Brother PT-320- Manuals

2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION TOP VIEW BOTTOM VIEW Tape compartmentcover LCD display Keyboard Tape cutter lever AC adaptorconnector Tape exit slot Battery compartment cover

3 KEYBOARD & LCD DISPLAY Frame Underline Length Auto Font 1 Font 2 ¡ ¿ é ú " Ç ç Ñ ñ - ' ü í ó á Alt Feed Tab Caps Mirror Font Size Width Style Underline Frame Memory Line out Clear Symbol Accent Tab Length Tape Align Length A.Format Stamp Repeat Number Home End Store Recall M.Del Off Space ...

4 GENERAL PRECAUTIONS • Use only Brother TZ tapes with this machine. Do not use tapes that do not have the mark. • Do not pull on the tape being fed from the P-touch. This may damage the tape cas-sette. • Do not use the machine in dusty places, and keep it out of both direct sunlight andrain. • Do n...

5 BATTERIES This lightweight and portable machine can be used anywhere by installing six (6) AA alkaline batteries . When you change the batteries, always replace all six at the same time. To change the batteries: 1 Remove the battery compartment cover on the back of the machine. 2 If batteries are ...

6 OPTIONAL AC ADAPTOR The AC adaptor allows you to use this machine wherever there is an electrical outlet. To connect the optional AC adaptor: 1 Insert the plug on the adaptor cord into the connector marked DC IN 9.5V on theright side of the machine. 2 Insert the plug on the adaptor into the neares...

7 TAPE CASSETTE A single TZ tape cassette is supplied with this unit. However, since TZ tape cassettes areavailable for this machine in a wide variety of colors and sizes, it is possible to make dis-tinctive color-coded and stylized labels. In addition, this machine has been designed to allow you to...

8 ATTACHING LABELS LAMINATED TAPE The enclosed stick enables you to easily remove the backing from labels printed on lami-nated tapes. 1 Hold the tape in your left hand, with the printed surface facing up, and hold thestick in your right hand. 2 Pass the tape halfway through the long narrow hole in ...

9 PRINT HEAD & ROLLERS Occasionally, specks of dust or dirt become attached to the machine’s print head androllers. This is particularly likely when you are using the unit outdoors or in a very dustyenvironment. If a section of the print head is covered with dust, a blank horizontal streakmay ap...

12 DOOR LABEL EXAMPLE After you have inserted the batteries and the enclosed tape cassette as explained in theGetting Started chapter, let’s practice using some of the basic functions of your P-touch.We must first begin by turning on the power to the machine. The underline in the LCD display is call...

13 ENTERING THE TEXT Since all of the text will be in capital letters, we will use the Caps mode, which allows us to type capital letters continuously without holding down . Then, let’s type in the text in the same way that you would type on a typewriter or a com-puter keyboard. Also like on a typew...

14 Type the second word, “ROOM”, to finish the text. Now that we are finished entering capital letters, we can exit Caps mode. Once you have entered the text, you can easily edit it by correcting mistakes or simply adjust-ing it or its format. For detailed explanations of text editing methods, see p...

15 PRINTING THE TEXT Several format settings are available, however, in this example we will use the default set-tings pre-programmed into the machine and print out our label. To print the door label: 7 Press once. The message “COPIES 1/1” appears while thelabel is being printed. To cut off the door...

16 ADDRESS LABEL EXAMPLE While making the multi-line address label in this example, we will learn how to createmore decorative labels using the various format settings. ☞ Three-line labels, such as this address label, can only be printed on either 1/2”(12-mm)- or 3/4” (18-mm)-wide tape. Before enter...

17 ENTERING THE TEXT Let’s begin by typing in the first row of text, the name “Bill Reynolds”. In a multi-line label, the return key ( ) is used to end one line and start the next one. The return mark ( ) indicates the end of the line. To type in “Bill Reynolds”: 3 Hold down and press once, then rel...

18 Now, we can enter the address: 29 South Main St.; Los Angeles, CA 88888. FORMATTING THE TEXT Now the text has been entered as we wish. If it were printed, the standard default settingswould be used. The text would be aligned on the left side with 1 ″ (25 mm) margins and would not be framed or und...

19 0 While still holding down , continue pressing until BRUSSELS is dis- played, and then release . To select the ROUND frame setting: A While holding down , press once, and keep held down to display the current frame setting. B While still holding down , continue pressing until ROUND is displayed, ...

20 Different format settings can be chosen either before or after the text is entered. The pro-cedure shown above can be used to change the other format settings. PRINTING THE TEXT If we want only one copy of the text, we could just press to print it. However, let’s assume that we have three letters...

24 POWER KEY The power key ( ) is located in the top right-hand corner of the keyboard. If bat- teries have been installed or the machine has been plugged in using the optional ACadaptor, the previous session’s information is displayed when the machine is turned on.This feature allows you to stop wo...

25 CURSOR KEYS The machine’s LCD display shows two rows of 11 characters; however, the text that youcreate can be up to 99 characters long. You can review and edit your text by using thecursor keys to move the cursor so that different parts are shown in the display. LEFT CURSOR KEY To move the curso...

27 CODE, ALT & SHIFT KEYS Most characters can be entered simply by pressing their keys. However, to use specialfunctions or to enter capital letters, accented characters and some symbols, the followingspecial keys are necessary. CODE KEY To use a function printed above a key: ● Hold down and pre...

28 ALT KEY To type in characters printed in color on the right-hand side of the keys: ● Hold down and press the key of the desired character written in color. The Alt indicator on the left side of the display lights up while is held down. EXAMPLE To type in “–”: ● Hold down and press once. The Alt i...

30 SPACE KEY The Space key ( ) lets you add blank spaces between characters in your text. It is different from the right cursor key ( ), which just moves the cursor without adding blank spaces. To add a space: ● Press . EXAMPLE To add a space: ● Press . Feed Feed 1: J . _ A B C D E F G H I J K L Alt...

31 RETURN KEY Like on a typewriter or word processor, this machine’s return key ( ) is used to end a line of text and start another one. When you have finished entering one line, pressthe return key to make a new line and move the cursor to it. ☞ A single block can only contain a maximum of three te...

32 TAB FUNCTION This function allows you to separate sections of a line of text by adding tabs. This enablesyou to create perfectly aligned columns without having to type in several spaces. All tabshave the same length and are measured from either the beginning of the line or the previ-ous tab if th...

33 the label shown below will be printed EXAMPLE To set the tab length to 1”: 1 Hold down and press once. 2 Press until 1.0 is displayed. 3 Press . To add a tab: ● Hold down and press once. J K L M N O P Q R S T U A B C D E F G H I Margin Tab (2 inch) Tab (2 inch) Margin Alt Caps Frame Underline Len...

34 DELETE KEY The delete key ( ) allows you to remove characters to the left of the cursor’s current position. It differs from the left cursor key ( ), which only moves the cursor without deleting any characters.The delete key can also be used to quit most functions and return to the previous displa...

35 LINE OUT FUNCTION With the Line Out function, you can easily remove an entire line of text. To delete a line of text: 1 Press , , or to position the cursor within the line of text that you wish to delete. 2 Hold down and press once. ☞ Each time is pressed while is held down, one line of text is d...

36 CLEAR FUNCTION When clearing the display before entering new text, the Clear function can be used to choose whether all of the text is erased and all format functions ( Font , Size , Width , Style , Underline , Frame , Tape margin , Alignment , Tab length , Mirror printing , and Length ) are retu...

38 2 Press until TEXT ONLY is flashing. 3 Press . End Alt Caps Frame Underline Length Auto Font 1 Font 2 T E X T & F O R M A T ST E X T O N L Y Alt Caps Frame Underline Length Auto Font 1 Font 2 1: _

39 ACCENT FUNCTION The Accent function can also be used to add accented characters to your text. Many of these characters can also be typed in using the Symbol function. The accented characters are grouped according to the capital or small letter that they arecombined with. The following accented ch...

40 EXAMPLE To add the accented character “É”: 1 Hold down and press . 2 Hold down and press . 3 Press until É flashes. 4 Press . Accent 1: R E S U M _ a - u / A - U ? Alt Caps Frame Underline Length Auto Font 1 Font 2 Caps Tape 1: R E S U M _ È É Ë Ê Alt Caps Frame Underline Length Auto Font 1 Font ...

41 SYMBOL FUNCTION In addition to the letters, symbols and numerals on the key tops, there are 53 additionalmarks available with the Symbol function. The following symbols are available: To type in a symbol: 1 Hold down and press . A row of symbols appear in the display. 2 Press or to display differ...

42 EXAMPLE To add the symbol “ ”: 1 Hold down and press . 2 Press or until the row containing “ ” appears, then press or until “ ” flashes. 3 Press . Symbol Alt Caps Frame Underline Length Auto Font 1 Font 2 1: D A N G E R _ ü Æ æ Ã ã Õ õ • ° Home End Alt Caps Frame Underline Length Auto Font 1 Font...

43 AUTO FORMAT FUNCTION With the Auto Format function, you can select from a variety of preset formats perfect for your specific need. This function automatically adjusts the label length, tape margins andholizontal alignment without changing the text or any other formats, allowing you to cre-ate la...

45 STAMP FUNCTION The Stamp function allows you to quickly and easily create your own stamp stencil films for customized stamps. Select this function to automatically center the text and adjust thetape length and margins to a perfect format for the pre-inked stamp film holders. Since thestamp holder...

46 3 Press . 4 Press . 5 Push down on the tape cutter lever to cut the stamp stencil film. To affix a stamp: 6 Remove the stamp frame from around the stamp film holder ink pad, oneside at a time, then remove the protective seal covering the ink pad and thebacking paper from the stamp stencil film. 7...

48 A Insert the stamp film holder straight into its cap. ☞ Be sure that the stamp is correctly covered in order to prevent ink spills.

49 SIZE & WIDTH FUNCTIONS The character size can be adjusted using both the Size and Width functions. Since the character size that can be used depends on the width of the tape, the following tableshows the character sizes that can be used with each tape width. The default size setting is AUTO a...

51 To change the size setting: 1 While holding down , press once, and keep held down to dis- play the current size setting. 2 While still holding down , continue pressing until the desired size set- ting is displayed and is shown by the size indicator. ☞ The current character size setting is also sh...

52 To turn on or off the Width function: 1 While holding down , press once, and keep held down to dis- play the current width setting. 2 While still holding down , continue pressing until the desired width setting is displayed. 3 Release to apply the selected width setting to the entire text. EXAMPL...

53 STYLE FUNCTION You can choose from nine different character styles to apply to your text. ☞ Characters printed using the smaller sizes may be difficult to read if certain stylesettings (e.g., I+SHADOW) are selected. The following style settings are available: NORMAL I+BOLD (italic & bold) BOL...

54 2 While still holding down , continue pressing until I+SHADOW is displayed. 3 Release . I + S H A D O W S T Y L E Alt Caps Frame Underline Length Auto Font 1 Font 2 Style

55 REFERENCE Font setting Style setting NORMAL BOLD OUTLINE HELSINKI BRUSSELS Font setting Style setting SHADOW ITALIC I+BOLD HELSINKI BRUSSELS Font setting Style setting I+OUTLINE I+SHADOW VERTICAL HELSINKI BRUSSELS

56 UNDERLINE FUNCTION You can emphasize your text by underlining it.The default underline setting is OFF. When the Underline function is set to ON , the Underline indicator on the right side of the display lights up. To turn on or off the Underline function: 1 While holding down , press once, and ke...

57 FONT FUNCTION With the Font function, you can choose one of two fonts for your text. The following font settings are available: HELSINKI and BRUSSELS The default font setting is HELSINKI . The currently selected font setting is always shown by the Font indicators below the display. Refer to Refer...

58 REFERENCE REFERENCE Font setting Font sample Display indicator HELSINKI Font 1 BRUSSELS Font 2

59 FRAME FUNCTION With the Frame function, you can choose from various frames and highlights to design a more decorative or emphasized label.The following Frame settings are available: OFF, ROUND, CANDY, POINTING, NAMEPLATE, DOT The default frame setting is OFF ; however, other settings are also ava...

61 TAPE MARGIN FUNCTION The Tape margin function allows you to adjust the size of the margins on the left and right sides of your text.The default tape margin setting is FULL ; however, three other settings are also available. ☞ After printing a label using the NONE tape margin setting, hold down an...

62 EXAMPLE To select the HALF tape margin setting: 1 While holding down , press once, and keep held down. 2 While still holding down , continue pressing until HALF is displayed. 3 Release . F E E D Alt Caps F U L L Frame Underline Length Auto Font 1 Font 2 Tape F E E D Alt Caps H A L F Frame Underli...

63 HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT FUNCTION You can choose to align the text in one of three ways. In addition, if the Length function was used to set the length of the label, the text will align within the label according to theselected horizontal alignment setting.Three settings exist, as follws. The default...

64 MIRROR PRINTING FUNCTION With this function, you can print your text so that the characters can be read from thetape side of the tape. If mirror-printed labels are attached to glass or some other clearmaterial, they can be read correctly from the opposite side. ☞ When using the Mirror printing fu...

65 LENGTH FUNCTION Although the length of the printed label automatically adjusts to fit the length of theentered text, there may be times when you will want to make a label with a specificlength. The Length function allows you to set the label length between 1.6” and 11.8” (4.0 cm and 30.0 cm).The ...

67 PRINT KEY & FEED FUNCTION After you have entered your text and chosen the desired format settings, you are ready toprint. To print a label: ● Press once. The message “COPIES” followed by the number of the label being printed is displayed. ☞ If NONE tape setting is selected and the tape is imm...

68 NUMBERING FUNCTION This function can be used to print many copies of the same text while increasing a certainnumber in the text by 1 after each label is printed. To use the Numbering function: 1 Press , , or to position the cursor below the number that you wish to increase. 2 Hold down and press ...

70 REPEAT PRINTING FUNCTION This function allows you to print up to 9 copies of the same text. To use the Repeat printing function: 1 Hold down and press . The message “COPIES UNTIL 1–9?” appears in the display. 2 Press the number key ( to ) of the number of labels that you want. ☞ To cancel the Rep...

72 MEMORY FUNCTIONS You can use the memory to store your most frequently used text files. The text remains inthe memory, even after all characters are removed from the display using the Clear func- tion (holding down and pressing ). When each file is stored, it is given a number to make recalling it...

73 To overwrite the stored file with the new one: ● Press to delete the previously stored file and store the new one under the selected number. ☞ To go back and choose another file number without overwriting the text file, press , and then press the key of a different file number. RECALLING TEXT To ...

74 2 Press the key ( to ) of the file number containing the text that you wish to delete. The text stored under the selected file number is shown. ☞ To see other parts of the selected text file, press or . To display the text stored under other file numbers, press or , or the key of a different file...

75 2 Press . 3 Press . To delete the text stored under file number 4: 1 Hold down and press . 2 Press . 3 Press . Alt Caps Frame Underline Length Auto Font 1 Font 2 [ 4 ] J o h n S m i t R E C A L L Style Alt Caps Frame Underline Length Auto Font 1 Font 2 1: J o h n S m i t h _ Alt Caps Frame Underl...

76 TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Remedy 1. The display stays blank after you have turned on the machine. • Check that the AC adaptor is con- nected correctly. • If you are using alkaline batteries, check that they are correctly inserted. • If the batteries are low, replace them with new ones. 2. The machi...

77 ERROR MESSAGE LIST Error Message Cause Remedy 3 LINELIMIT! • This message appears if three lines already exist when you press . • Limit the number of lines to three. BATTERIESWEAK! • This message appears when the installed alkalinebatteries become weak. • Replace the batteries or use the AC adapt...

81 SPECIFICATIONS HARDWARE SOFTWARE Input Device: Keyboard - 51 keys LCD: 7 × 5 dots 12 characters × 2 lines 17 indicators Print Tape: Pressure-sensitive, Adhesive-based26’ 3” (8 m) longFour widths available: 1/4” (6 mm) 3/8” (9 mm) 1/2” (12 mm) 3/4” (18 mm) Power Supply: Six AA alkaline batteries (...

82 ACCESSORIES ● Supplies Obtain tape cassettes from your nearest authorized dealer. Use only Brother TZ tapes with this machine. Brother cannot be held responsible fortrouble caused by the use of unauthorized supplies. Do not use tapes that do nothave the mark. Stock No. Description 3/4” (18mm)-wid...

83 TZ-C31 Black characters on yellow fluorescent adhesive TZ-D31 Black characters on green fluorescent adhesive TZ-M31 Black characters on clear (mat) adhesive 3/8” (9mm)-wide laminated tapes TZ-121 Black characters on clear adhesive TZ-122 Red characters on clear adhesive TZ-123 Blue characters on ...