 2: Moved horizontally

Fig. 3: Print-out faint and
incomplete

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Now perform some test printouts.
The printer needs the test printouts to adjust and implement the correction values.