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2. 8 5 Cleaning th S NSOIS m S 8 7 Cleaning the Cutter Blade Exit Area 8 8 PEOI a 8 9 Cleaning the Printhead VV 8 10 Replacing the Media Wiper 8 11 Cleaning Jame 8 12 9 Troubleshooting 5520659 EVE PU US 9 1 Problem Se a 9 2 Hardware T 9 2 MUS Te IR 10 ee a 9 3 ales 9 3 POWE r ENOS ean eee 9 4 ES isn Sp nh Sc rr 777222 9 5 Glossary of Terms B Character Mapping amp Keyboard Layouts urhe B 1 AIO CAS OWERTY B 1 European AZERTY B 2 mies itulei B 3 E rop an QWERTY B 4 European Cyrillic B 4 Keyboard La ayouts 4 xiv BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Contents C Specialty Label Types IV ONS 1 Set Up Pipe Marker Options C 1 Create Pipe Marker Labels 4
3. 2 12 installing 1548 11 2 12 Creating and Printing Labels from a 2 12 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide xi BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Contents Setting up the System Defaults nr 2 13 280 00 qe 2 14 Localization and Unit of Measure 2 15 2 16 Set Barcode Defaults 2 17 SIMI RN 2 18 Customizing Home Page 2 19 Displaying System Information 2 20 3 Working with Labels Greate 3 1 Creating a Label from a Template esses 3 1 Creating Custom Label 3 3 I MEI 3 4 Creating Fixed Length Label 3 4 Creating Auto Sized Label 2 3 4 ee 3 5 Fe 3 6 MOONS a ee a 3 7 Zooming the Label View M 3 7 Scrolling the Label View 2 2 0 00 3 7 4 Working with Objects v d CR ne n 4 1 WHAT IS am 4 1 M 4 1 E
4. 4 20 Bal COS 4 21 Human Readable Text Options 4 22 Handing ODJECIS b ee ER eee 4 23 EUNT OD 4 23 MOVNO 4 23 Bios 4 23 Use Keyboard Arrow Keys 4 23 DEL CODEC FOSTON ee 4 24 4 25 4 26 88 512 5 015 E ne eco tried 4 26 DIAG 09 26 4 27 OC E 4 28 1 11 AO vse saccade 4 29 1122 1810 EC E 4 29 acit 4 30 Converting Text or Barcode to Variable Data 4 31 Convert to Serial 4 31 Convert from 4 33 Convert 10 DUS 4 34 Sou PTT TT TM 4 35 5 Printing Your Labels Previewing 0 t 5 1 Previewing a Label without Serialized Objects 5 1 Previewing a Label with Serialized Objects 5 2 Printing ACN 5 3 Printing Labels without Serialized Objects 5 3 Printing Labels with Serialized Objects 5 4 Printing Mirr
5. E I i O o U u Y s Z z C N n NN 7 BMENIZILIUIID INN CS RE CS ECS European Cyrillic Characters Affected A a l i U Keyboard Layouts The following figures show the supported keyboard layouts for each of the configurations B 4 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Keyboard Layouts 14 i 9 0 co n 17 0 Back space 111 Caps Lock 1 2203 Shift Z V B M lt gt Shift 2 NN Ctrl Alt Alt Gr 25 Ctrl
6. 26 WAMI C 26 D Material Ribbon Cross Reference BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer which you can use to create and print professional looking industrial labels and signs All you have to do is Drop in a ribbon cartridge You can choose from a wide range of single color ribbons e Drop in a media cartridge You can choose media in widths that range from 0 5 in to 4 in 12 7 mm to 101 6 mm and come in many colors styles and materials e your text and insert objects or symbols of your choice or choose a preformatted layout design Material and ribbons from Brady Corporation are programmed with the ability to communicate with the printer and software This allows you to gain the full benefit of the system Features and Functions The following are just some of the features that make this system so easy to use and ready to meet your label making requirements e Small lightweight approximately 15 Ibs 6 8 kg unit ready for your desktop e Color touch screen LCD display plus keyboard input for ease of use e Pre designed layouts for many standard use label applications e Hundreds of graphics for inclusion on your labels e Single color job printing at 300 DPI up to 4 in 101 6 mm wide and up to 9 8 ft 3 m long
7. Cleaning Kit Cat B31 CCT e Isopropyl Alcohol To clean the sensors 1 If necessary remove power and media from the printer see Removing Power and Media from Printer on page 1 2 If not already released squeeze the two yellow cutter tabs to release the cutter 3 With a pre moistened foam swab gently wipe the surface of the media sensor 9 and cutter sensor 10 at the locations shown in the figure Do not allow the alcohol to drip from the swab BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 8 7 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printer Maintenance Cleaning the Printer Cleaning the Cutter Blade Exit Area This procedure cleans the cutter blade exit area and the exit chute Note You should clean the exit area after cleaning the cutter blade and sensors The cleaning swab may be damaged when cleaning the exit area Materials Required 1 Cleaning Kit Cat B31 CCT e Isopropyl Alcohol To clean the exit chute 1 If necessary remove power and media from the printer see Removing Power and Media from Printer on page 1 2 Close the ribbon cover It does not need to snap into place 3 Using a pre moistened swabs from the cleaning kit with the alcohol and clean the exit chute entrance 11 and exit chute ramp 12 Note To reach all areas of the exit chute you can close the enclosure cover and tilt the printer up on its side 4 Replace the ribbon and tape 5 Cl
8. 4 2 OC SA Mmmm 4 2 Adding 4 3 OI ee eee eee eee 4 3 Graphie ODJECIS 4 4 Barcode Objects iii 4 5 DEM al EE 4 6 Date Time Objects 4 8 WOTKING WILD T OXE SP PRE Re 4 10 Selecting Deselecting 4 10 Increase or Decrease Text Size 4 11 Delete Clear Text A 4 11 Changing Character Font Size or Style 4 12 Horizontal Text Justification 1 iret rrr rre p eter terrere aranea 4 14 VOICA 4 14 Expanding or Condensing Text 4 15 101554 m 4 15 Typing Text and Accented Characters 4 16 Understanding Keystroke Combinations 4 16 Typing Accented Characters 4 17 Entering Special Characters 4 18 xii BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Contents Working with Barcodes 4 19 Changing a Barcode 2 4 19 Changing Barcode Options 4 20 scissors 4 20 Barcode AAU
9. 47 to 63 Hz Print Resolution 11 8 dot mm 300 e Output media size 0 5 in to 4 in 12 7 mm to 101 6 mm e Maximum label length continuous media 9 8 ft 3 m BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Keyboard Configurations Keyboard Configurations Your keyboard configuration depends on the region where you do business The following are the currently supported keyboard configurations There are five keypad configurations available for the BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer The keypad layouts and the language supported by each are as follows Keyboard Type Language Applied Americas QWERTY North American Spanish French Canadian Portuguese English QWERTY English Danish Finnish Italian Dutch Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Spanish Swedish AZERTY AZERTY English French Dutch English French Dutch 0 Dutch QWERTZ English Czech German Hungarian Slovakian Slovenian French Italian Cyrillic English Bulgarian Russian English Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Japanese Korean See Typing Text and Accented Characters on page 4 16 for instructions on how to access all of the keyboard characters BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 1 3 BRADY when PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST About Menus Dialog Boxes and Screens Home Page About Menus Dialog Boxes and Screens The following information des
10. 1 Introduction Features and Functions 1 1 Compatible ADpIICallOnS cria ero nn ax ues xXFFIR CV PASE IER CERIS io 1 2 System Specifications 2 1 2 264 1 3 About Menus Dialog Boxes and Screens 1 4 Home Fago ca ecient cna re 1 4 1505 PANG POR 1 5 Miss 1 6 a nn 1 7 BUON PAG COINS a a ee one 1 8 Available Label TYPES sm 1 9 2 Setting up Your Printer Unpacking and Setting up Printer 2 0 4 2 2 1 amp 1 E OT ST i 2 1 System Components 2 2 Setting up the Printer 2 3 Connect Printer Power 2 3 Install or Change Supplies 2 4 Feeding and Cutting Label Stock 2 8 System FOWO na ane 2 9 Starting Printer from Non powered Cold State 2 9 Waking the Printer from Sleep Mode 2 9 Powering Off the Printer 2 10 Resetting tho MNT 2 10 Creating Your First QD ananas 2 11 USING Your Printer PC
11. Note This procedure applies only when not using a template If using a template see Converting Text or Barcode to Variable Data on page 4 31 To add a serial object 1 Use one of the following methods to add a barcode object e Touch anywhere in the Editor or f you are already in a label select Add Object 2 Inthe Add Object panel select Serial amp Date Time 3 Inthe Serial amp Date Time dialog box select either e Serial Text Serial Barcode Serial amp Date Time Text objects 1 2 3 Serial Text Barcode objects Ties de Serial Barcode Date Time Barcode Cancel 4 6 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 195 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Adding Objects Serial Objects LE 4 Inthe Serial dialog box type or select values for setting the serial attributes the Sample area will immediately display an example of the selections Starting Value Starting label value for the serialization to begin Can use alpha or numeric positive or negative values e Ending Value Ending label value for the serialization to stop not used if Total Number of labels is entered Can use alpha or numeric positive or negative values Change by Number that the serial value increments or decrements for each label Can use positive or negative values Total number Number of labels that will be printed not used if Ending Value is entered e B
12. 3 4 073 074 075 076 09 4 078 114 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST QuickLabels Quick Label Reference Images Graphics Signal Words inst 086 087 3 em a RADIATION euro TED JAVISO RESTRINGIDA 15175111 EME SAFETY BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Quick Label Reference Images QuickLabels Graphics Warning 125 126 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 21 BRADY PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST QuickLabels Quick Label Reference Images Inspection INSPECTED TESTED DATE INITIALS INITIALS 402 0 5 x 2 403 0 5 x 2 Machine Operational HARD HAT PINCH POINT AR EA TOUR HANDS 374 4 x 6 376 4 x 6 378 4 x 6 379 4 x 6 DANGER CAUTION CAUTION THES EQUIPMENT ed STARTS DO NOT OPERATE AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT GUARDS 380 4 x 6 381 4 x6 382 4 x 6 384 4 x 6 No Smoking THIS IS A t SMOKE FREE NO SMOKING SMOKING gt WORKPLACE NO SMOKING n ME THIS AREA SMOKING 385 4 x 6 386 4 x 6 387 4 x 6 388 6 x 4 389 4 x 6 C 22 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Quick Label Reference Images QuickLabels Pipe Marker Arrows BBP
13. 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 23 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST QuickLabels Quick Label Reference Images Pipe Markers 4mm CHILLED WATER RETURN em mm CHILLED WATER RETURN m C HILLED WATER SUPPLY 901 507 t COLD WATER 510 213 516 519 922 925 DOMESTIC COLD WATER 531 534 em FIRE PROTECTION WATER FIRE PROTECTION WATER 937 940 943 946 549 982 999 998 561 964 967 970 SPRINKLER WATER 973 916 589 a SPRINKLER 592 24 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST QuickLabels Quick Label Reference Images LMEDICAL AIR 627 628 629 NITROGEN 631 632 639 COMPRESSED AIR CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE 641 DEIONIZED WATER 642 643 644 NATURAL BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST QuickLabels Quick Label Reference Images Protective HARD 396 4 x B 397 4 x 6 398 4 x 6 Warning Stakes 399 14 x3 400 14 3 401 14 x3 C 26 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Setting RTK Preferences Right to Know RTK Right to Know RTK Setting RTK Preferences From the Right to Know Preferences menu you can choose def
14. The media and ribbon supply cartridges use a smart cell to define and track the supply information The system automatically recognizes the supply information for the installed media and ribbon Note The printer can be either on or off when changing supplies To install or change ribbon 1 remove ribbon open the enclosure cover opens from left 2 Release the latch on the ribbon cover 2 and swing open 3 Release the ribbon cartridge latch 3 and lift the ribbon cartridge up and out 2 4 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Unpacking and Setting up Printer Setting up the Printer 4 Place ribbon cartridge with ribbon over print head product label toward machine then snap into place 5 Close and latch the ribbon cover 6 Close the enclosure cover 7 If printer was off press E The system detects the installed supplies sets media and ribbon colors indicates the label dimensions and the amount of remaining supplies BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 2 5 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Unpacking and Setting up Printer Setting up the Printer To install or change media 1 Open the enclosure cover opens from left 2 Release the latch on the ribbon cover 2 and swing ribbon cartridge open 2 6 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide es BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Unpacking
15. Touch the label you want to delete When prompted to delete the file select Yes Selecting No will cancel the operation GE ge I9 C 32 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Open Save or Delete an RTK Label Right to Know RTK E Table 1 Available RTK Formats and Options NFPA Diamond Only Size Selectalabelsizeforthechosenformat a label size for the chosen format Color Bar Standard oe Name Name Enter the chemical ee onsen oma NFPA Standard Enter a common name for the chemical ANSI Standard Health Hazard Rating Color Bar Only Fire Hazard Rating Select standard ratings ranging from none to severe if applicable Color Bar Manufacturer Instability reactivity Rating NFPA Manufacturer Specific Hazard Rating Select specific hazard rating type if applicable NFPA Tag One Sided CAS ITitle Enter the chemical idenfication number and or NFPA Tag Two Sided title Color BarTag One Sided Enter an alternate name for the chemical Color BarTag Two Sided Signal Word Select a standard OSHA signal word danger warning caution if applicable Physical amp Health Hazards Select hazards to health and or physical body Target Organs Select organs affected The list includes target organs for the selected chemical Add relevant comments to your label Graphics JAdd graphic s Graphics are sorted by category EE of Hazard Enter
16. Ending value Change by Total number Before serial After serial Sample Cancel 7 When you select OK The text barcode object is converted to a serial object on the label 4 32 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Converting Text or Barcode to Variable Data E Convert from Serial Data Use this procedure if you want to convert a serial object to constant data To convert text or barcode to constant data 1 In the Editor select the serialized text or barcode object that you want converted to constant data Text Select More Options and go to Set Data Source or Barcode Select Change Barcode Select Set Data Source TOT Serial DateTime X Cancel In the Set Data Source dialog box select Constant The Barcode dialog opens and gives you the option to change the data value Note If you do not change the data value it will default to the value shown in the Data value box Select OK The object will change to fixed non serialized data BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 33 1 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Converting Text or Barcode to Variable Data Convert to Date Time To convert a date time object to constant data 1 Select an object or Touch the Editor to create an object 2 Touch Serial amp
17. e Wide variety of ribbon colors e Easy loading label and ribbon supplies e Continuous and die cut label supplies a variety of high performance materials Transfer graphics from PC or USB flash drive Supported graphic formats are Windows metafile wmf and Bitmap bmp e Print labels from PC e Automatic cutter BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 1 1 Compatible Applications BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Compatible Applications The BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer is compatible with the following software applications when connected to a PC LOCKOUT PRO Graphical Procedure Writing Software CHEMLABEL Software NetDoc Cable Management Software System MarkWare and Label Software MarkWare EXPRESS Facility Identification Software When used with one of these software packages the printer will automatically recognize all enabled and compatible materials up to 4 in 101 6 mm wide For operation of the printer with other software refer to the documentation for your application Note Only BBP31 M supplies will work with this printer System Specifications Weight 15 Ibs 6 8 kg Dimensions stored 8 9 in x 12 0 in x 9 5 in 22 6 cm x 30 5 cm x 24 1 cm Operating Temperature 50 1044 10 40 e Relative Humidity 10 to 80 RH non condensing Storage 4 to 122 F 20 to 50 C at 15 to 90 RH non condensing e Voltage 90 to 264
18. were on when the printer went to sleep 2 Continue with your label activities Note label is defined when the system goes into sleep mode and the media is changed to a supply where the label no longer fits you will be prompted to make the data fit or save the existing label before continuing If you choose the option to make the data fit the system will move and or resize the objects so they fit on the new media size BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 2 9 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST System Power Resetting the Printer Powering Off the Printer When the system is shut down the display turns off and the system goes into a low power consumption state but does not require a cold start to turn back on In this state you can either touch the screen or press the power button to return the system to the same state it was in before going into lower power consumption mode Note To completely shut down the printer you must disconnect the system from the power source To turn off printer power 1 With the printer on press 1 2 fthere are unsaved changes in the currently active file you will be prompted to save the current label file e power off without saving the current label file press No e To save the current label file press Yes See Save a Label File on page 6 1 for further instructions Resetting the Printer Use this procedure to reset the printer e g
19. 1 Print 2 From the Print dialog box select Preview entire label is displayed for your review 3 Select Start Print or Cancel BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 5 1 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Previewing Labels Previewing a Label with Serialized Objects Previewing a Label with Serialized Objects To preview a serialized label 1 With a defined label in the Editor select Print Print Labels to print Print all labels R Mirror Select labels Preview I Advanced Settings Start Print Cancel 2 Select Preview entire label is displayed plus options to view the other labels generated by the serial object 3 Select Next Label Previous Label to view the labels generated from the serial object ER Free Laber 1 7 of 4 Select Start Print or Cancel Fririi 5 2 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printing Labels Printing Labels without Serialized Objects Printing Labels As you print your labels keep the following in mind e During printing the print status is displayed and the Editor is unavailable When printing is complete you are returned to the Editor e printer cuts between labels or at the end of the job according to the selected cut settings e is no me
20. 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Safety and Environment Precautions Safety and Environment Please read and understand this manual before using the BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer for the first time This manual describes all of the main functions of the BBP 731 printer Precautions Before using BBP 731 printer please note the following precautions e Read all instructions carefully before operating the printer and prior to performing any procedure e Do not place the unit on an unstable surface or stand e Do not place anything on top of the unit e Keep the top clear of obstructions e Always use the printer in a well ventilated area Do not block the slots and opening on the unit which are provided for ventilation e Only use the power source indicated on the rating label e Useonly the power cord that comes with the unit e Do not place anything on the power BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide vii BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Technical Support and Registration Repair and Return Technical Support and Registration Contact Information For repair or technical assistance locate your regional Brady Technical Support office by going to e Americas www bradyid com e Europe www bradyeurope com e Pacific www bradycorp com Registration Information To register your printer go to www bradycorp com register Re
21. 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 13 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST QuickLabels Quick Label Reference Images Alerts and First Aid EYE WASH WASH HANDS xl STATION 325 4 x 6 327 4 x 6 328 4 x 10 EYE WASH STATION 329 4 x 10 330 4 x 10 RECYCLABLE TS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY DIAL 911 CANS ONLY 331 4 6 332 4 x 6 Chemical Hazardous Materials Avold Creating Dust ESEL Cancer and Lung Disease Hazard FUEL 333 4 x 4 334 4 x 6 EMERGENCY TM FUEL FLAMES SHUTOFF 335 4 x 6 336 4 x 6 C 14 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Quick Label Reference Images QuickLabels Conduit Voltage 408 2 25 x 9 409 2 25 x 9 410 2 25 9 411 2 25 x 9 412 2 25 x9 Electrical Hazard Lockout ADANGER A DANGER PELIGRO sp oa eee j Dia ret aperia contra opan zara nepropra rds Fikes ta rer VOLTAGE ATO Wil shock barn 341 4 x 6 hed pores Egit company 344 6 x 4 345 6 x 4 343 8 x 4 ELECTRICAL POWER SHUT OFF 351 4 x 10 352 3 x 5 354 2 25 x 5 355 2 25 x 5 356 2 25 x 5 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 15 Quick
22. C 3 Save Open or Delete a Pipe Marker Label C 10 QUES c C 11 Creating QUICK Labels asma C 11 Quick Label Reference Images sisi C 13 Admittance Exit Confined Spaces essen C 13 Alerts and First n 14 Chemical Hazardous Materials 2 C 14 Conduit em Tn EE C 15 Electrical Hazard Lockout bien aus enne C 15 FIO pate eet C 16 FEMA SINS 16 Graphics Mangdalol y a cc E Rs C 17 Graphics Packaging aues nna usitas lens need C 18 Cien al a C C 18 Graphics C 19 Graphics Signal WordS ERE EE Tm C 20 Graphics Warning 21 21 Machine Operational C 22 22 Pipe Marker AIOWS C 22 ccm RC S C 23 gis C 25 Warming 25 RIONE KNOW 26
23. Cancels the current action and returns you to the previous location File Label System Em 5 New File Size amp Orientation Open File Info E Frame TT Save File Import x 95 Delete File Templates More Tools e x Home Cancel Start Over 1 6 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST About Menus Dialog Boxes and Screens Control Panel Control Panel The Control Panel provides options specific to the object selected or the function being performed Home Page Control Panel From the Home page the control panel provides options for selecting available label types e g Pipe Markers Right to Know etc These label types provide a starting point for creating your label Depending on the label type you select the options for populating the objects will vary select a Label Type 4 is APO o Types General Templates Custom Label Pipe Markers Add Object Panel The Add Object control panel provides options for adding additional objects e g text graphic etc Once selected the options available for that object type display This control panel is accessed when you press Add Object from other panels touching a blank part of the label or touching the home screen label area Add Object Serial amp Barcode Graphic Date Time With an Object Selected With an object selected the
24. Date Time Displays the Date Time dialog box See Serial Objects on page 4 6 for instructions 3 Inthe Serial amp Date Time dialog box choose either Date Time Text or Date Time Barcode 4 Inthe Date Time dialog box choose the settings you want for the object Date Time Clock Include date Include time Settings Date format Time format Hour format 11 23 2009 23 39 18 11 23 09 23 39 18 12 hour 11 23 09 24hour Preview 11 23 09 23 39 4 OK Cancel 5 When done touch OK 4 34 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide P BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Convert from Date Time Convert from Date Time To convert a date time object to constant data 1 Select the date or time object 2 Select More Options to go to the Set Data Source option 3 Select Set Data Source Set Data Source Constant 1 2 3 2 ET Serial Date Time Cancel 4 Select Constant The date time is converted to editable data BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 35 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST 5 Printing Your Labels Previewing Labels The Preview options differ depending on whether the label is a standard label or a serialized label Previewing a Label without Serialized Objects To preview a label with no serial data 1 With a defined label in the Editor select Print
25. Note To deselect a graphic touch the graphic again b If necessary press Change Category cae to choose from a different set of graphics You can select graphics from more than one category 7 Select Finish Graphics Category WHMIS Change Category Total selected 1 Cancel 8 If desired edit the data by selecting Edit Pipe Marker Data in the Pipe Marker control panel Not all fields are editable 9 Install the correct ribbon tape as necessary and print the label C 8 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Create Pipe Marker Labels Pipe Markers Creating a Symbol or Arrow Tape Pipe Marker To create a symbol or arrow pipe marker 1 Inthe Dimensions dialog enter the pipe diameter 2 Choose Tape width from the list Dimensions width Length 10 833 in ext height 0 4 in 4 Cancel 3 Select Next 4 Inthe Pipe contents dialog choose the type of material that will flow through the pipe then select Next The material selected determines the pipe marker colors based on the selected color norm in the Pipe Marker setup menu Note The Ribbon Tape information changes to indicate the ribbon and tape colors that should be installed for this label 5 Inthe Symbol Type dialog choose the symbol type a Select Arrow then select Finish Or b Select Symbol then choose a categ
26. Open File Internal External USR MFG Label Labels Labels arg BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Delete a Label File E Delete a Label File To delete a label file 1 Select Menu 2 Inthe menu list select Delete File 3 Inthe Delete Label File dialog box choose the location where the file is located e Internal Memory label files saved on the printer e External USB label files saved on a USB flash drive Delete File External Category My Labels MEG Label My Labels x Cancel 4 Choose the Category where the label is saved The system will display the label files available in the selected location 5 Touch the label file you want deleted 6 the prompt to confirm file deletion select Yes The file is permanently deleted or Select if you want to return to the previous screen without deleting the file Note If you delete all labels in a category the system will automatically delete the category except My Labels BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 6 3 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST 7 Using System Tools Import Graphics Use this procedure to add your own graphics for use in labels that will be created on the printer Graphics that will be imported must be in the supported format s and imported from a USB flash drive Supported graphi
27. PM to toggle between AM and PM 5 When done select OK Clock Settings Enter sleep mode when inactive Date ind 11 9 2009 5 Minutes 10 Minutes Time 9 14 03 PM 20 Minutes 30 Minutes 1 Hour Cancel 2 14 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide P BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Setting up the System Defaults Creating and Printing Labels from a PC Localization and Unit of Measure To choose a language and unit of measure 1 Select Menu 2 Inthe menu list select Setup From the Setup menu select Localization 1 2009 3 4 Inthe Language list choose the language you want the system to display 5 Select a Unit of measure Inches vs Millimeters 6 When done select OK Localization Language Unit of measure English Inches French Millimeters Portuguese Spanish Cancel BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 2 15 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Setting up the System Defaults Creating and Printing Labels from a PC Set Text Defaults To set the text defaults Select Menu 2 Inthe menu list select Setup 3 Inthe Setup menu select Text Defaults 777772 Text 4 Inthe Text Defaults menu change any of the following options Note Text object options take effect with the next text object created Existing text objects are not affected e
28. Pipe Marker To create a rollform pipe marker 1 2 3 In the Dimensions dialog enter the pipe diameter Choose a Tape width from the list then select Next In the Pipe contents dialog choose the type of material that will flow through the pipe then select Next The material selected determines the pipe marker colors based on the selected color norm in the Pipe Marker setup menu Note The Ribbon Tape information changes to indicate the ribbon and tape colors that should be installed for this label In the Legend dialog enter the text you want to appear on the label then select Next Sentences will line wrap as needed however long single words cannot wrap Instead the font will reduce to fit the whole word on the line os co EN Special MEM AR Legend inc 2 Characters Note Multiple lines reduce text height possibly causing the pipe marker to not comply with the standard Cancel LA To enter special characters click then enter the character s See Entering Special Characters on page 4 18 for more detail BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 7 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Pipe Markers Create Pipe Marker Labels 6 In Graphics dialog a Touch the graphic s you want to include on the label A white line appears around the selected graphic s and the total number of selected graphics immediately updates A maximum of 4 graphics are allowed
29. SOFTWARE LICENSE This End User License Agreement grants you the following license You may use the SOFTWARE only on the DEVICE NOT FAULT TOLERANT THE SOFTWARE IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT BRADY WORLDWIDE INC HAS INDEPENDENTLY DETERMINED HOW TO USE THE SOFTWARE IN THE DEVICE AND MS HAS RELIED UPON BRADY WORLDWIDE INC TO CONDUCT SUFFICIENT TESTING TO DETERMINE THAT THE SOFTWARE IS SUITABLE FOR SUCH USE NO WARRANTIES FOR THE SOFTWARE The SOFTWARE is provided as is and with all faults THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY PERFORMANCE ACCURACY AND EFFORT INCLUDING LACK OF NEGLIGENCE IS WITH YOU ALSO THERE IS NO WARRANTY AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR ENJOYMENT OF THE SOFTWARE OR AGAINST INFRINGEMENT IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING THE DEVICE OR THE SOFTWARE THOSE WARRANTIES DO NOT ORIGINATE FROM AND ARE NOT BINDING ON MS Note on Java support The SOFTWARE may contain support for programs written in Java Java technology is not fault tolerant and is not designed manufactured or intended for use or resale as online control equipment in hazardous environments requiring fail safe performances such as in the operation of nuclear facilities aircraft navigation or communication systems air traffic control direct life support machines or weapons systems in which the failure of Java technology could lead directly to death personal injury or severe physical or environmental damage Sun Microsystems Inc has con
30. a statement of the hazard displays in all caps on label Precautionary Statements Statements Specify any precautions of Overexposure Describe condition that will result from overexposure First Aid Procedures Provide first aid information Protective Equipment Designat protective equipment codes and manufacturers for Color Bar and NFPA labels Enter manufacturer of chemical if known Temperature Enter temperature that you want printed on the label Enter the date Available options depend on the RTK format selected BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 33 O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST p Material Ribbon Cross Reference BBP 31 Material Ribbon Cross Reference Guide Ribbon e Recommended Acceptable Brady Material Description B30 R10000 B30 R6000 B30 R4300 M30 R4400 WT a Black Colors Black Black White a Self Laminating Self Laminating Vinyl Polyester 2 ColdTemperature eA Tase Metalized Polyester o a HiPerformance Polyester e a A 7 88 BushdPoyeser o O _ Repositional e a BSM RefectiveTape o A AdheweTapedPolyesto e A E385 8758 WemizedPoyeser A VmyTae A door vin
31. added and filled with the typed text If there are already placeholder objects in the Editor the text will be added to the first available empty placeholder e Touch a blank area of the screen A text box is added and any typed text will be added to that object e Select Add Object Select Text A text box is added and typed text will be added to that object Note As soon as a text object is selected the system goes to the text editing panel and you can type and or edit the text 2 To edit the text see Working with Text on page 4 10 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 3 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Adding Objects Graphic Objects Graphic Objects To add a graphic object 1 Use one of the following methods to add a graphics object e Touch anywhere in the Editor or A e Ifyou are already in a label select Add Object o 2 Inthe Add Object panel select Graphic In the Select Graphics dialog box choose the Category for the graphic you want to add 4 Touch the desired graphic The graphic is added to the label or replaces the selected graphic placeholder Select Graphic Category Mandatory Arrows Fire Safety First Aid Rescue Hazardous Transport HazMat HSID Imported Graphics Mandatory Miscellaneous Cancel Note You can also import your own graphics and use them like the graphics included in the system See mport Graphics
32. and are based on the complexity of the label and the specific objects on the label Typically the fewer objects on the label the more undo actions can be done If you take an action that you cannot undo the Undo option will no longer be available Actions that you can undo are e Add object e Format objects or change object attributes e Delete objects e Size or move objects e text Actions that you cannot undo are e file operation save open delete e Change printer defaults e Print cut operations e Select a label template To undo an action 1 Select Undo The last action is canceled and the label returns to its previous state 2 Repeat Step 7 to undo multiple actions Object Sizing The system automatically reduces the object size to fit on the label and will move or resize the object so it stays within the printable area of the label text will not be truncated 4 2 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Adding Objects Text Objects Adding Objects The easiest way to add an object is to touch a blank area of the Editor If you are currently editing an object touch the screen twice once to deselect the current object and once to insert a new object You can also add objects using any of the following the methods Text Objects To add a text object 1 Useone of the following methods to add a text object e Start typing A text box is
33. available templates The label is displayed in the Editor with the objects scaled to fit the installed media hone 4 To choose a different template select Change Template 7 Notes Once you have defined data for at least one of the objects the option to change the template is no longer available e f there are unsaved changes in the currently active file the system will prompt you to save the file before continuing 5 Inthe Editor select an object using one of these methods e Screen Touch the object e Keyboard Press Tab key to move to the next object Buttons Select Next Object placeholder objects 6 Toenter text select a text object and start typing You can change the look of your text by selecting any of the available font or text attributes that display in the Control Panel as soon as you start typing 7 To change a barcode touch the barcode object and change any of the options in the Barcode dialog box 8 To change a graphic touch the graphic object and choose from any of the available graphics in the Select Graphic dialog box 9 To add an object select Add Object of the available object types only available if there are undefined if available and choose from any Note You can only add more objects to the label if all template objects have been defined 10 Continue selecting objects and entering data until all objects are defined 3 2 BBP 31 Sign amp Lab
34. boundary AS1345 1995 Australia NZ X Cancel 5 When done select OK Until changed these settings will remain for all future labels C 2 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 155 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Create Pipe Marker Labels Pipe Markers Create Pipe Marker Labels Use these procedures to create pipe marker labels See Set Up Pipe Marker Options on page C 1 for an explanation on setting color norm and other Pipe Marker preferences To create a pipe marker label 1 From the Home page select Pipe Markers LII or Select More Label Types then select Pipe Markers 2 From the Pipe Marker panel select Create New File 3 From the Pipe Marker Style dialog select one of the following pipe marker label types Label Type Standard Label is placed along the length of the pipe Contents include text and graphics Flow direction is optional Similar to standard pipe markers except designed to wrap around the circumference of the pipe Symbol Symbol repeats along the entire length of the label and wraps Arrow Type the circumference of the pipe Arrow wraps around the pipe and indicates the direction of flow 4 Perform the steps appropriate for your pipe marker style see Creating a Standard Pipe Marker on page C 4 Creating a Rollform Pipe Marker on page C 7 or Creating a Symbol or Arrow Tape Pipe Marker on page C 9 BBP 31 Sign amp Labe
35. character For a complete description of how to use the special characters see Entering Special Characters on page 4 18 Character Mapping The following are the accent keys that are available for each of the keyboard layouts To access the keys just press the key and then the character not simultaneously Americas QWERTY Characters Affected E e 1 1 U a E e l i O o U u Y y A a l i U u E A K k G g N n L I R r S s Tt BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide B 1 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Character Mapping European AZERTY European AZERTY Characters Affected 77 NNNM A l i O U u Y S s 7 oo 12 NK eee o ooo 2 BBP 31 Sign 8 Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Character Mapping European QWERTZ E European QWERTZ Accent Characters Affected l i U u Y S Y y 7 ooo A peee _ RE NN a LM BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide B 3 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Keyboard Layouts European QWERTY Characters Affected
36. control panel provides options for editing the object From this panel you can also add more objects or see more editing options The panel changes depending on the type of object selected The following example shows one of the text editing panels Pressing one of the options in the panel either immediately changes the option or provides additional options that you can select Size 243 pts Select A Add Font Abc 23 All Chars 10 Object Dp ue C a gt More Options BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 1 7 Button Actions Control Panel BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Button Actions These button actions are used throughout the system Unless necessary button actions are assumed to be understood and are not included in the procedures Help Available at any time by touching the help button You can also access the user guide from the product CD that comes with the printer Home Li Select from anywhere in the application to return to the Home page You may be prompted to save your current label file Cancel In most cases you can press Cancel at any time to return to the previous screen without making any changes Zoom Touch to zoom in or to zoom out Applies to abels not objects More Options Used throughout the system and lets you choose from additional options that are available for the currently selected object Fonts Choose a font type Text Features Choose one o
37. n X Cancel 3 Inthe Fonts dialog box select or change any of the following attributes Fonts Select from the list of available fonts e Size Type a size for the text Any highlighted text will change to the new size and new text following the current cursor position will also reflect the change e Style Select Bold Italic and or Underline also see Increase or Decrease Text Size on page 4 11 4 When you are done select OK BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 13 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Text Vertical Text Horizontal Text Justification Use this procedure to set or change how text is horizontally aligned within the object This primarily affects text objects with multiple lines the alignment setting is either at the left edge center or right edge of the object Note Horizontal alignment affects the way the text grows as characters are added Left justified text grows to the right center justified text grows both directions and right justified text grows to the left To set text horizontal justification 1 Inthe Editor select the text object you want to change 2 fnotalready displayed select More Options to go to the Justification controls 3 Select the desired justification option left center right text is immediately displayed and justified to the new setting Note Text objects can all be formatted with different ali
38. printer BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 7 5 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Installing Software Upgrades Upgrade from a PC Installing Software Upgrades Upgrade from a PC Use this procedure to upgrade your printer to a new version To upgrade 1 Before installing verify the following e Upgrade Utility is available on your PC or via www bradyid com support e USB cable is connected from your BBP 31 Printer to your PC e Printer is ON Note If the printer driver has not been installed on your PC you will be prompted to install the printer driver before continuing On the printer press Menu 8277 In the menu list select More Tools Select Upgrade from a PC PL Note If there are unsaved changes in the currently active file the system will prompt you to save the file before continuing with the upgrade On the PC launch the upgrade utitlity In the Welcome dialog select Next In the Select your printer dialog select your BBP 31 Printer Note If your printer does not have enough free space you will be prompted to install a USB Flash Drive with at least 64MB of free space In the Version Confirmation dialog select Go to accept the upgrade or Cancel to exit Note The printer restarts automatically after the upgrade is complete In the Success dialog click Finish BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRAD
39. then choose the object type you want to add Note If the label is full and there is no place to add a new object the object will be placed at the right most edge of the label and you will have to move and or resize it Note See Specialty Label Types page 1 for creating other label types BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 3 3 Set Label Attributes Creating Auto Sized Label BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Set Label Attributes Creating Fixed Length Label Use this procedure to create a label where the continuous media label length is set not variable Once selected the printable area shown on the label is reduced by the amount of the leader trailer required for the installed supply so that the total label length output matches the selected length Note The label size for die cut media is already set and cannot be adjusted To create a fixed length label 1 5 From the Home page select Menu In the menu list select Size amp Orientation CS Note You can also access the Label Size amp Orientation box by touching the Label Size text at the bottom of the screen 8 x I On the Label Size 8 Orientation dialog box select Fixed Length In the Length field enter the desired label length Note Minimum supported length is 0 5 in 12 7 mm Maximum supported length is 120 in 3048 mm Select OK The Status Bar ind
40. will be using Connect the USB flash drive to any available USB port on the printer Note The system will only support one USB flash drive at a time Select Menu In the menu options list select Import The Import dialog box displays Import Graphics Forts Available AMH ADL TF X SYMBOL TTF Delete VEDDINGS INDIENS E IF mE x CH Cancel In the mport dialog box select Fonts In the Available list select the font you want to import Select Import n The font will be imported and the name will display in the nstalled list Repeat Step 5 until all of your fonts have been selected Select OK Note If there is not enough space available to store the imported font s you will have to clear some space on the system before you can import any new fonts You can clear space by deleting saved files There is approximately 56MB of storage space available BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printer Upgrades Printer Upgrades Future upgrades to BBP 31 software can be downloaded from the Brady website at www bradyid com bbp31 or www bradyeurope com To download printer upgrades 1 Click Support gt Downloads 2 Select BBP 31 printer from the list of products 3 See Installing Software Upgrades on page 7 6 for instructions on upgrading the software on your
41. 1 9 mS sy 2 es BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Specialty Label Types Pipe Markers Set Up Pipe Marker Options Setup options for Pipe Markers are different than those for standard labels Use this procedure to set up the pipe marker color norms To setup pipe marker color norms 1 From the Home page select Pipe Markers LII or Select More Label Types then select Pipe Markers 2 From the Pipe Marker home page select Menu Menu 3 Select Setup in File x Delete File H te Clark BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 1 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Pipe Markers Set Up Pipe Marker Options 4 Inthe Pipe Marker Preferences dialog choose from the following options Preference Description Printing Supply Saver Prints multiple labels across the tape if they fit e g if you create a 1 125 pipe marker and have 3 media installed it will print 2 labels across the tape Note Only applies if you print multiple copies of a pipe marker Print Label Boundary Prints a frame around the label Color Norm ANSI ASME 2007 American Pipe Marker standard CAN CGSB National standard of Canada AS1345 1995 Australia amp New Zealand standard for hazardous substances Pipe Marker Preferences Printing Color Norm Supply saver ANSI ASME USA CAN CGSB CANADA Print label
42. 1 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 21 Working with Barcodes Changing Barcode Options BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Human Readable Text Options Barcode text options let you choose whether to show any human readable text on your barcode and where it should be positioned above or below the barcode You can also decide whether you want the text to include a check character or a start stop character To add human readable text 1 2 In the Editor select a barcode object Select More Options and go to the Human Readable Text control panel Human 2 Include check Readable 123 character LL 123 Text Readable check character Font Ab Readable start stop Choose the Human Readable Text option you want none above barcode or below barcode To choose a font and or size for your human readable text select Font In the Font dialog box choose a font size and or style for the human readable text that will be included on your barcode When done select OK KA The barcode reflects the changes Select the check character options you want for your barcode The changes are immediately reflected in the Editor 4 22 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Moving Objects 1 Handling Objects Editing Objects To edit an object touch the object and then edit it using any of the settings and or
43. Font e Text units e Justification 5 When done press OK Text Defaults Text units Font Points Inches Courier New Milimeters Tahoma Times New Roman Justification X Cancel 2 16 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Setting up the System Defaults Creating and Printing Labels from a PC H Set Barcode Defaults To set the barcode defaults Select Menu 2 2 Inthe menu list select Setup In the Setup menu select Barcode Defaults In the Barcode Defaults menu change any of the following options e Symbology e Check Characters e Ratio e Density Human readable text 5 When done select OK Barcode Defaults Symbology Code 39 Code 128 Auto Density JAN 13 Human readable text w Include check character 123 y Readable check character Readable start stop Cancel BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 2 17 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Setting up the System Defaults Creating and Printing Labels from a PC Set Printing To set the printing defaults 1 Select Menu 2 n the menu list select Setup Select Printing IL In the Printing dialog change the Auto cut settings to your desired options 5 When done select OK Printing Auto cut settings Do not cut w Cut between labels Cut at end of
44. Labels BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Quick Label Reference Images Fire FIRE FIRE mm EXTINGUISHER EXTINGUISHER 361 4 x 14 362 4 x 14 EMERGENCY ae FIRE HOSE ONLY 358 4 x6 359 4 x6 263 4 x6 465 4 x 10 Funny Signs CAUTION FISHING AND HUNTING COMPLAINT HARD HEAD STORIES IN PROGRESS DEPARTMENT PROTECTIVE BOOTS Dp AREA MAY BE REQUIRED 100 MILES 366 4 x 6 367 4 x 6 368 4 x 6 OTICE DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO ONE IN CHARGE OR NO SMOKING SOMEONE WHO KNOWE WHATS GOING UNLESS YOURE ON FIRE sa WING LIKE I DO 371 6 x 4 372 4 x 6 369 4 x 6 370 4 x 6 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Quick Label Reference Images QuickLabels Graphics Mandatory 026 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST QuickLabels Quick Label Reference Images Graphics Packaging 050 051 052 Graphics PPE C 18 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST QuickLabels Quick Label Reference Images Graphics Prohibition 09 2 CH c 053 054 055 2 02 058 059 060 2 057 c el c c 063 064 2 c C c 070 071
45. Media is jammed in printer Printer cannot read the media memory cell code incorrect 48 cannot read cell 49 data in cell is corrupted 50 cell is wrong version 51 media counter shows no media remaining 52 or Cut a straight leading edge on the label roll Reinstall the media then restart print job Printer Error Media Jam Print job canceled Errors 45 54 Error reading media memory Replace media If problem persists contact Technical Support cell Reload or replace media If error persists contact technical support Errors 48 49 50 51 52 Media out Replace media and close inside printer cover Heinstall media then restart the print job Tape ran out during print job This message could also appear if the media guides move out of correct Error 53 position during printing Media shifts when printing frames around label causing a slight misalignment of the frame Media guides not adjusted correctly producing slack that allows the tape to shift during printing Adjust media guides so they are snug against the media To make fine adjustments to the frame see Adjusting Print Offset on page 5 8 Ribbon Errors Problem Message Corrective Action Ribbon out Replace ribbon The ribbon ran out or broke during the Replace the ribbon and restart the print job interrupted print job and close inside printer cover 58 Error reading ribbon memory cell Reload or
46. PgUp PgDn 2 2 AJ N NU N N l 8 y Figure 3 QWERTY America s Keyboard Configuration B 5 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST ree E Keyboard Layouts 1 21 12 d b lt lt E ILL 1 a O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Keyboard Layouts
47. Printing Labels Adjusting Print Offset Adjusting Print Offset Print Offset is a value that will move the image from its nominal position slightly in one direction or another on the label Adjust Offset is typically used to do a fine adjustment of the printed image on a die cut label or to move the image slightly closer or further from the edge of a continuous supply To adjust the print offset 1 With a defined label in the Editor select Print Advanced 2 Inthe Print dialog select Advanced Settings 576 Advanced Settings Print energy Reduce energy Increase energy se just Offset Horizontal Offset M vertical Offset o o In T d b d Cancel 3 Inthe Adjust Offset area enter a value in the horizontal and or vertical offset boxes e Horizontal Offset shifts the image printed portion of the label to the right or left e Vertical Offset shifts the image printed portion of the label up or down 5 8 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printing Labels Printing from a Printing from a PC Use this procedure to print labels that you created on a PC See Compatible Applications on page 1 2 for more details Note To use this procedure the printer must be physically connected to PC the appropriate drivers i e printer driver USB driver must be installed on
48. Serial Barcode Date Time Barcode x Cancel 4 8 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Adding Objects Date Time Objects 4 Inthe Date Time menu select the format s you want included on the label The Preview area immediately displays the changes Date Time Clock Include date Include time Settings Date format Time format Hour format 11 23 2009 23 39 18 11 23 09 23 39 18 12 hour 11 23 09 23 39 x 24 hour Preview 11 23 09 23 39 Cancel e Include date Toggles the date on or off e Include time Toggles the time on or off e Date Format Format for date printed on label s Time Format Format for time printed on label s Hour Format 12 hour AM or or 24 hour time format 5 When done select OK An object with the current date time value is added to the label Note When printed the date time value of each label will reflect the current date and time of the printer Note If the system clock has not been set the system displays a message requesting that you set the system clock Selecting OK takes you to Clock Settings Selecting Cancel returns you to the Editor BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 9 i92 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Text Selecting or Deselecting Text Working with Text Selecting or Deselecting Text To select or deselect words in
49. Setup The Setup menu displays 3 From the Setup menu choose any option s to change the system configuration System Setup Clock Set the system date and time and set sleep time en interval Settings Select your system language and unit of Localization measure Set default text font and justification options ext and text unit of measure Defaults Set default barcode settings Barcode 9 Defaults Set options for label cut off during printing Printing x Cancel BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 2 13 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Setting up the System Defaults Creating and Printing Labels from a PC Set Clock To set date time and sleep mode Note With power removed i e printer disconnected from power source the system clock retains its settings for about 30 days 1 Select Menu 2 Inthe menu list select Setup In the Setup menu select Clock Settings 7777 Clock In the Clock Settings popup change any of the following options this also sets the system clock which is needed if you want a time stamp on your label e Sleep mode timeout Choose the amount of time you want the system to wait before entering sleep mode e Date Touch to highlight the Month Day or Year then touch the arrow to choose from the calendar display e Time Touch to highlight the Hour Minute or Second then touch the A or V arrows to change the time Touch AM
50. WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST BBP 2 lm amp LABEL PRINTER User s Manual O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Copyright and Trademarks Trademarks Copyright and Trademarks Disclaimer This manual is proprietary to Brady Worldwide Inc hereafter Brady and may be revised from time to time without notice Brady disclaims any understanding to provide you with such revisions if any This manual is copyrighted with all rights reserved No portion of this manual may be copied or reproduced by any means without the prior written consent of Brady While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document Brady assumes no liability to any party for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions or by statements resulting from negligence accident or any other cause Brady further assumes no liability arising out of the application or use of any product or system described herein nor any liability for incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of this document Brady disclaims all warranties of merchantability of fitness for a particular purpose Brady reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any product or system described herein to improve reliability function or design Trademarks BBP 31 is a trademark of Brady Worldwide Inc Microsoft Windows Excel Access and SQL Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Lotus 1 2 3 is a registered
51. Y WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Installing Software Upgrades Upgrade from USB Flash Drive Upgrade from USB Flash Drive Use this procedure to upgrade the firmware or software from a USB flash drive that has the upgrade on it The system will support only one USB device at a time To upgrade software from a USB flash drive CAUTION Do not interrupt power during an upgrade from a USB flash drive 1 Connect the USB flash drive to any available USB port on the printer 2 Press Menu 77 3 Inthe menu list select More Tools IMEF ONE 4 Select Upgrade from USB drive 7 Note If there are unsaved changes in the currently active file the system will prompt you to save the file before continuing with the upgrade Select Yes No or Cancel 5 Atthe prompt to continue with the upgrade select Yes The printer will go into upgrade mode and restart after the upgrade is complete Firmware Upgrade Do you want to upgrade From PP2 000 014 005 beta 77 To PP 000 015 000 beta 77 After pressing Yes the printer will restart in a few seconds BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 7 7 es BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST 8 Maintenance Printer Maintenance Removing Power and Media from Printer Before performing any maintenance procedure that involves opening the enclosure cover you should remove the power and media from the printer To remove pri
52. a text box 1 Inthe Editor touch the word s you want to select e Select a single word Touch the word The system highlights the word e Extend the selection Press Shift and touch another word in the same text object The system highlights the additional word s e Deselect a word Touch the highlighted word The system deselects the word If more than one word is highlighted the system deselects everything except the word that was touched To select individual characters in a text box In the Editor choose the object with the character s you want to select 2 Touch the area where you want the selection to start or use the keyboard or arrow keys keyboard hold Shift and press the lt or arrow keys to move the cursor to the position where you want the selection to end Note Until Shift is released the selection will be extended by one character each time you press an arrow key To select all characters in a text box 1 In the Editor select a text object 2 Select Select All Chars The system selects all characters in the text object 4 10 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Text Delete Clear Text Increase or Decrease Text Size When you change a character level attribute any highlighted text will reflect the change and new text following the current cursor position will also reflect the change You ca
53. an one character at a time The selected character s immediately display in the Characters to Insert area Notes e f you want mix special and normal characters you can also type into the Characters to Insert area Press Up Down arrows to scroll through the available characters 3 delete characters from the area press Backspace or highlight the characters and press Delete 4 When you are done choosing special character s select OK The special characters are inserted in the active text object at the current cursor position 4 18 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide P BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Barcodes Changing a Barcode Working with Barcodes Changing a Barcode To change a barcode 1 Inthe Editor select a barcode object 2 Select Change Barcode Barcode Data value Symbology Code 128 Auto 13 Set ura Interleaved 2 of 5 Data 5nurce UPCA x Cancel 3 Inthe Barcode dialog box change the desired options e Data value e Symbology e Set Data Source optional See Converting Text or Barcode to Variable Data on page 4 31 for details 4 When done select OK E BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 19 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Barcodes Changing Barcode Options Changing Barcode Options Barcode options include changing the barcode symbolo
54. and Setting up Printer setting up the Printer 3 Swing yellow media wiper 3 to far right when facing display if engaged 4 Slide yellow media guides 4 to full open 5 Hemove existing media if installed by pulling cartridge from printer Media unwinds from the top of the roll 6 Insert media cartridge until spindle ends rest in slots of media holder 5 7 Feed media from top of roll until it sits on top of black rubber roller 25 in 6 35 mm from cutter entrance 8 Close media guides until they touch edge of media liner with media under the guides 9 Move media wiper into position so it rests on media Note Not all media requires the use of the media wiper Engage the media wiper only if needed for the supply installed 10 Close and latch ribbon cover then close enclosure cover 11 If printer was off press The system detects the installed supplies sets background and foreground colors indicates the label dimensions and the amount of remaining supplies BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 2 7 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Unpacking and Setting up Printer Feeding and Cutting Label Stock Feeding and Cutting Label Stock Use this procedure to advance the media to the cut position and optionally cut the media To feed and or cut label stock 1 With the printer power on press and hold Feed 2 until the length of media you want exits the printer Note For die c
55. attributes available in the Control Panel If you want to change to a different graphic or barcode select Change Graphic or Change Barcode then change any of the options available in the Barcode or Select Graphic dialogs Moving Objects Use this procedure to reposition objects on the label Objects can be positioned either by dragging using arrow keys on the keyboard or by setting specific x and y coordinates They can also be positioned by aligning them to one of the edges of the label or centering them either horizontally or vertically on the label Note Objects must be entirely contained within the printable area of the label Drag Objects To drag an object 1 In Editor select the object you want to move 2 Drag the object to the new location Notes e f you drag an object off the edge of the displayed part of the label but still within the label boundary the display will automatically scroll so the object stays visible e f you move an object so that some or all of the object is outside the printable area of the label the object will be repositioned within the label boundary Repeat Step 2 until the object is where you want it Use Keyboard Arrow Keys To move an object using keyboard keys In the Editor select the object you want to move 2 On keyboard press the up down left or right arrow key 4 1 to move the object in the corresponding direction If you hold down the shift ke
56. ault label settings for size and format You can also add or delete hazards and or organ types Any defaults set here will stay in effect until you change them 1 From the Home page select Right To Know or Select More Label Types then select Right To Know 2 From Right To Know home page select Menu 0018 3 Select Setup Adi Choose from any of the available options then follow the instructions in Set Label Defaults on page C 28 or or Delete Hazards or Organs on page C 29 Right to Know Preferences Set the default label format Format Select default size for default format Add or delete hazards to the list Hazards Add or delete organs to the list Organs x OK Cancel BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 27 Right to Know Setting RTK Preferences BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Set Label Defaults Format To setup a default label format 1 e In the Right to Know Preferences dialog select Format Format In the Right to Know Format dialog choose a format type from the list An example of the highlighted format type will display on the right side of the screen Click OK 1 Click OK again to close the dialog and return to the main page Select default format Format Diamond Only Label Color Bar Standard Label Stankclarcd Label ANSI Sbancarcd Label Har Label Color Bar Manufact
57. cribes the menus dialog boxes and screens used in the BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer system Home Page The Home page automatically displays when you first start the printer The main sections of the Home page are __ Status Bar Shows the current label size and indicators for the amount of media and ribbon remaining Tools Panel Depending on the option selected provides buttons for Object Sizing Delete Undo Zoom In Out and Help Text or object entry area Type touch or select objects to display and edit in this area Shows color of installed media and ribbon p Home Returns you to the Home page from anywhere in the application Button is greyed out on the Home page Menu Displays File Label and System options Print Displays the Print dialog box where you can choose options for printing the current label Not available unless an object is in the Editor 7 Control Panel Primary area for selecting all of your options for creating editing and working with labels and objects The panel changes depending on what option is selected 4 1 4 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST About Menus Dialog Boxes and Screens Tools Panel Tools Panel The Tools panel contains options for editing a label If no label is selected the panel contains only the Help button Undo is available only when there is an operation to undo Delete and S
58. cs file formats are Windows metafile wmf and Bitmap bmp Note This is a monochrome printer Imported graphics should be black and white Windows metafile wmf formats are vector images that maintain their clarity and crispness when they are resized Bitmap files bmp are composed of pixels which may appear fuzzy and become distorted when they are resized Be sure to choose the correct format for the graphic you are using To import a graphic 1 Copy the graphics you want to import into the root directory of the USB flash drive you will be using 2 Connect the USB flash drive that contains the graphic s to any available USB port on the printer Note The system will only support one USB flash drive at a time 3 Select Menu Menu 731 Sign 8 Label Printer User Guide 7 1 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Import Graphics 4 Select Import er The Import dialog box displays Import Available Installed NIGOP X MICOS 3 WME Delete MICOSB WME 4 X Import OK Cancel 5 Inthe mport dialog box select Graphics mu 6 Inthe Available list select the graphic you want to import A preview of the selected graphic shows at the bottom of the dialog box 7 Select Import E The graphic will be imported and the name will display in the nstalled list 8 Repeat Step 5 until all of your graphics have been selected 9 Select OK Note If there
59. destination restrictions issued by U S and other governments For additional information on exporting the SOFTWARE see http www microsoft com exporting Brady Warranty Our products are sold with the understanding that the buyer will test them in actual use and determine for him or herself their adaptability to his her intended uses Brady warrants to the buyer that its products are free from defects in material and workmanship but limits its obligation under this warranty to replacement of the product shown to 6 satisfaction to have been defective at the time Brady sold it This warranty does not extend to any persons obtaining the product from the buyer THIS WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND OF ANY OTHER OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITY ON BRADY S PART UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BRADY BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS DAMAGE EXPENSE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE BRADY S PRODUCTS BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide V BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Agency Compliance and Approvals Europe Agency Compliance and Approvals United States FCC Notice US Only Warning This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy If not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer
60. dia or ribbon installed printing does not start and you will be prompted to install media or ribbon e f you open the ribbon cover during the print operation printing stops and a message displays prompting you to close the cover The print job is canceled To print the label s you must restart the print job Printing Labels without Serialized Objects Use this procedure to print your label If your label contains a serial object see Printing Labels with Serialized Objects on page 5 4 To print labels without serialized objects 1 With a defined label in the Editor select Print The Print dialog box displays with default copies set to 1 Print Copies Mirror Preview Advanced x Settings Start Print Cancel 2 From the Print dialog box select the print options e Copies e Mirror e Preview e Print energy accessed from the Advanced Settings button e Adjust Offset accessed from the Advanced Settings button 3 Select Start Print to start printing the label BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 5 3 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printing Labels Printing Labels with Serialized Objects Printing Labels with Serialized Objects Use this procedure to print labels that contain a serial object If your label does not contain a serialized object see Printing Labels without Serialized Objects on page 5 3 Note You can only select one set of cop
61. e Line width options are available only when the rectangle or rounded rectangle frame shape is selected Label Frame Shape m Rounded Line width Narr w Medium Cancel 4 When your changes are complete select OK The changes are applied 3 6 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Tools Scrolling the Label View 2 Tools Zooming the Label View To zoom a label view 1 Touch to zoom in or to zoom Out 2 Touch the zoom control again as necessary until you reach the desired zoom level Note If all of the label objects cannot be displayed on the screen the scroll arrows display See Scrolling the Label View on page 3 7 for details 3 Touch as needed to return to normal viewing mode Scrolling the Label View Use this procedure to view part of the label that is no longer displayed on the screen either vertically or horizontally without changing the zoom level To view hidden parts of a label 1 When one or more scroll arrows appear in the Editor touch a scroll arrow to scroll in the direction you want to view The ruler value updates automatically as the label view changes Note If the entire label is shown on the display no scroll arrows appear 2 Touch the scroll arrow again to continue scrolling in the direction you want If you hold the scroll arrow down the system will continue scrolli
62. e label you are creating 5 To edit or change the objects select Edit Data 6 Inthe dialog s that display select or enter the new data then click Next or Finish Note The format cannot be edited after a label has been created BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 31 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Right to Know RTK Open Save or Delete an RTK Label Open Save or Delete an RTK Label You can only save open or delete RTK labels from the Right To Know RTK application To open an existing RTK label 1 From the Home page select Right To Know or Select More Label Types then select Right Know 2 From the Aight To Know control panel select Open Saved File 3 Inthe Open File dialog choose a category 4 Selecta label The file immediately opens in the Editor To save an RTK label Note This procedure assumes that an RTK label has already been created To create an label see Create Labels page C 31 1 With the RTK label displayed in the Editor select Menu 2 Select Save File 3 Select a category or if desired create a new category 4 Inthe File name field enter a file name for the RTK label 5 Select OK 2 The RTK label is saved To delete an RTK label 1 In the Right To Know control panel select Menu Select Delete File um In the Delete File dialog choose the category where the label is located
63. efore serial Prefix text or spaces before the serial value After serial Suffix text or spaces after the serial value Serial Starting value M Ending value Change by Total number Sample Cancel 5 When done select OK The system displays the initial first value of the serialization on the label BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 7 BRADY when PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Adding Objects Date Time Objects Date Time Objects The Date Time option lets you place a time stamp on your label text or barcode Depending on the options you choose you can add a date time or date and time You can change the clock settings at any time by selecting Clock Settings see Set Clock on page 2 15 starting at Step 4 for more details Note With power removed i e printer disconnected from power source the system clock retains its settings for about 30 days To add a date time object 1 To add date time object e Touch anywhere in the Editor or e Ifyou are already in a label select Add Object In the Add Objects panel select Serial amp Date Time 3 Inthe Serial amp Date Time dialog box select e Date Time Text Places a date time object on your label e Date Time Barcode Places a barcode object with date time data Serial amp Date Time Text objects TES Serial Text Date Time Text Barcode objects Fee
64. el Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Create Labels Creating a Custom Label Creating a Custom Label Use this procedure to create a label without using a predefined template You can add objects to a label by touching a blank area in the Editor or by using the Add Object button To create a custom label by touching the Editor On any screen touch a blank area in the Editor to add an object 2 Inthe Add Object control panel choose an object type The available options for the selected object will display Note When in the Add Object panel you can also touch an empty area of the label to create a placeholder object at that location The object type you create will then insert into the placeholder object 3 add another object touch a blank area in the Editor then choose the object type you want to add To create a custom label using Add Object button You can also add an object by using the Add Object button when it is available on the control panel At 1 From any screen select Add Object to add an object to the label 2 Inthe Add Object menu press a button to add an available object type Add Object 28 6 Serial 8 Text Barcode Graphic Date Time Note The object is placed on the label at a default size and position that varies depending on the dimensions of the label A 3 To add another object select Add Object again or touch a blank area on the label
65. f the text options Label Alignment Align an object on a label Object Framing Place a frame around an object Scroll Arrows Display whenever there are more items than can be shown on a screen or menu There are two types of scroll arrows aE i Up or Down Use to move through a list of items a menu cation JOD Navigation 45 7 Use to view all parts of a label BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Available Label Types Control Panel e Available Label Types From the Home page you can access all of the available label types You can see all available label types by pressing More Label Types lcs Note Not all label types will be available with all configurations escription rr General Templates Templates for creating commonly used label Custom Label Lets you create a label without a template Pipe Markers Standard or roll form pipe markers and symbol and arrow tape pipe markers Right To Know RTK OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration compliant chemical warning labels CLP GHS Globally Harmonized System Compliant chemical warning labels for use in Europe Classification and Labeling intended to minimize physical health and environmental risks associated with chemicals during transport storage use and disposal These templates are installed for European regions only Arc Flash Product Safety S
66. f your ribbon is sticking or tearing during printing the heat energy may be too high and should be reduced e Print Offset page 8 A value that will move the image from its nominal position slightly in one direction or another Adjust Offset is typically used to do a fine adjustment of the printed image on a die cut label or to move the image slightly closer or further from the edge of a continuous supply Proportional Sizing page 26 Uniform scaling of an object or text Object maintains its size in both the horizontal and vertical direction e Non proportional Sizing page 27 Non uniform scaling of an object or text Object size is distorted in the direction being sized BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide A 3 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Reverse Print page 15 Attribute applied to an object where the foreground and background colors are switched Rotate page 30 Turning the label data some number of degrees on the label the printer supports 90 180 270 degree rotation only Screen unit of software content to show on the display could also be called a page or a window Not the physical display itself Sequence Serialization Serial page 31 Generating a series of alpha or numeric characters for subsequent labels Also called variable data Sizing Handles page 27 Small arrows that appear at the corner proportional sizing and sides non proportional sizing of an object Supply Includes ribbo
67. g Character Font Size or Style Changing Character Font Size or Style Character level attributes are those that affect a single character or characters in an object e g The T in the word Text Character level attributes include font font size and font style bold italic and underline When you change a character level attribute any highlighted text will reflect the change and new text following the current cursor position will also reflect the change To change a character font size or style in the Text Attributes control panel Note When you change the text attributes from the control panel the changes are immediately reflected in the Editor Any subsequent changes will also reflect this change 1 Inthe Editor select a single character or characters from the text box 2 Inthe Attributes control panel Press Font ELI then select the new font type and press OK e Press any of the following buttons B U 4 12 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Text Changing Character Font Size or Style E To change a character font size or style in the Fonts dialog box 1 In Editor select a single character or characters from the text box 2 Inthe Text Attributes controls select Fonts Font Available fonts Preview Arial Courier New Times New Roman P
68. gnments however the last text object set becomes the default for any new text objects during the current editing session See Set Text Defaults on page 2 17 for more details Vertical Text Use this procedure to align text vertically as a string of characters Once text has been sized to fit vertically selecting the vertical setting again will not change the text back to the original size You will have to manually change the text size back to its original setting To set text vertically 1 Inthe Editor select the text object you want to change 2 Inthe Control Panel select More Options to navigate to the Vertical controls 3 Select Vertical The text is immediately displayed vertically on the label 4 toggle the vertical setting on and off select Vertical again Notes Line breaks in the text are treated as spaces when the text is formatted vertically e If the vertical object does not fit on the label the object and text will be resized so it fits within the printable area of the label i e text is not truncated 4 14 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Text Reversing Text Expanding or Condensing Text Use this procedure to expand or condense the text characters horizontally This does not change the font size To expand or condense text 1 2 4 In the Editor select the text object you want to expand
69. gy and data value setting a different ratio and density and increasing or decreasing the barcode size Barcode Size To change the barcode size 1 Inthe Editor select a barcode object 2 Inthe Control Panel select Size to increase or to decrease the barcode vertically Changes are immediately reflected in the Editor Barcode Ratio Ratio is the thickness between a narrow bar and a wide bar overall width of the barcode Usually the ratio is between 2 1 and 3 1 Does not apply to all symbologies To change a barcode ratio 1 Inthe Editor select a barcode object If the Barcode Content dialog box opens select Cancel 2 Inthe Control Panel choose from one of the three options Changes are immediately reflected in the Editor 4 20 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Barcodes Changing Barcode Options Barcode Density Density controls the width of the barcode lines and spaces choose between 10 and 80 mils Typically the thinner the bar and spaces the higher the bar code density and the less space it takes on a label To change the barcode density 1 Inthe Editor select a barcode object 2 Inthe Control panel select Density LJ 3 In the Barcode Density dialog box choose a density for your barcode Density Density mils Cancel 4 Select OK The changes are immediately reflected in the Editor BBP 3
70. he Delete File dialog select the category where the label is located Select the label you want to delete When prompted to delete the file select Yes Selecting No will cancel the operation gt 10 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Creating Quick Labels QuickLabels QuickLabels Creating Quick Labels QuickLabel is an application that lets you choose from a list of predefined labels Use this procedure to open QuickLabels To create QuickLabel 1 From the Home page select QuickLabel or Select More Label Types then select QuickLabel 2 From the Select Label dialog enter the Label ID then select OK Browse t fol your labs Ey Call BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 11 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST QuickLabels Creating Quick Labels Touch Browse choose a category then select the label you want The label immediately opens in the Editor See Quick Label Reference Images on page C 13 for examples of available quick labels Select Label Achrattarce Exit Confined Spaces CONFINED Sa ALAS RAT ree cert AL a DANGER DANGER EM CDANGER TATE Se d eh SES a 4 1 ee DI 304 If desired edit the quick label using the normal edi
71. he print driver installs This takes a minute or two 5 When complete in the Wizard click Finish The BBP V31 printer is now available to receive information from your computer labeling program When printing from the PC the printer must be attached to the PC via the USB cable Be sure to select the BBP V31 printer in the print dialog box of the PC labeling program you are using s To Printer Creating and Printing Labels from a PC 1 Connect the USB cable from the printer to any available USB port on the PC 2 From your labeling software print your labels to the 31 printer Note You cannot save labels or templates from the PC to the printer 2 12 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Setting up the System Defaults Creating and Printing Labels from a PC H Setting up the System Defaults The System Setup function is used to set the printer default settings Default values are common settings that are pre assigned to make the system usable as soon as power is applied e g date and time are set to your local date and time By changing the defaults you can set the settings to your specific requirements To change setup functions use the following procedures Any defaults set here will stay in effect even when power is removed from the printer and during upgrades To change system default settings 1 Select Menu LE 2 Inthe menu list select
72. he total number of selected graphics immediately updates A maximum of 4 graphics are allowed Note To deselect a graphic touch the graphic again b If necessary press Change Category to choose from a different set of graphics You can select graphics from more than one category Graphics Category WHMIS Change i ategory lotal selected 1 gt x Back Next Cancel 6 Select Next BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 5 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Pipe Markers Create Pipe Marker Labels 7 Inthe Arrows dialog choose from the following options e Include Before legend After legend selecting both will include arrows both before and after the legend Direction Left Right Both Arrows Include Before legend After legend Direction x Both E 4 Finish Cancel 8 Select Finish The completed label will display in the Editor 9 If desired edit the data by selecting Edit Pipe Marker Data LII in the Pipe Marker control panel Not all fields are editable Note If the length of all elements together exceeds the recommended length you will be prompted to edit the data or lengthen the pipe marker 10 Install the correct ribbon tape as necessary and print the label C 6 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Create Pipe Marker Labels Pipe Markers Creating a Rollform
73. icates the new label length Creating Auto Sized Label Use this procedure to create a label where the continuous media label length adjusts to fit the data that you add to the label variable label length Note The label size for die cut media is already set and cannot be adjusted To create an auto sized label 1 From the Home page select Menu In the menu list select Size amp Orientation T ma Autosize tn Select Autosize to Fit Data 7222 277 When entering data the label size will automatically be adjusted to fit the data Select OK BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Set Label Attributes Orientation Orientation Use this procedure to set the label in either portrait or landscape orientation You can change the label orientation even if you are working on a label in the Editor To set the label orientation 1 Select Menu 2 Inthe menu list select Size amp Orientation 3 Inthe Label Options dialog box select one of the orientation buttons to choose the orientation of your label Portrait Length from top to bottom e Landscape Length from left to right Note If the current data will not fit on the selected length you will be prompted to have the system make the data fit or cancel the change If you choose to make the data fit the objects will be moved and or resized so they fit on the label howeve
74. ick Clean the keyboard see Cleaning Residue from Printer and Keyboard on page 8 3 Printer too warm Print job The printhead is too hot The printhead has reached was canceled maximum operating temperature Let the printhead cool down for Error 18 approximately 10 minutes then re initiate the print job Printer too cold Print job The printhead has not reached Normal operating range is canceled operating temperature between 50 104 F 10 40 C Allow printer to warm up to Error 20 operating temperature before printing Cutter does not cut There is a jam in the cutter Clear media path at cutter If error persists contact Technical Error 80 Support Printer Error Printer has advanced die cut media Check and clear media path then but cannot detect the notch Sensor reload media If problem persists Error 85 may need cleaning or be failing contact Technical Support 9 2 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Problem Resolution Ribbon Errors Media Errors Problem Message Corrective Action Printer will not feed labels The leading edge of the label roll is Install the media correctly not inserted correctly or The leading edge of the label roll is uneven or torn not a straight edge Media is in the media guides but not present in leading edge sensor or Media is in the leading edge sensor but not present in the media guides or
75. ies when printing labels that contain serialized objects However If the label includes more than one serial object the option to print all labels results in one complete set of the labels generated from the serial object that prints the most labels the shorter series will repeat until the longer series is completed To print labels with serialized objects 1 With a serial label in the Editor select Print 2 From the Print dialog box select the print options Labels to print print all labels or select a range of labels to print e Mirror e Preview e Print energy accessed from the Advanced Settings button e Adjust Offset accessed from the Advanced Settings button Print Labels to print Print all labels RIS Mirror Select labels Preview 3 Advanced vi X Settings Start Print Cancel 3 Select Start Print to start printing the labels BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printing Labels Canceling a Print Job Printing Mirror Image Labels Use this procedure to print labels suitable for reading in a mirror or through the back of the label To print a mirror image label 1 With a defined label in the Editor select Print 2 From the Print dialog box select Mirror 3 Select Start Print to start printing the labels The labels are printed mirrored across the media Note The Mirror setting is not retai
76. if the screen freezes To reset the printer 1 Press and hold 1 for at least 5 seconds system performs the initialization process and starts the printer Any data in the Editor at the time of the reset will be lost 2 When the Home page displays you can continue with your label activities 2 10 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Creating Your First Label Resetting the Printer Creating Your First Label Creating your first label on the BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer is as easy as starting to type You don t need special software and you don t have to be connected to a PC to create or print labels This procedure describes how to create a text label with minimal formatting using basic editing techniques and printing the label Note Take advantage of the powerful label creation and editing capabilities by using the pre designed layouts templates and graphics included with the BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer See the procedures in this manual for detailed instructions To create a text only label 1 From the Home page start typing 2 create another line in your text object press Enter 3 change the look of your text you can select any of the available font or text attributes that display in the Control Panel as soon as you start typing Size 263 pts Font 25 oe ABC BZU 0 To print your label 1 When yo
77. igns and Labels for implementing compliant labels appropriate for work practices that are required to safeguard workers from injury while working on or near exposed electrical parts that could become energized WHMIS Workplace Hazardous Materials Information system Canada s national hazard communication program for hazardous workplace chemicals of controlled products and hazardous materials HSID Hazardous Substances Identification Compliant chemical warning labels for use in Europe These templates are installed for European regions only Customize Lets you determine which three default label types will 11272 display on the Home page BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 1 9 es BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST 2 Setting up Your Printer Unpacking and Setting up Printer Carefully unpack and inspect the printer surfaces interior and exterior and the labeling system for possible damage during shipping Note Be sure to remove any transportation protection from around the printhead and inside the enclosure cover What s in the Box BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer Documentation CD including electronic Quick Start Guide electronic User s Manual and web links Printer Driver CD Power Cord USB Type B Cable Printed Quick Start Guide Cleaning Kit Note Please keep the original packaging including the box in case the printer must be returned BBP 31 Sign amp Label Pr
78. ing Font Attribute page 11 General term referring to attributes of text characters Includes bold italic underline size superscript subscript Font Size page 12 Size of characters often measured in points although sometimes in inches or mm Frame page 29 A printed outline around the label or portion of the label Function An action or operation Often used on a keypad key to access secondary operations from other keys Graphic An image or visual representation of an object Any non photo image or non text symbol Horizontal Offset page 8 Shifts the image printed portion of the label to the right or left Internal Memory page 1 Memory built into the device used for permanent storage of files graphics fonts templates etc Key Physical component typically on keyboard Used for data entry and navigation BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST e Keystrokes page 16 A combination of keys that when typed together result in a special or accented character Keystroke types are Alt Gr Alternative Graphic A modifier key used to access alternate characters represented on keys with a third or fourth symbol on the right side Key accessed also depends on the state of the Caps Lock key and the type of toggle it performs Alt Gr Lock A key that toggles the keyboard between access to Alt Gr and non Alt Gr mode for specific keys Caps Lock A key
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80. inter User Guide 2 1 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Unpacking and Setting up Printer System Components System Components Figure 2 1 Printer Components 1 Stylus 2 Display with touchscreen 3 Power Button 4 Enclosure Cover 5 Label Exit 6 Media Wiper 7 Media Guides 8 Media 9 Cutter 10 Ribbon Cartridge 11 Ribbon Cover 12 USB and Expansion Ports 13 Keyboard Note The printer is equipped with a universal power supply and can be operated with a supply voltage of 100 to 240 V 50 to 60 Hz The printer senses the voltage type and automatically adjusts for the power source 2 2 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Unpacking and Setting up Printer Setting up the Printer Setting up the Printer Connect Printer Power To setup the printer 1 Plug the power cord into the printer at the location shown 2 Plug the other end of the power cord into an AC power outlet The printer automatically comes on and displays the primary Home Page The size and color of the currently installed media and other status indicators are shown Note If there is no ribbon or media installed the system defaults to black ribbon and 4 in 101 6 mm wide continuous white media Power Cord BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 2 3 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Unpacking and Setting up Printer Setting up the Printer Install or Change Supplies
81. is not enough space available to store the imported graphic s you will have to clear some space by deleting saved files Delete a Label File on page 6 3 or deleting previously imported files Delete Imported Graphics on page 7 3 before you can import any new graphics There is approximately 56MB of storage space available J 7 2 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Delete Imported Graphics E Delete Imported Graphics Use this procedure to delete your own imported graphics that you no longer need To delete a graphic 1 Select Menu 2 Select Import E The mport dialog box displays Import Available Installed PDO26 WME X WMF Delete x OK Cancel 3 Inthe mport dialog box select Graphics m 4 Inthe nstalled list select the graphic you want to delete 5 Select Delete X 6 Select Yes to confirm the deletion The graphic will be deleted from the Installed list 7 Repeat Step 5 to delete additional graphics 8 Select OK to exit the dialog BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 7 3 Import Fonts BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Import Fonts Use this procedure to add your own fonts for use in labels created on the printer Only True Type fonts can be imported To import a font 1 Copy the fonts you want to import into the root directory of the USB flash drive you
82. it on the label 4 24 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Aligning Objects Aligning Objects To align objects on label 1 Inthe Editor select the object you want to align 2 Choose More Options and go to the alignment Control Panel Align to Label Edge Center on Label m Exact Size amp mon E Position vert Horiz 3 Choose the alignment option s you want changes are immediately reflected in the Editor Center on Label Positions the object in the vertical or horizontal center of the label e Align to Label Edge Align object to top bottom left or right of label edge If the object already reflects an option or if the option cannot be used for this object the button is greyed out Note If an option is unavailable or if the object already reflects the change the option button s are greyed out Example To move an object to the upper left corner a Touch top b Touch a left BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 25 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Sizing Objects Sizing Objects Use this procedure to set the object size Objects can be sized by using the size buttons dragging objects to size or setting object label length and width Note Sizing an object too large may cause it to overlap or cover other objects in the Editor U
83. ize are available only when you have an object selected Help Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons are always available 6 Undo Lets you undo a limited number of actions If there is no undo action available the undo button is greyed out There is no redo option available Size Toggles the display of sizing handles so you can change the size or rotation of the selected object Help Context sensitive help that displays information about the selected item or area on the menu See the User s Manual for additional information about Help topics Zoom In Lets you increase the view of the object s on the label Scroll arrows appear if the objects are zoomed larger than the available display area Zoom Out Lets you decrease the view of the object s on the label BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 1 5 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST About Menus Dialog Boxes and Screens Menu 1 To display menu options to display the menu options 2 Choose from the following areas File Create new file open existing file save a file or delete a file Label Change the size and orientation add a frame around the label or choose a template e System Set up the printer view printer information e g software version import data or get more tools e Help Displays help for the options listed on the menu e Home Start Over Returns you to the Home page e Cancel
84. job only Cancel 2 18 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Customizing Home Page Defaults Creating and Printing Labels from a P Customizing Home Page Defaults You can choose which three label types to display on your Home page The selected label types will be set as the default on your printer The Preview area will immediately reflect the changes To select label type defaults Label 1 From the Home page select More Label Types 72 2 From Label Types dialog select Customize The Customize dialog box opens Customize Select 3 label types to appear on the Home page Available Included Order General Templates General Templates Custom Label Custom Label Pipe Markers Pipe Markers Right To Know Preview General Templates Custom Label X OK Cancel Pipe Markers 3 From the ncluded list select a label type you do not want displayed then select Remove 4 From the Available list select a label type include and then select Include 5 If desired change the display order by pressing Order M 6 When done select OK BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Displaying System Information Creating and Printing Labels from a PC Displaying System Information Use this procedure to view additional information abo
85. l Printer User Guide C 3 Pipe Markers Create Pipe Marker Labels BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Creating a Standard Pipe Marker To create a standard pipe marker 1 In the Dimensions dialog choose a Tape Width that corresponds to the diameter of your pipe then select Next In the Pipe contents dialog choose the type of material that will flow through the pipe then select Next The material selected determines the pipe marker colors based on the selected color norm in the Pipe Marker setup menu Note The Ribbon Tape information in the dialog indicates the ribbon and tape colors that should be installed for this type of label In the Legend dialog enter the text you want to appear on the label then select Next LE To enter special characters click then enter the character s See Entering Special Characters on page 4 18 for more detail If too many characters per line are used a message will display prompting you to edit the text or lengthen the pipe marker Legend Characters a Note Multiple lines reduce text height possibly causing the pipe marker to nat comply with the standard Cancel BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide Fh BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Create Pipe Marker Labels Pipe Markers 5 Inthe Graphics dialog a Touch the graphic s you want to include on the label A white line appears around the selected graphic s and t
86. lored area of the printhead 3 Moisten one of the foam swabs from the cleaning kit with the alcohol and gently rub across the green and black area of the printhead 13 CAUTION Use only the materials supplied in the cleaning kit Using other materials may permanently damage the printhead 4 Replace the ribbon and tape 5 Close all covers and plug in the power cord 8 10 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printer Maintenance Replacing the Media Wiper Replacing the Media Wiper Materials Required BBP31 Cleaning Kit Cat B31 CCT To replace the media wiper 1 Remove power and media from the printer see Hemoving Power and Media from Printer on page 1 2 Lift and hold the wiper arm while grasping the tab of the wiper insert 14 3 Pullthe tab slightly forward and then slide the wiper insert out of the wiper arm 4 To replace the wiper insert the lip of the wiper insert into the slot 15 of the wiper arm and slide in until the tab snaps into place 14 5 Heplace the ribbon and tape 6 Close all covers and plug in the power cord BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide Printer Maintenance Clearing Jams BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Clearing Jams To clear jams from the printer 1 2 3 Remove all damaged ribbon and or media from the printer Check that there is no damage to the print head cutter blade
87. n and media or both Template page 1 Label with predefined content areas or data placeholders Undo page 2 Restores the last editing operation For example if a segment of text was deleted or changed performing an undo will restore the original text USB Device Universal Serial Bus pages 2 12 7 6 A plug and play interface between a computer and other devices A USB device can be a Type B cable that connects from the PC to a device e g BBP31 printer or a small portable storage device e g flash drive USB Flash Drive Vertical Offset page 8 Shifts the image printed portion of the label up or down Vertical Text page 14 Text characters oriented one above the next so Subsequent characters appear below preceding characters Wizard page 12 Series of prompts guiding user through specific action s BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST B Character Mapping amp Keyboard Layouts Keyboard configurations vary by region See Character Mapping on page 1 for a list of accent characters available for each keyboard configuration See Keyboard Layouts on page B 4 for a graphical layout of the keyboard configurations When used in combination with the lt Shift gt and lt AltGr gt keys the keyboards support multiple characters The position in which the character appears on a keycap indicates which combination of keystrokes to use to access the
88. n grow or shrink the text sizing by this procedure To increase text size e text into a text box The text will automatically size to fit the size of the text box or as it reaches the label boundary e ouch or select a text box and then in the Control Panel select Size e See also Changing Character Font Size or Style page 4 12 To decrease text size Press Enter A new line will be started and the text size decreased to fit the text box e Touch or select a text box and then in the Control Panel select Size Delete Clear Text To delete clear text in a text box 1 With a text label in the Editor touch a text object The cursor blinking is positioned at the end of the text box 2 delete or remove text use these keys the keyboard e Backspace Deletes character s to the eft of the cursor e Highlighted Characters characters are highlighted pressing Backspace deletes all of the highlighted text Note Pressing Enter deletes any highlighted text and starts a new line 3 clear all text and leave the text box a Select Select All Chars b Onthe Keyboard press Backspace Clears highlighted text 4 To delete all text and remove the text box touch Delete in the Tools section All text in the selected text box is deleted and the text box is removed BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 11 BRADY when PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Text Changin
89. ned for the next print job The Mirror setting must be reselected each time you want to print mirror image labels Canceling a Print Job This procedure assumes that a print job has been initiated and is currently printing To cancel a print job 1 Inthe Printing Status dialog box select Cancel The printer immediately stops printing displays a print job cancelled message and cuts the media Note Once Cancel is selected the print job cannot be resumed BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 5 5 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printing Labels Resuming an Interrupted Print Job Resuming an Interrupted Print Job Use this procedure to resume a print job that was interrupted To resume an interrupted print job 1 When the job interruption message displays correct the condition that caused the interruption e g replace the media or ribbon 2 Select the option to continue e Resume Current reprints the current label then continues printing e Resume Next prints the next label then continues printing Or e Cancel the print job Print Job Interrupted The print job was interrupted Please select one of the following options Resume Resume x Current Next Cancel 5 6 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 28 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printing Labels Adjusting Print Energy E Adjusting Print Energy If your printing is spotty you may want to increase the
90. nes a bar code s density High density bar codes have low numbers e g 5 mil and low density bar codes have high numbers e g 55 mil When X is small the area required for each character is less than when X is large thus the bar code can hold more per linear inch and is said to be of higher density The width of the barcode is influenced by the following 3 variables Symbology Different symbologies have different widths of bars and Spaces Ratio of Wide to Narrow Elements Basically changing the width of the narrowest bar in relation to the width of the thickest bar Width of Narrowest Bar x dimension The most common user variable density component is measured in thousandths of an inch or mils Very high density barcodes can have a density as low as 3 mils Category pages 3 1 4 4 6 1 6 2 6 3 Group of related items symbols graphics files Condense page 15 To compress text characters horizontally but not vertically distorting the font Does not change the font size Default page 14 Predetermined action or setting The one that will be taken or established if the user makes no changes Editor page 4 The display area used to create and edit labels Expand page 15 To widen text characters horizontally but not vertically distorting the font Does not change font size External USB pages 6 1 6 3 Removable device such as a USB flash drive Feed page 8 Physically advance the media without print
91. ng 3 return to normal viewing mode touch until you can see the entire label content BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 3 7 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST 4 Working with Objects Overview What is an Object An object can be any text graphic or barcode element on a label Objects can be edited moved aligned deleted rotated framed and or sized Some objects also have characteristics that can be added or changed e g bold justified underlined density Object Types Object types include Text Graphics Barcodes Serialization and Date Time To add objects e Touch the Editor screen Inserts a placeholder object which you can then populate with any of the object types e Touch Add Object button located in the Control Panel Inserts a placeholder object which you can then populate with any of the object types Add Empty Object when at the Add Object panel Touching an empty area of the label will create a placeholder object at the location you touched The object type you create will then insert into the placeholder object BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 1 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Overview Object Sizing Undo Undo allows you to restore the last editing operation s that have taken place For example if a segment of text has been deleted or changed performing an undo will restore the original text The number of undo actions are limited
92. nted character you want applied 2 the appropriate keystroke combination see Figure 4 1 The table shows example keystroke combinations Note The keyboard configuration used in all of the examples is North American QWERTY except the ring which used the European QWERTY Result Accent Key Keystroke Combination Upper Case Shift Alt Gr Key Circumflex Lower Case Shift Alt GR Key Letter BENE S Upper Case Shift Alt GR Key Shift Letter Acute Lower Case Alt GR Key Letter Diresis umlaut Lower Case Shift Key Letter Upper Case Shift Key Shift Letter Ring Lower Case Alt Key Letter Upper Case Alt Key Shift Letter BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 17 BRADY wien PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Text Entering Special Characters E Entering Special Characters Use this procedure to enter text characters such as accented characters or special characters that are not present on the physical keyboard To enter special characters 1 In Editor choose a text object then select Special Characters A list of available characters is displayed Note The available characters depend on the font you are using Special Characters 2454 6 T ti i steph n LLL Characters to Insert 2 Select the character s you want to enter you can select more th
93. nter power and media 1 Remove the power plug 1 from the printer BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 8 1 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printer Maintenance Removing Power and Media from Printer 3 Release the latch on the ribbon cover 2 and swing open 4 Release the ribbon cartridge latch 3 and lift the ribbon cartridge up and out 5 Move yellow media wiper 3 to far right when facing display 6 Move yellow media guides 4 to full open 7 Remove media cartridge from the slots of media holder 5 8 2 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printer Maintenance Cleaning the Printer Cleaning the Printer Cleaning Residue from Printer and Keyboard Whenever performing any maintenance on the printer you should also clean any residue caused by the media Materials Required e Compressed Air Bottle purchased locally e g HOSA AIR 464 Gear Duster Lint free Cloth e Isopropyl Alcohol e Safety Glasses To clean residue from the printer CAUTION Always wear safety glasses when using compressed air 1 Remove power and media from the printer see Removing Power and Media from Printer on page 8 1 2 With safety glasses on spray compressed air on any parts of the printer and keyboard that have built up residue Note If compressed air is not available use a lint free cloth lightly moistened with iso
94. on page 7 1 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 195 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Adding Objects Barcode Objects E Barcode Objects To add a barcode object 1 Use one of the following methods to add a barcode object e Touch anywhere in the Editor or A e Ifyou are already in a label select Add Object 2 Inthe Add Object panel select Barcode 3 Inthe Barcode Content dialog box a Select a barcode Symbology b Type a Data Value Note You can set a different symbology as the default by using System Setup see Set Barcode Defaults on page 2 18 Note To set a different data source see Converting Text or Barcode to Variable Data on page 4 31 Barcode Data value Symbology 22 Code 128 Auto EAN JAN 13 Set Interleaved 2 01 5 Data Source x Cancel Note If a typed character is invalid for the active symbology a message will display indicating that you have entered an incorrect character Options for entering barcode data and selecting symbology will remain displayed until valid characters are entered or you cancel the operation 4 Select OK EA BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 5 BRADY PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Adding Objects Serial Objects Serial Objects Serialization lets you create labels that contain number or letter sequences that print as multiple labels at print time
95. or Image Labels 5 5 Canceling Prin VOD 5 5 Resuming an Interrupted Print Job 5 6 gt 5 7 Adjusting Print Offset 5 8 PANUNG TOMA 5 9 6 Working with Label Files Sav Label 6 1 opena Lapel RR 6 2 Delete 6 3 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide xiii Contents BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST 7 Using System Tools sess avri utebare ann Pu Ss 7 1 Delete Imported nenene 7 3 ETT 7 4 Printer UD GF AGS neue 7 5 Installing Software Upgrades sise 7 5 ole cele caida cR PEE REESE 7 5 Upgrade from USB Flash Drive 7 6 8 Maintenance Printer Maintenance 8 1 Removing Power and Media from Printer VV 8 1 cleaning ihe PROS mm 8 3 Cleaning Residue from Printer and 8 3 Cleaning TOUCH SCOR ripa ers na cres an ida oae 8 4 Cleaning the Cutter Blade
96. or condense In the Control Panel select More Options to navigate to the Expand Condense controls Select Expand Condense The text is immediately displayed expanded or condensed on the label Note Text expands or condenses 50 to 200 in 10 increments If the limits are reached the Expand Condense buttons have no further effect Repeat Step 3 to continue expanding or condensing the text Reversing Text Use this procedure to format text with the foreground and background colors reversed i e black on white background or white on black background To set reverse text output 1 In the Editor select the text object you want formatted in reverse In the Control Panel select More Options to navigate to the Reverse control Select Reverse The text is immediately displayed with the foreground and background colors reversed To toggle the setting on or off select Reverse AN again BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 15 BRADY PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Text Typing Text and Accented Characters Typing Text and Accented Characters As with standard PC keyboards each character key supports multiple characters when used in combination with the lt Shift gt and lt Alt Gr gt keys Keycaps show characters in one of four positions See Figure 4 1 The character position on the physical key indicates how to access the characte
97. ory and graphic As soon as you select a graphic the label will be created and displayed in the Editor 6 Install the correct ribbon tape as necessary and print the label BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 9 1 i92 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Pipe Markers Save Open or Delete a Pipe Marker Label Save Open or Delete a Pipe Marker Label You can only save open or delete pipe marker labels from the Pipe Marker application To open the pipe marker application 1 From the Home page select Pipe Markers LII or Select More Label Types then select Pipe Markers To save a pipe marker Note This procedure assumes that a pipe marker has already been created To create a pipe marker see Create Pipe Marker Labels page C 3 1 With the pipe marker displayed in the Pipe Marker control panel select Menu Select Save File iL 2 3 Select a category or if desired create a new category 4 Inthe File name field enter a file name for the pipe marker 5 Select OK The pipe marker is saved To open an existing pipe marker From the Pipe Marker control panel select Open Saved File In the Open File dialog select a category Select a label The file immediately opens in the pipe marker editor To edit the pipe marker select Edit Pipe Marker Data 2120 19 21 To delete a pipe marker 1 Inthe Pipe Marker control panel select Menu Select Delete File 2 In t
98. ose all covers and plug in the power cord 8 8 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printer Maintenance Cleaning the Printer Dust Cleaning Dust generated by media cuts can accumulate in the unit If a significant amount of dust is built up clean the unit using this procedure Materials Required e Cleaning Kit Cat 4 B31 CCT e sopropyl Alcohol e Compressed Air Bottle purchased locally e g HOSA AIR 464 Gear Duster To clean dust from the unit CAUTION Always wear safety glasses when using compressed air 1 Remove power and media from the printer see Hemoving Power and Media from Printer on page 1 2 Using compressed air spray all visible areas inside the printer to remove accumulated dust 3 Using a cloth moistened with isopropyl alcohol wipe any remaining dust from inside the printer 4 Wipe exterior cover and frame of printer for dirt and residue BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 8 9 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printer Maintenance Cleaning the Printer Cleaning the Printhead Materials Required Cleaning Kit Cat B31 CCT e Isopropyl Alcohol To clean the printhead 1 Remove power and media from the printer see Hemoving Power and Media from Printer on page 1 2 Fillthe plastic bottle from the cleaning kit with isopropyl alcohol Note Do not rub the swab over the bronze co
99. pair and Return If for any reason you need to return the BBP 371 printer for repair please contact Brady Technical Support for repair and replacement information viii BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide P BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Overview Conventions Overview About this Document The purpose of this guide is to provide information and instructions on using the BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer Conventions When using this document it is important that you understand the conventions used throughout the manual e All User actions are indicated by Bold text e References to Menus dialog boxes button and screens are indicated by Italics text e See About Menus Dialog Boxes and Screens on page 1 4 for a description of the menus and controls BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide ix O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Contents Contents Copyright and Trademarks End User License Agreement for Microsoft Windows iv Brady War aniy BERN RERO V Agency Compliance and vi Safety and EnvIFOBImell qoo pase vii Technical Support and Registration 24404401 viii
100. print energy to make sure more of the ribbon ink transfers to the label However if your ribbon is sticking or tearing during printing the heat energy may be too high and should be reduced CAUTION Constantly printing at high energy levels may cause printer jams or other printing errors and may reduce the overall life of your printhead To adjust the print energy 1 With a defined label in the Editor select Print Advanced 2 Inthe Print dialog select Advanced Settings Advanced Settings Print energy Reduce energy Pantie Increase energy Adjust E iri 21 141 al 3 Inthe Print Energy area select the appropriate box to increase or decrease the print energy level Note By default the print energy is at the nominal setting for the best overall performance 4 Select OK The print energy level is changed and the Print dialog box is displayed 5 Choose your print options and select Start Print The system uses the new setting for printing the label s in this print job Note The selected print energy setting will stay in effect for all subsequent print jobs with the currently installed media When new media is installed the print energy level is reset to the default setting The print energy level is also reset by rebooting the system BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 5 7 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST
101. propyl alcohol and wipe off residue 3 If necessary use a moistened lint free cloth to clean the keyboard keys 4 Replace the ribbon and tape 5 Close all covers and plug in the power cord BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 8 3 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printer Maintenance Cleaning the Printer Cleaning the Touch Screen Materials Required Lint free Cloth non abrasive e Isopropyl Alcohol or e Pre moistened Cloth appropriate for cleaning PC screens To clean the touch screen Note Normal cleaners with ammonia soaps or any acids can damage the screen Use only a lint free cloth dampened with isopropyl alchohol 1 Lightly moisten a lint free cloth with isopropyl alcohol or use a pre moistened cloth suitable for cleaning a PC screen 2 Gently rub the damp cloth across the screen until all of the residue is removed 8 4 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printer Maintenance Cleaning the Printer Cleaning the Cutter Blade Note When cleaning the cutter you should also clean the media and cutter sensors Materials Required BBP31 Cleaning Kit Cat B31 CCT e sopropyl Alcohol e Cutter Cleaning Tool included in cleaning kit To clean the cutter 1 Remove power and media from the printer see Hemoving Power and Media from Printer on page 1 2 Squeeze the two yellow cutter tabs 6 to release
102. r the objects will not be rearranged into a new orientation 4 Select OK BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 3 5 BRADY PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Set Label Attributes Framing a Label Framing a Label Note When printing with frames around the labels be sure the media guides fit snug against the media so the tape does not shift while printing For making fine adjustments to the frame see Adjusting Print Offset on page 5 8 Use this procedure if you want to place a frame border around the entire label The following conditions apply e Fixed size labels When using continuous or die cut supplies the frame is applied to the outer perimeter of the printable area If changed the frame size changes with the label size e Auto sized labels When objects determine the label length the frame is sized to fit the objects on the label when the frame is applied If the label size changes after that the frame is not resized You must reapply the frame to the label after making a size change To place a frame around the label Note If you are not working with a fixed length label you must have at least one object on your label before you can place a frame around the label 1 Select Menu 2 In the menu list select Frame 3 From the Label Frame menu a Select the frame shape none rectangle rounded rectangle b Select the frame line width narrow medium wide Not
103. r User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Converting Text or Barcode to Variable Data Converting Text or Barcode to Variable Data Use these procedures to convert an existing text or barcode object into a serial or date time object on the label This applies to both template or freeform objects Note You cannot add serial data to a graphic Convert to Serial Data To convert text or barcode to serial data 1 In the Editor select the text or barcode object that you want to use for the serial data 2 Text Select More Options and to Set Data Source or Barcode Select Change Barcode 3 Select to Set Data Source boy Set Data Source Serial Date Time x Cancel 4 Inthe Set Data Source dialog box select from the following options to choose the data source and change the format options e Constant Fixed non variable object e Serial e Date Time Places a date time object on your label 5 Select Serial Displays the Serial amp Date Time dialog box See Serial Objects on page 4 6 for details BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 31 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Converting Text or Barcode to Variable Data 6 Inthe Serial dialog box type or select values for setting the serial attributes the Sample area will immediately display an example of the selections Serial Starting value
104. rectly or out of ribbon Or Load a new ribbon Poor print quality Ribbon and label media are Verify the correct ribbon for the incompatible or using an incorrect label roll is loaded in the printer label material and ribbon combination or Change the ribbon or label combination Dust or adhesives accumulated on Clean the printhead see Printer the printhead Maintenance on page 8 1 Media wiper dirty Replace media wiper see Printer Maintenance on page 8 1 Void areas or lines appear on Ribbon wrinkling e Tension the ribbon by rotating printed text the rewind spool top spool in a downward direction until all slack is removed e Try another ribbon cartridge Printer not ready The ribbon cover is open or the cutter Close ribbon cover is not in operational position Or Error 15 Move cutter to operational position Printer Error Ribbon cover was opened during Close ribbon cover printing Error 16 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 9 5 155 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST A Glossary of Terms The following are the definitions of terms that are used in this manual e Alignment Justification page 14 Refers to how text lines are aligned the text object Alignment can refer to both horizontal and vertical alignment Justification is only used in the context of horizontal alignment e Autosize page 4 When setting label length to automatically set the label length to fi
105. replace ribbon If error persists contact technical support Errors 64 65 66 67 68 The printer cannot read the ribbon memory cell memory cell code incorrect 64 cannot read cell 65 data in cell is corrupted 66 cell is wrong version 67 ribbon counter shows no ribbon remaining 68 Replace the ribbon If problem persists contact Technical Support BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 9 3 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Problem Resolution Power Errors Power Errors when turned on printer or wall socket Screen freezes User Interface error Press Power 1 to turn printer off 2 Press Power 1 again to turn printer on If power does not shut down printer 3 Press and hold Power 1 for more than 5 seconds to reset the machine Release Power 1 after observing that printer has reset 9 4 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Problem Resolution Printing Errors B Printing Errors Problem Message Corrective Action Faint print on labels Ribbon not advancing correctly rotating the rewind spool top spool in a downward direction until all slack is removed Try another ribbon cartridge Print energy might be too low Adjust the print energy setting see Adjusting Print Energy on page 5 7 No print on the label The label or ribbon is not loaded Reinstall the ribbon cartridge cor
106. rs with the lt Shift gt and lt Alt Gr gt keys Characters that require 2 keystrokes are not differentiated in any way however they will respond differently when selected For example when an accented character is typed it will not display until the letter to be modified is also typed The accented character will then be displayed with the letter Understanding Keystroke Combinations e The term Key represents the physical key on which the accent character is located sign indicates that two or more keys should be pressed simultaneously e separating a keystroke combination indicates that the first set of keys should be released before typing the next keystroke combination Shift Shift AltGr N Figure 4 1 Keystroke Combinations Key 4 16 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Working with Text Typing Text and Accented Characters Typing Accented Characters To access accented characters typing the key combinations may vary depending on the keyboard configuration you are using The following shows an example of using each of the 4 key combinations Note See Character Mapping amp Keyboard Layouts on page B 1 for a list of accent characters available with specific keyboards and the keyboard configurations To type an accented character 1 On keyboard locate the key with the acce
107. rt only one USB flash drive at a time 4 Choose a Category or select New Category mm and type a category name 5 Choosea Filename Type a name for the label file or confirm the existing label file name if the file has been previously saved in this location The system will not let you type illegal characters Note If filename already exists the system will ask if you want to replace the existing file 6 Select OK to save the label file The label remains displayed in the Editor BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 6 1 Open a Label File m BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Open a Label File Use this procedure to retrieve a label file that has been saved in internal or external storage 1 2 Select Menu Select Open File i If a label file with unsaved changes is currently in the Editor you will be prompted to save the current label Click No if you do not want to save the label In the Open Label File dialog box select the Location and Category where the file is stored The system will display all of the label files available at that location Select the label file you want to open The label will immediately open in the Editor Note If the selected label does not fit on the currently installed media you will be prompted to have the system make the data fit or cancel the operation If you choose to make the data fit objects will be moved and or resized to fit on the label
108. s instructions it may cause interference to radio communications It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of the FCC rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference when operating in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case required corrective measures will be at the owner s expense The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved by Brady Worldwide Inc could void the user s authority to use the equipment Canada ICES 003 Class A Notice Classe A This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil numerique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du Reglement sur le material broilleur du Canada Europe Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive In accordance with the European WEEE Directive this device must be recycled in the European Union country in which it was purchased ROHS Directive 2002 95 EC This statement clarifies Brady s product compliance with the European Union s Directive 2002 95 EC Restriction of Hazardous Substances vi BBP
109. s sensors etc Check whether any cleaning is needed If cleaning is required see Cleaning the Printer on page 8 3 for details Reload ribbon and media and clear all error messages BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST 9 Troubleshooting Messages The BBP 731 Sign amp Label Printer contains pictures and animations that describe or show what action you should take to resolve any messages or errors The following example is for illustration only and may not represent the exact message text Printer Error o Save Changes Printer ready Save changes to label Chose and Latch 11 51 15 i T t r Lo m 1 ORO Error rmumnber 15 X Cancel BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 9 1 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Problem Resolution Hardware Errors Problem Resolution Messages indicate the problem for the task being performed and also provide a possible corrective action The following sections provide additional information for troubleshooting printer errors Hardware Errors Problem Message Corrective Action Cut quality is poor Cutter needs cleaning Clean the cutter see Cleaning the Cutter Blade on page 8 5 Keyboard works intermittently One or more keys is stuck in Identify any keys stuck in down or not at all depressed state position Repress key to unst
110. se Size Buttons To use the size buttons 1 Inthe Editor select the object you want to resize 2 nthe Toolbar touch increase or decrease button Increasing or decreasing the object size with the Size buttons results in proportional resizing only Note For barcode objects resizing occurs only in the direction of the barcode bars usually the vertical direction unless the barcode has been rotated 3 Repeat Step 2 until the object is the size you want 4 26 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Sizing Objects Drag Objects to Size To drag objects to size 1 Inthe Editor select the object you want to resize 2 Inthe Tools panel touch Size to display the sizing handles on the object enu 111111 Note If an object is rotated the non proportional sizing handles hidden To size non proportionally return the object to an unrotated state 0 degrees Touch a handle and drag on the touch screen to resize the object Proportionally Drag the corner handle to resize the object proportionally e Non Proportionally Width Drag the right side handle to stretch or shrink the object width in the direction of the handle only e Non Proportionally Height Drag the bottom handle to stretch or shrink the object width in the direction of the handle only 4 hide the sizing handles
111. st Add or delete organs x To delete an organ type 1 In the Right to Know Preferences dialog select Organs 2 Inthe Add or delete hazards drop down list choose the organ you want to delete then select Delete 30 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Create RTK Labels Right to Know RTK Create RTK Labels The selected label format determines the options that are available See Table 7 Available RTK Formats and Options on page C 33 for a list of formats and options that are available from the RTK menu To create a new RTK label 1 From the Right To Know panel select Create New File Note Depending on the defaults selected the Setup menu the defaults selected will vary To change the selected defaults see Setting Preferences on page C 27 2 Select a new label format or click Next to continue with the default selection Right to Know Format Format NFPA Diamond Only Label Color Standard Label Standard Label ANSI Label Color Har Only Label Color Bar Manufacturer Label Preferences 3 Select or enter data for each of the dialogs that display for your label format The dialogs that display depend on the label format you selected 4 When done select Finish The label is generated and displayed in the Editor Note Before printing install the supply that matches th
112. t the data included on the label Applicable for continuous media only When setting text size to automatically set the size of the text to the largest possible size that still fits on the label e Barcode page 5 A barcode is a series of black and white bars and white spaces with varying widths Linear barcodes are based on bars or spaces bar height bar position or distance of adjacent bars Barcode Check Character Identify the barcode symbology and also enable the scanner to read the data in the correct order Barcode Start Stop Characters Start stop characters help to detect errors during the printing process Available options are Include Check Character On off Includes a check character in the barcode Does not apply to all symbologies Readable Check Character Displays the check character on the label if Include Check Character is also selected Does not apply to all symbologies Readable Start stop Displays the start stop character on the label does not apply to all symbologies Quiet ui Characters 25 Zone Zone Start Stop Character Character BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide A 1 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Barcode Ratio The thickness ratio between a narrow bar and a wide bar Usually the ratio is between 2 1 and 3 1 Barcode Density The number of characters that can be captured in a particular space usually a linear inch The X dimension determi
113. that toggles the keyboard between upper case and lower case modes for all alphabetic keys but has no affect on other keys Shift A modifier key used to access alternate upper characters on keys Key accessed also depends on the state of the Caps Lock key and the type of toggle it performs Shift Lock A version of caps lock that affects all keys as shift does e Label The area on the display where text graphics and barcodes are located A discrete page or unit of output e Media Substrate on which labels are printed Includes tape continuous and label die cut e Menu page 4 A display of options that are provided to a user There are several types of menus e g pop up cascading pull down moving bar etc Mirror Print page 5 Output that is suitable for reading in a mirror or through the back of the label e Object page 1 Discrete data graphic or barcode element on a label that is movable as a unit e Print Energy page 7 Defines how much heat is applied to the printhead when you are printing a label As you print heat applied to the printhead elements causes the ink to transfer to the label material as is passes under the printhead The higher the print energy the more ink is transferred to the label i e the higher the heat on the heat element Therefore if your printing is spotty you may want to increase the print energy to make sure more of the ribbon ink transfers to the label However i
114. the PC see Using Your Printer with a PC on page 2 12 and the BBP V31 printer must be powered on To print from a PC 1 From the label creation application at the PC start the print job The PC will send the data to the printer Note If the printer is already printing when the data is sent from the PC the printer will not acknowledge the data and eventually the PC will time out and display an error message 2 When the printer starts printing the job let the job print or select Cancel to cancel the print job Note All standalone printer capabilities are disabled or unavailable while printing from the PC BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 5 9 es BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST 6 Working with Label Files Save a Label File Use this procedure to save a label file 1 With a label created in the Editor select Menu 2 Select Save File w The Save File dialog box displays Note If the label was previously saved the system defaults to that location and file name If the storage location is no longer available e g the external storage location has been removed the system defaults to the internal memory location 3 Choose a Label Location Internal Memory file is saved on the printer e External USB file is saved on a USB flash drive If the location is full no files can be saved until one or more files in that location are deleted Note The system will suppo
115. the cutter The cutter mechanism and exit chute 7 will slide down behind the ribbon cover L 3 Fill the plastic bottle from the cleaning kit with isopropyl alcohol BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 8 5 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printer Maintenance Cleaning the Printer 4 Clean metal cutting blade 8 a Ifthe cutting blade shows significant residue use a flathead screwdriver or other flat edged tool to gently scrape the reside off the cutting blade b Moisten one of the foam swabs from the cleaning kit with the alcohol Do not allow the alcohol to drip from the swab c Clean cutting blade with moistened swab until all residue is removed 5 Close the cutting blade by pushing up on the exit chute until the cutter tabs Snap into place Note You may need to hold ribbon cover up slightly to access the exit chute 6 Replace the ribbon and tape 7 Close all covers and plug in the power cord 8 6 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide P BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Printer Maintenance Cleaning the Printer Cleaning the Sensors The media and cutter sensors are located inside the printer and may be covered with dust that results from cutting the media The media sensor is located under the yellow media guide The cutter sensor is located above the cutting blade and is visible only when the cutter is released Materials Required
116. ting procedures See Working with Labels on page 3 1 and Working with Objects on page 4 1 for more information 4 open save or delete a quick label see Working with Label Files on page 6 1 C 12 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Quick Label Reference Images QuickLabels Quick Label Reference Images Reference the following labels when creating Quick Labels Admittance Exit Confined Spaces DANGER _ DANGER DANGER C DANGER CONFINED SPACE DO NOT ENTER PAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL SPACE PERMIT ONLY KEEP OUT AUTHORED PERSONNEL ONLY ONLY 301 4 x 6 302 4 x 6 3n3 4 x 6 304 4 x 6 305 4 x 6 DANGER DANGER DANGER PERMIT REQUIRED giis con KEEP OUT CONFINED SPACE DO NOT ENTER u rn dee penis 306 4 x 6 307 4 x 6 308 4 x 6 309 4 x 6 310 4 x 6 AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEES KEEP THIS DEM EE NO PERSONNEL ONLY DOOR CLOSED THIS POINT PARKING 311 4 x 6 812 4 6 313 4 x 6 314 4 x 6 315 4 x 6 AUTHORIZED 0 PERSONNEL EXIT EXIT TRESPASSING 316 4 6 317 4 x 5 318 4 x 6 319 4 x 7 320 4 x 7 FIRE EXIT FIRE EXIT 321 4 x 14 322 4 x 14 AN No EXIT NOT THIS DOOR FOR EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY 323 4 x 6 324 4 x 6 325 4 x 6 BBP
117. touch Size again BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 27 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Sizing Objects Set Object Size Use this procedure if you want to size an object by setting the object height and width To size an object using object dimensions 1 Inthe Editor select the object you want to resize 2 Inthe Control Panel select More Options to navigate to the Exact Size amp Position option 3 Select Exact Size amp Position 4 To maintain the object proportions select Keep width height ratio 5 Type a value for e Object width Object height Exact Size amp Position 2 Keep width Object width CEE in height ratio Distance from top of label Object height Cancel Distance from left edge 11 1 25 in 2 x 6 When done select OK The object is displayed at the specified size Note If the values entered result in the object being positioned outside the printable area the system resizes and repositions the object to fit on the label 4 28 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Framing an Object Deleting an Object To delete an object from a label Note This procedure does not delete the text within an object To delete text see Delete Clear Text on page 4 11 1 In the Editor select the object you want to delete 2 Touch Delete or press Del on the ke
118. tractually obligated MS to make this disclaimer BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Brady Warranty Trademarks E No Liability for Certain Damages EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW MS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE THIS LIMITATION SHALL APPLY EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL MS BE LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF U S TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS U S 250 00 Limitations on Reverse Engineering Decompilation and Disassembly You may not reverse engineer decompile or disassemble the SOFTWARE except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law not withstanding this limitation SOFTWARE TRANSFER ALLOWED BUT WITH RESTRICTIONS You may permanently transfer rights under this End User License Agreement only as part of a permanent sale or transfer of the Device and only if the recipient agrees to this End User License Agreement If the SOFTWARE is an upgrade any transfer must also include all prior versions of the SOFTWARE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS You acknowledge that SOFTWARE is of US origin You agree to comply with all applicable international and national laws that apply to the SOFTWARE including the U S Export Administration Regulations as well as end user end use and country
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120. u are done creating your label select Print E Note The printer must have ribbon and tape installed before you can print 2 Inthe Print dialog box type the number of copies you want to print Print 3 Press Start Print BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 2 11 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Using Your Printer with a PC Creating and Printing Labels from a PC Using Your Printer with a PC You can use a personal computer to install software upgrades or to create labels on the PC rather than working directly on the printer Note You must have labeling software installed on your computer to create edit or print labels from the PC Refer to your labeling software documentation for instructions about installing and using the software See Compatible Applications on page 1 2for more details Installing USB Driver If you are connecting the 1 printer to your PC you will need the USB device driver installed on your PC Once connected the PC should automatically detect and install the USB driver if it is not already installed 1 Attach the small end of the USB cable to the printer then the flat end of the cable to the PC 2 Turn the printer on On the PC Found New Hardware pops up in the lower right corner of the screen and the print driver wizard is launched 3 In the Wizard click Install the software automatically if it is not already selected 4 Click Next T
121. urer Label Size To choose a default label size 1 2 In the Right to Know Preferences dialog select Size From the Standard Label options for the selected format type choose the label size you want Note The available label sizes are determined by the format type you have selected Click OK 1 Click again to close the dialog and return to the main page C 28 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide P BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Setting RTK Preferences Right to Know RTK Add or Delete Hazards or Organs Hazard Types To add a hazard type In the Right to Know Preferences dialog select Hazards 2 Inthe Add or delete hazards dialog type the new hazard you want to include 3 Select Add hazard will be added to the list Add or delete hazards Medical Waste x To delete a hazard type 1 In the Right to Know Preferences dialog select Hazards 2 Inthe Add or delete hazards drop down list choose the hazard you want to delete then select Delete BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide C 29 BRADY wien PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Right to Know RTK Setting RTK Preferences Organ Types To add an organ type 1 Inthe Right to Know Preferences dialog select Organs 2 Inthe Add or delete organs dialog type the new organ you want to include Select Add The organ will be added to the li
122. ut media the media is advanced to the cut position which is the next die cut label For continue media the media advances until you release the Feed button 2 If desired press Cut M The printer will cut off the media BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST System Power Waking the Printer from Sleep Mode System Power Starting Printer from a Non powered Cold State This procedure describes the power up sequence when starting from a non powered state i e printer has been unplugged The printer does not retain the label during a power interruption Note With power removed i e printer disconnected from power source the system clock retains its settings for about 30 days To start the printer from a cold state 1 Plugthe printer into a power source The system automatically recognizes the supply information for the installed media and ribbon and opens to the Home Page 2 Onthe Home page continue with your label activities Waking the Printer from Sleep Mode If you do not touch the screen or press any keyboard or other keys buttons for a defined period of time the system turns off the display and goes into a low power consumption mode see Set Clock on page 2 15 for details The current label and settings are retained To wake the printer from sleep mode 1 Press or touch the screen The Editor displays the label or menu you
123. ut the system such as the current software or firmware version and the available memory To view system information 1 From the Editor select Menu 2 Inthe menu options list select Info The System Information dialog box displays System Info Main Editor Version 14 000 011 004 dev Firmware 60 Build date Jan 6 2010 13 77 46 Available memory Internal 5902 222 x Print Configuration Label Cancel External USB Not Available 3 Select OK when you are done viewing the system information Note Select Cancel at any time to cancel the operation and return to the Editor 2 20 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide O BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST 3 Working with Labels Create Labels Creating a Label from a Template Use this procedure to create a label using a general template or specialty template To create a label from a general template 1 From the Home page select General Templates 2 Select Template dialog box select a Category Select Template Category With Bar Codes Blank Label tton 1 11111 With Bar Codes With Graphics With Sign Headers More Label Types x Cancel BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 3 1 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Create Labels Creating a Label from a Template 3 Choose a template from the list of
124. y while using the arrows the objects move in larger increments Note The text editing panel cannot be displayed if you want to move a text object using the arrow keys If the text editing panel is displayed using the arrow keys will move the cursor within the text box To exit text editing mode select More Options then use the arrow keys to move your object 3 Repeat Step 2 until the object is positioned where you want it BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 23 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Moving Objects Set Object Position Use this procedure if you want to move an item on the label to a specific position by setting the specific x and y coordinates To move an object using object position coordinates 1 Inthe Editor select the object you want to move 2 Inthe Control Panel select More Options to navigate to the Exact Size amp Position option 3 Select Exact Size amp Position 4 Type a value for e Distance from the top of label Y coordinate e Distance from left edge X coordinate Exact Size amp Position 2 Keep width Object width 5 height ratio Distance from top of label Object height 4 Cancel 5 When done select OK KA The object is displayed at the specified position Note If the values entered result in the object being positioned outside the printable area the system resizes and repositions the object to f
125. yboard Framing an Object To place or remove a frame around an object the object must be either text or graphic Barcode objects cannot be framed When selected changes are immediately reflected in the Editor Note To frame the entire label see Framing a Label on page 3 6 To frame an object on a label 1 With a label defined in the Editor select the object you want to frame 2 Select More Options gt and go to the Object Frame panel Object Frame Shape Line Width None Rect Rounded Narrow Medium Wide 3 Select the Shape you want around the object none rectangle rounded 4 Select a Line Width for the frame narrow medium wide BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printer User Guide 4 29 BRADY WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS MOST Handling Objects Rotating an Object Rotating an Object To rotate an object 1 In Editor touch the object you want to rotate 2 Inthe Tools Panel touch Size 1 to display the sizing and rotation handles 3 Onthe label touch Rotate 2 The object is rotated 90 counterclockwise Note When rotated the text font will be reduced so that the entire text box fits on the label The font size will stay reduced even if the object is rotated back to its original position a full 360 4 Repeat Step 310 rotate the object further selecting Rotate 4 times returns the object to the original unrotated state 4 30 BBP 31 Sign amp Label Printe
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