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P-touch Editor

Powerful yet easy-to-use, P-touch Editor lets you create barcode labels or other specialty labels, either one at a time or multiple labels in a batch. 

Furthermore, P-touch Template allows you to save label templates (designed in P-touch Editor) in the printer. You can then send P-touch Template commands to the printer and print data to insert in the template from a host device (PC, tablet, smartphone or other) to create the label required. 

P-touch Editor is included free with all Brother’s PC connectable labelling machines. 

 

Nurse printing patient wristband from tablet using TD label printer

b-PAC

b-PAC is a component that sends data to Brother label printer/mobile printer. Customers can create programs that directly control your printer to print labels. Creating a simple program for a system in use allows adding a label print function to the existing system. b-PAC is recommended for the following customers:

  • Customers who want to print labels by putting data from a database into a standard label layout
  • Customers who want to automate and simplify label printing tasks to streamline their work
  • Customers who want to integrate your printer into their business system

 

 

Retail worker printing price labels using RJ mobile label printer

SDKs

Since many mobile/tablet operating systems do not natively support printing, Brother provide Software Development Kits (SDKs) to help developers easily add printing support into their apps.

We have a range of SDKs suitable for both iOS and Android which allow you to integrate your Brother labelling machine into your existing mobile applications. 

 

 

Retail worker editing label on laptop to print via TD-2000 label printer

ESC/P

ESC/P allows developers to create print data using simple commands that control the position and layout. By simply sending ESC/P control code to the label printer, you have the flexibility to set font, size, add barcodes and more to create customised labels that meet requirements. 

ESC/P requires more coding than Template printing, but it means you do not have to configure a printer first before deploying it.