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Pros & Cons
Pros
Tapes can be cut to different widths, and the machine cuts labels automatically. It is easy to print labels wherever i want using a laptop. The only drawback is the quick consumption of batteries when not using the power adapter.
Brother's p-touch editor 5. Is easy to install and hookup is simple. The layout option lets you change where object boxes line up on the screen. An editor comes up that allows you to choose fonts, font sizes, and automatically adjusts font for extra l... Read More
Cons
The setup process is arcane and time consuming. The manual is useless. They need to hire someone who knows how to write a manual and install insgructionsl.
Brother's printer has a design flaw that makes it so that it will waste 1/2in of tape at the front and rear of all prints. It only gives you a very small space to print on so it wastes a lot of label space. With small jobs wasted space is more than 10... Read More
This time we this application is incompatible with the airprint printer driver. The printed labels have glitches and artifacts. Does not show print boundaries in osx 10.
Highlights
Quality
Use this with the stencil cartridges to make stencils for knife etching.
It was easy to setup and and install as well as make my first labels which all look like great quality.
Either deal with the extra bit of label, or trim them yourself.
Works very well, however one glitch is a common windows issue where the printer becomes dis-associated with the installed print... Read More
Packaging/appearance
The layout option lets you change where object boxes line up on the screen.
One of the easiest automatic label devices i have worked with right out of the box.
Competitiveness
Using my windows 10 machine, i first went to the brother p-touch website and downloaded the full software drivers and installation package.
You can pick up any brother p-touch standalone label maker and understand how to use it fairly easily.
You must have a pc to connect to to use this label maker.
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More a fault of windows than this printer
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A light version which is very basic and wastes a lot of label material and a more advanced label designer which offers way more function than ill ever use
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Such as cable tags or vertical lables
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This only gets a fair rating for several reasons
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The programming wastes an enormous amount of tape due to its preset start and stop points that won’t allow you to print upto the beginning and end of a strip
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For 1 full size symbol it prints a minimum tape length of almost 3”
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Therefore wasting over 2” every strip you print
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One of the tapes was wound incorrectly at the factory and has creases in it
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