Export Dictionary to Writer
Written by Justin Sieger
Updated at September 20th, 2021
With a USB cable
The following steps are for the Luminex II, Luminex, Diamante, elan Mira, and Stentura Fusion writers. Make sure that your writer is both plugged in over USB and turned on before you export dictionaries.
From Manage Jobs, click Function, Export Dictionary to Writer.
On the right hand side click the radio button next to USB.
On the left hand side, under Export Files, check off any additional Job Dictionaries that you would also like to load onto the writer. You do not need to check Personal Dictionary.
- Click Export. Your writer will beep and display a progress bar as the dictionaries are loaded. When the dictionaries have finished loading, your writer will restart automatically. Press OK in the Export Complete box.
With a Wi-Fi connection
The following steps are for the Luminex II, Luminex, and Diamante writers only. Make sure your writer and computer are connected to the same Wi-Fi network before exporting.
From Manage Jobs, click Function, Export Dictionary to Writer.
On the right hand side click the radio button next to WiFi.
On the left hand side, under Export Files, check off any additional Job Dictionaries that you would also like to load onto the writer. You do not need to check Personal Dictionary.
Click Export. Your writer will beep and display a progress bar as the dictionaries are loaded. When the dictionaries have finished loading, your writer will restart automatically. Press OK in the Export Complete box.
With the RTF2Writer Conversion Utility
These steps are for loading your dictionary from another CAT software onto the Luminex II, Luminex, Diamante, Mira, and Fusion writers.
Make sure you writer is connected to your computer with the USB cable and is on before exporting dictionaries.
If you do not have the RTF2Writer utility installed on your computer, you can download it here.
Double click the RTF2Writer.exe. The RTF/CRE to Writer Dictionary Conversion dialog box displays.
Click the USB button in the lower left corner. The Select Personal and Job Dictionaries dialog box displays.
Click the Browse (…) button to the right of Personal Dictionary and navigate to the location where the RTF of your personal dictionary is stored. Click on the dictionary to highlight it then click OK.
If you want to load additional dictionaries, repeat Step 3 but click the Browse (...) button to the right of Job Dictionaries.
Click OK. Your writer will beep and display a progress bar as the dictionaries are loaded. When the dictionaries have finished loading, your writer will restart automatically.
Once the process is complete, the RTF/CRE to Writer Dictionary Conversion dialog box displays. Click Quit to close the box.