Brother QL-710W/720NW User manual

User’s Guide

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1 Using The Interface Cable ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2

2 Uninstalling Software and Printer Driver •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4

Uninstalling the software/User’s Guide (Windows®)•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4

Uninstalling the Printer Driver (Windows®) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5

Uninstalling P-touch Editor (Macintosh)••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6

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3 Example Labels •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 8

4 General Procedures••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 9

5 Status Lamp •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10

6 Mass Storage (QL-720NW only)•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 11

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Overview •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 14

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An RS-232C cable and Network cable are not standard accessories.

Choose the appropriate cable for your interface.

•USB cable

Use the enclosed interface cable.

•RS-232C cable (QL-720NW only)

The pin assignments for serial cables (RS-232C cables) which can be used with this

machine are shown in the table below. You can purchase these cables at an electronics

store. Do not use an interface cable that is longer than 2 metres.

Brother QL side PC side

D-sub female, lock screw #4 - 40 (UNC). (D-Sub9P female)

•Network cable (QL-720NW only)

Use a straight-through Category5 (or greater) twisted-pair cable for 10BASE-T or

100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet Network.

The RS-232C serial connector part of this equipment is not Limited Power Source.

1 Using The Interface Cable

Signal

Name

Number Pin Assignments Pin

Number

Signal

Name

DCD 1 1 DCD

RXD 2 2 RXD

TXD 3 3 TXD

DTR 4 4 DTR

GND 5 5 GND

DSR 6 6 DSR

RTS 7 7 RTS

CTS 8 8 CTS

RI 9 9 RI

Important

For USB connections, the included USB interface cable should be used

to ensure compliance with the limits for EMC (Electromagnetic

compatibility).

For serial and network interfaces, a shielded interface cable should be

used to ensure compliance with the limits for EMC.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Brother Industries,

Ltd. may affect the performance and print quality, and damage may not

be covered under the limited warranty.

•Caution for LAN connections:

Do not connect this machine to a LAN connection which is subject to overvoltages.

•Caution for RS-232C connection:

The RS-232C serial connector part of this equipment is not Limited Power Source.

nstalling th e Software

This section describes how to uninstall the software and printer driver. In the following

steps, you will see XX-XXXX. Read “XX-XXXX” as your printer name.

1For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003

From [Control Panel], go to [Add or Remove Programs].

The [Add or Remove Programs] dialog appears.

For Windows Vista®/Windows®7/Windows Server®2008

From the [Control Panel], go to [Programs] and open [Programs and Features].

The [Uninstall or change a program] window appears.

2For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003

Choose the software/user’s manual you want to remove, such as P-touch

Editor 5.0, and click [Remove].

For Windows Vista®/Windows®7/Windows Server®2008

Choose the software/user’s manual you want to remove, such as P-touch

Editor 5.0, and click [Uninstall].

3Click [OK]/[Yes].

The uninstall operation starts.

4Close the [Add or Remove Programs] (Windows®XP/Windows

Server®2003)/[Programs and Features] (Windows Vista®/

Windows®7/Windows Server®2008) dialog.

Brother P-touch Editor/Brother P-touch Update Software/User’s Guide has been

uninstalled.

2 Uninstalling Software and

Printer Driver

Uninstalling the software/User’s Guide (Windows

)

1Turn off the printer.

2For Windows®XP

From [Control Panel], go to [Printers and Other Hardware], open the [Printers and

Faxes] window.

For Windows Server®2003

From [Control Panel], open the [Printers and Faxes] window.

For Windows Vista®

From [Control Panel], go to [Hardware and Sound] and open [Printers].

For Windows®7

Click the , go to [Devices and Printers].

For Windows Server®2008

From [Control Panel], open [Printers].

For details, see Windows®Help.

3For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003

Choose “Brother XX-XXXX”, and click [File] - [Delete].

For Windows Vista®/Windows® 7/Windows Server®2008

Choose “Brother XX-XXXX”, right click on the icon, and then click [Delete]

(Windows Vista®/Windows Server®2008)/[Remove device] (Windows®7).

4For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003

Go to [File] - [Server Properties].

For Windows Vista®

In the [Printers] window, right click and go to [Run as administrator] - [Server

Properties...].

If the [Authorization confirmation] dialog appears, click [Continue]. If the [User

Account Control] dialog appears, enter the password and click [OK].

For Windows®7

Choose [Fax] or [Microsoft XPS Document Writer] in the [Devices and Printers]

window, and then click [Print server properties], from the menu bar.

For Windows Server®2008

In the [Printers] window, click [Server properties], which appears in the menu bar.

Uninstalling the Printer Driver (Windows

)

5For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003/Windows Server®2008

Click the [Drivers] tab and choose “Brother XX-XXXX”. Then, click [Remove].

For Windows Vista®

Click the [Drivers] tab and choose “Brother XX-XXXX”. Then, click [Remove...].

For Windows®7

Click the [Drivers] tab, and then click [Change Driver Settings].

(If a User Account Control message appears, type in the password, and then

click [OK]).

Choose “Brother XX-XXXX”, and then click [Remove...].

6For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003

Go to step 7.

For Windows Vista®/Windows®7/Windows Server®2008

Choose [Remove driver and driver package], and then click [OK].

7Close the [Print Server Properties] window.

The Printer Driver has been uninstalled.

1On the drive where P-touch Editor is installed, double-click the

“Applications” folder - “P-touch Editor 5.0” folder - “Uninstall

P-touch” folder - “UninstallPtEditor.command”.

The “Terminal” window appears, and the uninstall operation starts.

•Administrator rights are required for the uninstall operation.

•In case the [Terminal] window does not appear by double-clicking the

“UninstallPtEditor.command”, right click (or press control key + click) the

“UninstallPtEditor.command”. The context menu appears. Open the

[Terminal] window from the context menu.

2Click to close the [Terminal] window.

3Delete the “P-touch Editor 5.0” folder from the “Applications” folder.

Before you delete the “P-touch Editor 5.0” folder, please check if any

necessary files are saved in it.

P-touch Editor has been uninstalled.

Uninstalling P-touch Editor (Macintosh)

1Turn off the printer.

2Click Apple menu - [System Preferences], and click [Print & Fax]

(Mac OS X 10.5.8 - 10.6)/[Print & Scan] (Mac OS X 10.7).

3Choose “Brother XX-XXXX”, and click .

4Close the [Print & Fax]/[Print & Scan] window.

The Printer Driver has been uninstalled.

Uninstalling the Printer Driver (Macintosh)

Here are some sample labels that you can create with Brother QL-710W/720NW.

There are a variety of labels to choose from.

Choose the type of label you want to create.

3 Example Labels

This section describes the general procedure for creating labels.

Connect to the PC/Mac

Remove labels from the label output slot to prevent labels piling up and causing

paper jams.

Use the machine without connecting to the PC (Windows®only)

1Create the label data.

Enter text directly using P-touch Editor, or copy text from a Microsoft®Office

application.

Use P-touch Editor’s variety of editing functions to format and decorate your label.

For details on how to create the labels, see the Help.

2Print the label.

Print the label from the Brother QL printer.

For details on how to print the labels, see the Help.

1Create the label data and transfer it to the printer. (See the P-touch

Transfer Manager chapter of the Software User’s Guide.)

2Use the P-touch Template command to print the transferred

template. (For details of the P-touch Template function, see the

Software User’s Guide in the CD-ROM.)

4 General Procedures

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