Brother LN0617001 Dépliant

 

To turn the P-touch on or off, press 

 

P

 

.

 

An indicator on the left side of the display shows the cur-

rent input mode. If there is no indicator, lowercase letters 

can be typed in when a character key is pressed. If the 

indicator appears beside 

 

a

 

, uppercase letters can be 

typed in, and if the indicator appears beside 

 

n

 

, numer-

als will be typed in. To switch to the uppercase or lower-

case input modes, press 

 

A

 

 until the desired input mode 

is indicated. To enter the numerals input mode, press 

 

1

 

 

once. When the P-touch is turned on, the input mode is 

automatically reset to uppercase letters.

 

To enter lowercase and uppercase letters, continue press-

ing the key for the desired letter until the letter is displayed, 

and then press 

 

L

 

, 

 

l

 

 or 

 

r

 

. To enter numerals, press 

the key for the desired number.

 

L

 

l

 

r

 

The characters shown below are available with the various 
keys and input modes:

 

To add a space to your text, make sure that the indicator does 
not appear beside 

 

n

 

 

 

(numerals), and then press 

 

0

 

.

 

To end the first line of text and start the second, press 

 

L

 

. 

The marker 

 appears to the left of the cursor. Two-line 

text is always printed with the 

 

 text size and the 

 

 (normal) style.

To change a message back to a single line, delete the 
marker 

. (For details on deleting the marker, refer to 

 

.)

 

You can move the cursor (_) to view or edit parts of the text to 
the left or right of the 6 characters shown in the display.
To move the cursor to the left, press 

 

l

 

; to move the cursor 

to the right, press 

 

r

 

. Move the cursor several characters 

in a row by holding down the key for the desired direction.

 

To delete a character, press 

 

C

 

. The character to the left 

of the cursor is deleted. To continue deleting characters, 

hold down 

 

C

 

 until all of the desired characters are 

deleted. To delete a character in the middle of the text, 

move the cursor below the character to the right of the one 

to be deleted before pressing 

 

C

 

.

 

To clear the current text and selected formats, press 

 

F

 

, 

press 

 

l

 

 or

 

 r

 

 until "CLEAR" is displayed, and then press 

 

L

 

. All text is erased, and the text size, style, underline/frame 

and label length return to their default settings, and the input 

mode is reset to uppercase letters.

 

To enter a symbol, press 

 

@

 

. The first row of symbols 

appears. Continue pressing 

 

@

 

 until the row containing 

the desired symbol is displayed, press

 

l

 

 or

 

 r

 

 until the 

cursor is positioned under the desired symbol, and then 

press 

 

L

 

. Your text reappears in the display with the 

selected symbol added to it.

 

To return to the current text without adding a symbol, press 

 

C

 

.

The symbols shown below are available in the following order:

 

To print out the entered text, press 

 

R

 

. The message 

"PRINT" appears while printing.

 

Cut off the label that is fed from the tape exit slot by press-
ing in the tape cutter button.

    

a

a

a

a

    

n

n

n

n

 

1

 

1

 

2

 

a b c ä á à â ã å æ ç A B C Ä Á À Â Ã Å Æ Ç

 

2

 

3

 

d e f ë é è ê

D E F Ë É È Ê

 

3

 

4

 

g h i

ï

í

ì

î

G H I

Ï

Í

Ì

Î

 

4

 

5

 

j

k

l

J K L

 

5

 

6

 

m n o ñ ö ó ò ô õ ø œ M N O Ñ Ö Ó Ò Ô Õ Ø Œ

 

6

 

7

 

p q r s

P Q R S

 

7

 

8

 

t u v ü ú ù û

T U V Ü Ú Ù Û

 

8

 

9

 

w x y z ÿ

W X Y Z

 

9

 

0

 

Space

Space

0

Tape exit slot

Built-in label-backing peeler

Underline indicator

Frame indicator

Style indicator

Label length indicator

Tape cutter button

Display

Uppercase indicator

Power key

Numerals indicator

Left/right arrow key

Function key

Enter key

Print key

Character keys

Back space key

Uppercase/lowercase mode key

Numeral mode/1 key

Space/0 key

Symbol key

 

–

 

  

 

_

 

  /  

 

\

 

  :  ;  .  ,  

 

'

 

  

 

"

 

  

 

!  ?  @  &  #

 

  ∗  

 

%

 

  •  +  ×  ÷  ±  =

 

  §     ¿

 

  

 

ij

 

  ∼   

 

(  )

 

  

 

[  ]

 

  

 

<  >

 

 

 

 

 

  ←  →  ↑  ↓  

  

  

  

 

°

 

  

 

$

 

  

 

£  

 

Fr

 

  

 

        ß

 

  µ       

 

 

 

      

 

 

  

 

♥

 

  

  

 

  

★

✏

 

To format the text by changing the text size or style, adding 

underlining/framing/shading or specifying the label length, 

press 

 

F

 

, press 

 

l

 

 

 

or 

 

r

 

 until the desired function (

 

, 

 

, 

 

 or 

 

) is displayed, and then press 

 

L

 

. Next, press 

 

l

 

, 

 

r

 

, or 

 

F

 

 until the desired setting is 

displayed, and then press 

 

L

 

. The selected formatting is 

applied to the entire text. For more details about each func-

tion, refer to the appropriate section below.

To return to the current text without changing the formatting, 

press 

 

C

 

.

 

The following five text sizes are available:

 

The following nine text styles are available:

When a text style other than 

 

 (normal) is selected, 

the indicator below

 

 

b

 

 comes on.

 

The following frame settings are available:

 

When 

 

 is selected, the indicator below

 

c

 

 comes on. 

When a setting other than 

 

 or 

 

 is selected, the 

indicator below

 

 

 

d

 

comes on. The underlining/framing/

shading is not printed if the 

 

 (vertical) style is selected.

 

If 

 

 was selected, the length of the label will adjust 

automatically according to the length of the entered 

text. If 

 

 was selected, the current label length set-

ting in millimetres appears. Press 

 

l

 

 

 

or 

 

r

 

 or use the 

character keys to enter the desired length between 50 

and 300 mm, and then press 

 

L

 

. When 

 

 is 

selected, the indicator below

 

 s

 

comes on.

 

The PT-55 is equipped with a peeler that allows you to 

easily remove the backing from labels. (Fig. 8)

1) Insert the label, with the printed surface facing down, 

as far as possible into the built-in peeler. (Fig. 9)

2) Fold back the label to the right 180˚. (Fig. 10)

3) Quickly pull the label out to the right. The end of the 

backing is separated from the label. (Fig. 11)

 

Press 

 

F

 

, press 

 

l

 

 or 

 

r

 

 to select one of the follow-

ing, and then press 

 

L

 

.

 

Press 

 

l

 

, 

 

r

 

, or 

 

F

 

 to select a text size, 

and then press 

 

L

 

.

 

Press 

 

l

 

, 

 

r

 

, or 

 

F

 

 to select one of the 

following, and then press 

 

L

 

.

 

 (normal)

 

 (shadow)

 

 (italic + bold)

 

 (outline)

 

 (italic)

 

 (italic + shadow)

 

 (italic + outline)

 

 (vertical)

 

Press 

 

l

 

, 

 

r

 

, or 

 

F

 

 to select one of the 

following, and then press 

 

L

 

.

 

 (underline)

 

 Press 

 

l

 

, 

 

r

 

, or 

 

F to select one of the 

following, and then press 

L.

Press 

l, r, or F or use the 

character key to enter the desired 

label length, and then press 

L.

(All text is erased, and the text size, style, under-
line/frame and label length return to their default 
settings, and the input mode is reset to upper-
case letters.)

SIZE4 (default)

NORM (normal-default)

SHAD (shadow)

IT+B (italic + bold)

OUTL (outline)

ITAL (italic)

IT+S (italic + shadow)

IT+O (italic + outline)

TEXT (default)

UNDL (underline)

Fig. 8

Fig. 9

Fig. 10

Fig. 11

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