Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PT-9400 Brother
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® Read this User’s Guide before you start using your P-Touch. Keep this User’s Guide in a handy place for future reference. USER’S GUIDE MODEL PT -9400.
i QUICK REFEREN CE Chapter 1 Before You Start ....... ......... .......... ......... ......... .......... . 1 EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU CAN MAKE WITH THIS P -TOU CH ....... ..... ....... ....... ..... ....... ..... ....... ........ .... .... 2 GEN ERAL DESC RIPTIO N .
ii Chapt er 4 Using Label s and Stamps ......... .......... ......... ...... ...... 61 Laminated tape ...................................................................................................62 Stamp film ....................................
QUICK RE FERENCE Entering t ext Adding a spac e Space bar Adding a capita l letter + desired character Adding a series of capi- tal lett ers → Type c haracte r Adding an ac cented charac ter → Type cha racter → or to sele ct → Adding a symbol a) → or to select SYMBOL NO.
Formatt ing te xt Changing the font Changing the characte r size Changing the characte r width Changing the characte r style Chang ing th e italic set- ting Changing the l ine effect s Changing the ve.
Changing the print options (f or a templa te other th an one f rom the STAMP categ ory) or to se lect PRINT → → or to select O PTION → → Continue with 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 0 , A or B 4 Printi ng a .
7 Printing many cop- ies while increasing sele cted te xt or to select NUMBER → → , , or to select start of num- bering field → → or to selec t end of numbering field → → or to select (or .
1 Ch.1 Before You Star t Bef ore Y ou Star t Chapter 1 B efore Y ou S tart.
2 Ch. 1 Before You Start Bef ore Y ou Start EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU CAN Qui ckly creat e a label for a home vide o by using the Templat e functi on ( ➩ p. 41). If you wish , you can t hen ch ange the o verall style of the te xt ( ➩ p. 43) . Use the NU M BER (numbering ) function ( ➩ p.
3 Ch.1 Before You Star t Bef ore Y ou Star t MAKE WITH THIS P-TOUCH With the Area function ( ➩ p. 22), y ou can sele ct certai n part s of t he tex t and ch ange th eir font, si ze and sty le ( ➩ p. 25–31) . Give your label a dif ferent lo ok by ad ding one o f the 13 different backg round d esigns ( ➩ p.
4 Ch. 1 Before You Start Bef ore Y ou Start GENERAL DESCRIPTION Features Cover release but ton Tape comp artment cover LCD display Keyboard Tape exit slot Handle Lette r ing s tick Power supply connec.
5 Ch.1 Before You Star t Bef ore Y ou Star t LCD display Menus 1 Caps ind icato r ➩ p. 15 9 Tape leng th setting ➩ p. 36 2 Alt ind icator ➩ p. 15 0 Margin setting ➩ p. 37 3 Template indicat or ➩ p. 41 A Cu rsor ➩ p. 14 4 Zoom indica tor ➩ p.
6 Ch. 1 Before You Start Bef ore Y ou Start Keyboa rd 1 (pow er suppl y) key ➩ p. 11 G Copy & Past e key ➩ p. 24 2 Print key ➩ p. 49 H Barcode ke y ➩ p. 18 3 Feed & Cut key ➩ p. 49 I Zoom key ➩ p. 21 4 File ke y ➩ p . 46 Image func tion ➩ p.
7 Ch. 2 Gett ing S tarted Chapter 2 G etting S tarted.
8 Ch. 2 Getting Started Getti ng Star ted PRECAUTI ONS ● Use only Brot her TZ tape s with this machine . D o not use tapes tha t do not have the mark. ● Before in stalling a tape ca ssette, b e sure tha t the tape is correctly fed unde r the tape guide s.
9 Ch. 2 Getting S tarted Gett ing S tarted ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Conn ecting th e po wer sup ply cord This P-to uch can be used anywhere a standard e lectrica l outlet is availab le.
10 Ch. 2 Getting Started Getti ng Star ted ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Installing a TZ tape cassette A TZ ta pe cas sette is supplie d with this P-t ouch.
11 Ch. 2 Getting S tarted Gett ing S tarted ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Turning on & off the P-touch The power supply ke y ( ) is located in the top right cor ner of the machine’s keyboa rd.
12 Ch. 2 Getting Started Getti ng Star ted.
13 Ch. 3 Funct ions Chapter 3 F unctions.
14 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Performing basic operations Althou gh most fu nctions ca n be used jus t by pressing th eir keys, the fo llowing ke ys may be needed with ce rtain functi ons.
15 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Entering text Typing i n the tex t for you r labels is the sam e as typing on a typewrit er or a compute r.
16 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 2 Press t he key fo r the d esired character. 3 Pres s or until th e desired accent ed charac ter or symb ol is highl ighted .
17 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions Symbol ( ) In addition to the let ters, symbols an d nume rals on the key top s, there a re 475 addition al sym- bols an d pi ctures availab le with the Symbol functi on.
18 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 5 Press . Th e selec ted s ymbol is a dded to th e text. Bar code ( ) The Ba rcode function allows you t o add y our desired barcode to your label . In addition, the vari ous barc ode param eters ena ble yo u to cre- ate cus tom barco des.
19 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions To ch ange t he barc ode p aram eters : 2 Press . All or som e of th e followin g paramete rs can be set. PROTO (protocol) WIDTH (bar width) UNDER#S (number s printe d below barcode) CH.DIG. (chec k digit) 3 Press or unti l Î moves besid e the paramete r that you w ant to c hange.
20 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons To en ter th e barco de data: 9 Type in th e barcode da ta. To add spe cial char acte rs to barcode s (on ly with p rotocols EAN128 , CODE 128, COD E39 or CODABAR): 0 Press or until the cu rsor is belo w the ch aracter on the rig h t of wh ere you want to add the s pecial ch aracte r.
21 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Edit ing text Zoom ( ) To view tex t that is too sm all to be read on the disp lay, the Zoom mode mu st be turne d on, making it eas ier to edit the tex t.
22 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 2 Since 9 is alre ady besid e TEXT & FOR- MATS , pres s . All of the te xt is eras ed and a ll of the fo rmat func tions ar e reset to the ir default s ettings. To eras e only the text : 1 Hold d own and press . 1 Press or until 9 moves besid e TEXT O NLY .
23 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions To selec t an area o f the text: 1 Press , , , or until the cursor is beside the firs t characte r that you want to select. 2 Press . The firs t character is highlight ed. 3 Press , , , or until al l of the chara cters that you want to sel ect are hi gh- lighted.
24 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons Copy & Paste ( ) The Copy & Paste func tion is use ful for cop ying alread y entered ch aracte rs and past ing them into a diff erent section of the te xt.
25 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions To ch ange t he font before e nterin g the te xt: 1 Press , , , or until the cursor is moved to th e point w here you w ant to begin usi ng a diffe rent fon t.
26 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons To ch ange the text si ze befo re ente ring t he text: 1 Press , , , or until the c ursor is move d to the point w here you w ant to begin usin g a different text size.
27 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions Widt h ( ) The Wi dth functi on can be used w ith any of th e text si zes to ma ke the size of th e char act ers wider or more na rrow.
28 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons Style ( ) You can choose from 7 different tex t styles to create more persona lized labe ls. Refer to the styl e samp les on page 8 2. T he styl e of the te xt at the curso r’s curr ent positi on is s hown by the Sty le indica tors at the bottom of the display.
29 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions Italic ( ) The Italic function can be combine d with each of the othe r text format sett ings to provi de an even l arger varie ty of text sty les. W hen th e Italic function is turne d on for the text at the cursor’s current pos ition, the Italic indic ator at the bot- tom of the display lights up.
30 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons Line effects ( ) The Line effect s fu nction en ables you to u nder- line or st rike out ce rtain part s of your te xt. To ch ange the Li ne ef fects s etting before ente r- ing the te xt: 1 Press , , , or until the c ursor is move d to the point w here you w ant to begin usin g a differen t Li ne ef fects setting .
31 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions Vertical ( ) With the Vertic al function, yo u can pr int your text ve rtically a long the length o f your label. When the Vertical function is turned on fo r the text a t the c ursor’s curren t positi on, the Vert ical indicato r at the bottom of th e disp lay light s up.
32 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons Frame/shading ( ) You can choose fro m a variet y of frames an d shadin gs fo r emphas i zing certain pa rts or all of the text in your label. Refer to the samp les of the frames and sha dings on page 83 . To appl y a frame o r shading to all of th e text: 1 Pres s .
33 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions 3 Press . 4 Press or until 9 moves besid e BLOC K . 5 Press . 6 Press or until the first b lock tha t you wis h to fram e or shad e is se lected . 7 Press . 8 Press or until all of the blocks that you wis h to fram e or shad e are selecte d.
34 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons A Pres s . The desi red fram e or shading is appl ied to t he selecte d blocks of tex t. To appl y a frame or shading t o selecte d lines of text: 1 Pres s . 2 Press or until 9 moves be side the desired setting. 3 Press .
35 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions 9 Press . 0 Press or until 9 move s beside th e desired frame or shadi ng patte rn. A Press . The desired frame o r shad ing is applied to the se lected lines of te xt. To app ly a f rame or shading to selected charac- ters in the te xt: 1 Press .
36 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 7 Pres s . 8 Press , , , or until all of the char acters that you wish to frame or ap ply a shadi ng to are se lected. 9 Pres s . 0 Press or until 9 moves be side the desired frame o r shadin g pa ttern. A Pres s . The desi red fram e or shading is appl ied to t he selecte d charac ters.
37 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions 2 Since Î is alr eady beside LE NGTH , press . 3 Press or until the desired se tting is displaye d (or typ e in the d esired le ngth). 4 Press once to confirm the settin g and return to the FORMAT menu. 5 Press again to app ly the se tting.
38 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 2 Press or until Î moves be side MARGIN . 3 Pres s . 4 Press or until 9 moves be side the desired setting. 5 Press once to confirm the setting and retu rn to the FORMAT menu. 6 Press a gain to a pply the settin g. To change the H.
39 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions 3 Press . 4 Press or until 9 move s beside th e desired setting. 5 Press once to confirm the settin g and return to the FORMAT menu. 6 Press again to app ly the se tting. To chang e the PITCH s etting: With this functi on, you can select whet her or not each cha racter i s given an equal wi dth.
40 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 3 Pres s . 4 Press or until 9 moves be side the desired setting. 5 Press once to confirm the setting and retu rn to the FORMAT menu. 6 Press a gain to a pply the settin g. To chan ge th e BACK ( backgro und) se tting: From the many desig ns avail able, choo se a backgr ound for your la bel.
41 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions 5 Press once to confi rm the se tting. If SMA LL or LA RGE was selecte d, type in the de sir ed text, ch ange the font by press until the desired font s etting is dis- play ed, and t hen p ress . The FOR- MAT menu ap pears aga in.
42 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 2 Select t he desir ed temp late. If TE MPLATE NO . was se lect ed: Type in a template num ber (or pre ss or ) until the d esired tem plate is disp layed. The na me of t he sel ect ed templa te is shown in the second line at the top of the d isplay .
43 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions 6 Rep eat step s 4 and 5 until a ll of the te xt that yo u wish to use is ente red. Th e MENU appears aft er the last line of tex t in the tem plate is e dited an d is pressed. To change the style of a label or stamp creat ed from a te mplate : 7 Press or until 9 moves besid e CHANG E STY LE .
44 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons To pri nt a labe l or stamp cr eated u sing a tem- plate: E Press or until 9 moves be side PRIN T . F Pres s . If a templ ate other tha n one from th e STAMP category was us ed, the follow ing displa y appears. If a t empl ate fr om th e STAMP categor y was used, t he follo wing dis play appear s.
45 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions K Press or until 9 move s beside th e desired se tting, and then press . Refer to page s 46 and 46 for m ore details on saving fi les. If the file h as not be en sav ed before, select SAVE A S . If the file has be en save d before, se lect SAVE .
46 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Storing and rec allin g files You can s tore fre quently u sed text in the m em- ory. These te xt files remain in the memory, e ven afte r all chara cters are era s ed fro m the di splay with the Clear func tion (see page 21 ).
47 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions 3 Press . 4 Edit the fi le nam e if you wis h. 5 Press . The tex t is sav ed und er the selected nu mber with the entered fi le name. To recall a file th at has be en sa ved: 1 Press . 2 Press or until 9 moves beside OPEN .
48 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 5 Press . The sele cted file appea rs in the di splay . To dele te a file th at has been saved: 1 Pres s . 2 Press or until 9 moves be side DELETE . 3 Pres s . 4 Select the file tha t you wa nt to dele te. To scan through the save d files, pre ss or .
49 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Printing Image ( + ) To preview an image o f the entire text before it is printed, h old down a nd press . All of the text slo wly scrolls ac ross the dis play to th e left.
50 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 4 Since Î is alrea dy beside COPIES , pre ss . 5 Type in a num ber (or pres s or ) until the desire d number o f copies is dis - played .
51 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions 2 Press or to move 9 beside OPTION . 3 Press . 4 Press or to move Î besi de NUM- BER . 5 Press . 6 Press , , , or until the f irst charact er tha t you wish to select for th e numbering fie ld is sel ected.
52 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons A Type in a num ber (or pres s or ) until the desire d number o f copies is dis - played . B Press to confirm th e setting and return to th e OPTION menu . To print a mirror image o f the text : With the M IRROR function, you can print your text in revers e so that it c an be read from the adhesiv e side o f the ta pe.
53 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions 6 Press or to move 9 beside t he desired setting. 7 Press to confirm the setting and return to th e OPTIO N menu. To prin t an inver ted image of the te xt: The IN VERT function prints all light areas so that they a re dar k and al l dar k areas so th at th ey are light .
54 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 7 Press to confirm th e setting and return to th e OPTION menu . To ch ange t he sh ape of t he tex t: Use the TR ANSFORM ATION function to crea te interestin g text effec ts by molding the text into different s hapes. Refer to page 54 for sampl es of the sh apes th at are avai labl e.
55 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions To ch ange t he CUT settin g: The w ay tha t labels are cu t off afte r being prin ted can be sel ected u sing th e CUT function. A full c ut comp letely cut s off the label. When a half cut settin g is selec ted, the HALF C UTTER indicato r lights u p an d the ta pe is cut with out cutting the label backing .
56 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 6 Pres s or to m ove 9 beside t he desired setting. 7 Press to confirm th e setting and return to th e OPTION menu . To use S PLIT print ing: The SPLIT func tion enlarge s the text and prints it on 2, 3 or 4 labels, w hich can be assemb led to create extra-larg e labels.
57 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions 7 Press to apply the se tting and return to the O PTION menu. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Setting display features Setup ( ) Pressin g displays fou r functions which let you c hange t he gener al appearan ce of text shown on the displa y.
58 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons 3 Pres s or to mo ve 9 be side the se t- ting tha t you wi sh to sele ct. 4 Press once to confirm the setting and retu rn to the SETU P menu. 5 Press a gain to a pply the settin g. To ch ange t he CO NTRAST setti ng: The CONTRAS T function ena bles you t o make the LC D displa y lighter or da rker.
59 Ch. 3 Functions Funct ions 2 Press or to move Î b E side UNITS . 3 Press . 4 Press or to move 9 beside the set- ting that you wish to select. 5 Press once to confirm the settin g and return to the SETUP menu.
60 Ch. 3 Functions Functi ons.
61 Ch. 4 Usin g L abe ls and S tam ps Chapter 4 U sing L abels and S tamps.
62 Ch. 4 Using Labels and S tamps Usin g Lab els an d Sta mps ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Laminated ta pe The back ing from labels p rinted on laminated tapes can ea sily be removed i f a h alf cut setting was used (refer to p age 55).
63 Ch. 4 Using Lab els and Stamps Usin g L abe ls and S tam ps 4 With the gl ossy side of the stamp film facing up, align one end of the s tamp f ilm with th e slit in the s ide of the stam p holder. 5 Hold the end o f the sta mp film in p lace w ith your th umb, then pas s the s tamp film through the guides w hile pulli ng it ti ght.
64 Ch. 4 Using Labels and S tamps Usin g Lab els an d Sta mps Printing an identific ation la bel for the sta mp holder 1 Insert a T Z tape c assette in to the ta pe com- part ment . 2 Print ou t the identifica tion label. Ref er to page 44 for more de tails on prin ting identi- ficatio n labels.
65 ERROR MESSAGE LIST ERROR MESSAGE LIST ERROR MESSAGE CAUSE SOLUT ION ALL FILES A RE USED ● This mes sage app ears if t here are no empty file s availab le when NEW or SAVE AS ( FILE me nu) is selected. ● Delete unnee ded files to make spa ce for new o nes.
66 ERROR MESSAGE LIST INCORRECT NUMBER OF DIGI TS FOR BARCODE TYPE ● This messa ge appe ars if the ba rcode data that is entered con tains the incorrect numb er of digits for the selecte d barcod e pro tocol. ● Enter barco de data that con tains t he co rrect num- ber of dig its.
67 ERROR MESSAGE LIST LIMIT EX CEEDED SET BETWEE N 4.0-30. 0 cm ● This mess age appe ars if the se t label length ( LENGTH function on the FORMAT menu) is not within the range 4. 0 to 30.0 cm. ● Type in a label l ength that is with in the spe cified range.
68 ERROR MESSAGE LIST MEMORY FULL ● This messag e appears if you try to stor e a messag e that is too larg e to fit in the a vailab le memory space (maximu m of 3,000 c harac ters).
69 ERROR MESSAGE LIST SET STAMP L ● This messag e appears if an L-s ize stamp film casse tte is not i nstalled when pr inting a s tamp creat ed using a t emplate f or L-size s tamp film.
70 TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING Probl em Soluti on (1) The di splay stays blan k after yo u have turn ed on the ma chine, or abnorm al char- acters are dis played . ● Check th at the p ower supp ly co rd is con- necte d. ● Reset t he machin e by turning i t off, and while holding down and , tur n- ing t he mach ine back on.
71 TROUBLESHOOTING (5) A blank horiz ontal lin e appear s through the text in t he printed label. 1 Turn off th e machine . 2 Open the tap e compartme nt cover, then remove the tape casse tte if one is installe d. The print head a nd rollers are loca ted in th e tape comp artmen t.
72 TROUBLESHOOTING (6) The tape is no t ejecte d correct ly after being autom atically cut. ● Turn of f the machine, open t he tape c om- partme nt cover, a nd remov e the tape cas- sette if one is ins talled. ● Using a cotton swab dipp ed in iso propyl (rubbing) alc ohol, clea n off the metal piec e in the e xit slot to the left of cutter.
73 MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS MACHINE SPE CIFICAT IONS HARDWARE SOFTWARE Power s upply: Input AC 120 V 6 0Hz (Auto pow er off if no key is p ressed w ithin 30 minutes) Input de vice: Keybo ard (77 ke ys) .
74 MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS.
75 Appe ndix A ppendix.
76 App endix Appen dix Symbol s ➩ p. 17 The follow ing sym bols a re avail able. Category PUNCTUATIO N Symbol • + ×÷ ±= §¶ ¿¡ Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Symbol @ # &.
77 Appendix Appe ndix WARNIN G 1 Sy mbol Number 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 Symbol Number 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 Symbol Number 157 158 WARN.
78 App endix Appen dix TRAFFIC SIG N Symbol Number 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 SIGNS Symbol Number 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 Symbol Number 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326.
79 Appendix Appe ndix MEDICAL Symbol Number 437 438 439 440 TRANS PORT A- TION Symbol Number 441 442 443 444 TOOL Symbol Number 445 446 447 448 ASTRONO MI- CAL Symbol Number 449 450 451 452 POINTING S.
80 App endix Appen dix Special bar code characters ➩ p. 18 The follow ing spec ial ch aracter s can only be added to barcod es cre ated using pr otocol s EAN 128 and COD E128 . The following speci al characters can only be added to barc odes create d using protocols COD E39 or COD ABA R.
81 Appendix Appe ndix Sizes and wi dths ➩ pp. 25–27 Sampl es of th e avail able text sizes and widt hs are sh own bel ow. Width Size Wide Medium Narrow 72pt 60pt 48pt 36pt 24pt 18pt 12pt 9pt 6pt.
82 App endix Appen dix Type styles ➩ p. 28 Normal Bold Outline Soli d Shadow Outli ne + Shadow Stripe Helsin ki Brussels US San Di ego Florida Calg ary Brunei Bold Los Angeles Bermuda Script Istanbu.
83 Appendix Appe ndix Framing and s hading patterns ➩ p. 32 The fo llo wing fr ame and s hadi ng patte rns ar e availa ble. Fram e Shading.
84 App endix Appen dix Background design s ➩ p. 40 Sample s of the available backgr ound d esigns a re show n below . OFF ARABIC [SMALL] TARTAN [LARGE] ETHN IC FLOORING FL OWER PLATE G EOMET RI TILE.
85 Appendix Appe ndix Pre-set templates ➩ p. 41 Samples o f the ava ilable te mplates are show n below . No. Category Tem plate name Tape width Label length S ample 1 ADDRES S ADDRESS 1 1” (24 mm) 3.1” (8.0 cm) 2 ADDR ESS 2 1” (24 mm) 3.1” (7.
86 App endix Appen dix 10 SHOP SA LE 1 1/2” (36 mm) 9.7” (24.6 cm) 11 PRICE 1 1” (24 mm) 2.2” (5.7 cm) 12 PRICE 2 1” (24 mm) 4.3” (11.0 cm) 13 SIGN SIG N 1 1/2” (36 mm) 4.5” (11.4 cm) 14 FLOPPY FLOPPY 1 1” (24 mm) 2.8” (7.0 cm) 15 FLOPPY 2 1” (24 mm) 2.
87 Appendix Appe ndix 17 VIDEO VHS 1 3/4” (18 mm) 5.5” (14.0 cm) 18 VHS 2 3/4” (18 mm) 5.5” (14.0 cm) 19 8mm 1 3/8” (9 mm) 2.9” (7.3 cm) 20 8mm 2 1/2” (12 mm) 3.6” (9.2 cm) 21 VHSC 3/4” (18 mm) 3.2” (8.1 cm) 22 AUDIO AUDIO 1 3/8” (9 mm) 3.
88 App endix Appen dix 28 STAMP NORMAL L STAMP L 4.4” (11.2 cm) 29 NORMAL M STAMP M 4.0” (10.2 cm) 30 FRAM ED L S TAMP L 4.4” (11.2 cm) 31 FRAM ED M STAMP M 4.0” (10.2 cm) 32 2LINE L STAMP L 4.4” (11.2 cm) 33 2LINE/ FRAME L STAMP L 4.4” (11.
89 Appendix Appe ndix Template text styles ➩ p. 43 Samples o f the ava ilable te mplate text sty les are sh own belo w. CHAR . style Sample Font Sty le Itali c ORIG INAL Template default ITALIC Temp.
90 App endix Appen dix Text transformati on styles ➩ p. 54 Sample s of the te xt transfo rmation s hapes ar e shown below. [OFF] ABC A B C A B C A B C A B C A B C.
91 A Acce nted char acters 15 All funct ion 23 Alt ke y 15 Area k ey 22 B BACK (bac kground) fu nction 40 Back Spac e key 21 Barcode key 18 Barcode s pecial cha racters 20 , 80 Blocks 1 6 C Cancel key 14 Capital letters 15 Caps ke y 15 CH.
92 L Label l ength 36 LANG UAGE func tion 59 LENGTH f unction 36 Line ef fects function 3 0 LINE NO. functio n 57 Lines 16 M MARGIN func tion 37 MEN U menu 43 MIRROR function 52 Multiple c opies 49 N .
93 ACCESSORIES Obtain ta pe cas settes from y our neares t autho rized deale r. Use onl y Brother TZ ta pes wit h this machine . Brother c annot be h eld respon sible fo r trouble c aused by the u se of una uthorize d supplie s. Do not use tapes t hat do not have the mark.
94 Specia l tapes Stam p kit TZ-325 White characters on black tape 1 $18.99 TZ-421 Black chara cters on re d tape 1 $16.99 1/4” (6-mm)-wide laminated tapes TZ-111 Black chara cters on clea r tape 1 $12.99 TZ-211 Black characte rs on white tape 1 $14.
ACCESSORY ORDER FORM This ord er form is pr ovided for your c onvenie nce shou ld your ret ailer no t stock the ite m(s) nee ded or if you prefer to order by teleph one. To order by phon e, please call Brother Internationa l at 1-800- 668-276 8 and have your V isa or Maste rCard a vailable.
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ACCESSORY ORDER FORM This ord er form is pr ovided for your c onvenie nce shou ld your ret ailer no t stock the ite m(s) nee ded or if you prefer to order by teleph one. To order by phon e, please call Brother Internationa l at 1-800- 668-276 8 and have your V isa or Maste rCard a vailable.
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i Precauciones........................................................................................................ 1 Conexión del cable de alimentación .................................................................... 1 Instalación de un casete de cinta TZ .
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2 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Instalación de un case te de cinta TZ Con est e P-touch se su ministra un casete de cinta TZ.
3 Realización de las operaciones ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● básicas Aunque la m ayoría d e la s funcion es p ueden e je- cutars e presio nando simpl emente las teclas corresp ondiente s, para cie rtas funcion es es pos i- ble qu e nece site las tec las siguien tes.
4 (abajo) ● Para move r el cursor ha sta la línea dir ecta- mente s ituad a debaj o de la pos ición de l curso r, presion e una vez . ● Para move r el curso r hata el fin al de to do el texto, m anten ga pulsad y presion e . ● Para se leccion ar el ítem sit uado deba jo en un me nú o li sta, pr esione .
5 Alt ( ) En el modo Alt podr á añad ir carac teres acent ua- dos o mar cas de puntua ción esp eciales al texto. El modo Al t podrá activar y desa ctivar se pres io- nando . Cuan do active el mod o Alt , se encend erá el i ndica dor Alt . * Con resp ecto a la tabl a, consul te la págin a 15 de in glés.
6 Symbol ( ) Adem ás de letra s, símbol os, y númer os de las tecl as, exi sten 475 s ímbol os e i mágene s adicio- nales dis ponibles c on la función Symb ol . Des- pués de haber añadido e stos s ímbolos o imáge nes al t exto, p odrán borrars e como c ual- quier otr o carácte r,.
7 Barcode ( ) La función Barcode le permitirá añ adir su código de barr as desea do a su etiqu eta. Ade - más, los diversos p arámetr os de có digos de barras le permitirán cre ar códigos de barras per- sonales . Para cr ear un códi go de ba rras: 1 Presione .
8 Para intr oducir los datos d el có digo de bar ras: 9 Escriba los dato s del cód igo de ba rras. Para añ adir carac teres especia les a códi gos de barras (solame nte co n protoc olos EAN1 28, CODE128, C ODE39 o CODABAR): 0 Presio ne o hasta que el curs or quede debajo o a la de recha de donde desee añ adir un ca rácter es pecial.
9 Clear ( + ) Después d e haber impr eso su te xto, tendr á que borrar l a visual izac ión a fi n de poder diseña r otro nue vo. Con la funció n Clea r podr á selec - cionar el bo rrado de tod o el texto y todos los ajus tes de format o, o sim pleme nte el texto y sus ajustes de form ato de texto .
10 Para sele cciona r un áre a de texto: 1 Presi one , , , o ha sta que el cursor q uede al l ado de l prim er car ácter que des ee sele ccionar . 2 Pres ione . El pr imer cará cter se re sal- tará . 3 Presi one , , , o hasta qu e se resalte n todos los ca racteres que desee sele cciona r.
11 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Formateo Para confe ccionar etiqu etas más de corativa s, exist e una g ran vari edad d e funci ones d e form a- teo.
12 Size ( ) El tama ño de los carac teres podrá ajus tarse utili- zando l a Size . Con el ajuste Auto , la máquina comp arará su t exto con l a anchu ra de la cint a instal ada y ajustará autom áticam ente l os car ac- teres al m ayor tamaño posible .
13 Para cam biar la fuente del text o de un áre a selecc ionada: 1 Manten ga p ulsad a y pre sione para sele ccionar todo el t exto, o pre sione y utilice , , , o para selecc ionar so lamente parte d el mis mo. 2 Presione has ta que el texto se visualic e en e l tama ño dese ado.
14 Style ( ) Usted podrá ele gir entre 7 tipos diferen tes de estilos p ara crea r etiqueta s más pe rsonali zadas. Con resp ecto a las mue stras, c onsulte la págin a 82. de ing lés. El estilo del tex to en la pos ición actual d el cursor se mostra rá mediante los indi- cado res St y le de la parte inferior del visua liza- dor.
15 Para ca mbiar el a juste Ita lic del te xto antes de introducir lo: 1 Presione , , , o hasta q ue el cursor se muev a hasta el punto a partir del que dese e comenza r a utilizar un aju ste It a- lic diferen te. 2 Presione para s elecc ionar ON o O FF .
16 Para ca mbiar el a juste Li ne effec ts del tex to de un área selec cionada : 1 Manten ga puls ada y pres ione para sele ccionar todo e l texto, o pre sione y utilice , , , o para selec cionar solamen te pa rte del mismo. 2 Pres ione has ta que el texto se visu alice en el ajus te Line effects dese ado.
17 Frame/shading ( ) Usted podrá elegir entre gran var iedad de cua- dros y sombra s para enfati zar c iertas partes o todo el text o de su etiqu eta. Con resp ecto a las muestras , consulte la pág ina 83 de ing lés. Para a plicar u n cuadro o somb ra a t odo el texto: 1 Presione .
18 Para a plicar un cuad ro o sombr eado a las lín eas seleccion adas de l texto: 1 Presi one . 2 Presi one o pa ra mov er 9 hasta el lado de l ajuste desead o. 3 Presi one . 4 Presi one o pa ra mov er 9 hasta el lado LINE . 5 Presi one . 6 Presi one o hasta se lecciona r la pri- mera lí nea que d esee encuadrar o som- brear .
19 0 Presione o para mover 9 hast a el lado d el cuad ro o de l patrón de somb reado deseado . A Presi one . El cuadro o el som breado deseado se ap licará a lo s bloqu es de tex to selecc ionados.
20 1 Presi one . 2 Pres ione o hasta que Î se mueva al lado de MARGIN . 3 Presi one . 4 Presi one o para mov er 9 hasta el lado de l ajuste desead o. 5 Para con firma r el ajus te y volver al men ú FORMAT , presione una vez . 6 Para apl icar el ajust e, vuelva a presionar .
21 Para ca mbiar el ajuste de PITCH : Con esta función podr á seleccio nar si cada carác ter adquir irá o no la mi sma an chura. 1 Presione . 2 Pre sion e o para mo ver Î hasta el lado de PITCH. 3 Presione . 4 Presione o pa ra mo ver 9 hast a el lado del a juste de seado.
22 5 Para c onfirmar e l ajuste , presione una ve z . Si ha selec cionado SMA LL o LAR GE , escriba e l texto desea d o y ca mbie la fuente presi onando hasta qu e se visua lice el ajuste de la fuent e deseada. Si sel ecciona un d ise ño de fono pr eajus- tado, volver á a aparec er el menú FORMAT .
23 3 Presione . La prime ra líne a del tex to de la plantill a se mostrará debajo de EDIT TEXT en la parte s uperi or del visua lizad or. Con respe cto a los núm eros de pla ntillas y a las mues tras, co nsulte Appe ndix de inglé s. 4 Escriba el nuev o text o.
24 Para con tinuar la edi ción de la etiq ueta o el sello: C Presi one o para mov er 9 hasta el lado de CONT INUE . D Repi ta lo s pa sos 4 y 5 hasta haber editado el t exto en la form a des eada. Desp ués d e haber edita do la última línea de te xto en la plantilla y de habe r presiona do aparecer á MENU .
25 M Presione . El te xto se alma cenará bajo el número s elecc ionado co n el nom - bre de arch ivo intro ducido. Para cr ear otra e tiqueta o sell o utilizando un a plantill a dife rente: N Presione o pa ra mo ver 9 hast a el lado de FILE . O Presione .
26 5 Pres ione . El text o se al mac enará bajo el númer o selec cionado con el nom- bre de archi vo in trod ucid o. Para al macen ar un arc hivo qu e se haya almace- nado ante s: 1 Presi one . 2 Presi one o para mov er 9 hasta el lado de SA VE . 3 Presi one .
27 3 Presione . 4 Selecc ione el a rchiv o que des ee borra r. Para e xplorar a t ravés d e los archiv os alma- cenados , presione o . Para busca r un ar chivo e specífico, escriba una part e del nom bre d el archiv o desea do, y despué s presio ne .
28 Para imp rimir múlti ples copias de una eti queta: 1 Presi one . 2 Presi one o para mov er 9 hasta el lado de OPTION . 3 Presi one . 4 Como Î ya está al la do de COPIES , pre - sione . 5 Escriba un númer o (o pre sione o ) hasta que se v isual ice el n úmero de copias .
29 3 Presione . 4 Pre sion e o para mo ver Î hasta el lado de NUMBER . 5 Presione . 6 Presione , , , o hast a selec- cion ar el pr imer car ácter p ara el campo de numera ción. 7 Presione . 8 Presione o ha sta se lecciona r todos los car acteres para e l campo d e numera- ción.
30 4 Pres ione o para mov er Î hasta el lado de MIRROR . 5 Presi one . 6 Presi one o para mov er 9 hasta el lado de del ajus te desead o. 7 Para con firma r el ajus te y volver al men ú OPTIO N , presione .
31 2 Presione o pa ra mo ver 9 hast a el lado de OPTION . 3 Presione . 4 Pre sion e o para mo ver Î hasta el lado de TRANSFO RM . 5 Presione . 6 Presione o pa ra mo ver 9 hast a el lado del a juste de seado. 7 Presione para con firmar el a juste y volver al menú OPT ION .
32 5 Presi one . 6 Presi one o para mov er 9 hasta el lado de l ajuste desead o. 7 Presi one pa ra confir mar el ajus te y volver al menú OPTION . Para utili zar l a impr esión SPL IT: La funció n SPLIT alargar á el te xto y lo impr imirá en 2, 3, o 4 eti quetas, que pod rán ensamb larse para cre ar etiquetas muy gran des.
33 Ajuste de las funciones de visuali- ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● zación Setup ( ) Al pre siona r se vis ualizará n las cuatro fun- ciones que le permitirá n cambiar el asp ecto general de l texto m ostrado en el visua lizador.
34 4 Pres ione o para mov er Î hasta el lado de l ajuste que desee seleccio nar. 5 Presio ne una ve z pa ra confir mar el ajust e y volv er al menú SETUP .
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36 (5) A través del t exto de la et iqueta imp resa apare ce una línea horiz ontal en blanc o. 1 Desc onecte l a alimen tació n de la m áquina. 2 Abra la cubiert a del compartimiento del casete de cin ta, y después ext raiga éste si est á instalado .
37 (6) La cin ta no sa le correct ament e despué s de habe rse co rtado a utomática ment e. ● Descone cte la alim entació n de la máquina , abra la cubi erta del comp arti- mien to del case te de ci nta, y extr aiga és te.
38 (8) Despué s de haber desc onectad o la ali- mentaci ón del P- touch, ap arecer á el mensaje “BACKUP MEMORY CLEARED ”, y se perder án todos los archivos de la me moria. ● La bater ía de protecció n interna e stá débil. P óngase en conta cto con su pro- veedor más cerca n o.
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