Brother P-Touch PT-E500 User Manual

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 EDITING A LABEL
EDITING A LABEL
Entering Text from the Keyboard
• The keyboard of your P-touch labeling system can be used in the same way as a standard
computer keyboard.
Adding a New Line
• To end the current line of text and start a new line, press the Enter key. A return mark
appears at the end of the line and the cursor moves to the start of the new line.
Adding a New Block
• When GENERAL is selected, you can create up to 99 new blocks. To create a new block
of text/lines to the right of your current text, press the Shift key and then press the Enter
key. The cursor moves to the start of the new block. In other labeling application types, you
can set the number of blocks when pressing a label application key. Some labeling
application types are not required.
Moving the Cursor
• Press the , , or key to move the cursor one space or line.
• To move the cursor to the beginning or end of the current line, press the Shift key and then
press the or key.
• To move the cursor to the beginning of previous or next block, press the Shift key and then
press the or key.
Inserting Text
• To insert additional text into an existing line of text, move the cursor to the character to the
right of the position where you want to start inserting text and then enter the additional text.
The new text is inserted to the left of the cursor.
Deleting Text
 Deleting one character at a time
• To delete a character from an existing line of text, move the cursor to the character to the
right of the position you want to start deleting text and then press the BS (backspace) key.
The character to the left of the cursor is deleted each time the BS (backspace) key is
pressed.
Entering and Editing Text
• Maximum number of lines
- 0.94" (24 mm) tape: 7 lines
- 0.70" (18 mm) tape: 5 lines
- 0.47" (12 mm) tape: 3 lines
- 0.35" (9 mm) and 0.23" (6 mm) tape: 2 lines
- 0.13" (3.5 mm) tape: 1 line
If you hold down the BS (backspace) key, the characters left of the cursor are continuously
deleted.

Brother P-Touch PT-E500 Specifications

General

Color	-
Print technology	Thermal transfer
Maximum resolution	180 x 180 DPI
Maximum print height	18 mm
Maximum printing width	24 mm
Display	LCD
Product color	Black, Orange
Backlight display	Yes
Display number of lines	3 lines
Display number of characters	16
Label type	3.5 / 6/9/12/18/24 mm (Tz), 5.8 / 8.8 / 11.7 / 17.7 / 23.6 mm (HSe)
Number of frames	7
Ethernet LAN	No
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
Connectivity technology	Wired
Maximum label length	8 m
Tape type	TZe
Tape cutting	Automatic
Number of fonts	14
Number of styles	10
Built-in barcodes	CODABAR (NW-7), Code 128 (A/B/C), Code 39, EAN128, EAN13, EAN8, GS1-128, ITF-25, UPC-A, UPC-E
Battery type	Built-in battery
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Cables included	USB
Harmonized System (HS) code	84433210

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	250 mm
Width	126 mm
Height	94 mm
Weight	920 g