Brother P-touch PT-9800PCN User manual

Version 1.03

Model Name: PT-9800PCN/PT-9700PC

Created by: Brother Industries, Ltd.

P-touch Template Manual

Machine Model: PT-9800PCN/PT-9700PC

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Contents

Introduction 4

What is P-touch Template? 4

Using P-touch Template 5

P-touch Template limitations 14

Precautions 26

Introduction

This material provides the necessary information for directly controlling the templates

transferred to PT-9800PCN/PT-9700PC.

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1. Set up the printer from

the computer according

to configuration of the

host device.

What is P-touch Template?

P-touch Template is a tool for transferring ASCII

text and binary data from a host device to a

template transferred to the printer. This

transferred data is inserted into text objects or bar

code objects in the template.

3. Transfer the data

(text) from the host

device, and then

print it in the

template.

2. Design the template

in P-touch Editor, and

then transfer it to the

printer.

This allows the user to develop a printing system that connects directly from the host

device. Compatible host devices are listed below.

Scale/measurement devices

Medical devices

Bar code readers

Control devices in any system environment

Note:

*The host device should be equipped with a connector for a serial cable (RS-232C) or

USB-A cable in order to transfer the data.

Using P-touch Template

1. Set up the printer.

With the P-touch Template Settings tool, specify the initial printer

settings according to the host system environment or the host

device that PT-9800PCN/PT-9700PC is connected to.

(Refer to “P-touch Template Settings tool” on page 7.)

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

2. Design the template.

With P-touch Editor, design the template to be

transferred.

(Refer to “P-touch Template limitations” on page 14.)

3. Transfer the template.

With P-touch Transfer Manager, transfer the

templates to the printer.

(Refer to the PT-9800PCN/PT-9700PC User’s Guide.)

4. Program using P-touch Template commands.

If any special commands are required to control the

printer, change the host program as described in

the P-touch Template Command Reference.

(Refer to the P-touch Template Command Reference.)

5. Connect the printer to the host device, and print labels.

Connect the printer to the host device by using a serial

cable (RS-232C) or USB-A cable.

Transfer the data, such as ASCII text, from the host

device to templates on the machine, and print the labels.

*Refer to the sample code for details on using P-touch Template.

P-touch Template Settings tool

⑤Print start command text string setting

④Print start trigger setting

⑥Print start data amount setting

⑦Character code set setting

⑧International character setting

⑨Prefix character setting

⑩Non-printed character setting

⑭Auto cut setting

⑮Half cut setting

⑰Cut number setting

⑳Communication settings

Applies settings for ①through ⑳to the machine.

Returns ①through ⑲to

their default settings.

⑪Line feed character setting

⑬Number of copies setting

⑱Chain printing setting

⑫FNC1 replacement setting

⑲Mirror printing

setting

Closes the tool.

⑯Special tape setting

①Command mode setting

②Template number setting

③Delimiter setting

①Command mode setting

・ P-touch Template mode

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

・ ESC/P mode

・ Raster mode

②Template number setting

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

However, if any template has been set to not be transferred to the machine, the number of

that template cannot be specified.

③Delimiter setting

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

being sent. Between 1 and 20 characters can be specified.

④Print 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 ⑤is 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 ⑥is received. However,

delimiters are not counted in the number of characters.)

⑤Print start command text string setting

Specify 1 to 20 characters.

⑥Print start data amount setting

The amount of data that must be received before printing can begin can be set between 1

and 999.

⑦Character code set setting

Select one of the following three character codes. For details on the character code tables,

refer to the character code tables in the P-touch Template Command Reference.

・ Windows 1252

・ Windows 1250

・ Brother standard

⑧International character setting

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

・ USA

・ France

・ Germany

・ UK

・ Denmark

・ Sweden

・ Italy

・ Spain

・ Japan

・ Norway

・ Denmark II

・ Spain II

・ Latin America

・ Korea

・ Legal

The following 12 codes are changed 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 Reference.

⑨Prefix 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.

⑩Non-printed character setting

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

characters.

⑪Line feed character setting

The line feed 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 feed codes can

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

1. ^CR

2. \0D\0A

3. \0A

4. \0D

⑫FNC1 replacement setting

This setting selects whether or not GS codes, which are included in bar code protocols

such as GS1-128 (UCC/EAN-128), are replaced with FNC1 codes.

If the check box is selected, a received GS code is replaced with the FNC1 code. If the

check box is cleared, a received GS code is outputted as is.

⑬Number of copies setting

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

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