Brother P-touch home User Manual

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User's Guide

Thank you for purchasing a Brother P-touch Home label

maker! With your new P-touch Home label maker, you

can create labels to organize and personalize items just

the way you want them around your home. Select from

the many frames, character sizes and styles to design

beautiful custom labels. In addition, the variety of tape

cartridges available allows you to print labels with

different widths and exciting colors.

For a complete list of tapes compatible with your label

maker, visit us at: www.brother.com.

Please read this guide, including all Precautions, before

using this label maker. After reading this guide, keep it in

a safe place.

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Page 1 User’s Guide Thank you for purchasing a Brother P-touch Home label maker! With your new P-touch Home label maker, you can create labels to organize and personalize items just the way you want them around your home. Select from the many frames, character sizes and styles to design beautiful custom labels.
Page 2 • Do not use the label maker in any way or for any purpose not described in this guide. Doing so may result in accidents or damage the label maker. alkaline batteries or six (6) fully charged • Use only genuine Brother TZe tapes with the label maker. Do not use tapes that do not have the mark.
Page 3 Tape Cassette. For backup memory, we recommend using both • Use only Brother TZe tapes with this machine. batteries AND the optional AC Adapter, in the event • Make sure that the End of the Tape feeds under that one or the other power method fails.
Page 4 Initial Settings Turn your label maker on. Supply power by using six AAA batteries or the optional AC Adapter (AD-24), and then press Set the language. The default setting is [English]. [Language] (Select a language) Set the unit of measurement. The default setting is [inch].
Page 5 Over time, the Cutter Blade may become blunt from repetitive use. If the Cutter does not cut tape cleanly, replace the Cutter Unit. Contact your local authorized Brother reseller and order item TC-4, the Cutter Unit.  Replacing the Cutter Unit 1.
Page 6 BASIC USAGE Entering Text You can enter a maximum of 80 characters and spaces for a text label, and 50 characters and spaces if using templates. To cancel any operation, press  Switching Upper Case/Lower Case Upper case Lower case (ON) (OFF) Caps...
Page 7  Entering Accented Characters • Refer to the Accented Characters table in this guide. • The order of accented characters varies based on the language you selected.  Changing Label Length [Label Length] [Auto/1.2"-12.0" (30- 300 mm)] NOTE After printing a label, cut along the printed dots (:) with scissors so the label length matches what is shown on the LCD.
Page 8 Printing Labels  Preview • Pressing the Preview key displays a preview of the label, and may differ from the actual label when printed. • If the LCD cannot display all the text at once, press to display the hidden text. •...
Page 9  Using Print Options [Numbering] You can print a series of up to nine labels using auto-numbering. Use this feature to automatically increase a selected number by 1 after each one is printed. Ex: Print copies of a label containing a serial number (0123, 0124, and 0125) (Enter numbers) move the cursor to the...
Page 10 Printing Labels (cont)  Setting Margins [Margin] [Full/Half/Narrow/Chain Print] • You can also access the Margin menu by pressing [Full] / [Half] / [Narrow] Use one of these options to customize margin length before and after your text. • The printed dots (:) indicate the end of the label. Cut along the printed dots (:) with scissors.
Page 11 Saving Label Files You can save up to 30 labels and recall them for printing at a later date. A maximum of 80 characters can be saved per file and a maximum of 2400 characters can be saved in total memory. You can also edit and overwrite the stored labels.
Page 12 Print?] USING TEMPLATES • Use clear tape when using this function, so the labels can be read correctly from the opposite Home Label side when attached on glass, windows, or other transparent surfaces. Use Home Label templates to create polished labels by selecting one of our predesigned formats.
Page 13 NOTE • Depending on the format you have selected, the entire contents of your text may not be printed. Deco Mode For example, if you selected a fixed Label Length Use Deco Mode templates to add visual texture to and the text is too long, an error message [Text your labels.
Page 14 FORMATTING KEYS Font Key Press to change the font settings. (Select an item) Press to select the settings you want, and then press Font Helsinki Brussels Florida Belgium San Diego Los Angeles Calgary Atlanta Adams Brunei Istanbul Sofia Germany Size Large Medium Small...
Page 15 Width Normal × 2 × 1/2 Style Normal Bold Outline Shadow Solid Italic I + Bold I + Outline I + Shadow Vertical NOTE • To cancel operations, press • Refer to the Font Samples table illustrated in this guide. •...
Page 16 Frame Key Press to select the frame design. Refer to the Frame Designs table section in this guide. (Select a frame) NOTE • To cancel operations, press Symbol Key Press to select various symbols. Refer to the Basic Symbols/Pictograph Symbols table sections in this guide.
Page 17 HELPFUL HINTS Shortcuts (Symbol) Symbol [Basic/Pictograph] Basic Punctuation Number 1 Business Number 2 Mathematics Number 3 Brackets Number 4 Arrows Basic Shape Unit Electrical Greek Letter Pictograph Food Family Flower Fashion Messaging Vehicle Signs Sports Audio/Visual Hobby Nature Animal Others Event...
Page 18 Unit Helpful Tips Clear Feed Print Options Resetting the P-touch Home Reset your label maker when you want to initialize the settings, or in the event it is not working properly. Resetting clears all the text, settings, and stored files.
Page 19 If you have questions or need information about your Brother product, please visit us online or call. For FAQs, Troubleshooting, and to download manuals, visit support.brother.com. To order supplies and accessories, visit www.brother-usa.com or call 1-877-552-6255. For USA Customer Service, call...
Page 20 Troubleshooting  Error message Message Cause/Remedy The batteries are weak. If using AAA alkaline batteries: Replace them with new ones. Battery! If using Ni-MH batteries, charge them fully. Battery Replace the batteries. Dead • There is no text above the cursor when you selected [Numbering].
Page 21 The label maker has “locked up” (i.e., nothing Refer to the Resetting the P-touch Home happens when section in this guide. a key is pressed, even though the label maker is on.) • The batteries may be weak. Replace them.
Page 22 Category Basic Symbols/Pictograph Symbols Punctuation Business Mathematics Brackets Arrows Unit Greek Letter Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Number 4 Basic Shape Electrical Family Fashion Vehicle Sports...
Page 23 Category Basic Symbols/Pictograph Symbols (cont) Hobby Animal Event Food Flower Messaging Signs Audio/Visual Nature Others Accented Characters Deco Mode Formats...
Page 24 Home Label Templates Frame Designs...
Page 25 Registering your product will provide purchase confirmation, proof of ownership and, if you choose, allow us to notify you of product enhancements and special offers! You can register online at: www.registermybrother.com LIMITED WARRANTY Product warranty information can be found online at www.brother-usa.com/brother-support...

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