Brother PT-2460 - Manuel (Page 4)

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CONTENTS
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
Formatting the Label .................................................................... 23
Specifying a label length .............................................................................23
Specifying a margin size .............................................................................23
Framing the text .......................................................................................... 24