CONTENTS

 

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

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General Description ......................................................................

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Top view & bottom view ...............................................................................

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Keyboard & LCD display .............................................................................

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General Precautions ......................................................................

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Batteries & Tape Cassettes .............................................................

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Installing batteries and a tape cassette .........................................................

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Cleaning ........................................................................................

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Cleaning the print head, rollers and tape cutter ..........................................

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Optional AC Adapter .....................................................................

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Connecting the AC adapter ...........................................................................

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Turning the P-touch On/Off ..........................................................

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

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Selecting a Label Type Mode .........................................................

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Normal and Vertical Modes ...........................................................

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Rotate Mode and Rotate & Repeat Mode .....................................

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Flag Mode ....................................................................................

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Port & Panel Modes .....................................................................

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

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Performing Basic Operations .......................................................

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Choosing functions, parameters, settings and groups ................................

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Choosing the default setting .......................................................................

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Confirming a choice ....................................................................................

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Cancelling a choice ....................................................................................

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Inputting Label Data ....................................................................

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Entering and editing text .............................................................................

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Entering an accented character ..................................................................

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Entering a bar code ....................................................................................

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Entering a symbol .......................................................................................

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Formatting the Label ....................................................................

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Specifying a label length .............................................................................

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Specifying a margin size .............................................................................

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Framing the text ..........................................................................................

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