Linking a Database to a Template. Brother TD-2120N, TD-2020/2020A, TD-2130N

Chapter 10

Inserting the Date and Time in a Label

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In P-touch Editor, open the label layout to be edited.

b

On the menu bar, click [ Insert ] -

[ Date/Time ] to display the [ Date and

Time Properties ] dialog box. Select settings for the format of the text to be inserted.

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 If the [ At Printing ] check box (1) is selected, the date and time of printing will be inserted. If the check box is cleared, the current date and time will be inserted and will not be updated.

 The date and time inserted into the label will be printed in the printer’s built-in character size. Since the character size is determined by the size of the date and time object, adjust the object to the desired size in P-touch Editor before transferring the label layout to the printer.

Linking a Database to a

Template

 Label sample

A database can be linked to the template that was created. Since the text in the template can be replaced with text from the database, multiple labels can be printed simply by creating a single template.

For details on specifying database settings, see [ P-touch Editor Help ].

a

Prepare a database file in advance.

NOTE

• Files saved as XLS, MDB, CSV and TXT formats can be used as databases.

• In order to use files in the XLSX or ACCDB format, Microsoft

®

Office 2007, 32-bit

Microsoft

®

Office 2010, 2007 Office

System Driver: Data Connectivity

Components, or 32-bit 2010 Office

System Driver: Data Connectivity

Components must be installed.

• Only one database can be linked to a single template. A maximum of 65,000 records can be created in that database.

(The total size of templates and databases is limited to 6 MB.)

• The data entered in the database can be displayed on the LCD. Only the first 13 characters can be displayed.

b

In P-touch Editor, open the template to be linked to the database.

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Using the Touch Panel Display (Optional:PA-TDU-001) (TD-2120N/2130N only) c

On the menu bar, click [ File ] -

[ Database ] - [ Connect ] to display the

[ Open Database ] dialog box. Select

[ Connect Database File ], click

[ Browse ], and then select the database to be linked.

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The template and database will link, and the main window appears. Click the database row to be checked in order to display the label with the text replaced.

d

Click [ Next ] to display a settings dialog box. With [ Database Field ] under

[ Merge Fields ], specify which database column will be linked to which object, and then click [ OK ].

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