Table Of Contents - Brother PT-P900 User Manual

Table of Contents

Section I Basic Operations
1 Setting Up the P-touch Label Printer
General Description ...................................................................................................................................2
Front ....................................................................................................................................................2
Back.....................................................................................................................................................3
Connecting the Power Supply ...................................................................................................................4
Inserting a Tape Cassette..........................................................................................................................5
Turning Power On/Off................................................................................................................................7
Feeding Tape ............................................................................................................................................7
2 Printing Using the Computer
Installing the Printer Driver and Software ..................................................................................................8
Connecting the P-touch Label Printer to a Computer ................................................................................9
Connecting Using USB........................................................................................................................9
Printing from a Computer.........................................................................................................................10
Available Applications........................................................................................................................10
Printing from Your Computer.............................................................................................................11
Attaching Labels ................................................................................................................................13
3 Using the Serial Interface
Installing the Printer Driver and Software ................................................................................................14
Transferring the Template to P-touch Transfer Manager ..................................................................14
Transferring Templates from the Computer to the P-touch Label Printer..........................................14
Connecting Using the Serial Adapter (Optional:PA-SCA-001) ................................................................15
Serial (RS-232C) Cable.....................................................................................................................16
Serial Interface Settings ....................................................................................................................16
4 Changing the P-touch Label Printer Settings
Printer Setting Tool ..................................................................................................................................17
Before Using the Printer Setting Tool ................................................................................................17
Using the Printer Setting Tool..................................................................................................................18
Device Settings........................................................................................................................................20
Settings Dialog Box ...........................................................................................................................20
Menu Bar ...........................................................................................................................................22
Basic Tab...........................................................................................................................................24
Label Settings Tab.............................................................................................................................25
Applying Setting Changes to Multiple Printers ..................................................................................26
P-touch Template Settings ......................................................................................................................27
P-touch Template Settings Dialog Box..............................................................................................28
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