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Printing (Data Containing Barcodes) with P-touch Editor

Overview

P-touch Editor allows beginners to easily create labels on a PC.
The editor features auto date-and-time generation, barcode creation, table creation, figure insertion and other practical functions.

Create Barcodes with P-touch Editor

Windows

  1. 1. Open P-touch Editor.
  2. 2. Click the Bar Code button. The Bar Code Properties dialog appears.
  3. 3. Click the Protocol tab and select the type of the barcode to create.
  4. 4. Click the Input tab and, in the Data: field, enter a value before clicking the OK button.
  5. 5. The barcode is inserted in the layout window. Adjust the size and position with the mouse.
  6. 6. Click the Print button to print.

Mac

  1. Ver. 5.1
  2. 1. Open P-touch Editor.
  3. 2. Select Insert - Bar Code. The Bar Code dialog appears.
  4. 3. Click the Protocol tab and select the type of the barcode to create.
  5. 4. Click the Input tab and enter the barcode data before clicking the OK button.
  6. 5. The barcode is inserted in the layout window. Adjust the size and position with the mouse.
  7. 6. Click the Print button to print.
  1. Ver. 5.2
  2. 1. Open P-touch Editor.
  3. 2. Click Insert - Bar Code and then the barcode to create.
  4. 3. Click the Protocol tab and select the type of the barcode to create.
  5. 4. In the Data area, enter the barcode data and click the OK button.
  6. 5. The barcode is inserted in the layout window. Adjust the size and position with the mouse.
  7. 6. Click the Print button to print.

Available barcode standards

Barcode

CODE39, CODE128, UCC/EAN-128 (GS1-128), ITF (I-2/5), CODABAR (NW-7), UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN13 (JAN13), EAN8 (JAN8), ISBN-2 (EAN-13 AddOn2), ISBN-5 (EAN-13 AddOn5), POSTNET, Laser Bar Code, GS1 DataBar (RSS) (GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional, GS1 DataBar Truncated, GS1 DataBar Stacked, GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional, GS1 DataBar Limited, GS1 DataBar Expanded, GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked), IMB

Two-dimensional barcode

PDF417(Standard, Truncate, Micro), QR Code(Model1, Model2, Micro), Data Matrix(ECC200 Square, ECC200 Rectangular), MaxiCode, AztecCode (Windows only)

Linear barcode & Two-dimensional barcode

GS1 Composite (Windows only)

Custom barcode

Test the barcode read performance with your barcode reader.
Some label colors make it difficult to read barcodes.

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