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CONTENTS

1. Getting Started ..............................................................1

General Description ......................................................................1
Top view & bottom view ...............................................................................1
Keyboard & LCD display .............................................................................2
General Precautions . .....................................................................4
Batteries & Tape Cassettes ........................................................ .....5
Installing batteries and a tape cassette .........................................................5
Cleaning ........................................................................................ 8
Cleaning the print head, rollers and tape cutter ..........................................8
Optional AC Adapter ................................................................ .....9
Connecting the AC adapter ...........................................................................9
Turning the P-touch On/Off ..........................................................9

2. Label Type Modes ........................................................10

Selecting a Label Type Mode .......................................................10
Normal and Vertical Modes ......................................................... 10
Rotate Mode and Rotate & Repeat Mode ..................................... 11
Flag Mode ................................................................................. ...12
Port & Panel Modes .................................. ...................................13

3. Basic Functions ............................................................15

Performing Basic Operations ....................................... ................15
Choosing functions, parameters, settings and groups ................................15
Choosing the default setting .......................................................................15
Confirming a choice ....................................................................................15
Cancelling a choice ....................................................................................15
Inputting Label Data ........................................................... .........16
Entering and editing text .............................................................................16
Entering an accented character ..................................................................18
Entering a bar code ....................................................................................19
Entering a symbol .......................................................................................21
Formatting the Label .................................................................... 24
Specifying a label length .............................................................................24
Specifying a margin size .............................................................................24
Framing the text ..........................................................................................25