Kiaro!: Fast Inkjet Color Label Printer
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Congratulations on owning a Kiaro! inkjet color label printer. This User Guide will help you start printing labels, re-load printing supplies, troubleshoot problems, and perform routine maintenance.

Kiaro! User Guide Part Number 22834607-EN-E Revision 1.3 2/2013 QuickLabel® Systems an Astro-Med, Inc. Product Group World Headquarters 600 East Greenwich Ave., West Warwick, RI 02893 Tel: (877) 757-7978 Fax: (401) 822-2430 E-mail: info@QuickLabel.com www.QuickLabel.com Technical Support Tel: (877) 757-7310 E-mail: support@QuickLabel.com www.QuickLabel.com/support/

Copyright © 2013 Astro-Med ®, Inc. This manual is copyrighted with all rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without written permission of QuickLabel Systems. Trademarks Kiaro!® and Custom QuickLabel Omni® are registered trademarks of Astro-Med, Inc. Adobe®, Photoshop®, and Illustrator® are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. Corel® is a registered trademark of Corel Corporation. Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows® Vista®, and Windows® 7 are registered...

Ink Limited Warranty This warranty covers QuickLabel Kiaro! ink cartridge sold by QuickLabel Systems. Each Kiaro! ink cartridge is warranted to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for up to 24 months from the date of manufacture if in original unopened packaging, or up to 6 months after installation, whichever occurs first. This warranty applies only to the ink cartridges as used in the QuickLabel Kiaro! printing system. If the customer suspects a defect in a Kiaro! ink cartridge, the customer must notify QuickLabel within the warranty period. Upon return of the ink cartridge...

Obtaining Service To obtain warranted service, please contact QuickLabel Technical Support through one of the Factory Sales and Service Centers. Contact Information for Factory Sales and Service QuickLabel USA and World Headquarters 600 East Greenwich Avenue West Warwick, RI 02893 USA Toll Free: (877) 757-7978 Toll-Free Sales: (877) 757-7978 Toll Free Technical Support: (877) 757-7310 Tel: (401) 828-4000 Fax: (401) 822-2430 Web Site: www.QuickLabel.com Sales E-mail: info@QuickLabel.com Technical Support E-mail: support@QuickLabel.com QuickLabel Canada #111 - 3555 Isabelle, Borssard, QC J4Y...

Ownership Information Congratulations and thank you for your business. Your purchase of a QuickLabel digital label printer is an investment in production flexibility and packaging efficiency. Please record the model number and serial number of your product. FCC Part 15 Compliance NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency...

WEEE Compliance - European Union (and EEA) only This symbol attached on the product is according to the WEEE Directive(2002/96/EC). WEEE Compliance - India only This product is not to be disposed of with your household waste, according to the e-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011. This product should be handed over to a designated collection point, e.g., to an authorized collection site for recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). Improper handling of this type of waste could have a possible negative impact on the environment and human health due to potentially...

Declaration of Conformity Declaration de Conformité Ubereinstimmungserklärung Dichiarazione di Conformità ID Manufacturer’s name and address Nom et adresse du fabricant Hersteller Nome del costruttore Astro-Med, Inc. 600 East Greenwich Avenue West Warwick, RI 02893 USA Model No. Modele No. Model Nr. Modello No. Standards to which conformity is declared Standards auquel la conformité appartient Normen für welche Übereinstimmung erklärt wird Norme per le quali si dichiara la conformità Application of Council Directives Application des Decisions du Conseil Anwendbar fur die Richtlinien...

Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Before Installing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing an Installation Location . . . . . . . Installation Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Checking the Included Parts . . . . . . . . . . Installing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the Printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading Ink Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Initial Ink Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading Media . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Setting Advanced Color Options . . . . . . . . Setting up Layout Options . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Manual Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing the Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing the Job Status and Cancelling Jobs . . Viewing Ink and Maintenance Cartridge Levels Changing or Replacing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing a Media Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing an Empty Media Roll . . . . . . . . . Loading Media on the Roll...

Printer Not Operating Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printer Does Not Start or Printer Stops During Print Jobs Paper is Not Feeding Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Status Monitor Does Not Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Print Results are Unsatisfactory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Random Characters are Printed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slow to Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Print Quality is Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printed...