Brother P-touch MW-260- Manuals

4 In order for this printer to communicate using Bluetooth tech-nology with the computer running Windows ® or the Pocket PC, various Bluetooth settings must be specified. 1 Set the interface switch to “Bluetooth”. → The status indicator light will be blue. 2 Run the Bluetooth connection software on ...

Communication using Bluetooth technology 5 4 Select this printer from the list of devices. → The screen to enter the “PIN code” (or “Pass key”) appears only the first time that the computer running Windows ® or PDA is connected to the printer. 5 Enter the “PIN code” (or “Pass key” at the time of shi...

6 In order to use this printer to print data from a computer run-ning Windows ® , the software must be installed on the com- puter. Installing the software 1 Insert the enclosed CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of the computer running Windows ® . → The installer automatically starts up and the Brother S...

Printing Data from a Computer Running Windows 7 3 Click the top button (PC(Windows) soft-ware). → A dialog box appears, allowing you to select what to install. 4 Click the button for the software that you wish to install. Here, click the button for the Standard Installa-tion. → Installation of Stand...

Printing Data from a Computer Running Windows 9 For Windows ® 2000 Professional, (USB connec- tion) 6 When the message “Connect Brother MW-260, and then turn it on.” appears, use the enclosed USB cable to con-nect this printer to the computer running Windows ® , and then turn on the printer. → The p...

Printing Data from a Computer Running Windows 11 For Windows Vista 6 When the message "Connect Brother MW-260, and then turn it on." appears in the computer screen, use the enclosed USB cable to connect this printer to the com-puter running Win-dows, and then turn on the printer. ! When the ...

12 7 Click the Install button. Finish the installation according to the instructions thatappear on the screen. → Continue with “Printing” on page 14.

Printing Data from a Computer Running Windows 13 For computer running Windows ® (Bluetooth connection) 8 Check the “Install”, and then click the next button. → Installing the printer driver is started. 9 Select the COM number you are using as Bluetooth connection, and then click the next button. → F...

14 Printing This printer can be used to print in two different ways. Printing from P-touch Editor Check the text or image, and then edit it. Print → Refer to page 15 . Printing from other applications, such as word-processing or spreadsheet appli-cations Create the data in the application Select the...

Printing Data from a Computer Running Windows 15 Starting up P-touch Editor 1 To start up P-touch Editor, click the Start but-ton, and then click All Programs - Brother P- touch - P-touch Editor 4.2. → When P-touch Editor is started, the startup dialog box appears. 2 In the startup dialog box, selec...

18 c Draw toolbar This toolbar contains shor tcuts to frequently used drawing tools. The tool-bar contains various tools, including those for selecting objects, enteringtext and drawing. d Layout window This is the edit window. Although the image is shown as close as possibleto the final print resul...

Printing Data from a Computer Running Windows 19 Database window This window appears when a database or the Label List isopened. When an add-in is star ted, the Label List automati-cally appears if the software is set to register text in the LabelList. This is convenient when making labels with a fo...

20 Printing from other applications If this printer is selected for printing, it can be used to printdata from other applications, such as word-processing orspreadsheet applications. Selecting the MW-260 as the printer and printing The procedure for Excel 2000 will be described as anexample. 1 Creat...

Printing Data from a Computer Running Windows 21 Uninstalling the software If this printer will no longer be used, P-touch Editor 4.2 andthe printer driver can be removed (uninstalled). Removing (uninstalling) the printer driver 1 Click the Start button, select Settings , and then click Printers and...

22 In order to use this printer to print data from a Pocket PC(PDA running Pocket PC), a computer running Windows ® must be used to install the software onto the Pocket PC. • For details on ActiveSync ® , Bluetooth, or on connecting the Pocket PC to a computer running Windows ® , refer to the instru...

Printing Data From a Pocket PC 23 Installing the software 1 Insert the enclosed CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of the computer running Windows ® . → The installer automatically starts up and the Brother Select Language dialog box appears. → If the installer does not automatically start up, dou-ble-cli...

26 Printing This printer has eight different printing functions. 1 Tap on the Program screen. → The Brother MPrint screen appears. 2 Check that , , , , , , , and appear in the screen. " Refer to the pages indicated below for more details onthe corresponding printing function. Note Print → page 2...

Printing Data From a Pocket PC 27 Printing procedures First, we will describe the procedure for using the Note Print.This procedure contains the basic steps for printing. Note Print Memos saved with Notes can be printed. 1 Tap on the Brother MPrint screen. → A list of memos appears in the Note Print...

28 3 Tap Preview in the Printer menu. → The Print preview screen appears. 4 Position this printer and the Pocket PC so that their IrDA infrared ports are facing each other and within 20cm / 0.8'' apart. • If Print was tapped, printing will begin without the Print preview screen being displayed. • Ma...

Printing Data From a Pocket PC 29 5 Tap the Print button. → After the Pocket PC detects this printer, printing begins. • The printed layout may differ depending on the size of paper selected with Printer setting . • The Print preview screen allows you to view an image of the data as it will be print...

30 Advanced settings Precise print settings can be specified. " Printer settings 1 Tap Printer setting in the Print preview screen. → The Printer setting screen appears. 2 The following settings can be specified. • Printer: MW-260 (this printer)/MW-100/MW-120/MW-140BT • Por t:IrDA(infrared por t...

Printing Data From a Pocket PC 31 3 Tap . → The printer settings are applied. " Graphics-processing settings 1 Tap Graphics in the Print preview screen. → The Graphics processing screen appears. 2 The following set-tings can be speci-fied. • Half-tone:Dithering/Error Diffu-sion/None • Image proc...

32 " Text format settings The font and size of the printed text can be changed. 1 Tap Font in the Set- tings menu of the Note Print screen. → The Font setting screen appears. 2 The following text settings can be specified. • Font name: Tahoma/Courier New/Frutiger Lino-type/Bookdings • Size:Large...

Printing Data From a Pocket PC 33 Schedule Print Schedules saved with Schedule can be printed. 1 Tap on the Brother MPrint screen. → A list of schedules appears in the Schedule Print screen. 2 Tap the box to the left of the schedule that you wish to print. More than one schedule can be selected. → A...

34 " Template setting The layout in which data is printed can be specified. 1 Tap Template in the Settings menu of the Schedule Print screen. → The Template screen appears. 2 Select the template that you wish to use. 3 Tap . → The selected tem-plate is applied. • Examples of templates A6 portrai...

Printing Data From a Pocket PC 35 " Printing a specified date The period of time to be printed can be specified. 1 Tap Date in the Set- tings menu of the Schedule Print screen. → The Date screen appears. 2 Change the date setting. • Start date/End date/Inprogress • Date 3 Tap . → The schedules i...

36 Task Print Tasks and appointments saved with Tasks can be printed. 1 Tap on the Brother MPrint screen. → A list of tasks appears in the Task Print screen. 2 Tap the box to the left of the task that you wish to print. More than one task can be selected. → A check mark appears. The procedure contin...

Printing Data From a Pocket PC 37 Contact Print Names, address and telephone numbers saved with Contacts can be printed. 1 Tap on the Brother MPrint screen. → A list of contacts appears in the Contact Print screen. 2 Tap the box to the left of the contact that you wish to print. More than one name c...

38 Clipboard Print The images and text moved to the Clipboard can be printed. 1 Tap on the Brother MPrint screen. → The contents of the Clipboard appear in the Clip-board Print screen. The procedure continues in the same way as with the Note Print ( → page 27). • The Clipboard is the name of the loc...

Printing Data From a Pocket PC 39 Screen Capture Print The currently displayed screen of the Pocket PC can beprinted. 1 Tap on the Brother MPrint screen. → A toolbar appears in the upper-right corner of the screen. 2 Display the screen that you wish to print. 3 Tap on the tool- bar. → The captured s...

40 " Screen capture settings The time until the data is imported and the size of the cap-tured area can be specified. 1 Tap on the tool- bar. → The Screen capture print settings screen appears. 2 The following text set-tings can be speci-fied. • Capture delay time:0 to 10 secondsSpecifies the le...

Printing Data From a Pocket PC 41 Image File Print Saved image files (in BMP, JPEG or PNG format) can be printed. 1 Tap on the Brother MPrint screen. → The Image File Print screen appears. 2 Select the file format of the image data to be searched for. Select from the five available file formats. • I...

42 E-mail Print Saved e-mails can be printed. 1 Tap on the Brother MPrint screen. → A list of e-mails appears in the Email Print screen. 2 Tap the e-mail that you wish to print. Only one e-mail can be selected. → The selected e-mail is high-lighted. The procedure continues in the same way as with th...

Changing Printer Settings 43 The following settings for this printer can be specified usingthe MW-260 Utility “MPrintUtility” on the both Pocket PC andWindows PC. • Auto power-off time • Auto sleep time • Auto sleep/power-off time • Power-saving setting • Device name • Pass key (PIN code) • Initiali...

44 With a Pocket PC: 1 Tap on the Brother MPrint screen. → The Brother MW-260 Utility screen appears. Screens " General The length of time [auto power-off time] untilthe printer automatically powers off can bespecified. If “0” is specified, the printer willnot automatically power off. " Blue...

Changing Printer Settings 45 " Bluetooth (2) The device name and the PIN code (orPasskey) can be changed.For the device name, specify a name thatcontains 1-12 alphanumeric characters.For the PIN code, specify a four-eight num-ber only if “Activate PIN code” has beenselected.Search from Another D...