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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