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CONTENTS
Brother
®
90 Days/One Year Limited Warranty and Replacement
Service
(For USA Only) .............................................................................iii
Important Information ................................................................... v
1. Getting Started ..............................................................1
General Description ......................................................................1
Top view & bottom view ...............................................................................1
Keyboard & LCD display .............................................................................2
General Precautions ......................................................................3
Batteries & Tape Cassettes .............................................................4
Installing batteries and a tape cassette .........................................................4
Cleaning ........................................................................................7
Cleaning the print head, rollers and tape cutter ..........................................7
Optional AC Adapter .....................................................................8
Connecting the AC adapter ...........................................................................8
Turning the P-touch On/Off ..........................................................8
2. Label Type Modes ..........................................................9
Selecting a Label Type Mode .........................................................9
Normal and Vertical Modes ...........................................................9
Rotate Mode and Rotate & Repeat Mode .....................................10
Flag Mode ....................................................................................11
Port & Panel Modes .....................................................................12
3. Basic Functions ............................................................14
Performing Basic Operations .......................................................14
Choosing functions, parameters, settings and groups ................................14
Choosing the default setting .......................................................................14
Confirming a choice ....................................................................................14
Cancelling a choice ....................................................................................14
Inputting Label Data ....................................................................15
Entering and editing text .............................................................................15
Entering an accented character ..................................................................17
Entering a bar code ....................................................................................18
Entering a symbol .......................................................................................20