Brady BMP71 User manual

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11/10/09 BMP71 Quick Start Guide
Unpack Your Printer
The following items are included in the
BMP71 package:
• BMP71 printer
• Battery pack
• AC adapter/battery charger
• USB connection cable
• TLS/HandiMark label roll adapter
• Cleaning kit
• Documentation CD
• Quick Start Guide
• M71-R6000 black ribbon
• M71-31-423 die cut labels and/or
M71C-2000-580-WT labels
Register Your Printer
Register your printer on-line at www.bradycorp.com/register.
External View
Figure 1. BMP71 printer

2Setting Up the Printer English
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Setting Up the Printer
Power is supplied to the BMP71 printer through a battery or through an AC power adapter
(included).
Loading the Battery
Adapter
The printer can be powered through an AC power adapter (included). When the adapter is
plugged in, it is also charging the battery.
1. Holding the printer by the
handle, tip it onto the back
side.
2. With the battery label
facing outward, insert
battery tabs into bottom
of battery compartment.
3. Pivot the battery
backward until it snaps
into place.
Unloading the Battery
1. Tip the printer onto its
back side.
2. With one hand over the battery to ease its release, use
your other hand to slide the release latch to the right.
1. Insert the round end of
the adapter cable...
2. ...into the plug-in port on the back of the printer. Plug the
other end of the cord into an electrical outlet.

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Load Ribbon
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Turn the top spool of the ribbon downward, as needed, to take up any
potential slack.
Unload Ribbon
1. Pull up on cover latch. 2. Open the cover. 3. With cartridge label facing up,
grasp finger tabs of cartridge and
place directly over printhead,
pushing slightly to snap into place.
Close the cover until latched.
1. Pull up on cover latch 2. Open the cover. 3. Grasping finger tabs of cartridge,
pull cartridge out of the ribbon
compartment.

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Load Labels
Unload Labels
Power On
To turn the printer on or off:
1. Press Power On/Off .
1. Pull up on cover latch. 2. Open the cover. 3. Grasping label spool, drop
into compartment.
4. Insert label end up to
black line under ribs.
5. Close the cover until latched.
1. Pull up on cover latch. 2. Open the cover. 3. Grasp label spool and pull
up.

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Status Information
Menus
Main menus display at the bottom of the
screen when a Function key is pressed.
To access menus:
1. Press the key for the function you
want to use.
2. Press left/right navigation keys to
move through the main menus.
3. Press up/down navigation keys to
move through the sub-menus.
4. To select a menu option, press
OK or ENTER .

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Dialog Boxes
Some function keys display dialog boxes, rather than sub-menus.
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You will know that a dialog box is associated with a menu if a sub-menu
does not immediately pop up when highlighting the main menu option.
To access the dialog box,
with the desired main menu
selected:
1. Press OK or
Enter .
A dialog box displays.
2. Press the up/down and
left/right navigation keys
to move to the different
fields.
Drop Down Field Lists
If a field has a drop down list associated with it, a small arrow displays in a scroll bar on
the right side of the field. To select an option from the drop down list:
1. Press OK or Enter to open the drop down list.
2. Use up/down navigation keys to highlight the desired option.
3. Press OK or Enter to select the option.

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Radio Buttons and Option Boxes
To check or uncheck a radio
button or option box:
1. Navigate to the field.
2. Press OK or Enter
.
Accept Dialog Box Edits
To accept all edits in a dialog
box:
1. Navigate to the OK button.
2. Press OK or Enter .
Cancel a Menu or Dialog Box
To cancel a menu or dialog box, without accepting changes:
1. Press Clear/Esc .
Initial Language Setup
When turning the printer on for the first time:
1. Press Setup .
2. Navigate to Language and press OK or Enter .
3. In the Language field, press OK or Enter .
4. Use the up/down navigation keys to select the desired language and press OK
or Enter .
5. Navigate to the OK button and press OK or Enter .
To remove the Setup main menus from the screen:
6. Press Clear/Esc .

8Navigation and Editing Keys English
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Navigation and Editing Keys
Function Key Description
Navigation Keys Navigation keys:
• In a line of text, move the cursor left
or right a character at a time, or up
and down a line at a time.
• In menus, move the selection left or
right in a primary menus; up or down
through a secondary, or sub-menu.
• In a dialog box, move up/down or
left/right through the fields. In a field
with a drop down list, after pressing
OK, moves the cursor up or down
through the list.
• In Print Preview, scrolls left or right
through a label, or up and down
through multiple labels.
OK Key Accepts menu items and attributes.
Enter Key • Adds a new blank line to a label.
• Also accepts menu items and
attributes. (Works the same as OK
key.)
Alt Key • Used in conjunction with the
alternate function (displayed in
yellow) on some of the keys. Hold
the Alt key while simultaneously
pressing the key that has the
alternate function.
• Used to access special characters
on the alphabetical keys.
Note: For accented letters, press
Alt+Special Character, then type the
letter.
Shift + Alt Key Used together with an alpha key to
access the top special character when
two special characters exist on the key.
Note: For accented letters, press
Shift+Alt+Special Character, then type
the letter.

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Backspace Key Removes characters one at a time,
moving to the left.
Delete Key Removes characters one at a time,
moving to the right.
Caps Lock Key
(except for
QWERTY
Americas)
Acts as a toggle to lock text into upper- or
lowercase as data is entered.
NOTE: Because text defaults to
uppercase, use the Caps Lock to switch
to lowercase.
Clear/Esc Key • Clears data from the screen.
• Cancels menu options and
functions.
Superscript Key Places the next typed character in
superscript format, displaying slightly
above the line of text.
Subscript Key Places the next typed character in
subscript format, displaying slightly below
the line of text.
Date Key Inserts the current date, as set on the
printer.
Time Key Inserts the current time, as set on the
printer.
Print Key Prints all labels in a label file.
Adv Print Key Brings up options to set various print
parameters (such as number of copies,
print range, and mirror print) before
printing.
Print Preview Key Previews the label as it will look when
printed.
Feed Key Feeds the media through the printer to
the next notch on the liner. (Feeds a full
label for die cut; .5-inch for continuous.)
Function Key Description

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Keypad Shortcuts
Function Key Description
Move to an Area On a multi-area label, moves left or right
to the different areas.
Move to a Label In a multi-label file, moves up or down to
the different labels.
Highlight Text Highlights (selects) text on the editing
screen, left or right a character at a time,
enabling you to add font attributes (bold,
italics, underline) to text already entered.
Font Size
Increment
On the editing screen, increases or
decreases the font size, a point at a time.
Add a Label Adds a new label to a string of labels,
inserting directly after the current label.
Add an Area Adds a new area to a label. This can only
be performed on continuous labels.

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Function Keys
Printing a Label
To print a label:
1. Press PRINT .
To cut the label:
2. Pull the cutter lever up, as far as it will
go.
Option Key Function
Font Key Provides font sizes and attributes (such
as bold and italics).
Label Key Adds, removes, and formats labels.
Area Key Adds, removes, and formats areas on a
label.
Symbol Key Accesses the various symbols (graphics)
available in the printer.
Serial Key Sets the values for single, multiple, or
linked serialization.
Barcode Places a text string in Barcode format,
toggling the barcode on and off.
File Key Saves, opens, or deletes a set of labels.
Apps Key Accesses the different applications/label
types installed.
Setup Key Defines the printer’s default parameters
and activates specific applications.

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Function Key Menu Tree