User manual BROTHER PT-550

[. . . ] Select from the many frames, character sizes and styles to design beautiful custom labels and stamps. In a addition, the variety of tape and ink colors available allow you to print personalized labels, useful for color-coding. 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. [. . . ] 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. 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. FILE SHORT (3/8" (9mm), 1/2" (12mm), 3/4" (18mm), 1" (24mm), 11/2" (36mm)) S. FLOPPY 3. 5" (3/4" (18mm), 1" (24mm), 11/2"(36mm)) T. FLOPPY 5" (3/4" (18mm), 1" (24mm), 11/2"(36mm)) 3. NAME? 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 AUTO size setting, the machine compares your text with the width of the installed tape and automatically adjusts the characters to the largest possible size. However, seven other point sizes are available and each can be printed in narrow, medium or wide characters. The default size setting is AUTO and the default width setting is medium. When the AUTO size setting is selected, "AUTO" appears in the top left-hand corner of the display. Refer to SAMPLE at the end of this section for samples of the available settings. + When the SPLIT parameter of the Special Print function is set ON, the text will automatically be printed in a larger character size. Since the character size that can be used depends on the width of the tape, the followIng table shows the character sizes that can be used with each tape width. Tape width 1 1/2" (36 mm) 1" (24 mm) 3/4" (18 mm) 1/2" (12 mm) 3/8" (9 mm) 1/4" (6 mm) Sizes (in point) 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36 6, 9, 12, 18, 24 6, 9, 12, 18 6, 9, 12 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 The FEED function allows you to select the size of the margins on the left and right side of your test. 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. [. . . ] 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. El ajuste inicial de fábrica es el de pulgadas (inch). + Esta ajuste sólo puede aplicarse a todas las mediciones; no puede aplicarse sólo a parte de ellas. PARA CAMBIAR LA UNIDAD DE LAS MEDICIONES: 34 35 36 La función de membrete Stamp le permite crear con rapidez y facilidad sus propios membretes personalizados. Seleccione esta función para centrar automáticamente el texto y ajustar la longitud de la cinta y los márgenes a un formato perfecto para los soportes de películas de membrete entintados. [. . . ]