Brother International PT-2030 Users Manual - English - Page 51

Setting Margin, Tape Cutting Options - waste tape

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z LABEL PRINTING Setting Margin The tape cutting options allow you to specify how the tape is fed and cut when printing labels. In particular, the "Chain" options greatly reduce the amount of wasted tape by using smaller margins and eliminating blank sections cut between labels. 1 Press the Label key to display the Label menu. 2 Select "Margin" using the or key, and then set the value by using the or key. 3 Press the OK or Enter key to apply the settings. New settings are NOT applied if you do not press the OK or Enter key. • Press the Escape key to return to the previous step. • Refer to the Tape Cutting table for a list of all available settings. Setting zTape Cutting Optionsz Description Example Full Each label is printed, leaving a margin of 0.98" (25 mm) on each end. 0.98" (25 mm) ABC 0.98" (25 mm) • A margin of 0.98" (25 mm) is printed first, 0.98" (25 mm) 1 and then each label is printed, leaving a margin of 0.47" (12 mm) before and after Half the text. • Dots (:) are printed in front of the text. Cut along the printed dots (:) with scissors. : ABC 2 0.47" 0.47" 3 (12 mm) (12 mm) 4 • A margin of 0.98" (25 mm) is printed first, 0.98" (25 mm) 5 and then each label is printed, leaving a margin of 0.16" (4 mm) before and after the : ABC 6 Narrow text. • Dots (:) are printed in front of the text. Cut 0.16" 0.16" 7 along the printed dots (:) with scissors. (4 mm) (4 mm) 8 9 45 Setting Margin

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LABEL PRINTING
Setting Margin
The tape cutting options allow you to specify how the tape is fed and cut when printing
labels. In particular, the “Chain” options greatly reduce the amount of wasted tape by
using smaller margins and eliminating blank sections cut between labels.
Press the
Label
key to display the Label menu.
Select "Margin" using the
or
key, and then set the value by using the
or
key.
Press the
OK
or
Enter
key to apply the settings.
Tape Cutting Options
Setting Margin
1
2
3
New settings are NOT applied if you do not press the
OK
or
Enter
key.
Press the
Escape
key to return to the previous step.
Refer to the Tape Cutting table for a list of all available settings.
Setting
Description
Example
Full
Each label is printed, leaving a margin of
0.98” (25 mm) on each end.
Half
A margin of 0.98” (25 mm) is printed first,
and then each label is printed, leaving a
margin of 0.47” (12 mm) before and after
the text.
Dots (:) are printed in front of the text. Cut
along the printed dots (:) with scissors.
Narrow
A margin of 0.98” (25 mm) is printed first,
and then each label is printed, leaving a
margin of 0.16” (4 mm) before and after the
text.
Dots (:) are printed in front of the text. Cut
along the printed dots (:) with scissors.
ABC
0.98" (25 mm)
0.98" (25 mm)
ABC
:
0.47"
(12 mm)
0.47"
(12 mm)
0.98" (25 mm)
ABC
:
0.16"
(4 mm)
0.16"
(4 mm)
0.98" (25 mm)