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CONTENTS
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
Formatting the Label ....................................................................24
Specifying a label length .............................................................................24
Specifying a margin size .............................................................................24
Framing the text ..........................................................................................25