30
Uninstalling the software
This section describes how to uninstall the software and printer driver. In the following steps, you will
see PT-XXXX. Read “XXXX” as your printer name.
For Microsoft
®
Windows
®
users, see “When using Microsoft
®
Windows
®
” (→ P.30).
For Macintosh
®
users, see “When using Mac OS
®
” (→ P.31).
When using Microsoft
®
Windows
®
QUninstalling P-touch Editor
1
For Windows
®
XP
From the “Control Panel”, go to “Add or
Remove Programs”.
The “Add or Remove Programs” window
appears.
For Windows Vista
®
/Windows
®
7
From the “Control Panel”, go to “Programs”
and open “Programs and Features”.
The “Uninstall or change a program”
window appears.
For Windows
®
8
From the "Control Panel" on the "Apps",
go to "Programs" and open "Programs
and Features".
The "Uninstall or change a program"
window appears.
2
For Windows
®
XP
Choose “Brother P-touch Editor 5.0”, and
click [Remove].
For Windows Vista
®
/Windows
®
7/
Windows
®
8
Choose “Brother P-touch Editor 5.0”,
and click [Uninstall].
When the “User Account Control” dialog
box appears, click [Continue]. If a
password is requested, type in the
password, and then click [OK].
3
Click [OK].
After the software is removed from your
computer, the “Maintenance Complete”
dialog box appears. Click [Finish].
4
Close the “Add or Remove Programs (XP) /
Programs and Features (Windows Vista
®
/
Windows
®
7/Windows
®
8)” window.
The P-touch Editor has been uninstalled.
QUninstalling the printer driver
1
Turn off the printer.
2
For Windows
®
XP
From the “Control Panel”, open the
“Printers and Faxes” window.
For Windows Vista
®
From the “Control Panel”, go to “Hardware
and Sound” and open “Printers”.
For Windows
®
7
Click the , go to [Devices and Printers].
For Windows
®
8
From the "Control Panel" on the "Apps",
go to "Hardware and Sound" and open
"Devices and Printers".
3
For Windows
®
XP
Choose “Brother PT-XXXX”, and click
“File”-“Delete” or right click on the icon
and then click [Delete].
For Windows Vista
®
/Windows
®
7/
Windows
®
8
Choose “Brother PT-XXXX” , and click
[Delete this printer] or right click on the
icon, and then click [Delete] (Windows
Vista
®
)/ [Remove device] (Windows
®
7/
Windows
®
8).
(If a User Account Control message
appears, type in the password, and then
click [Yes].)
4
For Windows
®
XP
Go to “File”-“Server Properties”.
The “Print Server Properties” window
appears.
Note
O Software User’s Guide (PDF) and
Network User’s Guide (PDF) (PT-
9800PCN only) can also be uninstalled
by following the same procedure.
Note
O For details, see Windows
®
Help.