Brother P-touch QL-500 User's Guide

1IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixContentsBROTHER QL-500/550/650TDIntroduction ••••••••••••••••••••••••

Creating Different Types of Labels10IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixCreating Different Types of Labels

Using the P-touch Editor Help11IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixUsing the P-touch Editor HelpThe P-touc

Using the P-touch Editor Help12IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixPrinting a Help descriptionThe informat

Creating Labels Efficiently13IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixCreating Labels EfficientlyTo create labe

Creating Labels Efficiently14IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixSwitching the Label List view There are t

Creating Labels Efficiently15IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixEntering dataIn the following example, ty

Creating Labels Efficiently16IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixLayout StylesThe Layout Style function al

Creating Labels Efficiently17IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixUsing a Layout Style to create labels1 W

Creating Labels Efficiently18IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixCreating and registering a new Layout St

Creating Labels Efficiently19IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix7 Click [File]-[Save As].The [Save As] di

IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixAbout This Manual2IntroductionCongratulations on purchasing a Brother

Creating Labels Efficiently20IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixPrinting labels from the Label List1 Clic

Creating Labels Efficiently21IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixUsing external database filesThis section

Creating Labels Efficiently22IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix5 Specify how the file will be opened, an

Creating Labels Efficiently23IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix10 Select [Bar Code].The database content

Creating Labels with Other Applications24IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixCreating Labels with Other Ap

Creating Labels with Other Applications25IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixMicrosoft WordWith the Add-In

Creating Labels with Other Applications26IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix3 Click .The labels are print

Creating Labels with Other Applications27IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixMicrosoft ExcelWith the Add-I

Creating Labels with Other Applications28IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix4 Click .The labels are print

Creating Labels with Other Applications29IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixMicrosoft OutlookWith the Add

IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixFrom Label Creation to Printing3Creating Labels (For Windows)This sect

Creating Labels with Other Applications30IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixHow to add the Microsoft Outl

Starting the P-touch Address Book31IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixThis section describes the procedur

Starting the P-touch Address Book32IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixLayout window The layout window con

Creating a New Contact33IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixCreating a New ContactThis section explains ho

Importing the Contact Data34IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixImporting the Contact DataThe CSV format f

Editing the Contact Data35IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixImporting the Outlook contact data1 Click [F

Printing the Label36IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixPrinting the LabelThis section explains how to pri

Creating and Transferring the Download Template Data37IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixThis function al

Creating and Transferring the Download Template Data38IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix4 Click and se

Transferring a Message39IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixTransferring a MessageYou can enter character

From Label Creation to Printing4IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix3 Create and print the label.Select yo

Transferring a Message40IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix5 Click .The data is transferred to the Brothe

Backing Up the Data in the Main Unit41IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixThis function allows you to back

Restoring the backed up data to the Brother QL-650TD42IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix4 When the trans

IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixProcedure for Creating and Printing Labels43Creating Labels (For Macin

Procedure for Creating and Printing Labels44IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix3 Create and print the lab

Starting the P-touch Editor45IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixThis section describes to create a wide r

Starting the P-touch Editor46IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixLayout WindowThe layout window has the fo

Starting the P-touch Editor47IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixProperty DockPage property, font property

Creating an Address Label48IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixCreating an Address LabelThis section descr

Printing the Label49IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixPrinting the LabelThis section describes the print

Starting P-touch Editor5IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixThis section explains the procedure for creati

Printing the Label50IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixTape SettingsHalftone/ColorSpecifies halftone, b

How to use the User's Guide (HTML Manual)51IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixSummaryDisplays the l

How to use the User's Guide (HTML Manual)52IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixUser’s Guide (HTML Man

IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixUsing this printer as a Shared Printer53AppendixUsing this printer as

Available Commands54IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixFonts and several bar codes are embedded within th

Installing the Printer Driver55IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixYou can use this printer to print direc

Installing the Printer Driver56IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixYou can set "Auto Cut", "

Printing from Other Applications57IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixPrinting from Other ApplicationsWe w

For Windows58IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixThis section describes how to uninstall the software and

For Macintosh59IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixUninstalling the Printer Driver1 Turn off the Brother Q

Starting P-touch Editor6IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixLayout window The layout window consists of th

For Macintosh60IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix3 Click .4 Double-click [Macintosh HD]-[Users]-[User Na

For Macintosh61IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixThe software is available for Mac OS® X 10.1 ~ 10.3.9,

For Macintosh62IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix6 After the installation is completed and the screen sh

For Macintosh63IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix12 When the installation is completed and the screen sh

For Macintosh64IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)Appendix18 Click [OK] when the screen shown right is displayed.

Product Specifications65IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixProduct SpecificationsOperating Environment*1

Creating an Address Label7IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixCreating an Address LabelThis section descri

Printing a Label8IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixPrinting a LabelThis section explains the procedure f

Saving a Label9IntroductionCreating Labels (For Windows)Creating Labels (For Macintosh)AppendixSaving a LabelYou can save a label you have created in