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1500PC
Model : PT-1500PC
Quick Reference
• Read this Quick Reference before you start using your P-touch.
• Keep this Quick Reference in a handy place for future reference.
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Thank you for purchasing the P-touch 1500PC! With your new Brother label printer, you can print personalized labels for any purpose. Simply insert a label cassette into the PT-1500PC, design your label with the enclosed P-touch label-designing software, and then print it out. Your customized label prints out in seconds. Label tape cassettes are available in various sizes and colors—ideal for color-coded labeling or any other special labeling needs. Two label-designing applications are available
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Table of contents Unpacking ...................................................................................................................2 General description .....................................................................................................2 General precautions ....................................................................................................2 Inserting a photo into the photo frame .......................................................................
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DC IN 9.5V Unpacking • PT-1500PC (with photo frame attached) • 1/2” (12 mm) wide TZ tape cassette (black characters on white tape; 16’ 3/8” (5 meters)) • AC adapter (model AD-60; for plugging the PT-1500PC into the AC outlet) • USB Interface cable (for connecting the PT-1500PC to either an IBM PC-compatible or Macintosh computer) • Quick Reference • CD-ROM containing the PC and Mac software and their manuals General description Status indicator Tape cutter button Power/Feed key USB port AC adapt
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DC IN 9.5V Inserting a photo into the photo frame A photo can be inserted into the photo frame attached to the PT-1500PC, turning it into a decorative addition to your workspace. Insert a photo into the photo frame in either of the following two ways: • By removing the photo frame from the PT-1500PC 1 Remove the photo frame from the PT-1500PC by carefully pulling off the frame, grabbing it from the back of the PT-1500PC as shown. Be careful that the tape compartment cover is not opened when re
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Changing the tape cassette 1 Lift open the tape compartment cover. The installed cassette is also released. Be careful that the photo frame does not fall off when the tape compartment cover is opened. 2 If a tape cassette is already installed, remove it by pulling it straight up. 3 If the ink ribbon in the tape cassette to be installed is loose, use your finger to wind the toothed wheel in the direction of the arrow on the cassette until there is no slack in the ribbon. Also, make sure that th
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Power/Feed key The power/feed key ( ) can be used both for turning on and off the PT-1500PC and for feeding out tape. • To turn the PT-1500PC on or off: Press once. • To feed out some tape: Hold down for at least two seconds. Connecting the USB interface cable Connect the PT-1500PC to the computer as described below. When connecting the PT-1500PC to an IBM PC-compatible computer, label-designing software and the printer driver must be installed before the PT-1500PC is connected to the co
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® For PC-compatible users (Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000) Before labels can be printed on the PT-1500PC, label-designing software and the PT-1500PC printer driver must be installed. In order to design labels that can be printed on the PT-1500PC, two applications are available on the enclosed CD-ROM: P-touch Quick Editor and P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 Before installation Check that your system configuration meets the following requirements. Computer: IBM PC or compatible ® ® ® ® Operating system: Microsof
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3 Carefully read the contents of the dialog box, 8 Select the desired location for the shortcut, and then click the Next button to continue. and then click the Next button. A dialog box The User Information dialog box appears. appears, allowing you to select whether or not to install the printer driver. To install the printer driver, click the Yes button. The first Driver Setup dialog box appears, informing you that the PT-1500PC printer driver will be installed. 4 Type the necessary information
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Typical Installing P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 All of the basic options (P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1, clip art, Auto Format templates, Help, The P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 software includes a and 13 fonts) are installed. variety of more complex functions for printing barcodes and images, enabling you to design just Compact about any label that you can imagine. Install the Only P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 is installed. P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 software on a PC as de- Custom scribed below. Editor: P-touch Editor
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Continue with the procedure in Installing the printer driver below. If the printer driver is already installed, click the No button. A dialog box appears, showing that installation is finished. 3 Click the Finish button. A dialog box appears, showing that installation is finished. Select “Yes, I want to restart may computer now.”, click the Finish button to restart the computer, and then remove the CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive. 4 Select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.”, click the Finish
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Uninstalling the software and Replacing, deleting or adding printer driver another printer driver Uninstall the P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1/P-touch Quick 1 Turn off the PT-1500PC, and then disconnect Editor software from a PC as described below. it from the computer. ® 1 Start up Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000. 2 Insert the enclosed CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM drive. A dialog box 2 Click the Start button in the taskbar, select appears, allowing you to select what to “Settings”, and then click “Contro
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5 If “Replace with new Brother PT-1500PC” or If “Delete Brother PT-1500PC” was selected: “Add Brother PT-1500PC” was selected: A A dialog box appears, asking for confirmation dialog box appears, instructing you to to delete all PT-1500 printer drivers. connect the PT-1500PC to the computer. Click the Yes button. A dialog box appears, showing that the printer drivers have been deleted. Connect the PT-1500PC to the computer using the enclosed USB interface cable as described on page 5, and then tu
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Only the options with a check mark beside Installing P-touch Quick Editor them are installed. Select the options that The P-touch Quick Editor software provides quick ac- you wish to install, and then click the Install cess to the more simple label-designing features for easy button to begin installation. text input and instant printing of labels. Install the P-touch In order to print from the PT-1500PC, Quick Editor software on a Mac as described below. “PT-1500PC Driver” must be selected for
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5 Double-click the P-touch Editor 3.1 Installer 8 When the dialog box appears asking if you icon in the folder. The installer starts up. wish to restart the computer, click the Restart button to restart the computer. Selecting the printer 1 Pull down the Apple menu and select “Chooser” to display the Chooser window. 2 In the list on the left, click the PT-1500PC 6 Select the installation method. icon. Clicking the Install button immediately starts installing the most basic options. (Some clip ar
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Uninstalling the software and printer driver Uninstall P-touch Quick Editor, P-touch Editor Ver3.1 and the printer driver as described below. When deleting the printer driver, be sure that the P-touch is turned off and unplugged. 1 Drag the following folder to the Trash icon: • P-touch Quick Editor folder (for the P- touch Quick Editor software) • P-touch Editor Ver3.1 folder (for the P- touch Editor Ver. 3.1 software) 2 In the System Folder, open the Extensions folder. 3 Drag the following ic
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Starting up the P-touch Editor software Starting up P-touch Quick Editor Starting up P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 When P-touch Quick Editor is installed on a The P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 application makes it PC, you can choose to add shortcuts to the easy for anyone to design more complex labels desktop, the StartUp menu, and to the Quick and print them for almost any need imaginable. Launch toolbar. On an IBM PC-compatible computer: On an IBM PC-compatible computer: • By clicking the P-touch Editor
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Rulers Layout area Print area Title bar On a Macintosh computer: Menu bar • Double-click the P-touch Editor Ver3.1.6 icon in the P-touch Editor Ver3.1 folder installed on the computer. After P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1 is started, the follow- Draw toolbar ing window is displayed. Print toolbar For more details on the functions of P-touch Database Editor Ver. 3.1, refer to its User’s Guide, toolbar which can either be installed on the computer or viewed from the CD-ROM . Status bar Object dock Prop
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3 In the Symbol List view, select the desired symbol. Importing text 4 Click the OK button. The selected symbol is Text that has already been typed in another appli- added at the left of the text. cation can easily be imported into the label. If a symbol has already been added to the 1 Select the desired text in the other text, it will be replaced by the newly application. selected symbol. 2 Import the text into the label layout either by pressing the designated shortcut keys Changing the back
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Feed 3 Select the desired print settings. Hiding/displaying P-touch Quick Cut Marks: This option allows you to select Editor (Windows only) whether or not to print cut marks (:), which indicate where to cut the label so that the left P-touch Quick Editor can be hidden by clicking and right margins are equal. the Hide button ( ). Re-display P-touch Quick Mirror Printing: This option allows you to Editor by clicking its icon in the system tray, at the print the text in reverse so it can be attach
