Unboxing your Brother QL-820NWB Label Printer

Unboxing your Brother QL-820NWB Label Printer

What's required for this setup?
1 x Brother QL-820NWB Label Printer
1 x DK-22205 (62mm wide Black on White continuous label roll)

Step 1: Unboxing and powering on the Brother QL-820NWB printer

  1. Take the Brother QL-820NWB printer out of the box.
  2. Remove the power adapter, plug it into a power outlet, then connect it to the printer.
  3. Press the power button which will turn the LED turn on and green.
  4. The sample label rolls inside the packaging are incorrect for this setup,
    1. Please ensure you purchase 62mm wide Black on White continuous label roll (Product Code: DK-22205)
  5. Take the DK-22205 label roll out of its packaging.
  6. Open the printer housing and place the label roll inside, making sure it’s properly aligned.

Step 2: Initial factory setup on the Brother QL-820NWB printer

Use the [▲][▼] buttons to navigate through the menu.
  1. On the screen, ‘Set Language and Clock’, press [OK]:


  2. Scroll to ‘English’ and press [OK]:


  3. Set the correct year and press [OK] once done.
  4. Repeat Step 3 for both month and day:


  5. Set the correct hour and press [OK].
  6. Repeat Step 5 for both the minutes and seconds:


  7. When you've reached the home screen shown here, you can now make some changes to the settings of the printer

Step 3: Settings - Adjust the Brother QL-820NWB printer settings to prevent it from powering off automatically

  1. Press [Menu] to open the settings menu.
  2. You should land on ‘Settings’ (option 1/7) - press [OK] to enter.
  3. Scroll down to ‘Auto Power Off’ and press [OK].
  4. It should land you on ‘Adapter’ and press [OK].
  5. Scroll up to find ‘Off’ and press [OK] to confirm, you will be taken back to the menu:

Step 4: Settings - Adjust the Brother QL-820NWB printer settings to disable Template Mode

  1. Press [Menu] to open the settings menu.
  2. Scroll to ‘Template Settings’ (option 2/7) and press [OK].
  3. You should land on ‘Template Mode’ and press [OK].
  4. Select ‘Off’ and press [OK] to confirm, you will be taken back to the menu:

Step 5: Settings - Adjust the Brother QL-820NWB printer settings to enable Bluetooth

  1. Press [Menu] to open the settings menu.
  2. Scroll to ‘Bluetooth’ (option 6/7) and press [OK].
  3. You should land on ‘Bluetooth (On/Off)’ and press [OK].
  4. Select ‘On’ and press [OK] to confirm, you will be taken back to the menu:

Step 6: Settings - Adjust the Brother QL-820NWB printer settings to enable Automatic Reconnection for Bluetooth

  1. Press [Menu] to open the settings menu.
  2. Scroll to ‘Bluetooth’ (option 6/7) and press [OK].
  3. Scroll to ‘Automatic Reconnection’ and press [OK].
  4. Select ‘On’ and press [OK] to confirm, you will be taken back to the menu:


Step 7: Connect the Brother QL-820NWB printer to the your tablet

Connect your printer to your iPad via Bluetooth

  1. Open the Settings app on the iPad.
  2. Tap on Bluetooth:


  3. Make sure Bluetooth is turned on.
  4. Under 'Devices', tap on the Brother QL-820NWB printer when it appears.
  5. A pairing code will appear on both the iPad and the printer screen. Verify the codes match, then tap Pair on the iPad:
  6. Your Brother Ql-820NWB is successfully connected to you iPad.

You have successfully unboxed and prepared your label printer, please return back to the Rapid Terminal guide for the next steps of your setup 

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