Brother PT-1290 Home and Office Labeler

Add a professional touch to your home and business


The Brother PT-1290 Home and Office Labeler is an electronic labeling system that is perfect for all your home office labeling applications.  With its sleek design, the PT-1290 will blend nicely with virtually any home office decor.  It features an easy-view 15-character LCD display, a typewriter-style keyboard and Auto Tape Detection feature automatically recognizes the size of the installed tape cassette and adjusts the text to fit the label width.

A dedicated "Deco Mode" key gives you easy access to fifteen unique pre-designed label formats for creating decorative labels - including professional layouts that accommodate 2 rows of text.  Easily switch between two fonts with the touch of a button, and use the built-in memory to store up to 9 frequently used labels.  Print labels up to 12 mm (0.47 inches) wide on durable, "TZ" laminated tape - perfect for both indoor and outdoor use.  With its great-looking design and array of features, the PT-1290 is a perfect handheld system for virtually any home office.

• Get creative with your labeling with 7 stylish frames and 15 deco patterns
• Prints 1 or 2 lines of crisp text
• 6 auto formats and 7 framing options
• 2 professional font choices - Helsinki and Bohemia
• Easy-to-read 15 character display
• Automatically adjusts text size based on tape width
• Built-in memory saves up to 9 favorite label styles
• Includes black on white starter tape 0.47" x 13.1' (W x L)
• Choose up to four different tape widths: 0.13 inches, 0.23 inches, 0.35 inches, and 0.47" (not included)
• Also uses specialty TZ tapes up to 0.47 inches wide (not included)
• Operates on 6 'AAA' alkaline batteries (LR03) or AC Adapter (both sold separately)

Create Labels for:

• File folders
• Bins and Boxes
• CDs and DVDs
• Personal electronics
• School Projects
• Photo albums
• Food storage
• Shelves and cabinets

• Brother PT-1290 Home and Office Labeler
• Black on white starter tape 0.47" x 13.1' (W x L)
• User's Manual

• Model Type:  Handheld
• Tape Family:  TZ/TZe
• Tape Sizes (inches are approx.):  0.13" (3.5 mm), 0.23" (6 mm), 0.35" (9 mm), 0.47" (12 mm)
• Tape Length:  26.2' (unless otherwise noted)
• Tape Technology:  Thermal transfer
• Tape Types:  Standard Laminated, Flexible ID, Extra Strength Adhesive, Non-Laminated Iron-on Fabric, Acid Free
• LCD Display:  15 characters x 1 line
• Maximum Print Resolution:  180 dpi
• Maximum Print Speed:  10 mm/sec
• Keyboard:  QWERTY
• Cutter:  Manual
• Batteries:  6 'AAA' batteries (not included)
• AC Adapter:  AD-24 or AD-24ES (not included)
• Housing Dimensions:  6.3" x 6.2" x 2.4" (L x W x D)
• Housing Color:  Black and White
• Housing Weight:  1.1 lbs.

Software Features

• Number of Fonts:  2
• Font Styles:  Helsinki, Behomia
• Point Sizes:  Small, medium, large
• Number of Styles:  9
• Built-in Symbols:  80
• Types of Styles:  Normal, Bold, Outline, Shadow, Italic, Italic Bold, Italic Outline, Italic Shadow, Vertical
• Maximum Print Height:  9.0 mm
• Multi-Block:  No
• Label Length Setting:  Auto/1.2" - 12.0"
• Auto Incrementation:  Alpha/numeric
• Auto Numbering:  Yes (1-9)
• Horizontal Alignment:  Left
• Vertical Printing:  Yes
• Mirror Printing:  Yes
• Rotate Printing:  No
• Text Insert:  Yes
• Text Framing:  Yes (7 kinds)
• Fill Pattern:  No
• Multi-Copy Print:  Up to 9 copies
• Memory:  9 labels
• Built-in Designs:  15 Deco Mode Patterns
• Auto Formats:  Yes (6 kinds)
• Barcoding/PC Connectivity:  N/A

• UPC: 012502622666 
• Mfr's Part #: PT-1290