User manual BROTHER PT-8000

[. . . ] In addition, the many pre-formatted templates available make label- and stamp-making quick and easy. Installing the P-touch Editor software on your computer will provide you with many more illustration and layout tools to design labels, which can then be printed on your P-touth. You can print professional-looking labels in no time. The quality and performance of this P-touch make it an extremely practical machine to meet all your labelling needs. [. . . ] 3 Functions BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm 5 Press 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" Caps 3/8" 1/4" New Block . Caps [ ]:CONFIRM FRAME/SHADING FRAME SHADING or until the first block that 6 Press you wish to frame or shade is selected. BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm A Style Italic Vertical [ ]:SELECT START POINT 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" 3 Press New Block . or until moves beside A1 A Style ABC Tr 1 Main Los Ans 4 Press BLOCK. Italic Vertical Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm 7 Press 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" New Block . Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm [ ]:SELECT END POINT 1/4" 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" A Style Italic Vertical A1 A Style ABC Tr 1 Main Los Ans 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm Italic Vertical 9 Press New Block . or until moves beside the 0 Press desired frame or shading pattern. BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm Caps [ ]:CONFIRM SHADING OFF 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" A Style Italic Vertical 33 Functions [ ]:CONFIRM SHADING ALL BLOCK LINE CHARACTER or until all of the blocks that 8 Press you wish to frame or shade are selected. Ch. The desired frame or shading A Press is applied to the selected blocks of text. New Block 3 Press 4 Press LINE. New Block . or until moves beside NOTE To delete the frame or shading, position the cursor on the left side of the frame/shading that you wish Back Space Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground to delete, and then press Clear . When the message "OK TO CLEAR FRAME/SHADING?" appears, press press Cancel New Block Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm or until moves beside OK and . To keep the frame/shading, press [ ]:CONFIRM SHADING ALL BLOCK LINE CHARACTER A Style Italic Vertical 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" (or move beside CANCEL, and then press ). New Block To apply a frame or shading to selected lines of text: 1 Press NOTE / 5 Press New Block . . or until the first line that you 6 Press wish to frame or shade is selected. BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm Functions To return to the text without adding a frame or shading, press / at any time. Caps or 2 Press desired setting. NOTE until moves beside the [ ]:SELECT START POINT 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" To select the first setting in a menu, press (space bar). A1 A Style ABC Tr 1 Main Los Ans Italic Vertical To return to the previous screen without keepCancel ing any changes, press . 7 Press New Block . or until all of the lines that 8 Press you wish to frame or shade are selected. Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm [ ]:CONFIRM FRAME/SHADING FRAME SHADING 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm [ ]:SELECT END POINT 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" A Style Italic Vertical A1 A Style ABC Tr 1 Main Los Ans 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm Italic Vertical 34 Ch. 3 Functions 9 Press . Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm New Block or until moves beside the 0 Press desired frame or shading pattern. Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter [ ]:CONFIRM FRAME/SHADING FRAME SHADING 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" [ ]:CONFIRM SHADING OFF 1 1/2" 1" 9mm 6mm A 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" Style Italic Vertical 3 Press New Block . until moves beside A Style Italic Vertical or 4 Press CHARACTER. . The desired frame or shading A Press is applied to the selected lines of text. New Block Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" 1 Press NOTE / . A To return to the text without adding a frame or shading, press / Style Italic Vertical at any time. or 2 Press desired setting. NOTE until moves beside the 5 Press New Block . To select the first setting in a menu, press (space bar). , , , or until the first 6 Press character that you wish to frame or apply a shading to is selected. Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm To return to the previous screen without keepCancel ing any changes, press . [ ]:SELECT START POINT 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" ert Becker Transport A Style Italic Vertical 35 Functions To apply a frame or shading to selected characters in the text: [ ]:CONFIRM SHADING ALL BLOCK LINE CHARACTER 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" Ch. 3 Functions 7 Press . Format ( Format ) New Block , , , or until all of the 8 Press characters that you wish to frame or apply a shading to are selected. Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm Pressing the Format key displays a menu containing five label format functions, which can be used to change the label's general appearance. To change the LENGTH setting: [ ]:SELECT END POINT 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" Robert Beck ABC Transp A Style Italic Vertical 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm The currently set label length is shown at the left end of the top line in the top of the display. To create a label or stamp from a template: 1 Press up. Templt To display an enlarged view of the character or symbol above the cursor, press key to continue editing the text. Cancel Zoom Image . Press any To return to the previous screen without keeping any changes, press BackAlt Template Zoom ground . Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm . The Template indicator lights Functions Caps [ ]:CONFIRM BACKGROUND TEXT INPUT (FONT:HELSI) 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" NOTE If there was text in the display when the Template function was started, the message "OK TO CLEAR TEXT BUFFER?" appears. q To delete the text, press or until New Block 1/4" A Style Italic Vertical moves beside OK, and then press . q To return to the text without deleting it, press Cancel If a pre-made background design was selected, the FORMAT menu appears again. 6 Press New Block (or move beside CANCEL, and then New Block press ). Cancel again to apply the setting. The Background indicator lights up. To return to the previous screen, press . Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm [ ]:CONFIRM TEMPLATE TEMPLATE NO. ADDRESS EQUIPMENT PLATE NAMEPLATE A Style Italic Vertical 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" 41 Ch. 3 Functions 2 Select the desired template. NOTE To select the first template, press (space bar) (or hold down Code and press Code ). The first line of the tem3 Press plate's text is shown below EDIT TEXT at the top of the display. For template numbers and samples, refer to the list of templates in the Appendix. New Block To select the last template, hold down press . Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm EDIT TEXT Smith's Rent-A-Bi 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" If TEMPLATE NO. was selected: Type in a template number (or press or ) until the desired template is displayed. The name of the selected template is shown in the second line at the top of the display. Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm A Style Italic Vertical 4 Type in the new text. 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" SELECT NO. [. . . ] If none of the above works, contact your service representative. 71 TROUBLESHOOTING Problem (6) The tape is not ejected correctly after being automatically cut. q Solution Turn off the machine, open the tape compartment cover, and remove the tape cassette if one is installed. q Using a cotton swab dipped in isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol, clean off the metal piece in the exit slot to the left of cutter. Cutter Cotton swab Metal piece (Area to be cleaned) (7) The machine has "locked up" (i. e. , nothing happens when a key is pressed). q Reset the machine by turning it off, and while holding down Code and R , turn- ing the machine back on. All text and formats in the display and all text files stored in the memory will be erased. (8) After turning on the P-touch, the message "BACKUP MEMORY CLEARED" appears and all of the files in the memory are lost. q The internal backup battery is low. Contact your nearest service representative. 72 MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS HARDWARE Power supply: Input AC 120 V 60Hz (Auto power off if no key is pressed within 30 minutes) Keyboard (77 keys) 118 64 dots 21 indicators (with back light) 6 widths available: 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" 3/4" 1" 1 1/2" Print head: Tape cutter: (6 mm) (9 mm) (12 mm) (18 mm) (24 mm) (36 mm) Input device: LCD: Print tape: 384 dots (high)/360 dpi (resolution) Auto full cutter Auto half cutter 13. 19" 12. 28" 3. 98" (335 312 101 mm) 5. 51 lbs. (2. 5 kg) Dimensions: Weight: SOFTWARE Character fonts: 10 built-in fonts (Helsinki, Brussels, US, San Diego, Florida, Calgary, Brunei Bold, Los Angeles, Bermuda Script, and Istanbul) AUTO plus 9 point sizes (6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 60, and 72 points) 9 built-in type styles (Normal, Bold, Outline, Solid, Shadow, Outline+Shadow, Stripe, Italic, and Vertical) Maximum 4' (1. 2-meter) line of text Maximum 10 lines Maximum 5 blocks Approximately 3, 000 characters Character sizes: Character styles: Buffer size: Memory size: 73 MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS 74 Appendix 75 Appendix Appendix Symbols p. 17 The following symbols are available. Category PUNCTUATION Symbol Number Symbol Number BRACKETS Symbol Number ARROWS Symbol Number UNITS Symbol Number Symbol Number SPECIAL LETTERS Symbol Number NUMBERS Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol 62 1/2 72 - 1 @ 15 [ 18 26 36 + 2 # 16 ] 19 27 $ 37 3 & 17 { 20 28 4 5 = 6 \ 7 8 9 10 11 TM 12 13 14 } 21 29 < 22 30 > 23 31 24 32 25 33 34 35 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 63 1/3 73 + 64 1/4 74 0 65 1 75 1 66 2 76 2 67 3 77 3 68 4 78 4 69 5 79 5 70 6 80 6 71 7 81 7 8 82 8 9 83 9 0 84 98 85 - 86 + 87 0 88 1 89 2 90 3 91 4 92 5 93 6 94 7 95 8 96 9 97 99 Appendix Number GENERAL Symbol Number Symbol Number 100 5 111 101 O 112 102 q 113 103 104 105 m 106 n 117 107 o 118 108 p 119 109 110 114 115 116 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 76 Appendix Category WARNING 1 Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number WARNING 2 Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number WARNING 3 Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number GUIDANCE Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 201 202 203 204 205 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 157 158 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 77 Appendix Appendix Category TRAFFIC SIGN Symbol Number SIGNS Symbol Number Symbol Number EVENT Symbol Number Symbol Number ANIMALS Symbol Number PLANTS Symbol Number FOOD&DRINK Symbol Number Symbol Number OFFICE Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number SPORT Symbol Number Symbol Number 435 436 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 415 416 417 418 419 420 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 383 384 385 386 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 365 366 367 368 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 Appendix 78 Appendix Category MEDICAL Symbol Number TRANSPORTATION Symbol Number TOOL Symbol Number ASTRONOMICAL Symbol Number POINTING Symbol Number FISH Symbol Number INSECTS Symbol Number VIDEO Symbol Number 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 463 464 465 466 461 462 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 449 450 451 452 445 446 447 448 441 442 443 444 437 438 439 440 79 Appendix Appendix Special barcode characters p. 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