Brother P-touch PT-9400 User manual

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USER’S GUIDE MODEL PT-9400

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Chapter 1

Before You Start....................................................... 1

EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU CAN MAKE

WITH THIS P-TOUCH ..................................................................2

GENERAL DESCRIPTION..............................................................4

Features............................................................................................................... 4

LCD display......................................................................................................... 5

Menus................................................................................................................... 5

Keyboard.............................................................................................................. 6

Chapter 2

Getting Started......................................................... 7

PRECAUTIONS .............................................................................8

Connecting the power supply cord...................................................................... 9

Installing a TZ tape cassette.............................................................................. 10

Turning on & off the P-touch............................................................................. 11

Chapter 3

Functions ............................................................... 13

Performing basic operations ............................................................................. 14

Entering text....................................................................................................... 15

Editing text......................................................................................................... 21

Formatting......................................................................................................... 24

Storing and recalling files ................................................................................. 46

Printing.............................................................................................................. 49

Setting display features...................................................................................... 57

CONTENTS

Chapter 4

Using Labels and Stamps........................................ 61

Laminated tape...................................................................................................62

Stamp film...........................................................................................................62

ERROR MESSAGE LIST ............................................................... 65

TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................ 70

MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS...................................................... 73

Appendix ............................................................... 75

Symbols...............................................................................................................76

Special barcode characters................................................................................80

Fonts...................................................................................................................80

Sizes and widths..................................................................................................81

Type styles ..........................................................................................................82

Framing and shading patterns...........................................................................83

Background designs ...........................................................................................84

Pre-set templates................................................................................................85

Template text styles ............................................................................................89

Text transformation styles ..................................................................................90

INDEX ........................................................................................ 91

ACCESSORIES............................................................................. 93

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Entering text

Adding a space Space bar

Adding a capital letter + desired character

Adding a series of capi-

tal letters →Type character

Adding an accented

character →Type character →or to select →

Adding a symbol a) → or to select SYMBOL NO. →→or to select (or

type) symbol number →

b) → or to select symbol category →→, ,, or

to select symbol number →

Adding a new line

Adding a new block +

Adding a barcode →Type barcode data →

Adding a special charac-

ter to the barcode →→ or to select special character →

Changing a barcode

parameter →→ or to select parameter →→or to select setting →

→

Editing text

Zooming in and out

Deleting text

Clearing all of the text

and formats + → or to select TEXT & FORMATS →

Clearing only the text + → or to select TEXT ONLY →

Selecting an area of the

text → , , or to select text

Selecting all of the text +

Copying text → , , or to select text →

Pasting text Copy text → , , or to position cursor →→ or to select

OK →

Shift

Caps

Alt

New Block

Symbol

New Block

Symbol

New Block

Code

New Block

Barcode

New Block

Barcode

Symbol

New Block

Barcode

Format

New Block New Block

Zoom

Image

Clear

Back Space

Code

Clear

Back Space

New Block

Code

Clear

Back Space

New Block

Area

All

Code Area

All

Area

All

Copy

&Paste

Copy

&Paste

New Block

Formatting text

Changing the font

Changing the character

size

Changing the character

width

Changing the character

style

Changing the italic set-

ting

Changing the line effects

Changing the vertical

printing setting

Changing the label

length → or to select LENGTH →→or to select (or type) setting →

Changing the margins →or to select MARGIN →

→

or to select setting →

Changing the horizontal

alignment →or to select H.ALI →

→

or to select setting →

Changing the pitch →or to select PITCH →

→

or to select setting →

Changing the back-

ground a) →or to select BACK →

→

or to select design →

b) →or to select BACK →

→

or to select

SMALL or LARGE →

→type text → to select font and →

Using a template

Creating a label or

stamp from a template a) →or to select TEMPLATE NO. →

→

or to select (or

type) template number →→ Type line of text and →Continue with 1,

2, 3, 4or 5

b) →or to select template category →→or to select

template number →→Type line of text and →Continue with 1, 2, 3,

4or 5

1Changing the style

of the template or to select CHANGE STYLE →

→

or to select setting

→→

2Editing the template

text or to select CONTINUE →

→Change the text →

3Printing a template

other than one from

the STAMP category

or to select PRINT →→or to select OK →

Font

Size

Width

Style

Italic

Vert

Format

New Block

Format New Block

Format

New Block Font

New Block

Templt

New Block

New Block New Block

Templt

New Block

New Block New Block

New Block

New Block New Block

Changing the print

options (for a template

other than one from the

STAMP category)

or to select PRINT →→or to select OPTION →→

Continue with 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, Aor B

4Printing a template

from the STAMP cat-

egory

or to select PRINT →→or to select PRINT STAMP →

Printing an ID label (for

a template from the

STAMP category)

or to select PRINT →→or to select PRINT LABEL →

5Storing the template

text or to select FILE →

→

to select SAVE AS or SAVE →

→

to select file name →Type file name →

Storing, recalling deleting text files

Saving a file that has not

been saved before →or to select SAVE AS →

→

to select file number →

→Type file name →

Saving a previously

saved file →or to select SAVE →

→

Edit file name →

Recalling a previously

saved file a) →or to select OPEN →

→

to select file number →

b) →or to select OPEN →

→Type file name →→

to select file →

Deleting a previously

saved file a) →or to select DELETE →

→

to select file number →

→

to select OK →

b) →or to select DELETE →

→Type file name →→

to select file →

Printing text

Previewing the label

appearance +

Feeding and cutting 1”

(25 mm) of tape

Printing using the cur-

rent print options →or

to select OK →

Changing the print

options →

to select OPTION → → Continue with 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, A

or B

6Printing many cop-

ies or

to select COPIES → → or

to select (or type) number →

New Block New Block

New Block

New Block New Block

File

New Block

File

New Block

File

New Block

File

New Block

File

New Block

File

New Block

Code Zoom

Image

Feed

& Cut

New Block

7Printing many cop-

ies while increasing

selected text

to select NUMBER → → ,, or to select start of num-

bering field → → or to select end of numbering field → →

to select (or type) number →

8Printing a mirror

image of the text or

to select MIRROR → → or to select ON →

9Inverting the printed

and unprinted areas or

to select INVERT → → or to select ON →

0Changing the shape

of the text or

to select TRANSFORM → → or to select setting →

AChanging how

labels are cut or

to select CUT → → or to select setting →

BEnlarging text and

printing it on 2, 3 or

4 labels

to select SPLIT → → or to select setting →

New Block New Block

New Block

Ch.1 Before You Start

Before You Start

Chapter 1

Before You Start

Ch. 1 Before You Start

Before You Start

EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU CAN

Quickly create a label for a home video by using the Template function (➩p. 41). If you

wish, you can then change the overall style of the text (➩p. 43).

Use the NUMBER (numbering)

function (➩p. 50) to print several

numbered labels at one time, with-

out changing the text for each label.

You can also invert the printing to

make the light parts dark and the

dark parts light (➩p. 53).

With the New Block function (➩p. 16), your labels can contain sections with dif-

ferent numbers of lines. In this label, part of the text was formatted using a different

font (➩p. 25) and a different style (➩p. 28). In addition, the Barcode function

makes creating and printing barcodes easy.

Decorate your text using the many frames and shadings (➩p. 32). Then,

just before printing, use the TRANSFORMATION function (➩p. 54) to

change the shape of the text.

Ch.1 Before You Start

Before You Start

MAKE WITH THIS P-TOUCH

With the Area function (➩p. 22), you can

select certain parts of the text and change their

font, size and style (➩p. 25–31). Give your

label a different look by adding one of the 13

different background designs (➩p. 40). The

[SMALL] and [LARGE] background settings

allow you to create your own background

design.

Using clear tape and the MIR-

ROR function (➩p. 52) to

print in reverse, this sign for a

glass door can be read from

the adhesive side. In this

example, a warning symbol

was added (Symbol function

➩p. 17), and the entire text

was framed using the Frame/

Shading function (➩p. 32). In

addition, the label was

printed vertically using the

Vertical function (➩p. 31).

Create a table using the Frame/

Shading function (➩p. 32) to put a

box around each line of each block

in the text. Then, use the Area func-

tion (➩p. 22) to format the headings

of the table.

Create larger labels by enlarging the text and printing it on two,

three or four labels, which can then be put together (➩p. 56). You

can decorate your label using the 475 symbols and pictures avail-

able with the Symbol function (➩p. 17).

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