SECTION 3
OPERATING THE ASTROJET 2600P/2800P
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When you have completed the steps above the layout for an AstroJet 2600P should look like the one below.
NOTE: When setting up a layout for the ASTROJET 2600P/2800P, be aware that the printheads are aligned
in four banks and these banks can be aligned so that you can print up to 3” wide with the AstroJet 2600P or
4” wide with the AstroJet 2800P on your media, or spread the printing over the width of the media. There
are two printheads that will print 1” or 1 1/2” of information depending on the printer and two single heads
that will print 1/2” of information depending on the printer model. How you position them is up to the
requirements of the job.
Click on T
ools and then Mail Merge. The “Mail Merge
Helper “ window will open. Click On Create, then
Envelopes. The “Microsoft Word” window will open.
Click on the A
ctive Window button, and then click on
the Get Data button. Next, click on Open data source.
Locate the data file you intend to use. In our example,
we are using a Microsoft Excel file. Select the file and
the “Microsoft Excel” window opens select entire
spreadsheet and click OK.
Next, click on Edit M
ain Document and then click on
Close.
Use the Mail Merge Tool Bar, click on Insert Merge
Field, and begin to build the layout by inserting the
address fields.
When you have completed setting
up the layout, click on the Mail
Merge icon on the tool bar and
the “Merge” window will open.
In the Merge to menu, there are
several choices for where how the
data is exported. The two that
concerns us is “New Document”
and “Printer”. If you choose
“New Document”, the merge will
be created in your word
application with a separate record
for each address. If you choose
