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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. 

 

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

 

 

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. 

 

 

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.