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Table of Contents
Section I Basic Operations
1 Setting Up the P-touch Labelling Machine 2
General Description ...................................................................................................................................2
Front/Back ...........................................................................................................................................2
Inside...................................................................................................................................................3
Attaching the Keyboard LCD Unit..............................................................................................................4
Connecting the Power Supply ...................................................................................................................5
Inserting a Tape Cassette..........................................................................................................................6
Turning Power On/Off................................................................................................................................7
Feeding Tape ............................................................................................................................................8
2 Printing a Label Using the P-touch Labelling Machine Keyboard 9
Keyboard LCD Unit Description.................................................................................................................9
Key Names and Functions ..................................................................................................................9
LCD ...................................................................................................................................................10
Editing a Label.........................................................................................................................................14
Opening the Label Creation Screen ..................................................................................................14
Entering Text from the Keyboard.......................................................................................................14
Inserting Text.....................................................................................................................................14
Adding a New Line ............................................................................................................................14
Deleting Text .....................................................................................................................................15
Using Text Reminder.........................................................................................................................16
Inserting a Tab...................................................................................................................................17
Adding a New Block ..........................................................................................................................17
Adding a New Page...........................................................................................................................17
Entering Accented Characters...........................................................................................................18
Entering Symbols ..............................................................................................................................18
Entering a Serialised Label................................................................................................................20
Creating a Barcode Label..................................................................................................................26
Using the Time Stamp Function ........................................................................................................28
Setting Character Attributes ..............................................................................................................31
Setting Frames ..................................................................................................................................32
Using Auto Format Layouts...............................................................................................................33
Cable Label Type ..............................................................................................................................34
Printing a Label........................................................................................................................................40
Feeding Tape ....................................................................................................................................40
Tape Cutting Options.........................................................................................................................40
Label Adjustment...............................................................................................................................43
Label Preview....................................................................................................................................44
Printing Labels...................................................................................................................................45
Mirror Printing ....................................................................................................................................46
Using the File Memory.............................................................................................................................47
Storing a Label in the File Memory....................................................................................................47
Opening/Printing a Stored Label File.................................................................................................48
Deleting a Stored Label File ..............................................................................................................48