User manual BROTHER PT-540

[. . . ] You no longer have to worry about urgent tasks that require professional printing. In the office, the factory, the lab or the home, the quality and performance of the P-touch 530/550 makes it an extremely practical machine. Finally, as you may want to refer to this User's Guide occasionally, we suggest that you keep it in a handy place. FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits foe a Class B digital device, pursuant to 15 of the FCC Rules. [. . . ] If you have questions about any of the functions, refer to the appropriate explanation in the For Your Information chapter. 51 52 In this chapter, you will find detailed explanations for all of the machine's features. Each topic is given its own section, making this reference chapter easy to use. Operational examples of most features can also be found in the Learning the Ropes practice sessions. If you are a first-time P-touch user, we suggest that you work through those exercises before starting to make labels on your own. This For Your Information chapter provides supplementary information. When you have a question about a particular key or function, locate that topic in the FINDING YOUR WAY contents list and turn to the page indicated. + Although the P-touch 530 display is shown in the examples, the operation does not change for the P-touch 550. 54 This For Your Information chapter gives detailed explanations of all of this machine's features. The following list shows which topics are covered and on which page an explanation of their operation can be found. PAGE On/Off key INPUTTING AND EDITING Cursor key Code/Alt/Shift keys and Caps mode Space key (return) key New Block function Cancel key BS (backspace) key Line Out function Clear function Symbol function Accent function Barcode function DISPLAYING Zoom key Contrast function Label Length function FORMATTING Auto Format key Area key and All function Text Formats: Font key Size and Width keys Style key Undl/Frm (underline/frame) key Color key 100 102 104 107 109 88 97 85 86 87 66 68 71 72 73 75 78 80 59 62 57 56 Format key Label Formats: GROBAL FRAME function FRAME COLOR function STYLE COLOR function LENGTH function FEED (tape feed) function H. ALI (horizontal alignment) function VERT (vertical printing) function MIRROR (mirror printing) function UNIT function PRINTING Print key and Feed & (tape cut) key COLOR PRINT function Stamp function Special Print function Seq. Numbering (sequential numbering) function MEMORY FUNCTIONS Store, Recall and M. Del keys PAGE 110 112 113 114 116 117 118 119 120 121 123 125 128 130 134 55 batteries have been installed or the machine has been plugged in using the optional AC adaptor, the previous session's information is displayed when the machine is turned on. This feature allows you to stop work on a label, turn off the machine, and return to it later without having to re-enter the text. + When changing the batteries, be sure to insert the new ones within five minutes of removing the old batteries, otherwise the text shown in the display and any text files stored in the memory will be lost (unless the machine is plugged into an AC outlet with the AC adaptor. If the adaptor is removed from the AC outlet before unplugging it from the machine, the text files in the memory will not be deleted if batteries are correctly installed. The machine will automatically turn off if no key is pressed within 5 minutes. The machine's Internal memory stores the current session's information and displays it when you turn on the machine again. 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 The following symbols can only be entered when using protocols EAN 128 or CODE 128. VALUE CHARACTER VALUE CHARACTER VALUE CHARACTER 3 4 11 28 29 30 32 59 60 61 62 63 64 64 65 66 67 68 # $ + < = > @ [ \ ] ~ _ NUL ` SOH STX ETX EOT 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 ENQ ACK BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO SI DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN 87 88 89 90 91 91 92 92 93 93 94 94 95 95 96 97 100 102 ETB CAN EM SUB ESC { FS | GS } RS ~ US DEL FNC3 FNC2 FNC4 FNC1 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 Preset Label Templates A. The default setting is FULL; however, three other settings are also available. FULL (1" (25 mm)) NONE (1/6" (4 mm)) NERROW (1/3" (8 mm)) MEDIUM (1/2" (12 mm)) + The FEED function can only be applied to the entire text; it cannot be applied to just part of the text. Since reducing the tape feed may decrease bar code readability, the FULL tape feed setting is recommended when the text contains bar codes If an instant-lettering (rub-on transfer) or an iron-on transfer tape cassette is installed, the text will be printed with the FULL setting (1" (25 mm)-margins), even if a different setting was selected. 117 You can choose to align the text in one of four ways. The default setting is LEFT; however, three other settings are also available. LEFT CENTER RIGHT JUSTIFY + The H. ALI (horizontal alignment) function can only be applied to the entire text; it cannot be applied to just part of the text. If the label length for text containing multiple blocks has been set with the LENGTH function and its horizontal alignment has been set to JUSTIFY, the spaces between the blocks are adjusted so that the text spreads out evenly along the label. 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 The Special Print function allows you to set the number of copies of the label that will be printed, set whether the machine will automatically cut off each label, and turn the split printing function on and off. Parameters COPIES (number of label copies that will be printed) A. CUT (automatically cuts off each label after printing) SPLIT (splits the label lengthwise and prints it as two labels) Settings 1 to 99 ON, OFF ON, OFF + When the SPLIT parameter is set to ON, the COPIES parameter is ignored and only one copy of the label will be printed. The settings selected for these three parameters are ignored during color printing. 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 HARDWARE Input device: LCD: Print type: KEYBOARD ­ 63 keys 112 x 32 dots 23 indicators 23 indicators 5 widths available 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" 3/4" 1" 11/2" Power supply (6 mm) (9 mm) (12 mm) (18 mm) (24 mm) (36 mm) 8 AA alkaline batteries (optional AC adapter model AD-60) Auto power off if no key pressed within 5 minutes Print head: Dimensions: Weight 128 dot / 180 dpi 8 45/64" x 9 31/32" x 3 27/64" (221 x 253 x 87 mm) 2 lbs. (1. 2kg) SOFTWARE Character size: Character fonts: Buffer size: 6 sizes (6, 9, 12, 18, 36 and 48 point) + AUTO All are available in NARROW, MEDIUM and MODE 8 built - in typefaces (P-touch 550) 5 built - in typefaces (P-touch 530) Single line - 1 m Multi - line Multi - block Memory size: Number of characters: Print styles: 3, 400 characters (P-touch 550) 1, 000 characters (P-touch 530) 398 characters Normal, Bold, Outline, Solid, Shadow, and Outline + Shadow, Striped (each can be combined with Italic) 147 The P-touch 530/550 features the following: · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · WYSIWYG display Color printing Stamp creating Pre-formatted label templates Multi-line printing (up to 7 lines) Multi-block printing (up to 5 blocks) 7 sizes & 14 styles Text and label framing Text underling Vertical printing Mirror printing Horizontal alignment adjustment Adjustable tape feed Label length setting Repeat printing Split printing Numbering function Bar code generation Zooming in and out 148 A A. CUT parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12 Accent function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 All function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 97 Alt key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Area key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 97 Auto Formats key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Automatic backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Automatic power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 B Backspace key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 71 Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Barcode function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 80 Numbering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11, 56 Blank display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 66 Bold character style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 C Cancel key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Caps mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 61 Cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 13-15 Center alignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Character Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 CHECK DIG. Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Cleaning Machine's surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Print head and rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Clear function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 77 CODABAR symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 CODE 39 symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Code key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 CODE 128 symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Color key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 COLOR PRINT function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 123 Color printing Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Ink and tape cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15 Shading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Colored characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Colored frame/shading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Combination character styles. . . . . . . . . . . 104 Continuing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Contrast function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 COPIES parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Creating Bar codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Stamps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Cursor keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 D Default settings Font. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Framing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Label formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Text color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Text formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97-98 Underlining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Deleting All characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Stored text files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Text lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Displaying Final layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Label length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 E EAN 128 symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 END key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139-145 F Failure to print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Feed & Tape Cut key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 FEED (tape feed) function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 149 Font key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Format key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 40, 110 Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 112 Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 FRAME COLOR function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 113 G GLOBAL FRAME function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 41, 112 H H. ALI (horizontal alignment function). . . . . . 33, 118 HOME key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 I Indicator Auto Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 31, 61 Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Stamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Ink cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15 Instant lettering tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Iron-on transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Italic character style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 J Justifying text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 K Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 L Label backing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Label format functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110-121 Label length Displaying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Label Length function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Label templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-96 LCD display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Left alignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 LENGTH function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Line Out function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 63 Deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 M Malformed characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Memory Deleting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Recalling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Storing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 MIRROR (mirror printing) function . . . . . . 120 N New Block function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 66 Normal character style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Bar codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 O On/Off key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Outline character style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 P Power key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Power off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Print head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Print key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 122 Printing Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Malformed characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 PROTOCOL parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Q Quitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 R Recall function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 135 Removing label backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Resetting the machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Return key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 63 Right alignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Rollers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Rub-on transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 S Selecting Character size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Character styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 150 Character width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Fill-in colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Frame color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 112 Horizontal alignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Italics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Label formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110-121 Label length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Mirror printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Numbering field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Shading color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Shading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 112 Tape feed width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Text colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Text formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97-109 Underlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Vertical printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Seq. [. . . ] El ajuste inicial de fábrica es OFF. + Cuando la función MIRROR se ajusta a ON, imprima el texto transparente. La función de impresión de espejo (MIRROR) sólo puede splicarse a todo el texto; no puede aplicarse sólo a parte del texto. Cualquier etiqueta creada puede imprimirse empleando esta función. PARA CAMBIAR EL AJUSTE DE LA IMPRESIÓN DE ESPEJO: 33 Las mediciones se muestran en el visualizador en centímetros (cm) o en pulgadas (inch). Con esta función, usted podrá seleccionar las unidades utilizadas para visualizar las mediciones. [. . . ]