To back up P-touch data onto the computer, click the Printer PC tab, and then click “Update List”.
To restore P-touch data backed up on the computer, click the PC Printer tab.
Backing up/restoring P-touch data

Backup Manager, which was installed with P-touch Editor 3.2, enables you to save the following types of data from the P-touch onto the computer as a backup in case the P-touch data is lost. In addition, the data backed up onto the computer can be restored onto the P-touch.

Label templates

Database

User-defined character images

Label files stored in the P-touch memory

1Make sure that the P-touch is in Transfer mode. (For more details, refer to Entering Transfer mode on page 50.)

2On the Start menu, point to “Programs”, point to “P-touch Editor 3.2”, and then click “Backup Manager”.

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4From the File List, select the data that you wish to back up or restore.

5Click “Start”. A dialog box appears, indicating that the data is being transferred.

6When the message “The transfer was completed successfully.” appears, click “OK”.

Only the selected data will be backed up or restored. To select more than one file, hold down the keyboard’s Ctrl key, and then click the names of the desired files.

To select all data, click “Select All”.

To stop transferring the data, click “Cancel” in the dialog box that appears during transfer.

To restore data to a different PF key, click “Change PF Key Mapping” on the PC Printer tab, and then select the PF key where you wish to assign the data.

Only one character image or template can be restored to a PF key. If a character image or template is already assigned to a PF key, the previous data is erased when a different character image or template is transferred.

P-touch With a

(for PT-1650 only)

Using

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