Brother P-touch MW-145BT User manual

Model Name: MW-145BT/MW-260/PJ-623/PJ-663

Created by: Brother Industries, Ltd.

P-touch Template Manual

Machine Model: MW-145BT/MW-260/PJ-623/PJ-663

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your Machine Model.

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Contents

Introduction 4

What is P-touch Template? 4

How to use P-touch Template 5

P-touch Template Settings Tool User’s Guide 6

P-touch Template Limitations 11

Precautions 19

Appendix: Specifications 22

Introduction

This material provides the necessary information for directly controlling the transferred

templates in MW-145BT/MW-260/PJ-623/PJ-663.

This information is provided assuming that the user has full understanding of the operating

system being used and basic mastery of programming in a developer's environment.

We accept no responsibility for any problems caused by programs that you develop using

the information provided in this material, affecting software, data or hardware, including the

MW-145BT/MW-260/PJ-623/PJ-663, and any problems resulting directly or indirectly from

them. Use this material only if you accept these terms.

This material shall not be reproduced, in part or in full, without prior approval. In addition,

this material shall not be used as evidence in a lawsuit or dispute in a way that is

unfavorable towards our company.

What is P-touch Template?

P-touch Template is the tool to transfer the ASCII

text & binary data from a terminal unit to

transferred template in the printer. Such

transferred data is inserted into text object or

barcode object in a template.

It helps the user develop the printing system which connects directly from the terminal

unit. The types of terminal unit are as below.

Smartphone

Handy terminal etc.

Notes:

*P-touch Template is not compatible with some terminal units.

*Terminal unit should have an interface to transfer the data.

rans

er t

ata

(Text) from the terminal

unit, and print template.

ett

ng up t

e pr

nter

through your PC,

in accordance with the

terminal unit.

2. Design the template

by P-touch Editor, and

transfer it to printer.

How to use P-touch Template

1. Printer setting

Set up the initial printer setting by P-touch Template settings

tool, in accordance with the environment of host system

or the terminal unit, which MW-145BT/MW-260/PJ-623/PJ-663

connect to.

(Please refer to HP-touch Template Settings Tool User’s Guide in page 6.)

The printer driver must first be installed via a USB connection.

2. Design the template

Design the transferred template by P-touch Editor

(Please refer to P-touch Template Limitations in page 11.)

3. Transfer the templates

Transfer the templates to the printer by

P-touch transfer manager.

(Please refer to MW-Series/PockeJet Software User’s Guide.)

4. Program by P-touch template commands

If any special commands are required to control

the printer, change the terminal program in accordance

with the P-touch Template Command Reference.

(Please refer to P-touch Template Command Reference.)

5. Connect the printer with the terminal unit and print

slips etc.

Transfer the data such as ASCII text from the terminal unit

to templates in the printer, and print the slips etc.

*Printer image in the screen

may differ depending on

your product model.

P-touch Template Settings Tool User’s Guide

(5) Print start command text string setting

(1) Command mode setting

(2) Template number setting

(3) Delimiter setting

(4) Print start trigger setting

(6) Print start data amount setting

(7) Character code set setting

(8) International character setting

(9) Prefix character setting

(10) Non-printed character setting

Applies settings for (1) through (12) to the printer.

Returns (1) through (12) to their default settings.

Closes the tool.

(11) Line return character setting

(12) Number of copies setting

*Printer image in the screen may differ depending on your product model.

(1) Command mode setting

· P-touch Template mode

To use P-touch Template, select the P-touch Template mode.

· ESC/P mode

· Raster mode

(2) Template number setting

Specify the template number selected as the default when the printer is turned on.

However if any number of template not be transferred to the printer, then it cannot be

specified such number of template.

(3) Delimiter setting

A delimiter is the symbol used to indicate when to move to the next object in the data

that is being sent. Between1 to 20 characters can be specified.

(4) Print start trigger setting

Select one of the following three options for the print start trigger.

· Command Character

(Printing starts when the command character specified in (5) is received.)

· Data Insertion into All the Objects

(Printing starts when the delimiter for the last object is received.)

· Received Data Size

(Printing starts when the number of characters specified in (6) is received. However,

delimiters are not counted in the number of characters.)

(5) Print start command text string setting

Specify 1 to 20 characters.

(6) Print start data amount setting

The amount of data that must be received before printing can begin can be set between

1 and 999.

(7) Character code set setting

Select one of the following three character codes. For character code tables, refer to the

character code tables in the P-touch Template Command.

· Windows1252

· Windows1250

· Brother standard

(8) International character setting

Select one of the following as the character set of the country.

· USA

· France

· Germany

· Britain

· Denmark

· Sweden

· Italy

· Spain

· Japan

· Norway

· Denmark II

· Spain II

· Latin America

· Korea

· Legal

The following 12 codes are switched depending on the country selected from those

mentioned above.

23h 24h 40h 5Bh 5Ch 5Dh 5Eh 60h 7Bh 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh

For the characters that are switched, refer to the international character set table in the

P-touch Template Command.

(9) Prefix character setting

Change the prefix character code. Specify as a one-character character code.

The prefix character is the code for the first character that identifies commands that can

be used in P-touch Template mode.

(10) Non-printed character setting

The characters specified here are not printed when data is received. Specify 1 to 20

characters.

(11) Line return character setting

The line return code is used when feeding data to indicate that the following data should

be moved to the next line in a text object. One of the following four line return codes can

be selected, or 1 to 20 characters can be specified as the line return code.

1. ^CR

2. \0D\0A

3. \0A

4. \0D

(12) Number of copies setting

Specify the number of copies. A number between 1 and 99 can be specified.

Others

· ini file

After the [Set] button (in the main dialog box or the Communications Settings dialog box) is

clicked, the settings are saved when the dialog box is closed.

(MW-145BT)

C:\Documents and Settings\(user_account_name)\Application Data\Brother

\Printer Settings\Pts3532.ini

(MW-260)

C:\Documents and Settings\(user_account_name)\Application Data\Brother

\Printer Settings\Pts3432.ini

(PJ-623)

C:\Documents and Settings\(user_account_name)\Application Data\Brother

\Printer Settings\pts3236.ini

(PJ-663)

C:\Documents and Settings\(user_account_name)\Application Data\Brother

\Printer Settings\pts3436.ini

·Typing text into text boxes (3), (5), (9) and (10)

Characters that can be entered as text can be typed in, and control codes can be entered

as ASCII codes (00 to FF) with \ in front of them.

Example: PRINT: [PRINT]

TAB control code: [\09]

Return control code: [\0D]

\: [\\]

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