Brother MW-145MFi, MW-260MFi Software Guide
Software User’s Guide
MW-145MFi
MW-260MFi
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Introduction
Important Notice
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safety and proper operation.
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Note
Indicates information or directions that should be followed. Ignoring them may result
in damage, or failed operations.
Indicates notes that provide information or directions that can help you better
understand and use the product more efficiently.
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IMPORTANT NOTE
This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only. Do not use this product outside the
country of purchase as it may violate the wireless telecommunication and power regulations of that
country.
Windows Vista
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Table of Contents
1 Available Software 1
2 Printer Driver Utility 2
Changing the Settings ...............................................................................................................................2
Utility Screens............................................................................................................................................3
General Tab.........................................................................................................................................3
Bluetooth (1) Tab.................................................................................................................................4
Bluetooth (2) Tab.................................................................................................................................5
Bluetooth (3) Tab.................................................................................................................................6
3 Printer Setting Tool (P-touch Template Settings) 7
Functions of P-touch Template..................................................................................................................7
Specifying the P-touch Template Settings.................................................................................................8
Using the Printer Setting Tool..............................................................................................................8
P-touch Template Settings Dialog Box..............................................................................................10
4 P-touch Editor 12
Starting P-touch Editor.............................................................................................................................12
Printing with P-touch Editor .....................................................................................................................14
5 P-touch Transfer Manager & P-touch Library 16
P-touch Transfer Manager.......................................................................................................................17
Transferring the Template to P-Touch Transfer Manager .................................................................17
Transferring Templates or Other Data from the Computer to the Printer via USB ............................20
Backing up Templates or Other Data Saved in the Printer................................................................24
Deleting All the Printer Data..............................................................................................................25
P-touch Library ........................................................................................................................................26
Starting P-touch Library.....................................................................................................................26
Opening and Editing Templates ........................................................................................................27
Printing Templates.............................................................................................................................28
Searching for Templates or Other Data.............................................................................................28
6 P-touch Transfer Express 30
Preparing P-touch Transfer Express .......................................................................................................30
Transferring the Template to P-Touch Transfer Manager .......................................................................31
Saving the Template as a Transfer Package File (.pdz)..........................................................................32
Distributing the Transfer Package File (.pdz) and P-Touch Transfer Express to the User......................34
Transferring the Transfer Package File (.pdz) to Your Printer.................................................................35
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MW-145 MFi Compatible List ..................................................................................................................38
MW-260 MFi Compatible List ..................................................................................................................39
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To connect the printer to your computer, the printer driver must be installed.
You can also use various applications and functions listed in the following table to make the most of your
printer.
For more information on downloading and installing the printer driver and applications, see the User's Guide.
Software Features Page
1 Printer driver — 2
Printer Setting Tool Allows you to configure the P-touch Template settings.
Available Software 1
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P-touch Template Settings
3 P-touch Editor 5.1
4 P-touch Transfer Manager *2
5 P-touch Library *2
6 P-touch Transfer Express *1
*1 This application can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center website: support.brother.com
*2 This application is installed with P-touch Editor 5.1.
P-touch Template provides functions for inserting data from a
device (such as a barcode reader connected to the printer) into text
and barcode objects in layouts saved on the printer, useful for
printing templates and barcodes.
Allows you to design custom documents, store templates, connect
to databases, and use a large library of labels and tags.
Allows you to transfer files created with P-touch Editor to a printer
and store the files in the printer's memory.
You can print them from the printer's memory without connecting to
your computer.
Allows you to use your computer to manage P-touch Template and
other data.
You can use P-touch Library to print templates.
Allows you to transfer documents easily into a Brother printer via a
local USB.
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The following settings for this printer can be specified using the printer driver utility.
Printer Driver Utility 2
General Settings 2
Auto power-off time setting
Command Mode
Bluetooth Settings
Auto sleep time
Auto sleep/power-off time
Power-saving
Device
PIN code (Password)
Communication security settings
Changing the Settings 2
a Windows Vista
From the Start button, click [Control Panel] - [Printer].
Windows
From the Start button, click [Devices and Printers].
Windows
From the Control Panel, click [View devices and printers].
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Right-click the Start button, and then click [Control Panel] - [View devices and printers].
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b Right-click the icon of your printer, and then select [Printer properties] ([Properties] for Windows
Vista®).
c Click [Properties…] to the right of [Utility…] in the [Device Settings] tab.
The [Brother MW-xxxMFi Utility] dialog box is displayed.
d Specify each setting, referring to Utility Screens on page 3.
If [(Unknown)] is displayed as [Current setting] or [Current Time Setting], clicking the [Current] button
displays the current setting.
After changing the settings, click [Apply].
e Click [Exit].
The [Brother MW-xxxMFi Utility] dialog box closes.
Clicking [Resets the settings to their defaults] resets all settings to their factory settings.
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Utility Screens 2
The settings in bold letters are the default settings.
General Tab 2
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1 Auto power-off time setting
Specifies the amount of time that passes before the printer turns off automatically.
If "0" is specified, the printer will not automatically turn off.
Available settings: 5 minutes, 0 - 255 minutes
2 Command Mode
Specifies the printer's command format.
Available settings: [Raster], [ESC/P], [P-touch Template]
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Printer Driver Utility
Bluetooth (1) Tab 2
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1 Auto sleep time
Specifies the amount of time that passes before the printer automatically enters the sleep mode when the
Bluetooth switch is set to ON.
Available settings: 3 minutes, 0 - 255 minutes
2 Auto sleep/power-off time
Specifies the amount of time that passes before the printer turns off after entering the sleep mode when
the Bluetooth switch is set to ON.
Available settings: [Immediately turn off], [10 minutes], [30 minutes], [1 hour], [3 hours], [6 hours], [9 hours],
[12 hours], [Do not turn off].
3Power-saving
Specifies the power-saving mode.
Available settings: [Power-saving mode priority], [Standard], [Connection time priority]
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Bluetooth (2) Tab 2
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1 Communication Security Settings
Enables or disables the PIN during communication, specifies the PIN, and enables or disables Secure
Simple Pairing (SSP) when the PIN is enabled.
Available settings: (PIN code enablement) enable, disable / (PIN code) XXXX, 4 - 16 alphanumeric
characters, (SSP) [Enable], [Disable] / (Encryption) enable, disable
• Secure Simple Pairing (SSP) is one of the functions that allows you to omit entering the PIN when
connecting via Bluetooth, which was adopted in Bluetooth Ver. 2.1 or later.
You can omit entering the PIN for Bluetooth connections when establishing a pairing between
SSP-compatible devices.
On the other hand, a disadvantage of SSP is that the connection is not so highly secured because you can
establish a pairing between SSP-compatible devices without restrictions. If you do not want to allow
printing from other devices, set SSP to [Disable].
If you connect your printer to a device that is not compatible with SSP or one with SSP set to invalid, you
must establish the pairing using the PIN and encryption.
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• Depending on the version of Bluetooth that you are using or other conditions, you may not be able to
change the SSP, encryption, and PIN settings.
2 Search on Other Devices
Specifies whether or not to allow searches from other devices.
If the printer cannot be found, specify this setting from the computer.
Available settings: [Discoverable], [Undiscoverable]
Bluetooth (3) Tab 2
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1Device name
Changes the device name.
The factory setting is "MW-xxxx****", where "xxxx" is your model name and "****" is the last four digits of
the product serial number.
Available setting: 1 - 24 alphanumeric characters or symbols
2 Bluetooth Address
Retrieves and displays the Bluetooth address of the selected printer.
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Printer Setting Tool (P-touch Template
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Using P-touch Template Setting Tool in the "Printer Setting Tool", you can specify the printer's P-touch
Template settings from a WindowsR PC.
P-touch Template mode provides functions for inserting data from a device (such as a barcode reader
connected to the printer) into text and barcode objects in layouts saved on the printer, useful for printing
templates and barcodes.
For the details on P-touch Template, see the P-touch Template Manual/Command Reference (English only).
You can download the latest versions from the Brother Solutions Center website.
support.brother.com
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Functions of P-touch Template 3
The following are the P-touch Template functions:
Basic operations 3
Preset template printing
If frequently used templates are stored in the printer, they can be reprinted by simply scanning the barcode
for each template.
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Barcode printing
A barcode scanned with the barcode reader can be printed with the protocol and size of a previously
created template.
If a command reference is used, see the P-touch Template Manual/Command Reference (English only).
You can download the latest versions from the Brother Solutions Center website.
support.brother.com
Select the product, and then select [Manuals].
The P-touch Template Setting Tool can be configured only via USB.
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Printer Setting Tool (P-touch Template Settings)
Specifying the P-touch Template Settings 3
Using the Printer Setting Tool 3
a Connect the printer you want to configure to the computer.
b For Windows Vista
From the Start menu, click [All Programs] - [Brother] - [Label & Mobile Printer] - [Printer Setting
Tool].
For Windows
Click the [Printer Setting Tool] icon on the [Apps] screen.
For Windows
From the Start button, select all applications, and then click [Brother] - [Label & Mobile Printer] - [Printer
Setting Tool].
The main window appears.
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Lists the connected printers.
2 P-touch Template Settings
Specifies P-touch Template settings.
For more information on P-touch Template, download the P-touch Template Manual/Command
Reference (English only) from the Brother Solutions Center website: support.brother.com
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3Exit
Closes the window.
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c Check that the printer you want to configure appears beside [Printer]. If a different printer appears, select
the printer you want from the drop-down list.
If only one printer is connected, it is unnecessary to make a selection since only that printer is available.
d Select [P-touch Template Settings], and then specify or change the settings in the [P-touch Template
Settings] dialog box.
For more information on the [P-touch Template Settings] dialog box, see P-touch Template Settings
Dialog Box on page 10.
e Click [Apply] - [Exit] in the settings dialog box to apply the settings to the printer.
f Click [Exit] in the main window to finish specifying settings.
Use the “Printer Setting Tool” to configure the printer only when the printer is in standby. The printer may
malfunction if you attempt to configure it while it is handling a job.
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P-touch Template Settings Dialog Box 3
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1 Default Command Mode
Select one of the following three command modes.
Available settings: [P-touch Template], [ESC/P], [Raster]
2 Default Template Number
Specifies a template number to select as default when the printer is turned on.
However, if a template is not to be transferred to the printer, do not specify a template number.
3 Data Delimiter for P-touch Template
A symbol used to indicate when to move to the next object in the data being sent. Between 1 and 20
characters can be specified.
4 Trigger for P-touch Template Printing
You can specify a trigger to begin printing from a number of options.
[Command Character]: Printing starts when the command character specified here is received.
[Data Insertion into All the Objects]: Printing starts when the delimiter for the last object is received.
[Received Data Size]: Printing starts when the number of characters specified here is received. However,
delimiters are not counted in the number of characters.
5 Character Code Table
Select one of the following three character code sets.
Available settings: [Windows 1252], [Windows 1250 Eastern Europe], [Brother standard]
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