[Dx4win] DYMO Labelwriter 320

[Dick Flanagan]

At 11:42 PM 2/2/2006, Rune Grundström wrote:
 >Hi folks. I am using a Dymo Labelwriter 320 with labelsize 35 * 88 mm. My
 >problem is that can't fill the whole label. Nearly 1/3 above the call is
 >white/unfilled. I have tried a lot of settings in the Label Editor but nil!
 >I have seen lately that some of u DX4WIN - users are using the Dymo
 >labelwriter so please give me some hints how to get all the label filled!.
 >...or do u all have the same problem? I am using the latest version av

I was unable to use my Dymo Labelwriter 400 with DX4WIN because the printer 
driver forces a mandatory 0.25" (6.3 mm) left margin when printing in the 
landscape mode (this is what killed my particular custom label).  This 
equates to a similar mandatory 0.25" (6.3 mm) top margin when printing in 
the portrait mode.

To try to clarify the landscape/portrait stuff, when the printed label tape 
begins to exit the printer, the first edge of the label to appear is the 
bottom in portrait mode.  As the label fully exits the printer, the last 
edge to exit is the top in portrait mode.  It is this last edge to exit 
that requires the mandatory 0.25" (6.3 mm) white space from the edge to the 
start of printing.

I have spoken at length with Dymo Tech Support and this is simply an 
undocumented "feature" that cannot be changed.

I bought the printer so I could print QSL labels, but with more experience 
with the device it is clear to me that it would have been a pain to change 
back and forth between QSL and address labels.  I use the printer now 
strictly for address labels.  For the QSLs I use 8.5" x 11" label sheets 
and have learned how to easily print off only one or two at a time.

73, Dick
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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
E-mail: k7vc at arrl.org