Brother PT-1500PC Before installation, Installing P-touch Quick Editor, USB port CD-ROM drive

For Windows®

For PC-compatible users (Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000)

Before labels can be printed on the PT-1500PC, label-designing software and the PT-1500PC printer driver must be installed. In order to design labels that can be printed on the PT-1500PC, two applications are available on the enclosed CD-ROM: P-touch Quick Editor and P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1

Before installation

Check that your system configuration meets the following requirements. Computer: IBM PC or compatible

Operating system: Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or pre-installed with Microsoft® Windows® 98/98SE/Me

Hard disk free space: At least 20 MB

Available memory: Minimum 32 MB

Monitor: VGA or higher graphics card

USB port

CD-ROM drive

￿Do not connect the PT-1500PC to the computer before installing the label-designing software, otherwise it may not be installed correctly. Be sure not to connect the PT-1500PC until you are instructed to do so.

￿For installation on Windows® 2000, administrator privileges are required. In addition, printing requires power user or administrator privileges.

This software cannot be operated in Users groups.

Installing P-touch Quick Editor

The P-touch Quick Editor software provides quick access to the more simple label-designing features for easy text input and instant printing of labels. Install the P-touch Quick Editor software on a PC as described below.

1Insert the enclosed CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM drive. A dialog box appears, allowing you to select what to install.

￿To install just the printer driver, click the bottom button (Driver) on the right side. The first Driver Setup dialog box appears, informing you that the PT-1500PC printer driver will be installed.

To install the P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 software, click the top button (P-touch Editor) on the right side. Then, continue with the procedure in Installing P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 on page 8.

If the dialog box does not automatically appear, double-click “My Computer” on the desktop, double-click the icon for the CD- ROM drive containing the CD-ROM, and then double-click “Setup.exe” to display the dialog box.

2Click the left button (P-touch Quick Editor). The InstallShield® Wizard for installing the P-touch Quick Editor software starts up, and then the Welcome dialog box appears.

Continue with the procedure in Installing the printer driver on page 9.

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