User manual BROTHER ST-1150

[. . . ] GENERAL PRECAUTIONS Use only Stanley STZ or Brother TZ tapes with this machine. Tapes are available in three different widths: 1/4" (6 mm), 3/8" (9 mm) and 1/2" (12 mm). Do not pull the tape since this may damage the tape cassette. Do not attempt to cut the tape while printing or feeding since this will damage the tape. [. . . ] Use Brother's AD-30 adapter for your new ST-1150/1150DX. 1 2 Insert the plug on the adapter cord into the adapter jack on the bottom end of the machine. Insert the plug into the nearest standard electrical outlet. _ ~ DISPLAY This machine's LCD shows one row of 8 characters; however, the text that you enter can be up to 55 characters in length. The 8-character display is like a window which moves across the text. 1 2 3 Press . The message "A-I?" appears in the display. Press the key for the letter of the group containing the symbol that you wish to add, and then press and until the cursor is positioned under the desired symbol. Press OVERVIEW Tape cutter lever Display Backspace key Return key Back cover Function key 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345 CURSOR MOVEMENT You can view and edit different parts of the text by moving the cursor backward and forward. SIZE The characters in the text can be set to one of five different sizes in addition to AUTO, which automatically adjusts the characters to the largest possible size according to the width of the installed tape. The currently selected size setting is shown by the indicators at the top of the display. All of the size indicators light up when the AUTO setting is selected. SIZE 1 (A: standard size) SIZE 2 (A: double width) SIZE 3 (A: double height) Caps key q q Num key On/Off key Print head To move the cursor one character at a time, press or . . FCC NOTICE SIZE 4 (A: double width & double height) SIZE 5 (A: 4 width & double height) To move the cursor to the beginning of the text, hold down To move the cursor to the end of the text, hold down q and press Note: If there are two lines of text, they are printed with the SIZE1 setting applied, regardless of the selected size setting. To quit the following procedure at any time without making any changes, press 1 2 3 4 Press Press . and until SIZE is displayed, and then press (or ). The . BACKSPACE KEY Batteries This key can be used to remove characters from your text, clear all of the text or cancel the current function and return to the text input mode. q q To delete the character to the left of the cursor or to cancel a function, press To clear all of the text that is currently entered, hold down and press . . current size setting appears in the display. Press Press and (or until the desired size setting is displayed. ) to apply the selected size setting to the text. Tape cassette Tape exit slot STYLE You can also use one of nine different print styles for the characters in your label. If a setting other than NORMAL is selected, the Style indicator at the bottom of the display lights up. NORMAL OUTLINE BOLD PRINTING & CUTTING After you have entered the text and chosen the desired format settings, you are ready to print the label. The message "PRINT" is displayed while the label is being printed, and the label comes out of the tape exit slot at the top end of the machine. To feed out 1 1/24" (25 mm) of tape (for example, after printing using the "" tape margin setting), hold down and press once. The message "FEED" is displayed while the tape is fed out. [. . . ] Press Note: After printing with the "" tape margin setting, hold down and press once to feed the tape before pushing in the tape cutter lever to cut it. After printing with the #, ## or ### tape margin setting, push in the tape cutter lever to cut off the tape, and then use scissors to cut along the printed dots (:) and separate the labels. (or or ) to print the labels. message "1-9?" appears in the display. Press and until the text file that you want to delete is displayed. [. . . ]