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Serial interface settings (Windows

®

 only)

Use the following steps to change or confirm 
the port and the baud rate settings on the 
computer and the printer. The following 
procedure is shown based on Windows Vista

®

.

Setting the computer baud 
rate

1

On the taskbar, click the “Start” button, 
and then click “Control Panel”.

2

Select “Printers and Other Hardware” 
(XP) / “Hardware and Sound” (Windows 
Vista

®

/Windows

®

 7) and then click 

“Printers and Faxes” (XP) / “Printer” 
(Windows Vista

®

/Windows

®

 7).

3

Right-click the “Brother PT-XXXX” icon, 
and then select “Properties”.

4

Click the “Ports” tab and then select the 
port you use from the list.

To save the settings, click [Apply].

5

Click the “Device Settings” tab, and 
“Utility...”, and then click [Properties...] 
that appears next to Utilities.

6

Select the desired baud rate.

7

Click [Apply].

The baud rate will be changed.

8

Click [Exit].

9

Click [OK].

Setup is complete and the setting window 
will close.

Setting the printer baud rate

For details on the setting the printer baud rate, 
download “P-touch Template manual” (English 
only) from the following web site.
http://solutions.brother.com/ 
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