Brother PT-330 User Manual [en, es]

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Thank you for purchasing the P-Touch 330/350! Your new P-Touch will allow you to design and create labels and stamps for any applica

tion. Its versatility enables you to create custom labels by choosing from different frame designs, and character sizes and styles. In addition, the five tape widths (1/4" (6 mm), 3/8" (9 mm), 1/2" (12 mm), 3/4" (18 mm) and 1" (24 mm)) and variety of tape colors allow you to print personalized labels, useful for color-coded filing. With the Stamp function, you can quickly and easily make stamps for reusable pre-inked stamp holders.

You no longer have to worry about urgent tasks that require professional printing. In the office, the factory, the lab and the home, the quality and performance of the P-Touch 330/ 350 makes it an extremely practical machine.

Finally, as you may want to refer to this User's Guide occasionally, we suggest that you keep it in a handy place.

FCC NOTICE

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate ra dio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a partic ular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from

that to which the receiver is connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician

for help.

Patent numbers and patent publication numbers which are related to this product are as below:

USP4839742 USP4927278 USP4976558

USP4983058 USP5009530 USP5069557

USP5120147

CONTENTS

Getting Started

GENERAL DESCRIPTION...........................................................................................2

GENERAL PRECAUTIONS..........................................................................................4

BATTERIES..................................................................................................................5

OPTIONAL AC ADAPTOR...........................................................................................6

TAPE CASSETTE.........................................................................................................7

ATTACHING LABELS...................................................................................................8

PRINT HEAD & ROLLERS...........................................................................................9

Learning the Ropes

DOOR LABEL EXAMPLE...........................................................................................12

ADDRESS LABEL EXAMPLE....................................................................................15

VIDEO CASSETTE LABEL........................................................................................21

For Your Information

POWER KEY..............................................................................................................28

CURSOR KEYS..........................................................................................................29

CODE, ALT & SHIFT KEYS.......................................................................................31

SPACE KEY................................................................................................................34

RETURN KEY............................................................................................................35

NEW BLOCK FUNCTION

DELETE KEY..............................................................................................................39

LINE OUT FUNCTION...............................................................................................42

CLEAR FUNCTION....................................................................................................43

COMPOSITE CHARACTER KEYS............................................................................44

ACCENT FUNCTION..................................................................................................46

SYMBOL FUNCTION.................................................................................................48

LENGTH FUNCTION..................................................................................................50

STAMP FUNCTION....................................................................................................53

SIZE & WIDE FUNCTIONS........................................................................................56

STYLE FUNCTION.....................................................................................................59

UNDERLINE FUNCTION...........................................................................................63

FONT FUNCTION......................................................................................................64

FRAME FUNCTION....................................................................................................67

TAPE FUNCTION.......................................................................................................69

HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT FUNCTION VERTICAL PRINTING FUNCTION MIRROR PRINTING FUNCTION

BAR CODE FUNCTION.............................................................................................74

PRINT KEY & FEED FUNCTION...............................................................................77

NUMBERING FUNCTION..........................................................................................78

REPEAT PRINTING FUNCTION...............................................................................81

CALENDAR FUNCTION........................................................................................... 83

MEMORY FUNCTIONS..............................................................................................85

TROUBLESHOOTING................................................................................................88

ERROR MESSAGE LIST

SPECIFICATIONS......................................................................................................94

ACCESSORIES..........................................................................................................95

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GENERAL PRECAUTIONS

Use only Brother TZ tapes with this machine. Do not use tapes that do not have the 3S: mark.

Do not pull on the tape being fed from the P-Touch. This may damage the tape cassette. Avoid using the machine in extremely dusty places. Keep it out of both direct sunlight

and rain. Do not expose the machine to high temperatures or high humidity. Never leave it on the

dashboard or in the back of your car. Do not leave any rubber or vinyl on the machine for an extended period of time. Doing

so may cause staining.

Do not clean the machine with alcohol or other organic solvents. Use a soft, dry cloth

only.

Do not put any foreign objects onto or into the machine. To avoid injuries, do not touch the cutter's edge. When inserting new batteries, be sure to do so within five minutes of removing the old

ones, otherwise all text files will be lost (unless the machine is plugged into an AC outlet with the AC adaptor).

Use only the AC adaptor (model AD-60) designed exclusively for this machine. Use of

any other adaptor will void the warranty.

Do not try to disassemble the AC adaptor.

When the machine is not being used for a long period of time and it is not necessary to

keep the text files stored in the memory, disconnect the AC adaptor, and remove the

batteries to prevent them from leaking and damaging the machine.

When the AC adaptor is plugged into the machine, unplugging the adaptor from the AC

outlet can delete all text files in the memory, even though batteries are installed.

Use six AA alkaline batteries in this machine.

Learning

the Ropes

DOOR LABEL EXAMPLE

After you have inserted the batteries and the enclosed tape cassette as explained in the pre vious section, let's practice using some of the basic functions of your P-Touch 330/350. We must first begin by turning on the power to the machine.

To turn on the machine:

O Press in the top right-hand cor

ner of the keyboard.

A A

Styto Underitne Frame

The underline in the LCD display is called the "cursor". It is like a pointer which shows your current position and lets you select characters in your text.

The text you create may sometimes be longer than the 11 characters that the LCD display can show at one time. Therefore, the cursor can be moved to show other parts of the text.

Pressing the left cursor key ( ) moves the cursor to left so that the left side of the text can be seen and pressing the right cursor key () moves the cursor to the right so that

the right side of the text can be seen.

Some format settings are shown by the triangles and squares above and below the display.

The default settings (the selected settings when the power is turned on for the very first time)

have been pre-programmed into the machine and represent the most common settings for labels. However, you can design your own label to have any format that you wish. Detailed explanations of the formats can be found on pages 56 through 73.

Now, let's enter the text for our first example, the simple door label shown below.

The label in this example was made using the enclosed 1/2" (12-mm)-wide tape.