Creating A Bar Code Label - Brother P-Touch PT-2730 User Manual

EDITING A LABEL
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Press the OK or Enter key. The Forward screen is
displayed. Set the amount of year, month, week, day,
hour, and minute to increase from the currently set
clock when using the Time & Date function using the
or
or
You can also use the Num keys to type in the figure.
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Press the OK or Enter key to apply the settings.
• Press the Escape key to return to the previous step.
• Press the Space key to set the format to default setting.
• Refer to the Time Stamp: Forward Options for a list of all available formats.
Attribute
Forward
Using the Bar Code function you can create labels with one dimensional bar codes for
use with cash registers, stock control systems or other bar code reader systems, or
even asset control tags used in an asset management system.
• The P-touch labeler is not designed exclusively for creating bar code labels. Always
check that bar code labels can be read by the bar code reader.
• For best results, print bar code labels in black ink on white tape. Some bar code readers
may not be able to read bar code labels created using colored tape or ink.
• Use the "Large" setting for "Width" whenever possible. Some bar code readers may not
be able to read bar code labels created using the "Small" setting.
• Continuously printing a large number of labels with bar codes can overheat the print
head, which may affect printing quality.
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Creating a Bar Code Label

key. To move to the next parameter, use the
key.
Time Stamp : Forward Options
Value
On
Off
Creating a Bar Code Label
Description
The time/date will be increased according to the
value selected in the Forward setting.
Current time/date will be printed.