User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- USER’S GUIDE PT-E500
- Contents
- EDITING A LABEL
- LABEL PRINTING
- USING THE FILE MEMORY
- USING P-TOUCH SOFTWARE
- Using P-touch Editor
- Using P-touch Transfer Manager (For Windows)
- How to Use P-touch Transfer Manager
- Transferring the Label Template to P-touch Transfer Manager
- Using P-touch Transfer Manager
- Transferring Templates or Other Data from the Computer to the P-touch Labeling System
- Backing Up Templates or Other Data Saved in the P-touch Labeling System
- Deleting All the P-touch Labeling System data
- Using the Data Transferred to the P-touch Labeling System
- Using P-touch Library
- RESETTING & MAINTENANCE
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- APPENDIX
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Selecting a Labeling Application Type
EDITING A LABEL
CABLE FLAG
Labels printed with this mode can be wrapped around a cable
or wire, and both ends of the label stick together to form a flag.
The text on flag labels is printed on both ends of the label,
leaving a blank space in the middle that wraps around the
cable. In this mode, you can specify the following items.
• Layout: (The same text is printed on each
block.),
(Two different texts are printed on each block.)
• Flag Length: 1.2" (30 mm), 0.4" (10 mm) - 8.0" (200 mm)
• Cable Diameter: 0.25" (6.0 mm), 0.12" (3.0 mm) - 3.50" (90.0 mm)
• Orientation: (Horizontal), (Vertical)
• Cross-ID: Off, On
PATCH PANEL
Labels printed with this mode can be used to identify various
types of panels. In this mode, you can specify the following
items.
• Block Length: 0.60" (15.0 mm), 0.20" (5.0 mm) - 12.00"
(300.0 mm)
• # of Blocks: 4, 1 - 99
• Separator: (Tic), (Dash), (Line),
(Bold), (Frame), (None)
• Orientation: (Horizontal), (Vertical)
•Reverse: Off, On
• Advanced: Off, On
Adjusts block length independently when "Advanced" is set to "On".
• No Margins: Off, On
Set the left and right label margins to zero.
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1. Flag at least 0.6" (15 mm)
Horizontal Vertical
Flag
length
Cable
circum-
ference
Flag
length
Flag
length
Cable
circum-
ference
Flag
length
• You can enter up to two bar codes when is selected in flag layout.
• We recommend using Flexible ID Tape for Cable Flag labels.
1A-B01 1A-B02 1A-B03
Block lengthBlock length
Block length
"Advanced" and "No Margins" cannot be set to "On" at the same time.