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Function keys

 

• On/off (

)

 

To switch the P-Touch on or off, press 

 .

The P-Touch conserves battery power by automatically 
switching itself off if no key is pressed within five minutes. 
When the batteries are low, 

 appears on the display 

after printing. When the batteries are very low, the P-
Touch will automatically turn itself off when you try to 
print a message or feed the tape.
If the P-Touch is turned off and then on again, the current 
message, text style and size, underline/frame setting, and 
Caps setting remain unchanged.

 

• Caps (

)

 

To turn the Caps function on or off, press 

. When the 

display indicator above Caps is on, you can add capital let-
ters to your message by simply pressing the character 
keys. When the Caps indicator is off, pressing a character 
key will enter a small letter in your message.

 

• Space/set (

 

To add a space to your message, press 

. This key can 

also be used to select some settings, such as an accented 
character, a symbol, the label length, or an automatically 
formatted layout.

 

• Code (

)

 

To access those functions or enter those characters printed 
in yellow above the keys, press 

. See the following 

explanations and “Advanced functions” for more details 
on how this key is used.

 

• Cursor movement (

)

 

You can move the cursor ( _ ) to view or edit parts of the 
text to the left or right of the 5 characters shown in the 
LCD display. To move the cursor to the left, press 

; to 

move the cursor to the right, press 

. Move the cursor 

several characters in a row by holding down the appropri-
ate key.
To position the cursor under the first character of the mes-
sage, hold down 

 and press 

; to position the cursor 

immediately after the last character, hold down 

 and 

press 

. If you try to move past the start or end of the 

message, the error message “ERROR” appears.

 

• Delete (

)

 

To delete the character to the left of the cursor, press 

This key can also be used to quit any function and return 
to the current message.
To erase the current message text, hold down 

 and 

press 

. The text style, size, underline/frame setting, and 

Caps setting are not cleared.

 

• Text (

)

 

To view the entered text, hold down 

 and press 

. All 

of the entered text, starting from the beginning, scrolls 
along the display, then the length of the message appears 
in millimetres.

 

• Feed (

)

 

To feed out about 24 mm of tape at a time, hold down 

 

and press 

. The message “FEED” appears while the tape 

is fed.

 

Do not press the tape cutter button while the P-Touch is 
feeding the tape, as this will cause the tape to jam.

 

• Print (

)

 

To print out the entered text, press 

. The message 

“PRINT” appears while printing.

 

• 

Composite 

characters 

(

, , , , )

 

To enter a composite character, first make sure the Caps 
function is turned on or off as desired, then hold down 

 and press the key of the desired accent (

 

or 

). Finally, press the key of the letter that you wish to 

combine with the accent. The accented character appears 
in your message.
The following composite characters are available:

Some accented characters can be entered directly using 

 (see “Code”) or using 

 (see “Accented characters 

below).

 

• Accented characters (

 

 

 

)

 

To enter an accented character, first make sure the Caps 
function is turned on or off as desired, then hold down 

 and press 

. After the message “A–Y?” appears, 

press the key of the desired letter (A, C, E, I, N, O, U or Y). 
If you press any other key, the error message “ERROR” 
appears. In the displayed list of available accented charac-
ters, press 

 or 

 to position the cursor under the 

desired accented character, then press 

. Your message 

reappears on the display with the selected character 
added.
To clear the list of available accented characters and return 
to the current message, press 

 (or hold down 

 and 

press 

) instead of pressing 

.

The following accented characters are available:

85

6

4

R

2

W

0

P

8

I

Y

5

3

E

1

Caps

Q

9

O

7

x

U

?

T

F

S

-

K

H

D

A

L

J

!

G

/

£

X

Code

/

N

V

Z

M

B

.

:

Æ

Å

Ä

~

¨

^

`

`

Ö

OE

Ø

Size

D.Line

Length

Text

A/F

<

>

Style

Feed

Print

Sym.

Accent

Clear

ABC

ABC

)

(

,

C

TAPE

Caps Stl

ABC ABC

A

A

A

A A

LCD display

Delete key

On/off key

Print key

Tape cutter button

Space key

Code key

Caps key

“BATT”

Caps

Caps

/

/

Code

Code

Code

Code

x

Clear

x

Clear

 

Accent

Characters

Accent

Characters

`

aeiou AEIOU

^

aeiou AEIOU

´

aeiou AEIOU

˜

aon AON

¨

aeiouy AEIOU

Accented characters

Accented characters

A

äáàâãåæ 

ÄÁÀÂÃÅÆ

N

ñ  Ñ

C

ç  Ç

O

öóòôõøœ 

ÖÓÒÔÕØŒ

E

ëéèê ËÉÈÊ

U

üúùû ÜÚÙÛ

I

ïíìî ÏÍÌÎ

Y

ÿ

Code

x

Clear

T

Text

Code

T

Text

Feed

Sym.

Code

Feed

Sym.

Print

Print

W

`

R

`

Y

¨

I

^

P

~

Code

W

`

R

`

Y

¨

I

^

P

~

Code

9

Accent

9

Accent

Code

9

Accent

/

x

Clear

Code

9

Accent

/

 

Some accented characters can be entered directly using 

 (see “Code”) or using the accent keys (see “Compos-

ite characters” above).

 

Advanced functions

 

• Changing text size (

+

)

 

To select a text size, hold down 

 and press 

 once. The 

name of the currently selected size is displayed and is 
shown by the indicator at the top of the display. Keep 

 

held down and continue pressing 

 until your desired 

text size appears and is indicated at the top of the display. 
The selected text size applies to the entire message. 
The following five text sizes are available:

 

• Changing text style (

+

)

 

To select a text style, hold down 

 and press 

 once. 

The name of the currently selected style is displayed. Keep 

 held down and continue pressing 

 until your 

desired text style appears. The selected text style applies to 
the entire message.
The following nine text styles are available:

 

• Add underlining (

+

)

 

To select underlining, hold down 

 and press 

 once. 

The name of the currently selected setting is displayed. 
Keep 

 held down and continue pressing 

 until your 

desired setting appears and is shown by the 

 

ABC/

 

 

indicator. The underline is printed under all of the text, but 
is not printed when the 

 

VERT

 

 style is selected. If a frame 

was chosen before selecting underlining, the frame is can-
celled and the underline is printed.
The following underline settings are available: 

 

• Add framing (

+

)

 

To select a frame, hold down 

 and press 

 once. The 

name of the currently selected setting is displayed. Keep 

 held down and continue pressing 

 until your 

desired setting appears and is shown by the 

 

ABC/

 

 

indicator. The frame is printed around the entire message, 
but is not printed when the 

 

VERT

 

 style is selected. If 

underlining was chosen before selecting a frame, the 
underline is cancelled and the frame is printed.
The following frame settings are available:

Code

Code

1

Size

Code

1

Size

Code

1

Size

SIZE 1

SIZE 2

SIZE 3

SIZE 4 

SIZE 5

Code

3

Style

Code

3

Style

Code

3

Style

(normal)

(outline)

(shadow)

(bold)

(italic)

(shadow)

(outline)

(vertical)

Code

5

ABC

Code

5

ABC

Code

5

ABC

ABC

(no underline)

Code

7

ABC

Code

7

ABC

Code

7

ABC

ABC

(no frame)

 

• Add a symbol (

)

 

To enter a symbol, press 

. After the message “A–K?” 

appears, press the letter key of the group containing the 
desired symbol. In the displayed list of available 
symbols, press 

 or 

 to position the cursor under the 

desired symbol, then press 

. Your message reappears 

on the display with the selected symbol added.
To clear the list of available symbols and return to the cur-
rent message, press 

 (or 

) instead of pressing 

.

The following symbols are available:

 

• Double-line printing (

+

)

 

To print a message as a two-line label, press 

 or 

 to 

position the cursor under the character that will start the 
second line. Hold down 

 and press 

. A marker (

 

 

)

 

 

 

appears to the left of the character above the cursor. Two-
line messages are only printed with the 

 

SIZE1

 

 text size 

and the 

 

NORM

 

 style.

To change a message back to a single-line label, delete the 
marker.

 

• Setting the label length (

+

)

 

To set the length of the label, hold down 

 and press 

 

to display the currently selected setting. Keep 

 held 

down and continue pressing 

 until either “L ON” 

appears (indicating the label length function is on) or “L 
OFF” (indicating the function is off), then release the keys 
to display the current length in millimetres. Use the 
number keys or press 

 or 

 to enter the desired length 

between 50 and 300 mm, then press 

. Labels will now 

be of the set length.
To set the label length automatically, turn off the function 
by holding down 

 and pressing 

 twice.

 

• Using automatically formatted lay-

outs (

+

)

 

To select an auto format, hold down 

 and press 

After the message “1–9?” appears, press the number key of 
the desired preset format. After the format name appears, 
press 

 to view each of the format settings (text size, style 

and underline/frame). Press 

 to select the displayed 

format, then enter the text. The label will be printed with 
the format settings of the selected auto format.
The following automatically formatted layouts are 
available:

 

Symbols

Symbols

A

 

+

±

÷

×

=

 

G

 

µ

 

ij

 

˚

 

%

B

\

[

]

<

>

H

 

1

 

$

£

DM

Fr

C

?

¿

I

 

← →

 

D

 

i

 

:

;

 

 

&

 

J

 

U

 

E

#

 

§

 

@

ß

 

ª

 

K

F

 

º

Feed

Sym.

Feed

Sym.

/

x

Clear

Feed

Sym.

/

Code

Q

D.Line

Code

Q

D.Line

Code

E

Length

Code

E

Length

Code

E

Length

/

Code

E

Length

Code

?

A/F

Code

?

A/F

/

Содержание P-touch 85

Страница 1: ... include accented characters and special symbols In addition nine preset layout formats are available for you to type in and print out labels quickly Six tape colours white silver gold blue green and pink and two tape widths 9 mm and 12 mm are available for creating personalized labels 85 UN8685001B Printed in Japan Please read this instruction leaflet before using the P Touch Keep it in a handy p...

Страница 2: ...to use the machine for an extended period of time remove the batteries 5 Do not touch the tape cutter button while printing or replacing the cutter unit 6 Do not touch the cutter blade 7 Do not put labels in your mouth 8 Do not stick labels onto skin 9 If the machine locks up i e it does not respond when a key is pressed press to turn off the machine then while holding down and press once to turn ...

Страница 3: ...tton since it cannot be operated if no cassette is installed and the back cover is removed If the cutter button is forcefully operated correct printing may no longer be possible 7 Peel off the backing Changing the batteries 1 Remove the back cover by pressing in on the rough area at the top end of the machine and pulling off the back cover 2 If batteries are already installed remove them and inser...

Страница 4: ...t the end of the tape in the new cassette feeds under the tape guides 3 Insert the tape cassette making sure that it clicks into place Check that the cassette fits properly around the two metal guides in the cassette compartment The 9 mm wide and 4 m long tape cassette is only available enclosed with the P Touch 85 and cannot be purchased separately 4 Attach the back cover by inserting the two hoo...

Страница 5: ...ubber pinch roller with an up and down motion 4 Re insert the tape cassette attach the back cover turn on the machine hold down and press to feed the tape and then try printing 5 If blank lines remain in the printed label repeat steps 1 through 4 this time using a cotton swab dipped in iso propyl rubbing alcohol Accessories The following accessories are available CAUTION When changing the cutter u...

Страница 6: ...matted layout Code To access those functions or enter those characters printed in yellow above the keys press See the following explanations and Advanced functions for more details on how this key is used Cursor movement You can move the cursor _ to view or edit parts of the text to the left or right of the 5 characters shown in the LCD display To move the cursor to the left press to move the curs...

Страница 7: ... The following composite characters are available Some accented characters can be entered directly using see Code or using see Accented characters below Accented characters To enter an accented character first make sure the Caps function is turned on or off as desired then hold down and press After the message A Y appears press the key of the desired letter A C E I N O U or Y If you press any othe...

Страница 8: ...etting is displayed Keep held down and continue pressing until your desired setting appears and is shown by the ABC indicator The underline is printed under all of the text but is not printed when the VERT style is selected If a frame was chosen before selecting underlining the frame is can celled and the underline is printed The following underline settings are available Add framing To select a f...

Страница 9: ...ly selected setting Keep held down and continue pressing until either L ON appears indicating the label length function is on or L OFF indicating the function is off then release the keys to display the current length in millimetres Use the number keys or press or to enter the desired length between 50 and 300 mm then press Labels will now be of the set length To set the label length automatically...

Страница 10: ...eclare that the Labelling System P Touch 85 is in con formity with the following normative documents EMC EN 55022 1987 Class B EN 50082 1 1992 following provisions of the Electromagnetic Compatibil ity Directive 89 336 EEC as amended by 91 263 EEC and 92 31 EEC Issued by BIE Ltd European Development And Technical Services Division ...

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