Brother PT-9600 Advanced Functons page 15

Ch. 2 Advanced Functions
User-defined character image
If a user-defined character image (a bitmap
character not usually available on the PT-9600)
is assigned to a PF key, that character can be
added to any label that you create on the
PT-9600. The user-defined character image can
be edited like any other character and formatted
using almost all text format functions.
The user-defined character image will have the
size of the bitmap created on the computer. If
the size of the user-defined character image is
smaller than the specified text size setting, space
will be added above and below the character. If
the size of the user-defined character image is
larger than the specified text size setting, the
error message "IMAGE CHARACTER SIZE
ERROR!" will appear.
The maximum size of a user-defined character
image that can be transferred is 380 × 2048
dots. Any part of the image that extends out of
this size will be clipped off. In addition, the
character image should be a monochrome bit-
map, otherwise it will not be assigned correctly.
NOTE
Only one character image or template can be
assigned to each PF key. If a character image or
template is already assigned to a PF key, the previ-
ous data is erased when a different character image
or template is transferred.
To add a user-defined character image to
the text:
Press the PF key where the user-defined
character image that you wish to use is
assigned. The character is added to the text
at the cursor's position.
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Template data
If a database (*.mdb file created with P-touch
Editor) was linked to the template, the database
can also be transferred to the P-touch. Data
from selected records of the database can then
be added to and printed in the template. In
addition, the database data can be searched to
find specific records.
NOTE
The PT-9600 can only contain one database. All
templates are linked to the single transferred data-
base. The database can be replaced or updated.