Brother PT-1500PC Troubleshooting, Monitoring the P-touch Status, Status Indicator Cause→Remedy

4Use a dry cotton swab to gently wipe up and down along the print head and roller.

Caution: Be careful not to touch the cutter near the print head and roller while cleaning them. In addition, do not try to clean the print head immediately after printing, otherwise you may be burned.

5Insert the tape cassette, and then close the tape compartment cover.

*Cleaning can easily be done using the optional print head cleaning cassette (TZ-CL4).

Cotton swab

Roller

(area to be cleaned)

Cotton swab

Print head

(area to be cleaned)

Troubleshooting

Monitoring the P-touch Status

You can determine the status of the PT-1500PC from the status indicator.

Status Indicator	Cause→Remedy
Lights up	• The P-touch is operating normally and is in stand-by.
Flashes a few times	• The P-touch is receiving data from the computer correctly.
Flashes quickly	• The cassette is not installed. → Install a cassette.
	• A transmission error occurred. → Press the power/feed key to turn
	the PT-1500PC off, then on again.
	• The tape cutter button was pressed while printing → Try printing again.
Flashes, staying off	• An EEPROM error occurred. → Contact your service representative.
longer that it is on
Flashes slowly	• The print head is cooling down. → Wait until printing continues.

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