subject: Tips to Load CD Labels to an Inkjet Printer [print this page] You will find that loading CD labels to an inkjet printer is almost the same with loading papers on printer. But, you will find that there some extra easy steps that you should do. Since labels are thicker than papers, you will find that the printer jam has higher risk to be error when it is used. Thus, you should load the labels correctly in order to avoid the error in your computer. Some steps of loading labels in inkjet printer can be seen in the following.
The first thing that you have to do is to set up the computer. If you have not set the computer for printing before, you can connect the printer with the computer and install the proper driver. After the printer is installed to your computer, you can turn on the printer and wait until he printer is ready to be loaded. Make sure that your printer is ready when you load the labels in it.
The second thing that you have to do is to stack the labels that you will use. You should make sure the labels are aligned properly. Also, you have to make sure that they face the up. You will find that fanning through the labels that you load will diffuse any static.
The third thing that you should do is to set up the paper guide. You will find that most labels come in standard width, but if you have different width of labels, you can adjust the paper guide to accommodate the width of the labels. In this case, you should make sure that the paper guide is a movable piece on the feed tray. You should slide the paper guide so that the labels will rest in the tray and feed into the printer straight.
The fourth thing that you should do is to load the CD labels on the printer. You will find that there are many labels come with "this side up". You should make sure that you load the labels correctly so that the result of printing will be perfect.
The next thing that you should do is to adjust the paper thickness. Usually, printers come with two modes paper thickness levels. The first is for standard paper and the second is for thicker media. In this case, you should choose the second thickness level. Or, you can check the manual to ensure the correct setting that you can use.
The last thing that you should do is to choose the printer setting. You should check whether your printer can print the labels or not because there are some printers have the software from this printing need.
Those are the steps that you should do when you want to load labels to an inkjet printer for your label printing needs. Make sure that you do all the steps before starting the printing process.
