Notes on Using P-touch Transfer Manager (For Windows®)

Since some P-touch Editor 5.1 functions are not available with the P-touch labeling system, keep the following points in mind when using P-touch Editor 5.1 to create templates.

You can check a preview of the printed template before the created template is transferred to the P-touch labeling system. Refer to "Transferring the Label Template to P-touch Transfer Manager" on page 26 for details.

Notes on Creating Templates

•The P-touch labeling system is loaded with 14 fonts. Some of the text in the template that is transferred to the P-touch labeling system will be printed using similar fonts and character sizes that are loaded in the P-touch labeling system. As a result, the printed label may differ from the image of the template created in P-touch Editor.

•Depending on the text object setting, the character size may be automatically reduced or some of the text may not be printed. If this occurs, change the text object setting.

•Although character styles can be applied to individual characters with P-touch Editor, styles can only be applied to a block of text with the P-touch labeling system. In addition, some character styles are not available on the P-touch labeling system.

•A numbering field specified with P-touch Editor will not transfer.

•Backgrounds specified with P-touch Editor are not compatible with the P-touch labeling system.

•Date and Time objects using the "At Printing" setting on P-touch Editor will not be printed.

•A P-touch Editor layout that uses the split printing function (enlarging the label and printing it on 2 or more labels) cannot be transferred.

•Only the first seven lines of text typed into a database field is read by the P-touch labeling system.

•Fields that extend out of the print area may not print completely.

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Notes on Transferring Templates

•The printed label may differ from the image that appears in the Preview area of P-touch Transfer Manager.

•If a bar code that is not loaded on the P-touch labeling system is to be transferred to the P-touch labeling system, the bar code will be converted into an image if it is a 2- dimensional bar code. The image of the converted bar code cannot be edited. If the bar code is a 1-dimensional bar code containing a bar code protocol that is not compatible with the P-touch labeling system, an error will occur and the template cannot be transferred.

•All of the transferred objects that cannot be edited by the P-touch labeling system are converted into images.

•Grouped objects will be converted into a single bitmap from which the data cannot be edited from the P-touch labeling system keyboard.

Notes on Transferring Data Other Than Templates

•If the number or order of fields in a database are changed and only the database (*.csv file) is transferred to update it, the database may not link correctly with the template. In addition, the first line of data in the transferred file must be recognized by the P-touch labeling system as "field names".

•Downloaded logos, symbols and graphics into the P-touch labeling system will automatically be scaled (to 8 sizes) like the resident font or any of the resident symbol in the library.

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