To add an accented character to the text:

1Hold down ￿ and press ￿. The mes- sage “ACCENT a-u/A-U? PRESS THE REQUIRED CHARACTER” appears on the display.

R12 345 6789 A BCDEFK

R

 

a-u/A-U?

 

RG ACCENT

 

RH PRESS THE REQUIRED

Q

RI CHARACTER

 

 

RJ AUTO

1.10

HELSINKI

A

AUTO

Length

Margin

Font

Width

Size

NOTE

To return to the text at any time, press ￿ (OR hold down ￿and press ￿).

2Press the key of the letter in the desired accented character (OR press ￿ ).

NOTE

To type an uppercase accented character, hold down ￿ (OR press ￿ to enter Caps mode) before pressing the letter key.

R12 345 6789 A BCDEFK

R

L

 

 

 

a1

RG M a

 

à á ä â

RH NO

 

Q

RI

 

 

RJ AUTO

1.10

HELSINKI

A

AUTO

 

Length

Margin

Font

Width

Size

3Press ￿or ￿to select the desired letter in the accented character, and then press ￿ or ￿ until the desired accented character is displayed enlarged within the frame in the middle of the display.

4Press ￿. The accented character is added to the text.

NOTE

To type in a series of accented characters, hold down ￿ before pressing ￿. Then, continue

adding accented characters by selecting them as explained in step 2, and holding down ￿while pressing ￿. Press just ￿ after selecting the last

accented character in the series.

Ch. 3 Functions

Barcode key (￿+ ￿)

The Barcode function, which enables barcodes to be printed as part of labels, is one of this machine’s most advanced features.

NOTE

This section will explain how to enter a barcode into your text. It is not intended as a compre- hensive introduction to the concept of barcod- ing. For more detailed information, please consult one of the many reference books avail- able.

Since this machine is not specifically designed for special barcode label-making, some bar- code readers may not be able to read the labels.

Barcodes should be printed on white labels with black ink.

The various barcode parameters enable you to create more customized barcodes.

Parameter

Settings

 

 

 

CODE 39, I-2/5,EAN13, EAN8,

PROTOCOL

UPC-A,UPC-E,CODABAR,

 

EAN128, CODE128

 

 

WIDTH

LARGE, MEDIUM, SMALL,

(bar width)

EXTRA SMALL

 

 

UNDER#

ON, OFF

(numbers printed

below barcode)

 

 

 

CHECK DIGIT

OFF, ON

 

 

The default settings are CODE 39 PROTOCOL, MEDIUM WIDTH, UNDER# set to ON, and CHECK DIGIT set to OFF.

NOTE

It is recommended that barcodes be printed with the barcode WIDTH parameter set to at least SMALL, otherwise barcodes may be diffi- cult to read.

The CHECK DIGIT parameter is only available with the CODE 39 and I-2/5types.

Functions

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Brother PT-9600, PT-3600 manual Barcode key +, To add an accented character to the text

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