Dymo LabelWriter 400/400 Duo/400 Turbo/400 Twin Turbo User Manual

DYMO LabelSoftwareUser GuideVersion 7.6

Using the Label Editor6 The first time you open DYMO Label Software, you are prompted to register the software. See "Registering the Software&qu

Creating a New Label 7Choosing a Label FileThe first step is to choose a label file as the basis for your new label. To choose a label file1 Select

Using the Label Editor8 To change the graphic1 Double-click the graphic that appears on the label. The Graphic Settings dialog box appears.2 Select F

Creating a New Label 9Changing the Return AddressNext, you change the return address. To enter a return address1 Click the text in the label’s upper

Using the Label Editor10 2 Enter the following address.Elsbeth MeijjerAirportplein 7NL-3045 AP ROTTERDAMThe NetherlandsElsbeth Meijjer’s address now

Creating a New Label 11Saving the LabelNow that you have created your shipping label, you can save it as a label file. Saved labels will automatical

Using the Label Editor12

13Chapter 3Using the Label DesignerThe Label Editor allows you to easily design labels for your specific needs using a simple-to-use Label Designer.

Using the Label Designer14 Address The address object is similar to the text object, but is designed to print information that changes with each lab

Creating a New Label File 15You can choose from many standard barcode symbologies, including Code 39, Code 128, Codabar, UPC A/E, EAN 8/13, ITF-14,

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Using the Label Designer16 To open an existing label file1 Click . The Open File dialog box appears.2 Select the file you wish to open and click Ope

17Chapter 4Working with ListsDYMO Label Software includes a built-in Address Book that allows you to maintain lists of addresses routinely used to ge

Working with Lists18 Using the Address BookThe Address Book is displayed in a panel at the bottom of the DYMO Label main window. You can display or

Creating a New List 19To insert address data into a label with multiple variable objects1 Select the list entries you wish to print.The Pick Variabl

Working with Lists20 Using the Mac OS Address Book (Macintosh)If you are running Mac OS version 10.2 or later, you can print addresses you already h

21Chapter 5Printing LabelsUsing Smart PasteThe Smart Paste command allows you to quickly print multiple labels from a list created in a word processi

Printing Labels Using Smart Paste22 NOTE The separator character may be different for countries other than the United States. When using Smart Past

Printing Multiple Labels Using Smart Paste 23However, the following three lines of text contain no blank lines. So, Smart Paste will print three one

Printing Labels Using Smart Paste24 4 Select Smart Paste, and then From File from the Edit menu.The File Open dialog box appears.5 Navigate to and o

25Chapter 6Using the LabelWriter Printerwith Other ApplicationsThis chapter describes how to use your LabelWriter printer with other application prog

iiiContentsChapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Using the LabelWriter Printer with Other Applications26 If your document contains more than one address and you want to make sure the Word Add-In us

Printing Directly from Other Applications 27Printing Directly from Other ApplicationsAt times you may want to print labels directly from another pro

Using the LabelWriter Printer with Other Applications28

29Chapter 7Using the Tape EditorThe DYMO Label Software Tape Editor is used to design and print labels on DYMO tape printers, such as the LabelWriter

Using the Tape Editor30 Designing a LabelIn this section, we will show you how to print a label for a file folder tab using the Tape Editor. You can

Designing a Label 314 Type 2005 Annual Budget Projections in the main window.As the line of text becomes too long for a fixed width label at the cur

Using the Tape Editor32 The selected border surrounds the text. If necessary, the font size of the text is decreased to fit the label.Adding Special

Designing a Label 33To add a shadow effect to your text1 Highlight the text on your label that you wish to appear with a shadow effect.2 Select Font

Using the Tape Editor34 The Date and Time dialog box appears. 3 Select the date and/or time format you wish to insert from the drop-down list and cl

Designing a Label 35Adding a BarcodeYou can choose to add a barcode to your label. This feature can be very useful, for example, if you are labeling

iv Chapter 6 Using the LabelWriter Printer with Other Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Add-In for Microsoft Wor

Using the Tape Editor36 A warning dialog box appears informing you that the text will be reformatted.NOTE If the contents of the label are too long

Print Settings 37This section shows you how to print from within Microsoft Word to a DYMO tape printer. However, printing from applications other th

Using the Tape Editor38 A list of possible tape color combinations appears.2 Select the tape color combination that matches the tape cassette in the

Print Settings 39The Options dialog box appears.2 Select one of the following:• Cut each label as printed — Automatically cuts each label after prin

Using the Tape Editor40 The Options dialog box appears.2 Select an alignment from the Label Alignment drop-down list.3 Click OK to apply the new set

Print Settings 41The Advanced Options dialog box appears.NOTE You can also get to this dialog box by selecting Printer Setup from the File menu.3 S

Using the Tape Editor42

43Chapter 8Caring for YourLabelWriter PrinterThis chapter describes how to take care of your LabelWriter printer and offers suggestions for identifyi

Caring for Your LabelWriter Printer44 Performing a Printer Self-TestIf you experience problems with broken characters or other print quality issues,

Obtaining Technical Support 45Contacting DYMODYMO maintains an Internet Web site, www.dymo.com, that offers support for each printer. The following

1Chapter 1IntroductionCongratulations on purchasing a DYMO label printer. After just a short time, you will realize how many of your daily tasks will

Caring for Your LabelWriter Printer46

47Appendix ATechnical SpecificationsThis section gives the printer specifications for all the printers. You will also find information on DYMO’s Soft

Technical Specifications48 Tape Printer Technical SpecificationsLabelWriter Duo(Tape Printer)LabelManager PC IILabelManager 450LabelPoint 350Print M

Developer and SDK Information 49Developer and SDK InformationDYMO provides various types of information designed to help developers create products

Technical Specifications50

51Appendix BPrinting Over a NetworkThis chapter describes how to print to a DYMO label printer over a network. The topics covered in this chapter are:

Printing Over a Network52 The Printers and Faxes control panel is displayed.2 Right-click the printer you want to share and select Sharing. The DYMO

Printing to a Shared Printer from Mac OS 53To install a network printer using DLS Installer1 Start the DYMO Label Software installation program. (Se

Printing Over a Network54 3 Select the printer you want to share and then click Sharing. The Sharing pane is displayed.NOTE To share the DMYO Label

Using a Print Server 554 Select the printer and then click Add. The shared printer is added to the Printer List dialog box.NOTE The LabelWriter Duo

Introduction2 NOTE DYMO’s warranty does not cover malfunction or damage that may be caused by the use of labels other than labels made or approved b

Printing Over a Network56 Printer Firmware Versions that Support Print ServersRefer to the table below for information about the label printer firmw

57IndexAaddingbarcodes35borders 31date and time 33graphics 34shared printer (Mac OS) 54special characters 32special fonts 32address bookAbout17crea

58 Merge Print from Database 26MicrosoftAccess27Excel 26Outlook 26Word 25, 27multi-line text 22Nnetwork printing 51Oobjectsabout13address 14barcode

59WWMF 34Word Add-in 25WordPerfect 26

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Using this Guide 3(Windows) The DYMO Label menu also includes Internet Shortcuts that access specific areas of the DYMO Web site, including label or

Introduction4

5Chapter 2Using the Label EditorDYMO Label Software is a general-purpose label printing program that is specifically designed to help you get the mos