5 Press New Block once to confirm the setting.

If SMALL or LARGE was selected, type in the desired text, change the font by press

Font

until the desired

font

setting is dis-

played, and then press

New Block

. The FOR-

MAT menu appears again.

 

NOTE

Up to 20 characters can be entered. Symbols (see pages 17 and 18) and accented characters (see page 15) can also be added.

To display an enlarged view of the character or

Zoom

symbol above the cursor, press Image . Press any

key to continue editing the text.

To return to the previous screen without keep-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancel

 

 

 

 

 

 

ing any changes, press

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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36mm

1 1/2"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24mm

1"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEXT INPUT

 

 

 

 

18mm

3/4"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(FONT:HELSI)

 

 

 

12mm

1/2"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9mm

3/8"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6mm

1/4"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Style

 

Italic Vertical

 

 

 

 

 

If a pre-made background design was selected, the FORMAT menu appears again.

6 Press New Block again to apply the setting. The Background indicator lights up.

Ch. 3 Functions

Template ( Templt )

The Template function makes creating a label or stamp quick and easy. After selecting one of the various pre-formatted templates, simply change the text, and then it is ready to be printed. The many templates available are useful for com- mon needsfrom addressing envelopes to identifying floppy disks or audio and video cas- settes. The tape width and length of each label printed from a template is preset. Refer to the samples of the available templates on pages 85 to 88.

After the text is entered, the style of the text can easily be changed just by selecting one of the 7 available style formats. Refer to page 89 for samples of the style formats.

To create a label or stamp from a template:

1Press Templt . The Template indicator lights up.

NOTE

If there was text in the display when the Tem- plate function was started, the message “OK TO CLEAR TEXT BUFFER?” appears.

To delete the text, press or until 9

moves beside OK, and then press New Block .

To return to the text without deleting it, press

 

Cancel

9 beside CANCEL, and then

 

(or move

 

press New Block ).

 

 

 

To return to the previous screen, press

Cancel

.

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36mm

1 1/2"

 

 

 

TEMPLATE

 

24mm

1"

TEMPLATE NO.

18mm

3/4"

ADDRESS

 

12mm

1/2"

EQUIPMENT

 

9mm

3/8"

PLATE

 

 

 

 

NAMEPLATE

 

6mm

1/4"

A

 

 

 

Style

Italic Vertical

 

 

Functions

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Brother PT-9400 manual Template Templt