with these innovative P-touch devices, you can write the Labels on PC very fastly & easily. a previous installation of driver & Software is no more required here. connect & switch the Ptouch 1230PC over the USB (Universal Serial Bus)-cable with the PC easily The P-touch Editor Lite Version starts automatically & you can design your individual labels fastly & easily. thus Windows® -fonts, different writing styles as well as few frames & symbols are available to you For higher labelling claims, there is the possibility to download the P-touch Editor Software without any cost over the Brother-Homepage. thus Barcode- & Series printing are also possible from a database without any problem.