Brother P-Touch 2300 User's Guide

1950• Read this User’s Guide before you start using your P-touch.• Keep this User’s Guide in a handy place for future reference.USER’S GUIDEwww.P-touc

6 LAMINATED TAPE The enclosed stick enables you to easily remove the backing from labels printed on laminatedtapes. 1 Hold the tape in your left hand

7Occasionally, specks of dust or dirt become attached to the machine’s print head and rollers.This is particularly likely when you are using the unit

8By installing the P-touch Editor, Quick Editor and Printer driver, you can easily print labels from your personal computer. Various auto format templ

9Notes on using with a personal computer● When connected to the personal computer, the machine will automatically turn off if no operation is performe

10The power key ( o ) is located in the lower-right corner of the keyboard. If batteries havebeen installed or the machine has been plugged in using t

11RIGHT CURSOR KEYTo move the cursor one character to the right:● Press w once.☞ If this key is pressed when the cursor is at the end of a line follow

12The navigation dial in the upper-right corner of the keyboard provides a quick way to accessmany of the P-touch functions and to select from the var

13ALT KEYTo type in characters printed in color on the right-hand side of the keys:1 Press a once to enter Alt mode. The Alt indicator on the left sid

14SHIFT KEYTo type in an uppercase letter or a symbol printed in the top left-hand corner of a key:● Hold down s and press the key of the desired lett

15The Space key ( _ ) lets you add blank spaces between characters in your text. It is differ-ent from the right cursor key ( w ), which just moves th

INTRODUCTIONDeclaration of ConformityThank you for purchasing the P-touch 1950!Your new P-touch will allow you to create labels for any need. Its vers

16The return key can also be used to select an item from a list (e.g., add a symbol or accentedcharacter to the text) or to apply a selected setting.S

17To set the tab length:1 Rotate + until 08/19 TAB LENGTH is displayed, and then press + (OR hold downc and press W once). The current tab length is d

18The delete key ( * ) allows you to remove characters to the left of the cursor’s current posi-tion. It differs from the left cursor key ( f ), which

19To delete a sequence of characters:1 Press f, w, h or e to position the cursor below the character immediately tothe right of the last character tha

20When clearing the display before entering new text, the Clear function can be used to choosewhether all of the text is erased and all format functio

21To delete just the text:1 Hold down c and press *.2 Rotate + (OR press h or e) until TEXT ONLY is selected (flashing).☞ To return to the text withou

22This machine can display and print composite characters, which consist of a letter and a dia-critical mark. The diacritical marks available are ˆ, ¨

23The Accent function can also be used to add accented characters to your text. Many of thesecharacters can also be found on the keys and typed in usi

24☞ To type an uppercase letter, hold down s (OR hold down c and press ato turn on Caps mode) before pressing the letter key.3 Press + (OR press r). T

25In addition to the letters, symbols and numerals on the key tops, there are 56 additional marksavailable with the Symbol function.The following symb

I CONTENTS Getting Started GENERAL DESCRIPTION ...1GENERAL PRECAUT

26With the Auto format function, you can select from a variety of preset formats, allowing youto quickly and easily create the perfect label for your

27To select a pre-formatted layout:1 Rotate + until 12/19 A.FORMAT is displayed, and then press + (OR hold downc and press Y).2 Rotate + (OR press h o

28With the Font function, you can choose one of two fonts for your text.The following font settings are available:The default font setting is FONT 1.

29EXAMPLEThe character size can be adjusted using both the Size and Wide functions. Since the charac-ter size that can be used depends on the width of

30☞ With the AUTO setting selected and 12-mm- or 18-mm-wide tape installed, text consist-ing of just one line of only uppercase letters (and no accent

31☞ The current size setting is shown by the size indicators at the top of the display.If the selected character size is too large for the installed t

32EXAMPLEYou can choose from nine different character styles to apply to your text.☞ Characters printed using the smaller sizes may be difficult to rea

332 While still holding down c, continue pressing 4 until the desired style setting isdisplayed.3 Release c to apply the selected style setting to the

34You can emphasise your text by underlining it.The default underline setting is OFF. When the Underline function is set to ON, the underlineindicator

35EXAMPLEWith the Frame function, you can choose from various frames and highlights to design a moredecorative or emphasised label.The default setting

II LENGTH FUNCTION ... 41AUTO CUT FUNCTION...

362 While still holding down c, continue pressing 6 until the desired frame setting isdisplayed.3 Release c to apply the selected frame setting to the

37The Tape margin function allows you to adjust the size of the margins on the left and rightsides of your text.The default tape margin setting is FUL

38EXAMPLEYou can choose to align the text in one of three ways. In addition, if the Length function wasused to set the length of the label, the text w

392 Rotate + until the desired horizontal alignment setting is displayed, and then press+ to apply it to the entire text.OR1 While holding down c, pr

40The default mirror printing setting is OFF.To turn on or off the mirror printing setting:1 Rotate + until 15/19 MIRROR is displayed, and then press

41Although the length of the printed label automatically adjusts to fit the length of the enteredtext, there may be times when you will want to make a

42The Auto cut function allows you to set whether or not the machine will automatically cuteach label after it is printed. Turn on the Auto cut functi

43After you have entered your text and chosen the desired format settings, you are ready to printthe label. To print a label:● Press p once. The mess

44This function can be used to print many copies of the same text while increasing a certainnumber after each label is printed. This type of automatic

45EXAMPLETo print three labels with numbers 1, 2 and 3:1Rotate + until 14/19 NUMBER is displayed,and then press + (OR hold down c andpress O.)2 Rotat

1 TOP VIEWBOTTOM VIEWGetting StartedGENERAL DESCRIPTIONTape compartmentcoverLCD displayKeyboardAC adaptorconnectorNavigation dialUSB portTape exit sl

46This function allows you to print up to 9 copies of the same text. To use the Repeat printing function:1 Rotate + until 13/19 REPEAT is displayed, a

47With the easy-to-use Currency conversion function, euros are automatically converted to orfrom any currency that you select, and the two prices are

48☞ The following currency settings are available:CHF (Swiss franc), DKK (Danish krone), GBP (British pound), NOK (Norwegiankrone), SEK (Swedish krona

494 Press r. The value is converted and values in both currencies are added to the textat the cursor’s current position.☞ The currency values are adde

50STORING TEXTTo store a text file:1 Do either of the following:• Rotate + until 07/19 MEMORY is displayed, and then press +. Then, rotate +until STOR

51RECALLING TEXTTo recall a text file:1 Do either of the following:• Rotate + until 07/19 MEMORY is displayed, and then press +. Then, rotate +until R

522 Rotate + (OR press h or e) until the file number containing the text that youwish to delete is displayed. The text stored under the selected file

53To recall the text from file number 1:1Hold down c and press 8.2 Rotate + (OR press h or e) until filenumber 1 is displayed.3 Press r.To delete the t

54Problem Remedy1. The display stays blank after you haveturned on the machine.• Check that the AC adaptor is connectedcorrectly.• If you are using al

55Error Message Cause Remedy5 LINELIMIT!This message appears if five lines already exist when you press r.Limit the number of lines to five.BATTERIESWEA

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56INTERFACE ERROR!This message appears if an erroroccurs while data is being sent fromthe computer to the P-touch.• Press any key on the P-touch to cl

57ROMPROBLEM!This message appears if there is a problem with the machine’s read only memory.Turn off the machine, and then while holding down c and R,

58HARDWARESOFTWAREInput Device: Keyboard - 51 keysLCD: 10 characters × 2 lines20 indicators (including Alt and Caps)Print Tape: Pressure-sensitive, Ad

59● SuppliesObtain tape cassettes from your nearest authorised dealer. Use only Brother TZ tapes with this machine. Brother cannot be held responsible

60TZ-A31 Black characters on grey adhesiveTZ-B31 Black characters on fluorescent orange adhesiveTZ-C31 Black characters on fluorescent yellow adhesiveTZ

61Strong adhesive tapesSpecial tapesTZ-N531 Black characters on blue adhesiveTZ-N631 Black characters on yellow adhesiveTZ-N731 Black characters on gr

62INDEXAAC adapter... 4accented characters ... 23addingnew lines...

63Nnavigation dial ... 12Numbering function... 44Ooverwriting...

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3 ● Use only Brother TZ tapes with this machine. Do not use tapes that do not have the mark. ● Do not pull on the tape being fed from the P-touch.

4 ☞ 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

5TZ tape cassettes are available for this machine in a wide variety of colours and sizes. It is pos-sible to make distinctive colour-coded and stylis