With your new Brother P-touch labelling machine, you can create a wide variety of custom, self-adhesive labels. This machine uses Brother "TZe" tapes from 3.5 mm to 12 mm widths. "TZe" tape cassettes are available in many colours and sizes. Visit www.brother.com for a complete list of tapes that work with your machine.
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AC adapter socket Insert six new AAA alkaline batteries (LR03) or fully Insert the two hooks at the bottom of the charged Ni-MH batteries (HR03), making sure their cassette cover into the slots on the positive and negative ends point in the correct directions. machine.
1. Size 5. Caps 8. Label Length 2. Font 6. Underline/Frame If a specific label length has 3. Cursor 7. Style been selected, also appears. 4. Shift 9. Cable NOTE • The LCD displays one row of 15 characters; however, the text you enter can be up to 80 characters in length.
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Keyboard 1. Menu key 9. Shift key 17. Style key 2. Power key 10. Caps key 18. Frame key 3. Cursor key: Left (Use with the 11. Accent key 19. Cable key Shift key to go to the top of the 12.
GETTING STARTED (Continued) BASIC USAGE Contrast Entering Text This function allows you to set the brightness of Switching Upper-Case/Lower-Case the LCD. You can select from five levels of brightness. The default setting is [0]. Press to switch between upper and lower [LCD contrast] case text.
Printing Labels Entering Text (continued) Preview Changing Label Width You can preview the text before printing. [Width] [Normal/x2/x1/2] • Pressing the Preview key displays a generated image of the label, and may differ from the Width Normal actual label when printed. ×...
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BASIC USAGE (Continued) Printing Labels (continued) Printing [Mirror] Example: Follow the instructions below after [Copies: ] entering "J.SMITH" if you want to Mirror Print "J.SMITH". Enter text/characters • If you need only one copy of the label, press [Print Option] [Mirror] without selecting the number of copies.
Printing Labels (continued) Saving Label Files You can save up to 15 labels and recall them for [Chain Print] printing at a later date. A maximum of 80 Use this setting when printing several labels with characters can be saved per file, a maximum of minimum margins.
USING TEMPLATES Cable Label Text Label This function allows you to create two types of This function allows you to create various labels cable labels. using the built-in templates. See the Text Label templates table included in this guide. Cable Label template 1 : Cable Label template 2 : Example: Example: Cable Label 1...
Text Label (continued) Pattern Label • To exit templates and return to the text input This function allows you to create unique labels screen, do one of the following: using built-in templates. See the Pattern Label templates table included in this guide. a) Press You cannot enter text when using Pattern Label b) Press...
FORMATTING KEYS Font Key Frame Key Press to change the font settings. Press to select the frame design. See the Frame designs table included in this guide. Select the settings Select a frame Font Helsinki NOTE Brussels • To cancel an operation, press Florida •...
Brother P-touch TZe tape widths: 3.5 mm, 6 mm, 9 mm, 12 mm • See the table of symbols included in this guide. *1 Visit http://support.brother.com/ for the latest • To cancel an operation, press information about recommended batteries. • *1 When you select symbols, up to seven recently used symbols are added to History.
HELPFUL HINTS Troubleshooting Error message What to do when... Message Cause/Remedy Problem Solution Battery Low! The batteries are low. The display • Check that you installed the batteries with the If using AAA alkaline batteries: Replace them stays blank positive and negative ends in the correct with six new AAA alkaline batteries.
HELPFUL HINTS (continued) Shortcuts For Australia Only: Support - For technical support of your Brother Product other than what you can resolve through the Language Space key User's Guide, please visit our Web Site or Solutions Web Site (see below) to find an answer to FAQs/ Troubleshooting, locating Drivers &...