Brother P-touch PT-9800PCN User manual

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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.