Function keys

Tape cutter button

Backspace key

Print key LCD display On/Off key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caps key

 

 

 

 

 

 

Code key

Code key

 

 

 

 

 

Num key

Space key

• On/Off ( )

To switch the P-Touch on or off, press .

The P-Touch conserves battery power by automatically switching itself off if no key is pressed within five minutes. When the batteries are low, “BATTERY” appears on the display after printing. When the batteries are very low, the P-Touch will automatically turn itself off when you try to print text or feed the tape.

If the P-Touch is turned off and then on again, the current text, text size and style, underline/frame setting, and Caps setting remain unchanged.

• Caps ( )

To turn the Caps function on or off, press . When the Caps indicator is on, you can add capital letters to your text by simply pressing the character keys. When the Caps indicator is off, pressing a character key enters lower case letter in your text.

• Num ( )

To turn the Num function on or off, press . When the Num indicator is on, you can add numbers to your text by simply pressing the corresponding keys. When the Num indicator is off, pressing a key adds a letter to the text.

• Space ( )

To add a space to your text, press .

• Return ()

This key has 2 functions:

1)To end the first line of text and start the second line, simply press .

2)To accept or confirm a setting, such as an accented character or symbol.

Two-line text can only be printed with the SIZE1 text size and the NORMAL style. To change a message back to a

single line, use to delete the marker.

• Code ( / )

To access the functions or enter the characters printed in

yellow above the keys, press . See the following expla- nations and “Advanced functions” for more details on how this key is used.

The left and right Code keys can be used in the same way.

• Cursor movement ( , )

You can move the cursor ( _ ) to view or edit parts of the text to the left or right of the 8 characters shown in the

LCD display. To move the cursor to the left, press ; to

move the cursor to the right, press . Move the cursor several characters in a row by holding down the appropri- ate key.

To position the cursor under the first character of the text,

hold down and press ; to position the cursor

immediately after the last character, hold down and

press .

• Backspace ( )

To delete the character to the left of the cursor, press . This key can also be used to cancel current function and return to the text mode.

To erase the current text, hold down and press . The text size, style, underline/frame setting, and Caps/Num setting are not cleared.

• Text ( )

To view the entered text, hold down and press . All of the entered text, starting from the beginning, scrolls along the display, then the length of the text appears .

To change the units, press while the text is scrolling

across the display. Press or (or press ) until the desired unit appears, and then press . The current label length appears in the display for a short time.

• Feed ( )

To feed out about 1” (24 mm) of tape at a time, hold down

and press . The message “FEED” appears while the tape is fed.

Do not press the tape cutter button while feeding, as this will cause the tape to jam.

• Print ()

To print out the entered text, press . The message “PRINT” appears while printing.

Do not press the tape cutter button while printing, as this will cause the tape to jam.

• Accented characters ( )

To enter an accented character, first make sure the Caps function is turned on or off as desired, then hold down and press . After the message “A–U?” appears, press the key of the desired letter (A, C, E, I, N, O or U).

In the displayed list of available accented characters, press

or to position the cursor under the desired

accented character, then press . Your text reappears on the display with the selected character added.

To clear the list of available accented characters and return

to the current text, press

 

(or hold down

and press

 

) instead of pressing

.

 

 

 

 

 

The following accented characters are available:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accented characters

 

 

 

Accented characters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

àáäâãæ

 

 

 

 

N

ñ Ñ

 

 

 

ÀÁÄÂÃÆ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

ç Ç

 

 

 

 

O

óöôõ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ÓÖÔÕ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

èéëê

 

ÈÉËÊ

 

 

 

 

U

ùúüû ÙÚÜÛ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

í ï î Í Ï Î

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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