User manual BROTHER PT-9400

[. . . ] MODEL PT-9400 USER'S GUIDE Read this User's Guide before you start using your P-Touch. Keep this User's Guide in a handy place for future reference. PREFACE Thank you for purchasing this P-touch!Select from a variety of frames, fonts and character styles to design beautiful custom labels. In addition, the many pre-formatted templates available make label- and stamp-making quick and easy. [. . . ] The desired frame or shading A Press is applied to the selected characters. New Block (space bar). Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm [ ]:CHANGE SETTINGS FORMAT LENGTH:AUTO MARGIN:WIDE H. ALI :LEFT PITCH :NORMAL BACK :OFF A Style Italic Vertical 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" 36 Ch. 3 Functions 2 Since is already beside LENGTH, press . BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm To change the MARGIN setting: This function allows you to select the size of the margins on the left and right sides of your text. When NONE, NARROW or MEDIUM is selected, some extra tape is fed out so that the left and right margins are equal. Caps [ ]:CONFIRM LENGTH AUTO inch 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" 12mm 9mm 6mm ABC 1" (25 mm) 1" (25 mm) ABC [WIDE] A Style Italic Vertical ABC 1/6" (4 mm) 1/6" (4 mm) ABC [NONE] or until the desired setting is 3 Press displayed (or type in the desired length). NOTE ABC 1/3" (8 mm) 1/3" (8 mm) ABC [NARROW] To select the default setting (AUTO), press (space bar). ABC 1/2" (12 mm) 1/2" (12 mm) ABC [MEDIUM] To return to the previous screen without keepCancel ing any changes, press . Caps To return to the previous screen with the new setting, press New Block BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm (or ). 0. 0" MARGIN:WIDE HELSI AUTO 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" once to confirm the setting 4 Press and return to the FORMAT menu. New Block 12mm 9mm 6mm 5 Press New Block again to apply the setting. A Style Italic Vertical 1 Press NOTE Format . To return to the text without making any changes, press Format at any time. To return all functions in the FORMAT menu to their default settings, hold down (space bar). Code and press 37 Functions The current margin setting is shown at the left end of the second line in the top of the display. Ch. 3 Functions To change the H. ALI (horizontal alignment) setting: Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm [ ]:CHANGE SETTINGS FORMAT LENGTH:AUTO MARGIN:WIDE H. ALI :LEFT PITCH :NORMAL BACK :OFF A Style Italic Vertical 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" You can choose to align the text in your label in one of four ways: ABC [LEFT] ABC [CENTER] or 2 Press MARGIN. 3 Press Caps until moves beside ABC [RIGHT] . BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm [ ]:CONFIRM MARGIN ABC ABC ABC A Style 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" ABC [JUSTIFY] Functions 38 [WIDE] [NONE] [NARROW] Italic Vertical 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm 1 Press NOTE Format . To return to the text without making any changes, press Format at any time. Code To return all functions in the FORMAT menu to or 4 Press desired setting. NOTE until moves beside the their default settings, hold down (space bar). and press To select the default setting ( [WIDE]), press ABC Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm (space bar). To return to the previous screen without keepCancel ing any changes, press . To return to the previous screen with the new setting, press New Block (or ). [ ]:CHANGE SETTINGS FORMAT LENGTH:AUTO MARGIN:WIDE H. ALI :LEFT PITCH :NORMAL BACK :OFF A Style Italic Vertical 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" once to confirm the setting 5 Press and return to the FORMAT menu. New Block 6 Press New Block again to apply the setting. 2 Press H. ALI. or until moves beside Ch. 3 Functions 3 Press . BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm To change the PITCH setting: With this function, you can select whether or not each character is given an equal width. 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" Caps [ ]:CONFIRM HORIZONTAL ALIGN ABC [LEFT] ABC [CENTER] ABC [RIGHT] ABC [JUSTIFY] A Style Italic Vertical HIHIHI [NORMAL] or 4 Press desired setting. NOTE until moves beside the To select the default setting ( press (space bar). ABC [LEFT]), 1 Press NOTE Format HIHIHI [FIXED] Functions To return to the previous screen without keepCancel . ing any changes, press . To return to the text without making any changes, press Format To return to the previous screen with the new setting, press New Block at any time. Code (or ). To return all functions in the FORMAT menu to their default settings, hold down (space bar). and press once to confirm the setting 5 Press and return to the FORMAT menu. New Block 6 Press New Block again to apply the setting. Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm [ ]:CHANGE SETTINGS FORMAT LENGTH:AUTO MARGIN:WIDE H. ALI :LEFT PITCH :NORMAL BACK :OFF A Style Italic Vertical 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" 2 Press PITCH. or until moves beside 39 Ch. 3 Functions 3 Press Caps . BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm [ ]:CONFIRM PITCH 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" HIHIHI [NORMAL] [FIXED] A Style Italic Vertical HIHIHI [ ]:CHANGE SETTINGS FORMAT LENGTH:AUTO MARGIN:WIDE H. ALI :LEFT PITCH :NORMAL BACK :OFF A Style Italic Vertical 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" or 4 Press desired setting. NOTE until moves beside the 2 Press BACK. 3 Press . or until moves beside To select the default setting ( [NORMAL]), press Functions HIHIHI Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm (space bar). To return to the previous screen without keepCancel [ ]:CONFIRM BACKGROUND OFF [SMALL] [LARGE] FLOORING PLATE TILE A Style Italic Vertical 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" ing any changes, press . To return to the previous screen with the new setting, press New Block (or ). once to confirm the setting 5 Press and return to the FORMAT menu. New Block 6 Press New Block again to apply the setting. or 4 Press desired setting. NOTE until moves beside the To change the BACK (background) setting: From the many designs available, choose a background for your label. 1 Press NOTE Format To select the default setting (OFF), press (space bar). . To return to the previous screen without keepCancel ing any changes, press Format . To return to the text without making any changes, press at any time. Code To return to the previous screen with the new setting, press New Block To return all functions in the FORMAT menu to their default settings, hold down (space bar). 3 Functions 5 Press once to confirm the setting. Template ( Templt ) New Block If SMALL or LARGE was selected, type in the desired text, change the font by press until the desired font setting is disFont played, and then press MAT menu appears again. NOTE New Block . Symbols (see pages 17 and 18) and accented characters (see page 15) can also be added. The Template function makes creating a label or stamp quick and easy. After selecting one of the various pre-formatted templates, simply change the text, and then it is ready to be printed. The many templates available are useful for common needs--from addressing envelopes to identifying floppy disks or audio and video cassettes. The tape width and length of each label printed from a template is preset. After the text is entered, the style of the text can easily be changed just by selecting one of the 7 available style formats. To create a label or stamp from a template: 1 Press up. Templt To display an enlarged view of the character or symbol above the cursor, press key to continue editing the text. Cancel Zoom Image . Press any To return to the previous screen without keeping any changes, press BackAlt Template Zoom ground . Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm . The Template indicator lights Functions Caps [ ]:CONFIRM BACKGROUND TEXT INPUT (FONT:HELSI) 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" NOTE If there was text in the display when the Template function was started, the message "OK TO CLEAR TEXT BUFFER?" appears. q To delete the text, press or until New Block 1/4" A Style Italic Vertical moves beside OK, and then press . q To return to the text without deleting it, press Cancel If a pre-made background design was selected, the FORMAT menu appears again. 6 Press New Block (or move beside CANCEL, and then New Block press ). Cancel again to apply the setting. The Background indicator lights up. To return to the previous screen, press . Caps BackAlt Template Zoom ground Half Cutter 36mm 24mm 18mm 12mm 9mm 6mm [ ]:CONFIRM TEMPLATE TEMPLATE NO. ADDRESS EQUIPMENT PLATE NAMEPLATE A Style Italic Vertical 1 1/2" 1" 3/4" 1/2" 3/8" 1/4" 41 Ch. [. . . ] Contact your nearest service representative. 72 MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS HARDWARE Power supply: Input AC 120 V 60Hz (Auto power off if no key is pressed within 30 minutes) Keyboard (77 keys) 118 64 dots 21 indicators (with back light) 6 widths available: 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" 3/4" 1" 1 1/2" Print head: Tape cutter: (6 mm) (9 mm) (12 mm) (18 mm) (24 mm) (36 mm) Input device: LCD: Print tape: 384 dots (high)/360 dpi (resolution) Auto full cutter Auto half cutter 13. 19" 12. 28" 3. 98" (335 312 101 mm) 5. 51 lbs. (2. 5 kg) Dimensions: Weight: SOFTWARE Character fonts: 10 built-in fonts (Helsinki, Brussels, US, San Diego, Florida, Calgary, Brunei Bold, Los Angeles, Bermuda Script, and Istanbul) AUTO plus 9 point sizes (6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 60, and 72 points) 9 built-in type styles (Normal, Bold, Outline, Solid, Shadow, Outline+Shadow, Stripe, Italic, and Vertical) Maximum 4' (1. 2-meter) line of text Maximum 10 lines Maximum 5 blocks Approximately 3, 000 characters Character sizes: Character styles: Buffer size: Memory size: 73 MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS 74 Appendix 75 Appendix Appendix Symbols p. 17 The following symbols are available. Category PUNCTUATION Symbol Number Symbol Number BRACKETS Symbol Number ARROWS Symbol Number UNITS Symbol Number Symbol Number SPECIAL LETTERS Symbol Number NUMBERS Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol 62 1/2 72 - 1 @ 15 [ 18 26 36 + 2 # 16 ] 19 27 $ 37 3 & 17 { 20 28 4 5 = 6 \ 7 8 9 10 11 TM 12 13 14 } 21 29 < 22 30 > 23 31 24 32 25 33 34 35 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 63 1/3 73 + 64 1/4 74 0 65 1 75 1 66 2 76 2 67 3 77 3 68 4 78 4 69 5 79 5 70 6 80 6 71 7 81 7 8 82 8 9 83 9 0 84 98 85 - 86 + 87 0 88 1 89 2 90 3 91 4 92 5 93 6 94 7 95 8 96 9 97 99 Appendix Number GENERAL Symbol Number Symbol Number 100 5 111 101 O 112 102 q 113 103 104 105 m 106 n 117 107 o 118 108 p 119 109 110 114 115 116 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 76 Appendix Category WARNING 1 Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number WARNING 2 Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number WARNING 3 Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number GUIDANCE Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 201 202 203 204 205 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 157 158 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 77 Appendix Appendix Category TRAFFIC SIGN Symbol Number SIGNS Symbol Number Symbol Number EVENT Symbol Number Symbol Number ANIMALS Symbol Number PLANTS Symbol Number FOOD&DRINK Symbol Number Symbol Number OFFICE Symbol Number Symbol Number Symbol Number SPORT Symbol Number Symbol Number 435 436 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 415 416 417 418 419 420 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 383 384 385 386 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 365 366 367 368 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 Appendix 78 Appendix Category MEDICAL Symbol Number TRANSPORTATION Symbol Number TOOL Symbol Number ASTRONOMICAL Symbol Number POINTING Symbol Number FISH Symbol Number INSECTS Symbol Number VIDEO Symbol Number 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 463 464 465 466 461 462 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 449 450 451 452 445 446 447 448 441 442 443 444 437 438 439 440 79 Appendix Appendix Special barcode characters p. 18 The following special characters can only be added to barcodes created using protocols EAN128 and CODE128. Value 3 4 11 28 29 30 32 59 60 61 62 63 64 64 65 66 67 68 SOH STX ETX EOT Character # $ + < = > @ [ \ ] ^ _ NUL Value 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 Character ENQ ACK BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO SI DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN Value 87 88 89 90 91 91 92 92 93 93 94 94 95 95 96 97 100 102 Character ETB CAN EM SUB ESC { FS | GS } RS ~ US DEL FNC3 FNC2 FNC4 FNC1 The following special characters can only be added to barcodes created using protocols CODE39 or CODABAR. Value 1 2 Character + $ Fonts p. [. . . ]