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Using P-touch With a
Computer (for PT-1650 only)
Using P-touch Editor 3.2
P-touch Editor 3.2 makes it easy for anyone to design and print more complex labels for
almost any need imaginable.
Notes on creating templates
Since some P-touch Editor 3.2 functions are not available with the P-touch machine,
keep the following points in mind when using P-touch Editor 3.2 to create templates.
☞ Since only the Helsinki font is available on the P-touch machine, the font used to print
the text may be different from the font selected for the template in P-touch Editor. In
addition, since the size of all text on the P-touch machine is set to AUTO, the text size
may automatically be reduced.
☞ Although character styles can be applied to individual characters with P-touch Editor,
styles can only be applied to a line of text with the P-touch machine. In addition, some
character styles are not available on the P-touch machine.
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Differently from P-touch Editor, the P-touch machine cannot print underline or strikeout.
☞ Only the first 999 lines of a database linked to a template is read by the P-touch machine.
☞ Only the first line of text typed into a database field is read by the P-touch machine.
Therefore, if you wish to print from a database with more than one line of text, create the
template and database with separate fields for each line of text.
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Some characters available with P-touch Editor are not available with the P-touch machine.
☞ Bar codes specified with settings not compatible with the P-touch bar codes settings will
not print correctly.
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A template created with P-touch Editor should have a fixed length with a maximum of 39" (1 m).
☞ The template and database should be created so that no more than approximately 500
characters per label will be printed.
☞ Fields that extend out of the print area may not print completely.
☞ A numbering field specified with P-touch Editor will not transfer and is not compatible
with the Numbering function on the P-touch machine.
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Backgrounds specified with P-touch Editor are not compatible with the P-touch machine.
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Time and date objects using the “At Printing” setting on P-touch Editor will not be printed.
☞ The printed label may differ from the image that appears in the Preview area of Transfer
Manager.
☞ If the number or order of fields in a database are changed and only the database (*.csv
file) is transferred to update it, the database may not link correctly with the template. In
addition, the first line of data in the transferred file must be recognized by the P-touch
machine as “field names”, otherwise the database cannot be used to print.
☞ A P-touch Editor layout that uses the split printing function (enlarging the label and
printing it on 2 or more labels) cannot be transferred.
☞ The length of the label set with P-touch Editor and the label length setting on the P-touch
may be slightly different as a result of the P-touch’s computational margin of error.