STYLE
Y ou can also use one of nine diff erent 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 tw o lines of text, they are printed in the NORMAL style, regardless of
the selected style setting.
• T o quit the follo wing procedure at any time without making an y changes , press
.
1 Press
.
2 Press and until STYLE is displayed, and then press (or ). The
current style setting appears in the display .
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 you to emphasize or decorate y our entire text b y fr aming 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 fr ame) ROUND W OODEN
POINTING CANDY UNDL (underline)
Note:
• The under line or frame is not printed if the VERTICAL style setting is used.
• T o quit the follo wing procedure at any time without making an y changes , press
.
1 Press
.
2 Press and until UNDL/FRM is displa y ed, and then press (or ).
The current underline/fr ame setting appears in the display .
3 Press
and until the desired underline/frame setting is displa yed.
4 Press
(or ) to apply the selected underline/frame setting to the te xt.
MIRROR PRINTING
This function prints y our label so that the te xt can be read from the adhesiv e side of the
tape. If mirror-pr inted labels are attached to glass or some other transparent material,
they can be read correctly from the opposite side .
Note:
• With this function, the te xt m ust be pr inted on transparent tape .
• T o quit the follo wing procedure at any time without making an y changes , press
.
1 Press
.
2 Press and until MIRROR is displa yed, and then press (or ). The
current mirror printing setting appears in the displa y .
3 Press
and until the desired mirror printing setting is display ed.
4 Press
(or ) to apply the selected mirror printing setting to the text.
TAPE MARGIN
This function can be used to leave equal margins of 1/6 ” (4 mm (# )), 1/2” (12 mm (## )) or
1” (24 mm (###)) on both sides of the text. Using the “–” tape margin setting, multiple
for mats can be printed, one after the other without f eeding the tape, onto a single label.
Note: T o quit the f ollo wing procedure at an y time without making an y changes , press
.
1 Press
.
2 Press and until MARGIN is display ed, 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 pr inting with the “–” tape margin setting, hold down and press
once to f eed the tape before pushing in the tape cutter lev er to cut it,
otherwise some of the pr inted characters ma y be cut off.
• After pr inting with the # or ## tape margin setting, push in the tape cutter lever
to cut off the label, and then use scissors to cut along the printed dots (:) and
center 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 pr int the label, press
. The message “PRINT” is displa yed 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 pr inting using the “–” tape
margin setting), hold down
and press once. The message “FEED” is
display ed while the tape is fed out.
● T o cut off the label, push in the tape cutter le v er in the top-r ight corner 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 displa y ed.
• After pr inting 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 you to print up to nine copies of the same label.
Note: T o quit the following procedure at an y 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 display .
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 key (1-9) corresponding to the number of labels that you w ant to pr int.
4 Press
(or or ) to print the labels.
Note:
• After pr inting with the “–” tape margin setting, hold down
and press
once to f eed the tape before pushing in the tape cutter lev er to cut it.
• After pr inting with the #, ## or ### tape margin setting, push in the tape cutter
le ver 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 man y 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 following procedure at an y time without making any changes, press
.
1 Position the cursor below the n umber that y ou wish to increase.
2 Press .
3 Press and until NUMBER is display ed, and then press (or ).
The message “1-9?” appears in the display .
4 Press
and until the last n umber that you want to print appears on the r ight
side of the display .
OR
Press the key (1-9) corresponding to the last number that y ou w ant 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 pr inting 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
le ver 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 , even after all char acters are removed from the displa y by holding down
and pressing . Later, the text can easily be reused b y recalling it from the memory .
The machine’ s memory can store up to 300 characters, which can be divided into as
many as nine te xt files . The maxim um capacity f or a single te xt file is 55 char acters .
STORING TEXT
Note: T o quit the f ollo wing procedure at an y time without making an y changes , press .
1 Press
.
2 Press and until MEMORY is displayed, 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 k ey (1-9) corresponding to the file number where y ou w ant to store the
te xt.
5 Press
(or ) to store the text. The te xt previously shown in the displa y
reappears .
Note:
• If the file n umber you selected already contains te xt, the message “ERR OR”
appears. Press
(or ), and then select a diff erent file number .
• If nine te xt files are already stored, the message “ERROR” appears. Press
(or ), and then delete one of the stored te xt files before tr ying to
store the current text.
• If 300 char acters are already stored, the message “FULL ” appears. Press
(or ), and then delete one of the stored te xt files before tr ying to
store the current text.
RECALLING TEXT
Note: T o quit the f ollo wing procedure at an y time without making an y changes , press .
1 Press
.
2 Press and until MEMORY is displayed, and then press (or ).
3 Press
and until RECALL is display ed, and then press (or ). The
message “1-9?” appears in the displa y .
4 Press
and until the text file that y ou want to recall is displayed.
OR
Press the k ey (1-9) corresponding to the file number of the text that you w ant to
recall.
5 Press
(or ) to clear the displa y and recall the selected text.
DELETING A TEXT FILE
Note: T o quit the f ollo wing procedure at an y time without making an y changes , press .
1 Press
.
2 Press and until MEMORY is displayed, 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 text file that y ou want to delete is display ed.
OR
Press the k ey (1-9) corresponding to the file number of the text that you w ant to
delete.
5 Press
(or ) to delete the selected text file .
ERROR MESSAGE LIST
SPECIFICATIONS
K eyboard: 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-sensitive adhesiv e-based (MTZ or TZ)
Three widths a vailable:
1/2” (12 mm)
3/8” (9 mm )
1/4” (6 mm )
LCD: 7 × 5 dots 1 line × 8 characters
Power supply: Six AAA siz e alkaline batter ies (LR03) or optional AC 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)
W eight: 0.9 lbs. (400 g) (without batteries and tape cassette)
Buffer size: 55 characters
Memory size: 300 characters maximum, 9 text files
TROUBLESHOOTING
ERROR An error occurred.
B A TTERY The batteries are weak.
B A T T E R Y The batteries are dead.
FULL The maximum number of characters (55 characters) have already
been entered or the memory is full.
Problem
1. The display sta ys blank after you have
turned on the machine .
2. The machine does not print, or the
printed char acters are blurred.
3. The printed char acters are not f ormed
properly.
4. Str iped tape appears.
5. The memor y 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 key is pressed, e ven
though the machine is on).
Solution
• Check that the batter ies are correctly
inser ted.
• If the batteries are weak, replace them.
• Check that the adapter is correctly
connected.
• Check that the tape cassette has been
inser ted correctly .
• If the tape cassette is empty , replace it.
• Check that the character siz e is
appropr iate f or the width of the tape that
is used.
• If the batteries are weak, replace them.
• The tape cassette is empty . Replace it.
• The batteries may be weak. Replace
them.
• There ma y be some dust on the print
head. Remo v e 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 swab in isoprop yl (rubbing)
alcohol and gently wipe the print head
again.
• T urn off the machine, and then while
holding down
and , press
to tur n the machine back on.
Finally , release and .
Note: The text and f ormats in the
display and all te xt files stored in
the memory are erased.
IMPORT ANT W ARRANTY INFORMA TION
Thank you for pur chasing this Mar tha Stewart Ever yday product. W e hope that you will
enjoy using it. We suggest that you keep all packing and other materials.
After referring to the instr uction manual, if you still need assistance, call Brother Customer
Service at:
V oice: 1-877-478-6824
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!