P-touch Template Settings Dialog Box. Brother TD-2120N, TD-2130N, TD-2020

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For details on using the P-touch Template functions, see the Software User’s Guide included on the CD-ROM. In addition, if command reference is used, see the

P-touch Template Command Reference.

The latest versions can be downloaded from the support website (Brother

Solutions Center).

http://support.brother.com/

Select the product, and then select

[Manuals].

P-touch Template Settings

Dialog Box

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1 Default Command Mode

In order to use P-touch Templates, select the

[P-touch Template] mode.

Available settings: [P-touch Template],

[ESC/P], [Raster]

2 Default Template Number

Specify the template number selected as the default when the printer is turned on.

However, if any template has been set to not be transferred to the printer, the number of that template cannot be specified.

3 Data Delimiter for P-touch

A delimiter is the symbol used to indicate when to move to the next object in the data that is being sent. Between 1 and 20 characters can be specified.

4 Trigger for P-touch Template Printing

Select one of the following three options for the print start trigger.

[Command Character]: Printing starts when the command character specified here is received.

[Data Insertion into All the Objects]: Printing starts when the delimiter for the last object is received.

[Received Data Size]: Printing starts when the number of characters specified here is received. However, delimiters are not counted in the number of characters.

5 Character Code Table

Select one of the following three character code sets.

Available settings: [Windows1252],

[Windows1250], [Brother standard]

6 International Character Set

Select one of the following countries for the character set.

Available settings: [United States], [France],

[Germany], [Britain], [Denmark I], [Sweden],

[Italy], [Spain I], [Japan], [Norway], [Denmark

II], [Spain II], [Latin America], [South Korea],

[Legal]

The following 12 codes are switched depending on the country selected from those listed above.

23h 24h 40h 5Bh 5Ch 5Dh 5Eh 60h 7Bh 7Ch

7Dh 7Eh

For the characters that are switched, see the

P-touch Template Command Reference

(which can be downloaded from the Brother

Solutions Center website).

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7 Command Prefix Character

Change the prefix character code. Set a single character code.

The prefix character is a code to identify commands used in P-touch Template mode.

8 Non-Printed Character

The characters specified here are not printed when data is received. Specify 1 to 20 characters.

9 Available Return Code

The line feed code is used when feeding data to indicate that the following data should be moved to the next line in a text object. One of the following four line feed codes can be selected, or 1 to 20 characters can be specified as the line feed code.

Available settings: [^CR], [\0D\0A], [\0A], [\0D]

10 Replace FNC1

Select whether or not GS codes, which are included in barcode protocols such as GS1-

128 (UCC/EAN-128), are replaced with FNC1 codes.

If this check box is selected, a received GS code is replaced with the FNC1 code. If this check box is cleared, a received GS code is outputted as is.

11 Number of Copies

Set the number of copies. A number between 1 and 99 can be specified.

12 Give priority to print quality

Select the print quality setting. If this check box is selected, priority is given to the print quality.

If this check box is cleared, priority is given to the print speed.

13 Inverted 180 Degrees

If this check box is selected, the data will be printed after it has been rotated 180 degrees.

14 Communication Settings

Sets the following parameters for serial communication:

Baud Rate: From [300] bps to [115200] bps

Bit Length: [7] bits, [8] bits

Parity: [None], [Odd], [Even]

Busy Control: [DTR], [XON/XOFF]

Printer Setting Tool

15 Set

After the [Set] button (in the main dialog box or the Communications Settings dialog box) is clicked, the settings are saved as an .ini file when the dialog box is closed.

To save the specified settings in a command file, select [Save in Command File] from the drop-down menu. The saved command file can be used with the mass storage feature to apply

the settings to a printer. (See Mass Storage

Functions on page 48)

16 Cancel

Cancels the settings and closes the dialog box.

The settings will remain unchanged.

17 Default

Click this button to return the settings

(including those in the [Communication

Settings] dialog box) to their factory defaults.

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