STYLE
Y ou can also use one of nine different print styles f or the characters in your label. If a
setting other than NORMAL is selected, the Style indicator at the bottom of the displa y
lights up .
NORMAL OUTLINE BOLD
SHADO W IT ALIC I+OUTL (italic + outline)
I+BOLD (italic + bold) I+SHADO W (italic + shadow) VERTICAL
Note:
• If there are two lines of te xt, they are printed in the NORMAL style, regardless of
the selected style setting.
• T o quit the f ollowing procedure at any time without making an y changes, press
.
1 Press
.
2 Press
and until STYLE is displa yed, and then press (or ). The
current style setting appears in the displa y .
3 Press
and until the desired style setting is displa yed.
4 Press
(or ) to apply the selected style setting to the te xt.
UNDERLINE/FRAME
This option allows y ou to emphasize or decorate your entire te xt by framing or underlining
it. If any setting other than OFF is selected, the Undl/Frm indicator at the bottom of the
displa y lights up.
OFF (no underline or frame) ROUND WOODEN
POINTING CANDY UNDL (underline)
Note:
• The underline or frame is not printed if the VERTICAL style setting is used.
• T o quit the f ollowing procedure at any time without making an y changes, press
.
1 Press
.
2 Press
and until UNDL/FRM is display ed, and then press (or ).
The current underline/frame setting appears in the displa y .
3 Press
and until the desired underline/frame setting is displa yed.
4 Press
(or ) to apply the selected underline/frame setting to the text.
MIRROR PRINTING
This function prints your label so that the te xt can be read from the adhesive side of the
tape. If mirror-printed labels are attached to glass or some other transparent material,
they can be read correctly from the opposite side .
Note:
• With this function, the text must be printed on tr ansparent tape.
• T o quit the f ollowing procedure at any time without making an y changes, press
.
1 Press
.
2 Press
and until MIRR OR is display ed, and then press (or ). The
current mirror printing setting appears in the display .
3 Press
and until the desired mirror printing setting is displa yed.
4 Press
(or ) to apply the selected mirror printing setting to the text.
TAPE MARGIN
This function can be used to leav e equal margins of 1/6” (4 mm (# )), 1/2” (12 mm (## )) or
1” (24 mm (###) ) on both sides of the te xt. Using the “–” tape margin setting, multiple
formats can be printed, one after the other without f eeding the tape, onto a single label.
Note: T o quit the follo wing procedure at any time without making any changes, press
.
1 Press
.
2 Press
and until MARGIN is displa yed, and then press (or ). The
current tape margin setting appears in the displa y .
3 Press
and until the desired tape margin setting is displa yed.
4 Press
(or ) to apply the selected tape margin setting to the te xt.
Note:
• After printing with the “–” tape margin setting, hold down and press
once to feed the tape bef ore pushing in the tape cutter le ver to cut it,
otherwise some of the printed characters ma y be cut off.
• After printing with the # or ## tape margin setting, push in the tape cutter lev er
to cut off the label, and then use scissors to cut along the printed dots (: ) and
centre the text within the label.
PRINTING & CUTTING
After you have entered the text and chosen the desired format settings, you are ready to
print the label.
● T o print the label, press
. The message “PRINT” is display ed while the label is
being printed, and the label comes out of the tape exit slot at the top end of the
machine.
● T o feed out 1 1/24” (25 mm) of tape (for e xample, after printing using the “–” tape
margin setting), hold down
and press once. The message “FEED” is
displa yed while the tape is fed out.
● T o cut off the label, push in the tape cutter lev er in the top-right cor ner of the
machine.
Note:
• In order to pre vent damage to the tape, do not try to cut it while the messages
“PRINT” or “FEED” are display ed.
• After printing with the # or ## tape margin setting, push in the tape cutter lev er
to cut off the label, and then use scissors to cut along the printed dots (: ) and
center the te xt within the label.
REPEAT PRINTING
This function allows y ou to pr int up to nine copies of the same label.
Note: T o quit the follo wing procedure at any time without making any changes, press
.
1 Press
.
2 Press
and until REPEA T is displayed, and then press (or ). The
message “1-9?” appears in the displa y .
3 Press
and until the number of labels that y ou want to print appears on the
right side of the display .
OR
Press the ke y (1-9) corresponding to the number of labels that you want to print.
4 Press
(or or ) to print the labels.
Note:
• After printing with the “–” tape margin setting, hold down
and press
once to feed the tape bef ore pushing in the tape cutter le ver to cut it.
• After printing with the # , ## or ### tape margin setting, push in the tape cutter
lev er to cut off the tape, and then use scissors to cut along the printed dots (: )
and separate the labels.
NUMBERING
This function can be used to print many copies of the same te xt while increasing a
selected number by 1 after each label is printed, f or example, when printing labels
containing a serial number (f or example, 0123, 0124, and 0125).
Note: T o quit the follo wing procedure at any time without making any changes, press
.
1 P osition the cursor below the number that y ou wish to increase.
2 Press .
3 Press
and until NUMBER is displa yed, and then press (or ).
The message “1-9?” appears in the displa y .
4 Press
and until the last number that y ou want to print appears on the right
side of the display .
OR
Press the ke y (1-9) corresponding to the last number that you want to print.
Note: The last number that will be printed must be larger than the number selected
in the text, otherwise the message “ERROR” will appear when you try to print.
5 Press
(or or ) to print the labels.
Note:
• After printing with the “–” tape margin setting, hold down
and press
once to feed the tape before pushing in the tape cutter lever to cut it.
• After printing with the # , ## or ### tape margin setting, push in the tape cutter
lev er to cut off the tape, and then use scissors to cut along the printed dots (: )
and separate the labels.
MEMORY
Y ou can use the memory to store your most frequently used te xt. The te xt file remains in
the memory , e ven after all characters are remo ved from the display b y holding down
and pressing . Later , the text can easily be reused b y recalling it from the memor y .
The machine’ s memor y can store up to 300 characters, which can be divided into as
many as nine te xt files. The maximum capacity for a single te xt file is 55 characters.
STORING TEXT
Note: T o quit the follo wing procedure at any time without making any changes, press .
1 Press
.
2 Press
and until MEMOR Y is display ed, and then press (or ).
3 Press
and until ST ORE is display ed, and then press (or ). The
message “1-9?” appears in the displa y .
4 Press
and until the file number where y ou want to store the text is
displa yed.
OR
Press the ke y (1-9) corresponding to the file number where you w ant to store the
te xt.
5 Press
(or ) to store the text. The text pre viously shown in the displa y
reappears.
Note:
• If the file number y ou selected already contains text, the message “ERROR”
appears. Press
(or ), and then select a diff erent file number .
• If nine text files are already stored, the message “ERROR” appears. Press
(or ), and then delete one of the stored text files bef ore tr ying to
store the current te xt.
• If 300 characters are already stored, the message “FULL ” appears. Press
(or ), and then delete one of the stored text files bef ore trying to
store the current te xt.
RECALLING TEXT
Note: T o quit the follo wing procedure at any time without making any changes, press .
1 Press
.
2 Press
and until MEMOR Y is display ed, and then press (or ).
3 Press
and until RECALL is displa yed, and then press (or ). The
message “1-9?” appears in the displa y .
4 Press
and until the te xt file that you want to recall is displa yed.
OR
Press the ke y (1-9) corresponding to the file number of the text that y ou want to
recall.
5 Press
(or ) to clear the displa y and recall the selected text.
DELETING A TEXT FILE
Note: T o quit the follo wing procedure at any time without making any changes, press .
1 Press
.
2 Press
and until MEMOR Y is display ed, and then press (or ).
3 Press
and until DELETE is displa yed, and then press (or ). The
message “1-9?” appears in the displa y .
4 Press
and until the te xt file that you want to delete is displa yed.
OR
Press the ke y (1-9) corresponding to the file number of the text that y ou want to
delete.
5 Press
(or ) to delete the selected te xt file.
ERROR MESSAGE LIST
SPECIFICATIONS
Keyboar d: 42 ke ys
Print speed: 10 mm/sec.
Character size: Standard size
Double width
Double height
Double width & doub le height
4× width & double height
Character font: HELSINKI
Print tape: Pressure-sensitiv e adhesive-based (TZ tape only)
Three widths av ailable:
1/2” (12 mm)
3/8” (9 m m)
1/4” (6 m m)
LCD: 7 × 5 dots 1 line × 8 characters
Po wer supply: Six AAA size alkaline batteries (LR03) or optional A C adapter
(7V , 1.2A)
Auto-po wer off
Dimensions:
6 1/16” (154 mm) (W) × 5 5/64” (129 mm) (D) × 2 1/2” (64 mm) (H)
Weight: 0.9 lbs. (400 g) (without batteries and tape cassette)
Buffer size: 55 characters
Memory size: 300 characters maximum, 9 te xt files
TROUBLESHOOTING
ERROR An error occurred.
BA TTERY The batteries are weak.
B A T T E R Y The batteries are empty .
FULL The maximum number of characters (55 characters) have already
been entered or the memory is full.
Prob lem
1. The display sta ys blank after y ou have
turned on the machine.
2. The machine does not print, or the
printed characters are blurred.
3. The printed characters are not formed
properly .
4. Striped tape appears.
5. The memory has cleared on its own.
6. A blank horizontal line appears through
the printed label.
7. The machine has “locked up” (i.e., nothing
happens when a ke y is pressed, even
though the machine is on).
Solution
• Chec k that the batteries are correctly
inserted.
• If the batteries are w eak, replace them.
• Chec k that the adapter is correctly
connected.
• Chec k that the tape cassette has been
inserted correctly .
• If the tape cassette is empty , replace it.
• Chec k that the character size is
appropriate for the width of the tape that
is used.
• If the batteries are w eak, replace them.
• The tape cassette is empty . Replace it.
• The batteries ma y be weak. Replace
them.
• There ma y be some dust on the print
head. Remove the tape cassette and use
a dry cotton swab to gently wipe the print
head with an up-and-down motion. T ry
printing again, and if dust still remains,
dip the cotton sw ab in isopropyl (rubbing)
alcohol and gently wipe the print head
again.
• T urn off the machine, and then while
holding down and , press
to turn the machine back on.
Finally , release and .
Note: The te xt and formats in the
display and all te xt files stored in
the memory are erased.
IMPORT ANT W ARRANTY INFORMA TION
Thank you for purchasing this Br other Product. We hope that you will enjoy using it. W e
suggest that you keep all packing and other materials.
After referring to the instruction manual, if you still need assistance, call Br other Customer
Service at:
V oice: 1-877-4-PTOUCH OR
Fax: 1-901-379-1210
If you need a local service center , please call 1-800-284-HELP to locate the authorized
service center closest to you.
SHOULD YOU ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR PRODUCT ,
PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR
PRODUCT TO THE STORE!