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Kroy K5100 Online Tutorial

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Kroy K5100 Online Tutorial - More Style Information

Table of Contents > Character Styles > Other Styles > Label Setup


Other character styles include Mirror, Frame, Justify, Vertical and Rotate.

Mirror Text

Mirror text on a label

To reverse the text on a label using MIRROR, press the STYLE key. Use the left/right cursor keys to move the cursor to the left of MIRROR and then press ENTER. When turned on, an asterisk will appear. To turn MIRROR off, press ENTER again or to exit press the DEL key.

When using mirror image, use clear tape for best results.

Selecting mirrored text

Putting Boxes (Frames) Around Text

To draw a box around the text on the label using FRAME, press the STYLE key. Use the left/right cursor keys to move the cursor to the left of FRAME and press ENTER. When framing is turned on, an asterisk will appear next to the word "frame". The printer displays the frame menu and waits for you to select the type of frame you want.

To turn FRAME off, press ENTER again or exit by pressing DEL.

style menu, frame option

Once FRAME is selected (marked by an asterisk above), the FRAME Menu will appear (see below). To frame all the text on the label, select PAGE by pressing the ENTER key when the cusor is next to the word "Page"..

The frame menu - select page or line.

To frame just a line of text: before going into the menus move the cursor to the line of text and select the line by pushing the ENTER key. Then go to the STYLE Menu, select "Frame" and select "Line". When line framing is turned on an asterisk will appear next to the word "Line".

In the example labels below the top label has a frame around all the text on the label (page frame). The lower label also has all of the text framed, with a second frame around the top line. You may put a frame within a frame as shown here.

Examplers of frames on labels.

Justify Text

To justify the text on the label using JUSTIFY, press the STYLE key. Use the left/right cursor keys to move the cursor to the left of JUSTIFY and press ENTER. When turned on, an asterisk will appear. The printer displays the frame menu and waits for you to select the type of frame you want. To exit the JUSTIFY menu, press ENTER or the DEL key.

Note: The default justification is left.

Justify menu - left

Vertical Printing

vertical printing of labels

To print the text of your label vertically instead of horizontally using VERTICAL: push the STYLE key. Use the left/right cursor keys to move the cursor to the left of VERTICAL and press ENTER. When turned on, an asterisk will appear. To turn VERTICAL off press ENTER again or to exit push the DEL key.

style menu vertical printing

Rotate Text

To rotate the text on a label using ROTATE: push the STYLE key. Use the left/right cursor keys to move the cursor to the left of ROTATE and press ENTER. When turned on, an asterisk will appear. To turn ROTATE off press ENTER again or to exit push the DEL key.

Using the style menu to rotate text.

Auto Rotation

When a self-laminating wire wrap cartridge is installed, the K5100 will automatically rotate and auto size the text using the following instructions:

You'll need to start with a NEW file (label). To create a NEW file push the FILE key. Select NEW with the ENTER key. A shortcut that can be used to accomplish the same thing is to hold down the SHIFT key and push the FILE key. This will activate the auto rotation feature.


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