The label printer provides an extremely convenient method for permanently identifying tapes recorded by the VR240. Each time a tape is recorded on and then ejected, the printer will disgorge a label giving information about the tape. A label can also be printed on demand.

The printer, a Seiko model SLP1000(P), is a compact unit that requires under 10 watts provided by its low voltage adaptor*. Its thermal mechanism prints 6 lines on each label. The labels come on rolls of 130. A required adaptor cable compatible with the PC (not Macintosh) version of the printer is available from Eventide. The printer and labels are available from Eventide and many computer dealers. The printer is connected to Port B on the rear of the VR240 using the Eventide cable.

The labels have two sections separated by a vertical line. The left hand section should be placed on the plastic tape box. The right hand section should be placed on the upper surface of the tape cartridge itself, where it will partially cover the window.

Here is what the labels look like:

The unit serial number is the serial number of the VR240 on which the tape was formatted, NOT the number of the VR240 on which the label was printed. The tape serial number is the number assigned to the tape when it is formatted for the first time on a given machine. If it is reformatted on the same machine, it will keep its serial number. If it is reformatted on a different machine, a new serial number will be assigned. The start and end time and date is taken from the index on the tape, and is normally the allowable range for SEARCH operations on that tape.

A label will be printed automatically when a tape is recorded and then ejected. If you want to print a label without recording or ejecting, the following
control sequence allows you to do so:

From the Main (READY) menu, hit CONTROLS, followed by NEXT, followed by LABEL. A label will immediately be printed. (It takes the better part of a minute to print; during this period the legend "LABEL Being Printed" will appear briefly on the display.) There are several circumstances under which the label will not be printed:

If the printer is not connected or powered up, or, if there is nothing to print, e.g., if there is no index (nothing recorded) on the tape, or if no tape is loaded, the LABEL softkey will disappear and the menu will revert to READY.

If you don't want to print a label after recording and ejecting, simply turn off the printer.

 

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