LabelTac 6 User manual

LabelTac®6 Reference Guide

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Contents
Contents 1
Unboxing
What’s in the box 3
Your printer 4
Setup & Install
Before you continue... 6
Connecting LabelTac®7
Installing LabelTac®drivers 10
Installing templates & symbols
11
Using LabelTac®
Loading print ribbon 12
Loading tape supply 14
How to make labels 16
LED & button functions 20
Ribbon tension 21
Troubleshooting 22
When using die-cut labels... 24
Cleaning your printer 25
Warranty & Support 26

LabelTac®Printers are professional thermal transfer
printing systems, designed for creating custom vinyl labels
and signs, in-house, for a variety of applications including:
Pipe Marking, Safety, Arc Flash, OSHA, Racks/Warehouses,
Tool Identification, Lean & 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, Hazmat,
ANSI/ASME & more.
We’re here to help!
Please give us a call or email if you need any help with
installing or operating your LabelTac®Printer:
phone [phone]
web www.labeltac.com
email [email protected]
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What’s in the box
Unboxing What’s in the box 3
Included
•LabelTac 6 Printer
•USB Cable
•Power Cable
* Print ribbon ships pre-installed for convenience
•Install CD
•Setup Guide & Lit
•1 Black Print Ribbon*

Unboxing Your Printer4
Your Printer
Ribbon Rewind
Spindle
Parallel Port SD Card Slot
Ethernet Port
PS/2 Port
Power Switch
USB 2.0 Port
RS-232C Port
Power Jack Socket
Ribbon Supply
Spindle
Ribbon Guide Bar
Gap Sensor
(green square)
Media Sensor
(green fork)
Print Head Pressure
Adjustment Knobs
Print Head Release
Lever
Media Guide Bar
Supply Alignment
Wing
Label Supply
Spindle
Alignment
Guide
Not Pictured / Not Visible: Ribbon Sensor (black fork), Platen Roller (black roller)
Rear Panel

ERRORPOWER ON-LINE
MENU UP
DOWN
SELECT
PAUSE
FEED
Unboxing Your Printer 5
Your Printer (cont’d)
LCD Display and
Control Panel
Printer Cover
Power LED Up Button
On-line LED Down Button
Error LED Select Button
LCD Screen
Menu Button
Pause Button
Feed Button
Mouth and Cutter
Mechanism
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LCD Display / Control Panel

Setup & Install Before you continue...6
BEFORE INSTALLING DRIVERS...
Please connect your LabelTac®Printer to both
your computer and to power, and make sure
the printer is turned on.
See pages 7-9 for connection instructions.
IMPORTANT
Let us install LabelTac®for you, for free!
We offer a quick 5-minute remote installation- Go ahead, let us do the work while
you grab a cup of coffee! Call us at 1-877-356-6584. Mon-Fri, 6am-3:30pm (PST)
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Before you continue...

Setup & Install Connecting LabelTac®7
Connecting LabelTac®
Step 1: Connect to PC
USB 2.0
1 Connect one end of the USB cable to an available USB 2.0
port on the back of your computer.
2 Connect the other end of the cable to the USB port on your
LabelTac 6 printer.

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Connecting LabelTac®
Step 2: Connect to Power
Setup & Install Connecting LabelTac®
1 Connect one end of the power cord to the power port on the
back of the LabelTac®.
2 Connect the other end of the cable to a power outlet.