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PT-H500LI
In order to use your P-touch labeler safely, read the included
Quick Setup Guide first.
Read this guide before using your P-touch labeler.
INTRODUCTION
Keep this guide in a handy place for future reference.
Please visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/ where you can
EDITING A LABEL
get product support and answers to frequently asked
questions (FAQs).
LABEL PRINTING
USING THE FILE MEMORY
USING P-TOUCH SOFTWARE
RESETTING & MAINTENANCE
TROUBLESHOOTING
APPENDIX
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INTRODUCTION Contents EDITING A LABEL................................................................................... 3 Entering and Editing Text.............................................................................................. 3 Entering Text from the Keyboard............................................................................ 3 Using Text Reminder .............................................................................................. 3 Deleting Text Reminder Mem
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INTRODUCTION USING THE FILE MEMORY ................................................................. 38 Storing a Label into Memory ........................................................................................38 Opening a Stored Label File ........................................................................................38 Printing a Stored Label File..........................................................................................39 Deleting a Stored Label File.........
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EDITING A LABEL EDITING A LABEL Entering and Editing Text Entering Text from the Keyboard The keyboard of your P-touch labeler can be used in the same way as a standard computer keyboard. Refer to the "Quick Setup Guide" for the name and location of each key. Using Text Reminder When a character is entered, the P-touch labeler remembers character sequences beginning with the character entered from a history of all printed character sequences to date, and displays a list of options from whic
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EDITING A LABEL Adding a New Line • To end the current line of text and start a new line, press the Enter key. A carriage return mark appears at the end of the line, and the cursor moves to the start of the new line. • There is a maximum number of lines of text that can be entered for each tape width. A maximum of 7 lines for 0.94" (24mm) tape, 5 lines for 0.70" (18mm) tape, 3 lines for 0.47" (12mm) tape, 2 lines for 0.35" (9mm) tape, and 0.23" (6 mm) tape, and 1 line for 0.13" (3.5mm) tape.
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EDITING A LABEL Deleting all text at once Use the Clear key to delete all text at once. Press the Clear key. 1 The Clear options are displayed. Using the or key, select "Text Only" to delete all text while retaining the current 2 format settings, or select "Text&Format" to delete all text and format settings. Press the Esc key to return to the text entry screen, without erasing (or clearing) text or format. Press the OK or Enter key. 3 All text is deleted. All format settings are also de
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EDITING A LABEL Press the Esc key to return to the previous step. Symbol List Category Symbols Punctuation Bracket/Arrow Mathematics Currency/Unit (Number) [Number] Entering Symbols 6
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EDITING A LABEL Entering Icons To enter an icon, use the Icon function (see below). Entering Icons Using the Icon Function Press the Icon key. 1 A list of icon categories and icons in that category is displayed. The last icon entered is selected in the displayed list. Select an icon category (Sign, Business, etc.) using the or key and then press 2 the OK or Enter key. Select an icon using the , , or key and then press the OK or Enter key. 3 The selected icon is inserted into the line of
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EDITING A LABEL Category Icons Personal Nature/Earth Pictograph The symbols shown in the table may look slightly different on the LCD and when printed. Entering Accented Characters The P-touch labeler can display and print a set of accented characters such as other language specific characters. Enter the character you wish to change to an accented character. 1 Caps mode can be used with the Accent function. Press the Accent key. 2 The character you entered will change to an accented character.
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EDITING A LABEL Accented Character List Character Accented Characters Character Accented Characters a n A N c o C O d r D R e s E S g t G T i u I U k y K Y l z L Z Setting Character Attributes Setting Character Attributes by Label Using the Font key, you can select a font and apply size, width, style, line, and alignment attributes. 1 Press the Font key. 1 The current settings are displayed. 2 Select an attribute using the or key, and then set a value for that attribute using 2 3 the o
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EDITING A LABEL •Press the Esc key to return to the previous step. •Press the Space key to set the selected attribute to the default value. • Refer to the Setting Options table for all the available settings. • Small characters may be difficult to read when certain styles are applied (e.g. Shadow + Italic). Setting Character Attributes by Each Line When a label consists of two or more lines of text, you can set different values of character attributes (font, size, width, style, line and alignm
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EDITING A LABEL Setting Options Attribute Value Result Value Result HEL BEL (Helsinki) (Belgium) BRU ATL (Brussels) (Atlanta) US ADM (US) (Adams) LA BRN (Los (Brunei) Font Angeles) SGO SOF (San (Sofia) Diego) FLO GER (Florida) (Germany) LGO CAL (Letter (Calgary) Gothic) When Auto is selected, the text is automatically adjusted Auto 18pt to print in the largest size available for each tape width. 48pt 12pt 1 Size 42pt 9pt 2 3 36pt 6pt 4 24pt 5 6 7 8 Setting Character Attributes 11
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EDITING A LABEL Attribute Value Result Value Result x 2 x 2/3 Width x 3/2 x 1/2 x 1 I+BLD Normal (Italic Bold) I+OUT BLD (Italic (Bold) Outline) I+SHD OUT (Italic (Outline) Shadow) Style I+SLD SHD (Italic (Shadow) Solid) SLD VRT (Solid) (Vertical) ITA (Italic) UND Off (Underline) Line STR (Strikeout) Left Right Align (Alignment) Just Center (Justify) • The actual printed font size depends on the tape width, number of characters and number of input lines. Once characters reach a minimum si
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EDITING A LABEL Setting Auto Fit Style When "Size" of the Font key is set to "Auto" and "Length" of the Label key is set to a specific length, you can select the way to reduce the text size to fit within the label length. Press the Menu key, select "Auto Fit Style" using the or key, and then press the 1 OK or Enter key. Select the style using the or key. 2 When "Text Size" is selected, the total text size is modified to fit within the label. When "Text Width" is selected, the text width
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EDITING A LABEL Frames Attribute Value Result Value Result Off 16 01 17 02 18 03 19 04 20 05 21 06 22 07 23 Frame 08 24 09 25 10 26 11 27 12 28 13 29 14 30 15 31 Setting Frame 14
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EDITING A LABEL Attribute Value Result Value Result 32 50 33 51 34 52 35 53 36 54 37 55 38 56 39 57 40 58 Frame 41 59 42 60 43 61 1 44 62 2 45 63 3 4 46 64 5 47 65 6 48 66 7 49 67 8 Setting Frame 15
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EDITING A LABEL Attribute Value Result Value Result 68 84 69 85 70 86 71 87 72 88 73 89 74 90 75 91 Frame 76 92 77 93 78 94 79 95 80 96 81 97 82 98 83 99 Setting Frame 16
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EDITING A LABEL Setting the Label Length Setting the Label Length You can set the length of the label within the range 1.2" (30 mm) - 12.0" (300 mm). 1 Press the Label key. Select "Length" using the or key, and then set the value by using the or 2 key. Press the OK or Enter key. 3 • Press the Esc key to return to the previous step. • Press the Space key to set the value to default setting. • When Auto is selected, the length of the label is automatically adjusted based on the amount of t
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EDITING A LABEL Using Templates You can quickly and easily create labels for a variety of purposes, such as file tabs, equipment labels, name badges, etc. Simply select a layout from the templates, enter the text and apply formatting as desired. Symbols, icons and accented characters can also be used in Templates. Using Templates - Example creating an Asset Tag Press the Template key. 1 The last template used is displayed. Select a template using the or key. 2 Press the OK or Enter key. 3 Se
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EDITING A LABEL Enter the text and then press the OK or Enter key. 8 Repeat this for each text field. After all text fields are entered, the print menu is displayed when the OK or Enter key is pressed. Select "Print" using the or key and then press the OK or Enter key to display 9 the Copies screen. • Select "Edit" to change the text data or style settings. • Select "Save" to store the label to the file memory. For the file memory, refer to "USING THE FILE MEMORY" on page 38. • Select "Ca
