Brother P-touch QL-710W Manuale utente

User's Guide

Be sure to read and understand this guide before using the machine.

We recommend that you keep this guide nearby for future reference.

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1 Using Interface Cable••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2

2 Uninstalling Software and Printer Driver •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4

Uninstalling the software/User's Guide (Windows®) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4

Uninstalling the Printer Driver (Windows®)••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4

Uninstalling P-touch Editor (Macintosh)••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6

Uninstalling the Printer Driver (Macintosh) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6

3 Variety of the Labels •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7

4 General Procedures••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 8

5 Status Lamp •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 9

6 Mass Storage (QL-720NW only)•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10

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Contents

RS-232C cable and Network cable are not standard accessories.

Prepare the appropriate cable for your interface.

•USB cable

Use the enclosed interface cable.

•RS-232C cable (QL-720NW)

The pin assignments for the serial cables (RS-232C cables) which can be used with this

machine are shown in the table below. You can purchase the cables at an electronics

store. Do not use an interface cable that is longer than 2 meters.

Brother QL side PC side

D-sub female, lock screw #4-40 (UNC). (D-Sub9P female)

•Network cable (QL-720NW)

Use a straight-through Category5 (or greater) twisted-pair cable for 10BASE-T or

100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet Network.

The RS-232C serial connector part of this equipment is not Limited Power Source.

1 Using Interface Cable

Signal

Name

Number Pin Assignments Pin

Number

Signal

Name

DCD 1 1 DCD

RXD 2 2 RXD

TXD 3 3 TXD

DTR 4 4 DTR

GND 5 5 GND

DSR 6 6 DSR

RTS 7 7 RTS

CTS 8 8 CTS

RI 9 9 RI

Important

For USB interface, the included USB interface cable should be used to

ensure compliance with the limits for EMC (Electromagnetic

compatibility).

For serial and network interfaces, a shielded interface cable should be

used to ensure compliance with the limits for EMC.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Brother Industries,

Ltd. may affect the performance and print quality, and damage may not

be covered under the limited warranty.

•Caution for LAN connection

Connect this product to a LAN connection that is not subjected to overvoltages.

•Caution for RS-232C connection

The RS-232C serial connector part of this equipment is not Limited Power Source.

nstalling the Sof tware

This section describes how to uninstall the software and printer driver. In the following

steps, you will see XX-XXXX. Read "XX-XXXX" as your printer name.

1For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003

From [Control Panel], go to [Add or Remove Programs].

The [Add or Remove Programs] dialog appears.

For Windows Vista®/Windows®7/Windows Server®2008

From the [Control Panel], go to [Programs] and open [Programs and Features].

The [Uninstall or change a program] window appears.

2For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003

Choose the software/user's manual you want to remove, such as P-touch Editor

5.0, and click [Remove].

For Windows Vista®/Windows®7/Windows Server®2008

Choose the software/user's manual you want to remove, such as P-touch Editor

5.0, and click [Uninstall].

3Click [OK]/[Yes].

The uninstall operation starts.

4Close the [Add or Remove Programs] (Windows®XP/Windows

Server®2003)/[Programs and Features] (Windows Vista®/

Windows®7/Windows Server®2008) dialog.

Brother P-touch Editor/Brother P-touch Update Software/User's Guide has been

uninstalled.

1Turn off the printer.

2 Uninstalling Software and

Printer Driver

Uninstalling the software/User's Guide (Windows

)

Uninstalling the Printer Driver (Windows

)

2For Windows®XP

From [Control Panel], go to [Printers and Other Hardware], open [Printers and

Faxes] window.

For Windows Server®2003

From [Control Panel], open [Printers and Faxes] window.

For Windows Vista®

From [Control Panel], go to [Hardware and Sound] and open [Printers].

For Windows®7

Click the , go to [Devices and Printers].

For Windows Server®2008

From [Control Panel], open [Printers].

For details, see Windows®Help.

3For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003

Choose "Brother XX-XXXX", and click [File] - [Delete].

For Windows Vista®/Windows® 7/Windows Server®2008

Choose "Brother XX-XXXX", right click on the icon, and then click [Delete]

(Windows Vista®/Windows Server®2008)/[Remove device] (Windows®7).

4For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003

Go to [File] - [Server Properties].

For Windows Vista®

In the [Printers] window, right click and go to [Run as administrator] - [Server

Properties...].

If the [Authorization confirmation] dialog appears, click [Continue]. If the [User

Account Control] dialog appears, enter the password and click [OK].

For Windows®7

Choose [Fax] or [Microsoft XPS Document Writer] in the [Devices and Printers]

window, and then click [Print server properties], which appears in the menu bar.

For Windows Server®2008

In the [Printers] window, click [Server properties], which appears in the menu bar.

5For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003/Windows Server®2008

Click the [Drivers] tab and choose "Brother XX-XXXX". Then, click [Remove].

For Windows Vista®

Click the [Drivers] tab and choose "Brother XX-XXXX". Then, click [Remove...].

For Windows®7

Click the [Drivers] tab, and then click [Change Driver Settings].

(If a User Account Control message appears, type in the password, and then click

[OK]).

Choose "Brother XX-XXXX", and then click [Remove...].

6For Windows®XP/Windows Server®2003

Go to step 7.

For Windows Vista®/Windows®7/Windows Server®2008

Choose [Remove driver and driver package], and then click [OK].

7Close the [Print Server Properties] window.

The Printer Driver has been uninstalled.

1On the drive where P-touch Editor is installed, double-click the

"Applications" folder - "P-touch Editor 5.0" folder - "Uninstall

P-touch" folder - "UninstallPtEditor.command".

The "Terminal" window appears, and the uninstall operation starts.

•Administrator rights are required for the uninstall operation.

•In case the [Terminal] window does not appear by double-clicking the

"UninstallPtEditor.command", right click (or press control key + click) the

"UninstallPtEditor.command". The context menu appears. Open the

[Terminal] window from the context menu.

2Click to close the [Terminal] window.

3Delete the "P-touch Editor 5.0" folder from the "Applications" folder.

Before you delete the "P-touch Editor 5.0" folder, please check if any

necessary files are saved in it.

P-touch Editor has been uninstalled.

1Turn off the printer.

2Click Apple menu - [System Preferences], and click [Print & Fax]

(Mac OS X 10.5.8 - 10.6)/[Print & Scan] (Mac OS X 10.7).

3Choose "Brother XX-XXXX", and click .

4Close the [Print & Fax]/[Print & Scan] window.

The Printer Driver has been uninstalled.

Uninstalling P-touch Editor (Macintosh)

Uninstalling the Printer Driver (Macintosh)

Here are the sample labels that you can create with Brother QL-710W/720NW.

There is a variety of labels to choose from. Go to Page 22 for more information.

Choose the type of label you want to create.

3 Variety of the Labels

This section describes the general procedure for creating labels.

Connect to the PC/Mac

Remove the labels from the label output slot when the labels are piled up. This

prevents a paper jam.

Use the machine without connecting to the PC (Windows®only)

1Create the label data.

Enter text directly using P-touch Editor, or copy text from a Microsoft®Office

application.

Use P-touch Editor's variety of editing functions to format and decorate your label.

•Enter text in P-touch Editor. • Copy text from Microsoft®Office.

(Microsoft®Word for Windows®

shown in the example)

For details on how to create the labels, see the Help.

2Print the label.

Print the label from the Brother QL printer.

For details on how to print the labels, see the Help.

1Create the label data and transfer it to the printer. (See the P-touch

Transfer Manager chapter of the Software User's Guide.)

2Use the P-touch Template command to print the transferred

template. (For details of the P-touch Template function, see the

Software User's Guide in the CD-ROM.)

4 General Procedures

Definition of Status Lamp

Status lamp on the Brother QL printer indicates the current operating

condition.

Lamp Condition

Not lit

Power is OFF.

Green lamp is lit

Power is ON.

Green lamp is flashing Receiving data from the PC.

Transferring data.

Creating Printer Set-up Information data.

Orange lamp is lit The roll cover is opened. Close the roll cover correctly.

Starting reset or CUT button pressed while resetting.

Orange lamp is flashing Cooling (Wait for the temperature of the print head to cool off)

Reset in progress.

Red lamp is lit

The machine is booting.

Red lamp is flashing

Indicates one of the following errors.

Red lamp flashes in 1.0 second intervals:

• End of DK Roll

• Incorrect DK Roll installed

• Feed error

• No DK Roll

• Transmission error

• The roll cover is opened (While running)

• Data image deployment error

• Access point search/connection error

Red lamp flashes 0.9 seconds OFF, 0.3 seconds ON, 0.3

seconds OFF, and then 0.3 seconds ON:

• Cutter error

Red lamp flashes in 0.3 second intervals:

•EEPROMerror

Flashing in the order green,

orange, red Fixing the IP address.

5 Status Lamp

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