Brother International PT-9700PC Users Manual - English and Spanish - Page 39

Preset template printing

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■ Preset template printing If a frequently used label layout is stored in the printer, identical labels can be printed simply by scanning barcodes. Bill Anderson Mr. Bill Anderson 4555 Cumberland Pkwy Anytown USA 95063 Note ● For details on the barcodes that can be scanned for the various settings, refer to "List of barcodes for specifying settings" (→ P.51). Using Transfer Manager, transfer (from 1 P-touch Editor 5.0 to the printer) the label layout to be printed. Note ● A text object in the label layout can be converted an image. After being converted to an image, the text cannot be changed. This is useful for protecting frequently used templates from being accidentally edited. In the P-touch Editor layout window, right-click the text object, and then click "Properties". Click the "Expanded" tab, and then select the "Text Cannot Be Edited" check box. Otherwise, click "Options" in the "Tools" menu, click the "General" tab, and then select the "Display Expanded Tabs of Object Properties" check box under "Others". When the check box is cleared, the object is converted back to text that can be edited. When data is transferred to 2 "Configurations" in Transfer Manager, the "Key Assign" number is automatically specified. Note ● Specify a "Key Assign" number between 1 and 10 for label layouts to be used with preset template printing. Scan the "P-touch template command" 3 barcode. Refer to "List of barcodes for specifying settings" (→ P.51). From the "Basic settings" barcodes, scan 4 the barcode for the parameter whose setting is to be specified. Note ● Settings can be specified for multiple parameters. ● If no settings have been specified, a label will be printed by P-touch Template Settings. The default settings for P-touch Template Settings is a single copy with "Auto cut on" and "Half cut on". For details on P-touch Template Settings, download "P-touch Template manual" (English only) from the following web site. http://solutions.brother.com/ [Select your region/country]-[Choose your product]-[Downloads] . ● To specify the number of copies to be printed, scan the "Number of copies" barcode, and then scan the barcodes under "For entering numbers" to specify a three-digit number. Example: Specify numbers by scanning barcodes as follows: 7→[00][7], 15→[0][1][5] ● To change the setting for the number of copies, scan the "Number of copies" barcode again, and then scan the barcodes for the new three-digit number. Scan the barcode under "Preset template 5 number" with the same number as the "Key Assign" number for the label layout to be printed. The specified label is printed. 6 38

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Preset template printing
If a frequently used label layout is stored in
the printer, identical labels can be printed
simply by scanning barcodes.
1
Using Transfer Manager, transfer (from
P-touch Editor 5.0 to the printer) the
label layout to be printed.
2
When data is transferred to
“Configurations” in Transfer Manager,
the “Key Assign” number is automatically
specified.
3
Scan the “P-touch template command”
barcode.
Refer to “List of barcodes for specifying
settings” (
P.51).
4
From the “Basic settings” barcodes, scan
the barcode for the parameter whose
setting is to be specified.
5
Scan the barcode under “Preset template
number” with the same number as the
“Key Assign” number for the label layout
to be printed.
6
The specified label is printed.
Note
For details on the barcodes that can be
scanned for the various settings, refer to
“List of barcodes for specifying settings”
(
P.51).
Note
A text object in the label layout can be
converted an image. After being
converted to an image, the text cannot be
changed. This is useful for protecting
frequently used templates from being
accidentally edited.
In the P-touch Editor layout window,
right-click the text object, and then click
“Properties”. Click the “Expanded” tab,
and then select the “Text Cannot Be
Edited” check box.
Otherwise, click “Options” in the “Tools”
menu, click the “General” tab, and then
select the “Display Expanded Tabs of
Object Properties” check box under
“Others”.
When the check box is cleared, the
object is converted back to text that can
be edited.
Note
Specify a “Key Assign” number between
1 and 10 for label layouts to be used with
preset template printing.
Bill Anderson
Mr. Bill Anderson
4555 Cumberland Pkwy
Anytown USA
95063
<Name label>
<Address label>
Note
Settings can be specified for multiple
parameters.
If no settings have been specified, a label
will be printed by P-touch Template
Settings.
The default settings for P-touch
Template Settings is a single copy with
“Auto cut on” and “Half cut on”. For
details on P-touch Template Settings,
download “P-touch Template manual”
(English only) from the following web
site.
[Select your region/country]-[Choose
your product]-[Downloads] .
To specify the number of copies to be
printed, scan the “Number of copies”
barcode, and then scan the barcodes
under “For entering numbers” to specify a
three-digit number.
Example:
Specify numbers by scanning barcodes as
follows: 7
[00][7], 15
[0][1][5]
To change the setting for the number of
copies, scan the “Number of copies”
barcode again, and then scan the
barcodes for the new three-digit number.