Brother HL-1850 User Manual

1850• 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 GUIDE

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

7 INSTANT-LETTERING TAPE (RUB-ON TRANSFERS) Instant-lettering tape is used to transfer your text onto paper. After printing the text ontoinstant-lett

8 Do not move the iron while pressing, otherwise the label may move out of the desiredposition. Press the iron straight down onto the cloth.After the

9 FABRIC TAPE Fabric tape is used to attach a piece of fabric printed with your text onto garments using aniron. After printing the text onto fabric

10Occasionally, specks of dust or dirt become attached to the machine’s print head and rollers.This is particularly likely when you are using the uni

11The power key ( o ) is located in the lower-right corner of the keyboard. If batteries havebeen installed or the machine has been plugged in usin

12 RIGHT CURSOR KEY To 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

13The 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

14ALT 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

15SHIFT 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

INTRODUCTIONDeclaration of ConformityThank you for purchasing the P-touch 1850!Your new P-touch will allow you to create labels for any need. Its vers

16The 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

17The 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

18To set the tab length:1 Rotate + until 08/18 TAB LENGTH is displayed, and then press + (OR hold downc and press W once). The current tab length is d

19The 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

20To 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

21When 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

22To 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

23This machine can display and print composite characters, which consist of a letter and a dia-critical mark. The diacritical marks available are ˆ, ¨

24The 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

25☞ 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

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

26In addition to the letters, symbols and numerals on the key tops, there are 57 additional marksavailable with the Symbol function.The following symb

27With the Auto format function, you can select from a variety of preset formats, allowing youto quickly and easily create the perfect label for your

28To select a pre-formatted layout:1 Rotate + until 12/18 A.FORMAT is displayed, and then press + (OR hold downc and press Y).2 Rotate + (OR press h o

29With 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.

30EXAMPLEThe 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

31☞ 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

32☞ 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

33EXAMPLEYou can choose from nine different character styles to apply to your text.☞ Characters printed using the smaller sizes may be difficult to rea

342 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

35You can emphasise your text by underlining it.The default underline setting is OFF. When the Underline function is set to ON, the underlineindicator

II PRINT KEY ...43FEED FUNCTION...

36EXAMPLEWith the Frame function, you can choose from various frames and highlights to design a moredecorative or emphasised label.The default setting

372 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

38The 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

39EXAMPLEYou 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

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

41The default mirror printing setting is OFF.To turn on or off the mirror printing setting:1 Rotate + until 15/18 MIRROR is displayed, and then press

42Although 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

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

44The Feed function is used to feed out 24 mm of tape.To feed out 24 mm of tape:● Hold down c and press _ once. 24 mm of tape is fed out.To cut the ta

45EXAMPLETo print three labels with numbers 1, 2 and 3:1 Rotate + until 14/18 NUMBER is displayed,and then press + (OR hold down c andpress O.)2 Rota

1 TOP VIEWBOTTOM VIEWGetting StartedGENERAL DESCRIPTIONTape compartmentcoverLCD displayKeyboardAC adaptorconnectorNavigation dialTape cutter leverTap

46This function allows you to print up to 9 copies of the same text. To use the Repeat printing function:1 Rotate + until 13/18 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:ATS (Austrian schilling), BEF (Belgian franc), DEM (German deutschemark), ESP(Spanish peseta), FIM (

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 conv

502 Rotate + (OR press h or e) until IEP isdisplayed.3 Press + (OR press r).4 Rotate + (OR press h or e) until isdisplayed.5 Press + (OR press r).6

51You can use the memory to store your most frequently used text files. The text remains in thememory, along with its formatting, even after all chara

52STORING TEXTTo store a text file:1 Do either of the following:• Rotate + until 07/18 MEMORY is displayed, and then press +. Then, rotate +until STOR

53RECALLING TEXTTo recall a text file:1 Do either of the following:• Rotate + until 07/18 MEMORY is displayed, and then press +. Then, rotate +until R

542 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

55To 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

2 KEYBOARD & LCD DISPLAYPower keyReturn keyCursor keysDelete key

56Problem Remedy1. The display stays blank after you haveturned on the machine.• Check that the AC adaptor is connectedcorrectly.• If you are using al

57Error Message Cause Remedy5 LINELIMIT!This message appears if five lines already exist when you press r.Limit the number of lines to five.BATTERIESWEA

58LENGTHLIMIT!• This message appears if the text is longer than 1 metre when you try to print.• Shorten the text to less than 1 metre before trying to

59TABLIMIT!This message appears if the maxi-mum number of tabs has already been added to the text when youhold down c and press Q.Limit the number of

60HARDWARESOFTWAREInput Device: Keyboard - 51 keysLCD: 10 characters × 2 lines20 indicators (including Alt and Caps)Print Tape: Pressure-sensitive, Ad

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

62TZ-B31 Black characters on fluorescent orange adhesiveTZ-C31 Black characters on fluorescent yellow adhesiveTZ-D31 Black characters on fluorescent gree

63Strong adhesive tapesSpecial tapesTZ-N631 Black characters on yellow adhesiveTZ-N731 Black characters on green adhesiveTZ-NF31 Black characters on p

64INDEXAAC adaptor... 4accented characters ... 24addingnew lines...

65Nnavigation dial ... 13non-laminated tape ... 6Numbering function...

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.

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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

5Two TZ tape cassettes are supplied with this unit. However, since TZ tape cassettes are availa-ble for this machine in a wide variety of colours and