Brother P-touch LN0617001 - Manual (Page 2)

General description
Basic operations
• Turning on/off the P-touch
To turn the P-touch on or off, press P .
The P-touch conserves battery power by automatically
switching itself off if no key is pressed within five min-
utes.When the batteries are low, the message "BATT"
appears in the display. When the batteries are empty,
the P-touch turns itself off and the display stays blank.
• Selecting the input mode
An indicator on the left side of the display shows the cur-
rent input mode. If there is no indicator, lowercase letters
can be typed in when a character key is pressed. If the
indicator appears beside a , uppercase letters can be
typed in, and if the indicator appears beside n , numer-
als will be typed in. To switch to the uppercase or lower-
case input modes, press A until the desired input mode
is indicated. To enter the numerals input mode, press 1
once. When the P-touch is turned on, the input mode is
automatically reset to uppercase letters.
• Entering characters
To enter lowercase and uppercase letters, continue press-
ing the key for the desired letter until the letter is displayed,
and then press L , l or r . To enter numerals, press
the key for the desired number.
If the input of a letter is not finalized, for example by
pressing L , l or r , the label cannot be printed, the
text cannot be formatted or a symbol cannot be added.
The characters shown below are available with the various
keys and input modes:
• Entering a space
To add a space to your text, make sure that the indicator does
not appear beside
n (numerals), and then press 0 .
• Adding a second line of text
To end the first line of text and start the second, press L .
The marker appears to the left of the cursor. Two-line
text is always printed with the SIZE1 text size and the
NORM (normal) style.
To change a message back to a single line, delete the
marker
. (For details on deleting the marker, refer to
Deleting a character .)
• Moving the cursor
You can move the cursor (_) to view or edit parts of the text to
the left or right of the 6 characters shown in the display.
To move the cursor to the left, press
l ; to move the cursor
to the right, press r . Move the cursor several characters
in a row by holding down the key for the desired direction.
• Deleting a character
To delete a character, press C . The character to the left
of the cursor is deleted. To continue deleting characters,
hold down C until all of the desired characters are
deleted. To delete a character in the middle of the text,
move the cursor below the character to the right of the one
to be deleted before pressing C .
• Clearing all text and formats
To clear the current text and selected formats, press F ,
press l or r until "CLEAR" is displayed, and then press
L . All text is erased, and the text size, style, underline/frame
and label length return to their default settings, and the input
mode is reset to uppercase letters.
• Entering a symbol
To enter a symbol, press @ . The first row of symbols
appears. Continue pressing @ until the row containing
the desired symbol is displayed, press l or r until the
cursor is positioned under the desired symbol, and then
press L . Your text reappears in the display with the
selected symbol added to it.
To return to the current text without adding a symbol, press C .
The symbols shown below are available in the following order:
• Printing
To print out the entered text, press R . The message
"PRINT" appears while printing.
Do not press the tape cutter button while printing, as
this will cause the tape to jam.
• Cutting off labels
Cut off the label that is fed from the tape exit slot by press-
ing in the tape cutter button.
Key Lowercase letters
(no indicator)
Uppercase letters
(indicator beside a a a a )
Numerals
(indicator
beside n n n n )
1 1
2 a b c д б а в г е ж з A B C Д Б А В Г Е Ж З 2
3 d e f л й и к D E F Л Й И К 3
4 g h i п н м о G H I П Н М О 4
5 j k l J K L 5
6 m n o с ц у т ф х ш œ M N O С Ц У Т Ф Х Ш Œ 6
7 p q r s P Q R S 7
8 t u v ь ъ щ ы T U V Ь Ъ Щ Ы 8
9 w x y z ÿ W X Y Z 9
0 Space Space 0
Tape exit slot Built-in label-backing peeler
Underline indicator Frame indicator
Style indicator Label length indicator
Tape cutter button Display
Uppercase indicator Power key
Numerals indicator Left/right arrow key
Function key Enter key
Print key Character keys
Back space key
Uppercase/lowercase mode key Numeral mode/1 key
Space/0 key
Symbol key
– _ / \ : ; . , ' " ! ? @ & # ∗ % • + Ч ч ± = § ¿ ij ∼
( ) [ ] < > ← → ↑ ↓ °
$ £ Fr ß µ ♥ ★
✏
Formatting the text
To format the text by changing the text size or style, adding
underlining/framing/shading or specifying the label length,
press F , press l or r until the desired function ( SIZE ,
STYLE , FRAME or LENGTH ) is displayed, and then press
L . Next, press l , r , or F until the desired setting is
displayed, and then press L . The selected formatting is
applied to the entire text. For more details about each func-
tion, refer to the appropriate section below.
To return to the current text without changing the formatting,
press C .
• Text size
The following five text sizes are available:
• Text style
The following nine text styles are available:
When a text style other than NORM (normal) is selected,
the indicator below b comes on.
• Underlining/framing/shading
The following frame settings are available:
When UNDL is selected, the indicator below c comes on.
When a setting other than TEXT or UNDL is selected, the
indicator below d comes on. The underlining/framing/
shading is not printed if the VERT (vertical) style is selected.
• Label length
If L OFF was selected, the length of the label will adjust
automatically according to the length of the entered
text. If L ON was selected, the current label length set-
ting in millimetres appears. Press l or r or use the
character keys to enter the desired length between 50
and 300 mm, and then press L . When L ON is
selected, the indicator below s comes on.
Removing the label
backing
The PT-55 is equipped with a peeler that allows you to
easily remove the backing from labels. (Fig. 8)
1) Insert the label, with the printed surface facing down,
as far as possible into the built-in peeler. (Fig. 9)
2) Fold back the label to the right 180˚. (Fig. 10)
3) Quickly pull the label out to the right. The end of the
backing is separated from the label. (Fig. 11)
Function key operations
Press F , press l or r to select one of the follow-
ing, and then press L .
SIZE Press l , r , or F to select a text size,
and then press L .
STYLE Press l , r , or F to select one of the
following, and then press L .
NORM (normal) SHAD (shadow)
IT+B (italic + bold) OUTL (outline)
ITAL (italic) IT+S (italic + shadow)
BOLD IT+O (italic + outline)
VERT (vertical)
FRAME Press l , r , or F to select one of the
following, and then press L .
TEXT BOX2 BOX5
UNDL (underline) BOX3 BOX6
BOX1 BOX4 BOX7
LENGTH Press l , r , or F to select one of the
following, and then press L.
L OFF
L ON Press l, r, or F or use the
character key to enter the desired
label length, and then press L.
CLEAR (All text is erased, and the text size, style, under-
line/frame and label length return to their default
settings, and the input mode is reset to upper-
case letters.)
SIZE5 SIZE4 (default) SIZE3 SIZE2 SIZE1
NORM (normal-default)
SHAD (shadow)
IT+B (italic + bold)
OUTL (outline)
ITAL (italic)
IT+S (italic + shadow)
BOLD
IT+O (italic + outline)
VERT
TEXT (default) UNDL (underline) BOX1
BOX2 BOX3 BOX4
BOX5 BOX6 BOX7
Fig. 8 Fig. 9 Fig. 10 Fig. 11
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