Brother P-touch PT-9400 User manual

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USER’S GUIDE MODEL PT-9400

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QUICK REFERENCE
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

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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

QUICK REFERENCE
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
New Block
Symbol
New Block
New Block
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
Format New Block
Format New Block
Format
New Block Font
New Block
New Block
Templt
New Block
New Block New Block
Templt
New Block
New Block New Block
New Block
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 →
→ or to select SAVE AS or SAVE →
→ or 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 →
→ or 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 →
→ or to select file number →
b) →or to select OPEN → →Type file name →→ or
to select file →
Deleting a previously
saved file a) →or to select DELETE →
→ or to select file number →
→ or to select OK →
b) →or to select DELETE → →Type file name →→
or 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 →
or 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
New Block
New Block
New Block New Block
File
New Block
New Block
File
New Block
New Block
File
New Block
New Block
File
New Block
New Block
New Block
File
New Block
New Block
New Block
File
New Block
New Block
New Block
Code Zoom
Image
Feed
& Cut
Print
New Block
Print
New Block
New Block

7Printing many cop-
ies while increasing
selected text
or to select NUMBER → → ,, or to select start of num-
bering field → → or to select end of numbering field → →
or 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
or to select SPLIT → → or to select setting →
New Block New Block
New Block
New Block
New Block
New Block
New Block
New Block

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Ch.1 Before You Start
Before You Start
Chapter 1
Before You Start

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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.

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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).