About the Printer Setting Tool. Brother TD-2120N, TD-2130N, TD-2020

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Printer Setting Tool

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About the Printer

Setting Tool

By using the “Printer Setting Tool”, the printer’s communication settings, device settings, P-touch Template settings and paper size settings can be specified from the computer.

NOTE

The “Printer Setting Tool” is installed at the same time as other software such as

the printer driver. For details, see Installer

Screen on page 5.

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The “ Printer Setting Tool” is available only with compatible Brother printers.

Before Using the Printer

Setting Tool

 Make sure that the AC adapter is connected to an AC power outlet or that the rechargeable battery is fully charged.

 Make sure that the printer driver has been installed and is functional.

 Connect this printer to a computer with a

USB cable.

With this tool, settings cannot be specified using a wired LAN, wireless LAN or

Bluetooth connection.

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Using the Printer

Setting Tool

a

Connect the printer to be configured to the computer.

b

For Windows

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XP/Windows

Vista

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/Windows

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7: From the Start menu, click [All Programs] - [Brother] -

[Label & Mobile Printer] - [Printer

Setting Tool].

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For Windows

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8: Click the [Printer

Setting Tool] icon on the [Start] or

[Apps] screen.

The main window appears.

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1 Printer

Select the printer to be configured. If only one printer is connected, it is unnecessary to make a selection since only that printer will appear.

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2 Communication settings

(TD-2120N/2130N only)

Specify wired LAN, wireless LAN and

Bluetooth communication settings. The wireless LAN and Bluetooth connections can be used only if the corresponding optional unit is attached to the printer and connection settings are completed.

In order to open [Communication

settings], you must be logged on with administrator rights.

3 Device settings

Specify printer device settings, such as power settings and print settings.

Settings can also be specified for the touch panel display (TD-2120N/2130N only).

In order to open [Device settings], you must be logged on with administrator rights.

4 P-touch Template settings

Specify P-touch Template settings.

5 Paper Size Setup

Add media information and settings to the printer driver in order to use a size not listed in the [Paper Size] list of the printer driver.

In order to open [Paper Size Setup], you must be logged on with administrator rights.

6 Exit

Closes the window.

c

Check that the printer to be configured appears beside [Printer]. If a different printer is displayed, select the desired printer from the drop-down list.

NOTE

If only one printer is connected, it is unnecessary to make a selection since only that printer will appear.

d

Select the item for the settings to be specified, and then specify or change the settings in the dialog box that appeared.

For details on the settings dialog boxes,

see Communication Settings

(TD-2120N/2130N only) on page 27,

Device Settings on page 34, P-touch

Template Settings on page 41 or Paper

Size Setup on page 44.

e

After changing the settings, click

[Apply] - [Exit] in the settings dialog box to apply the settings to the printer.

f

Click [Exit] in the main window to finish specifying settings.

Use the “Printer Setting Tool” to configure the printer only when the printer is in standby. The printer may malfunction if you attempt to configure it while it is handling a job.

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