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CONTENTS
Brother
®
90 Days/One Year Limited Warranty and
Replacement Service (For USA Only) ........................................... iv
Important Information .................................................................. vi
1. Getting Started ..............................................................1
General Description ...................................................................... 1
Top view & bottom view ...............................................................................1
Keyboard & LCD display ............................................................................. 2
General Precautions ...................................................................... 4
Batteries & Tape Cassettes ............................................................. 5
Installing batteries and a tape cassette .........................................................5
Cleaning ........................................................................................ 8
Cleaning the print head, rollers and tape cutter ..........................................8
Optional AC Adapter ..................................................................... 9
Connecting the AC adapter ...........................................................................9
Turning the P-touch On/Off .......................................................... 9
2. Label Type Modes ........................................................10
Selecting a Label Type Mode ....................................................... 10
Normal and Vertical Modes ......................................................... 10
Rotate Mode and Rotate & Repeat Mode ..................................... 11
Flag Mode .................................................................................... 12
Port & Panel Modes ..................................................................... 13
3. Basic Functions ............................................................15
Performing Basic Operations ....................................................... 15
Choosing functions, parameters, settings and groups ................................ 15
Choosing the default setting ....................................................................... 15
Confirming a choice ....................................................................................15
Cancelling a choice ....................................................................................15
Inputting Label Data .................................................................... 16
Entering and editing text .............................................................................16
Entering an accented character ..................................................................18
Entering a bar code ....................................................................................19
Entering a symbol .......................................................................................21