[CREATING LABELS]

1 MAKING TEXT 2 DESIGNING LABELS 3 PRINTING LABELS USEFUL FUNCTIONS

Switching Upper Case/Lower Case Setting [Size] ( + ) Text Preview Time & Date Function ( + )

> > [Size] > [Large] You can preview the text before printing. You can insert the desired time and date into your text at the touch of a button.
Time and Date can be printed in one of the 8 different formats.
[Large] [Small]
Lower case ( OFF)
You can change the time/date by changing the clock setting.
Upper case ( ON)
• The LCD shows the whole text and the label length (inch/mm), then returns to the
original text.
To add the time and date to your text:
Caps Setting [Width] ( + )
• Only the text can be previewed, not the font, style, size, underline/frame or any
additional features.
Time/Date

The cursor should be positioned where you wish to insert the time and date.
Entering Numbers > [Width] > [×2] Feeding (Tape Feed) To select the format of the time and date:
[Normal] [ ×2 ] [×1/2]
> +

Num Lock O N Nu m Lock OF F • The machine will feed 25 mm of tape, which should be done after installing a new tape

Setting [Style] (Vertical) ( + )

cassette.
Example
Num
> [Style] > [Vertical]
Printing Format Description
(20th March 2006, 15:30)

Entering Symbols
D/M/Y Date/Month/Year 20/03/06
[Normal] [Bold] [Outline]
D/M/Y hm Date/Month/Year time 20/03/06 15:30

> • To cut off the label, push in the tape cutter lever on the upper-left corner of the D.M.Y Date.Month.Year 20.03.06
[Shadow] [Italic] [I+Bold] (Italic Bold) machine.
D.M.Y hm Date.Month.Year time 20.03.06 15:30
• To prevent damage to the tape, do not try to cut while the message "Print" or
Group Symbols Group Symbols "Feed" is displayed. Y-M-D Year-Month-Date 06-03-20
[I+Outl](Italic Outline) [I+Shadow](Italic Shadow) [Vertical]
Using Copies
1 7 Y-M-D hm Year-Month-Date time 06-03-20 15:30
( + )
2 8 M/D/Y Month/Date/Year 03/20/06
You can print up to 9 copies of each label.
Setting [Undl/Frm]
M/D/Y hm Month/Date/Year time 03/20/06 15:30
3 9
> [Copies] >
4 10 (Underline/Frame) ( + )
To change the Clock Setting:
5 11
You can also select the number of copies by entering with ~ .
Example: Setting the clock to 20th March 2006, 15:30

> [Undl/Frm] > [Undl] >

COMPLETED LABELS
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[Off] [Undl] (Underline) [Round] [Candy]
• To go to the next group, press . Setting Date (DD), Month (MM), Year (YY)
• To cancel operations, press . [Callout] [Banner] [Wooden] > >
input “20” input “03” input “06”
Entering Accented Characters Setting Hour (hh) and Minute (mm)
Setting [Length] >
> > / >
(Label Length)(Auto / 30 - 300mm) ( + ) input “15” input “30”
You can also confirm the current setting and continue to the next setting by
Accented Characters Accented Characters > [Length] > pressing the right cursor key.
A a
C c
• You can also select the length by entering the length with
• To return to [Auto], press .
~ . Function Shortcuts ( + )
D d
E e Setting [A/F](Auto Format) ( + ) Peel the printed label from the backing and then apply the label.
In addition to the basic steps to search for a function, PT-80 provides you with
function shortcuts so you can easily jump to a frequently used function just by
pressing and the shortcut key shown in the table below.
Removing the Label Backing
G g You can choose label length from five formats to create labels for various
I i applications. To confirm, press .
K k > [A/F] > [VCR VHS] This machine is equipped with a peeler that allows you to easily remove the Key Function Key Function
L l backing from labels.
Size Auto Format
N n LCD Application Length
Insert the label, with the printed surface facing down, as far as possible
O o VCR VHS Cassette spine 140mm into the built-in peeler. Width Copies
MiniDV Cassette spine 42mm
R r Style Time & Date
Audio Cassette case spine 89mm
S s File Tab File tab 82mm
T t Divider Divider Tab 42mm Fold back the label to the right and quickly pull out the label. The end of Underline/Frame A ll Clear
the backing is separated from the label.

To Clear
U u Label Length
Y y
Z z Entries will be deleted backwards. By pressing , you will delete a charac-
• To cancel operations, press . ter. (To delete a whole line of text, keep pressing .)
• The order of accented characters differ by the selected LCD language.

Making Two-Line Text

To Clear All Text and Settings ( + )
Move the cursor to where the second line will start, and press .
Display Label image
+

> >

• This will not affect the clock or language settings.