Brother TD-4000 appendix Trademarks, About this Guide, Manual Structure

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Introduction

The Brother label printer (hereafter referred to as "the machine") enables you to quickly and easily print custom labels created with the label software, P-touch Editor.

Trademarks

The Brother logo is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd.

© 2010 Brother Industries, Ltd. All rights reserved.

Microsoft, Windows Vista, Windows Server and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation, in the United States and/or other countries.

The names of other software or products used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies that developed them.

Each company whose software title is mentioned in this guide has a Software License Agreement specific to its proprietary programs.

All other brand and product names mentioned in User’s Guide and this Software User’s Guide are registered trademarks of their respective companies.

About this Guide

This guide (PDF) is included on the CD-ROM.

In this guide, when the mouse pointer changes to you can just click to jump to the corresponding pages. For the basic functions of Adobe® Reader®, see the Adobe® Reader® Help files.

Manual Structure

The following guides are provided to help you use the machine correctly, and understand all features. Make sure to read and understand them before using the machine.

User’s Guide

•Read the User’s Guide before reading this Software User’s Guide.

•The guide includes information you should read before using the machine, such as general precautions for use, installation and setting up of the main unit.

•Also included is information describing how to install the accompanying software to connect the machine to a computer.

Software User's Guide (this guide)

This guide describes how to create labels using the P-touch Editor software that has been installed on a computer connected to the machine.

This guide can be viewed from the Setup application when it is run from the CD-ROM.

After installing this guide on the computer, you can also view it from the Start menu.

NETWORK USER’S GUIDE (Network models only)

This guide describes how to use BRAdmin, a utility for managing Brother network connected devices.

This guide can be viewed from the Setup application when it is run from the CD-ROM.

After installing this guide on the computer, you can also view it from the Start menu.

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Trademarks

Introduction

Customizing Labels

Creating Labels

Appendix

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Contents Software Users Guide Contents Appendix About this Guide TrademarksManual Structure Symbols used in this Guide Touch Template manualCustomizing Labels Add new paper formatClick Paper Size Setup EditClick New Click ExitDistributing only paper formats Label creation overview From label creation to printingStarting P-touch Editor How to use the P-touch EditorChoose an option in the New/Open dialog Box and click Layout window „Professional Mode „Snap Mode Snap mode appearsClick Help menu and choose P-touch Editor Help Start P-touch Editor HelpRight click the mouse and choose P-touch Editor Help Printing the Help description Specify the Printer and clickPrinting directly from other applications Setting the Printer DriverFor Windows Choose each item and click Close the Printers windowClick Printing from other applicationsChoose Brother Registering and canceling the Add-In function Creating Labels Creating labels using Microsoft Word Microsoft WordMicrosoft Excel On the Microsoft Excel ribbon/standard toolbar, clickHow to add text from Microsoft Excel to a Label List Microsoft Outlook On the Microsoft Outlook ribbon/standard toolbar, clickHow to add text from Microsoft Outlook to a Label List How to use P-touch Transfer Manager & P-touch Library Starting up P-touch Transfer ManagerExplanations of the Icons Select the printer to transfer data toSelect the data or folder you want to Transfer, then click Drag the transfer data to the folder you just madeClick OK Transfer the templates to the printer via network Backing up label templates Select the printer to back up from, then ClickDeleting label templates in the printer Right click the printer, then select All DeleteStarting up P-touch Library Opening and editing dataPrinting labels Choose the data you want to edit, then ClickSearching labels Click Begin SearchTransferring label templates with P-touch Transfer Express Preparing P-touch Transfer ExpressTransferring the label template to P-touch Transfer Manager Folder view, select ConfigurationsSaving the label template as a Transfer Package file .pdz Click File Save Transfer File Select the label template to be distributedType in the name, and then click Save Introduction When there is a single Transfer Package Turn on the TD-4000/4100NFile .pdz within the folder containing PtTrExp.exe Click TransferClick Transfer Click Yes Printing the list of label templates List of label templates is printedTouch Template function Printing labels using P-touch templatesPreparation Preset template printing Scan the P-touch template command barcodeBarcode printing Creating Labels Database-assisted label printing Printing labels distributed to multiple printers Distributed printingIf multiple printers have been selected Click OK to start distributed printingGeneral procedure for the P-touch Template function Scan the Basic settings barcodeBarcode printing Database-assisted label printingList of barcodes for specifying settings Basic settingsFor entering numbers*1 Preset template number Select template Delimiter Begin printing
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