NUMBERING FUNCTION; 1 Hold down c and press O. The message “START?” appears in the display.; 2 Press f, w, e or h until the first character that you wish to select for the numbering field is...- Page 108

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To feed and cut off 1” (24 mm) of TZ tape:

●

Hold down 

c

 and press 

r

 once. 1” (24 mm) of tape is fed out and cut off.

This function can be used to print many copies of the same text while increasing certain char-
acters (letters, numbers or barcode data) after each label is printed. This type of automatic
incrementation is very useful when printing serial number labels, production control labels or
other labels requiring ascending codes.
Letters and numbers increase as shown below:

0

➔

1

➔

...9

➔

0

➔

...

A

➔

B

➔

...Z

➔

A

➔

...

a

➔

b

➔

...z

➔

a

➔

...

A0

➔

A1

➔

...A9

➔

B0

➔

...

Spaces (shown as underlines “_” in the examples below) can be used to adjust the spacing
between characters or to control the number of digits that are printed:

_9

➔

10

➔

...99

➔

_0

➔

...

_Z

➔

AA

➔

...ZZ

➔

_A

➔

...

1_9

➔

2_0

➔

...9_9

➔

__0

➔

...

☞

Only one numbering field can be selected from any text.
If you include a non-alphanumeric character such as a symbol in the numbering field, only the
letters and numbers in the numbering field will be increased when the labels are printed, or
just one label will be printed if the field only contains a non-alphanumeric character.

To use the Numbering function:

1

Hold down 

c

 and press 

O

. The message “START?” appears in the display.

☞

To cancel the 

Numbering

 function at any time, hold down 

c

 and press 

O

 (or

press just 

*

 ).

2

Press 

f

, 

w

, 

e

 or 

h

 until the first character that you wish to select for the num-

bering field is flashing.

☞

The last number to be printed can also be selected by pressing 

e

 or 

h

.

A number lower than the one that was selected cannot be entered.

3

Press 

_

. The message “END?” appears in the display.

☞

If a barcode was selected, “NUMBER” appears in the display instead. Skip to step

6

 to continue printing with the 

Numbering

 function.

4

Press 

f

, 

w

, 

e

 or 

h

 until all of the characters that you wish to select for the num-

ber field are flashing.

☞

A barcode cannot be selected in addition to other characters.

5

Press 

_

. The message “NUMBER” appears in the display.

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NUMBERING FUNCTION