Notes On Using P-Touch Transfer Manager (For Windows ® ); Notes On Creating Templates; Notes On Transferring Templates; Notes On Transferring Data Other Than Templates - Brother P-Touch PT-E500 User Manual

Notes on Using P-touch Transfer Manager (For Windows
Since some P-touch Editor 5.1 functions are not available with the P-touch labeling system,
keep the following points in mind when using P-touch Editor 5.1 to create templates.
You can check a preview of the printed template before the created template is transferred
to the P-touch labeling system. Refer to "Transferring the Label Template to P-touch Transfer
Manager" on page 26 for details.

Notes on Creating Templates

• The P-touch labeling system is loaded with 14 fonts. Some of the text in the template that
is transferred to the P-touch labeling system will be printed using similar fonts and
character sizes that are loaded in the P-touch labeling system. As a result, the printed label
may differ from the image of the template created in P-touch Editor.
• Depending on the text object setting, the character size may be automatically reduced or
some of the text may not be printed. If this occurs, change the text object setting.
• Although character styles can be applied to individual characters with P-touch Editor,
styles can only be applied to a block of text with the P-touch labeling system. In addition,
some character styles are not available on the P-touch labeling system.
• A numbering field specified with P-touch Editor will not transfer.
• Backgrounds specified with P-touch Editor are not compatible with the P-touch labeling
system.
• Date and Time objects using the "At Printing" setting on P-touch Editor will not be printed.
• A P-touch Editor layout that uses the split printing function (enlarging the label and printing
it on 2 or more labels) cannot be transferred.
• Only the first seven lines of text typed into a database field is read by the P-touch labeling
system.
• Fields that extend out of the print area may not print completely.

Notes on Transferring Templates

• The printed label may differ from the image that appears in the Preview area of P-touch
Transfer Manager.
• If a bar code that is not loaded on the P-touch labeling system is to be transferred to the
P-touch labeling system, the bar code will be converted into an image if it is a 2-
dimensional bar code. The image of the converted bar code cannot be edited. If the bar
code is a 1-dimensional bar code containing a bar code protocol that is not compatible with
the P-touch labeling system, an error will occur and the template cannot be transferred.
• All of the transferred objects that cannot be edited by the P-touch labeling system are
converted into images.
• Grouped objects will be converted into a single bitmap from which the data cannot be
edited from the P-touch labeling system keyboard.

Notes on Transferring Data Other Than Templates

• If the number or order of fields in a database are changed and only the database (*.csv file)
is transferred to update it, the database may not link correctly with the template. In addition,
the first line of data in the transferred file must be recognized by the P-touch labeling
system as "field names".
• Downloaded logos, symbols and graphics into the P-touch labeling system will
automatically be scaled (to 8 sizes) like the resident font or any of the resident symbol in
the library.
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