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2600/2610
USER’S GUIDE
GUÍA DE USUARIO
• Read this User’s Guide before you start using your P-touch.
• Keep this User’s Guide in a handy place for future reference.
• Antes de usar su equipo por primera vez, lea cuidadosamente esta Guía de Usuario.
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• Guarde esta Guía de Usuario para futuras referencias.
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CONTENTS ® Brother 90 Days/One Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (For USA Only) ..................................................................................................iii Important Information ......................................................................................... v Getting Started GENERAL DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................1 GENERAL PRECAUTIONS......................................
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STAMP FUNCTION...........................................................................................78 LOCAL FORMAT FUNCTION...........................................................................81 FONT FUNCTION ............................................................................................82 SIZE & WIDTH FUNCTIONS.............................................................................83 STYLE FUNCTION ................................................................
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® Brother 90 Days/One Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (For USA Only) Who is covered: Consumable and Accessory Items); • This limited warranty (“warranty”) is (4)Consumable and Accessory Items that given only to the original end-use/retail expired in accordance with a rated life; and, purchaser (referred to in this warranty (5)Problems arising from other than as “Original Purchaser”) of the defects in materials or workmanship. accompanying product, consu
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® Brother 90 Days/One Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (For USA Only) st 91 day to 1 year: period on your original Product has expired If the problem reported concerning your Ma- or has not been sufficiently validated with a chine is covered by this warranty and if you copy of the proof of purchase (bill of sale). first reported the problem after 90 days, but The replacement Machine you receive (even before 1 year from the date if refurbished or remanufacture
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Important Information Should you have questions, or need information about your Brother Product, we have a variety of support options for you to choose from: USA-Customer Service: Customer Service 877-478-6824 (voice) Customer Service 901-379-1210 (fax) Automated Faxback 800-521-2846 World Wide Web www.brother.com Supplies / Accessories www.brothermall.com or 888-879-3232 BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 100 SOMERSET CORPORATE BLVD. BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY 08807-0911 Please record
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Getting Started GENERAL DESCRIPTION TOP VIEW Tape compartment cover AC adapter connector USB port LCD display Keyboard BOTTOM VIEW Tape exit slot Battery compartment cover 1
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KEYBOARD & LCD DISPLAY Delete key Return key Cursor keys Power key 2
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GENERAL PRECAUTIONS To avoid injuries, do not touch the cutter’s edge. Use only Brother TZ tapes or Brother/Avery AV labels with this machine to avoid damage. Do not use tapes that do not have the or mark. Brother/Avery cannot be held responsible for trouble or damage by the use of unauthorized supplies. Do not pull on the tape being fed from the P-touch. This may damage the tape cassette. Do not use the machine in dusty pla
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2 If batteries are already installed, remove them. 3 Insert eight new AA alkaline batteries, making sure that their poles point in the correct direction. 4 Attach the battery compartment cover. Be sure to insert the new batteries within five minutes of removing the old ones, otherwise the text shown in the display and any text files stored in the memory will be lost (unless the machine is plugged into an AC outlet with the AC adapter). Remove the batteries and disconnect the AC
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DC IN 9.5V TAPE CASSETTE TZ tape cassettes are available for this machine in a wide variety of types, colors and sizes, enabling you to make distinctive color-coded labels and stylized stamps. AV label cassettes are also available for expanded addressing and filing capabilities. This machine has been designed to allow you to change cassettes quickly and easily. To change the tape cassette: 1 Lift open the tape compartment cover. The installed cassette is also released. 2 If a tape cass
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CONNECTING THE P-TOUCH TO A COMPUTER This machine is equipped with a USB port, allowing you to connect the P-touch to your IBM PC-compat- ible or Macintosh computer, and print labels and stamps created using the P-touch Editor software. The P-touch Editor software and the printer driver must be installed before the P-touch is connected to the computer or turned on. Follow the installation procedure on pages 7 through 47 to install the P-touch Editor software and the printer driver, and connect
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INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE AND PRINTER DRIVER In order to provide even more illustration and layout features to the label-making possibilities available with your P-touch 2600/2610, three applications are available on the enclosed ® CD-ROM: P-touch Editor 3.2, P-touch Quick Editor and P-touch AV Editor (for Windows only). With all three applications, the printer driver must also be installed in order to print labels from the P-touch 2600/2610. On an IBM PC-Compatible Computer BEFORE INSTALLATION C
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1 Insert the enclosed CD-ROM into the com- puter’s CD-ROM drive. A dialog box auto- matically appears, allowing you to select what to install. If the dialog box does not automatically appear, double-click “My Computer” on the desktop, and then double-click the CD-ROM drive containing the CD-ROM. ® (For Windows XP, click “My Computer” in the Start menu, and then double-click the CD-ROM drive containing the CD-ROM.) Next, double-click “Setup.exe” to dis- play the dialog box. 2 Click the upper
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To install the P-touch Quick Editor software, click the second button from the top (P-touch Quick Editor). Continue with the procedure in INSTALLING THE P-TOUCH QUICK EDITOR SOFTWARE on page 11. To install the P-touch AV Editor soft- ware, click the third button from the top (P-touch AV Editor). Continue with the procedure in INSTALLING THE P- TOUCH AV EDITOR SOFTWARE on page 15. 3 Carefully read the contents of the Welcome dialog box, and then click the Next button to continue. The User Infor
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6 Select the installation method, and then click the Next button. •For a Typical or Compact installation Selecting “Typical” or “Compact”, then clicking the Next button immediately starts installation. Typical: All of the basic options (P-touch Editor 3.2, Clip art, Auto Format templates, Help and fonts) are installed. Compact: Only P-touch Editor 3.2 is installed. •For a Custom installation Selecting “Custom”, then clicking the Next button displays a dialog box that allows you to select which o
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To install the printer driver, click the Yes but- ton. ® Windows XP only: A message appears, informing you that the printer driver has passed compatibility tests and that the Continue Anyway button should be pressed if a warning mes- sage appears. Click the OK button. The first Driver Setup dialog box appears, informing you that the PT-2600/2610 printer driver will be installed. Continue with the procedure in INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER on page 17. If the printer driver is already installe
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1 Insert the enclosed CD-ROM into the com- puter’s CD-ROM drive. A dialog box auto- matically appears, allowing you to select what to install. If the dialog box does not automatically appear, double-click “My Computer” on the desktop, and then double-click the CD-ROM drive containing the CD-ROM. ® (For Windows XP, click “My Computer” in the Start menu, and then double-click the CD-ROM drive containing the CD-ROM.) Next, double-click “Setup.exe” to dis- play the dialog box. 2 Click the middle
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To install the P-touch AV Editor soft- ware, click the third button from the top (P-touch AV Editor). Continue with the procedure in INSTALLING THE P- TOUCH AV EDITOR SOFTWARE on page 15. 3 Carefully read the contents of the Welcome dialog box, and then click the Next button to continue. The User Information dialog box appears. 4 Type the necessary information into the appropriate boxes (If the information has ® already been registered in Windows , it will automatically appear.), and then click
