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CONTENTS
Brother® 90 Days/One Year Limited Warranty and Replacement
Service (For USA Only) ................................................................ iii
Important Information ................................................................... v

1. Getting Started ..............................................................1

General Description ......................................................................1
Top view & bottom view ...............................................................................1
Keyboard & LCD display .............................................................................2
General Precautions . .....................................................................3
Batteries & Tape Cassettes ........................................................ .....4
Installing batteries and a tape cassette .........................................................4
Cleaning ........................................................................................ 7
Cleaning the print head, rollers and tape cutter ..........................................7
Optional AC Adapter ................................................................ .....8
Connecting the AC adapter ...........................................................................8
Turning the P-touch On/Off ..........................................................8

2. Label Type Modes ..........................................................9

Selecting a Label Type Mode .........................................................9
Normal and Vertical Modes ........................................................... 9
Rotate Mode and Rotate & Repeat Mode ..................................... 10
Flag Mode ................................................................................. ...11
Port & Panel Modes .................................. ...................................12

3. Basic Functions ............................................................14

Performing Basic Operations ....................................... ................14
Choosing functions, parameters, settings and groups ................................14
Choosing the default setting .......................................................................14
Confirming a choice ....................................................................................14
Cancelling a choice ....................................................................................14
Inputting Label Data ........................................................... .........15
Entering and editing text .............................................................................15
Entering an accented character ..................................................................17
Entering a bar code ....................................................................................18
Entering a symbol .......................................................................................20