I have not used this a lot yet, but it was a great purchase. Very simple to set up and pretty easy to use as well. I have not explored the software extensively yet but it seems straightforward and easy to use. It's a great way to print out labels so I'm happy with the purchase. Click preview click preview
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OVERALL We generally like the p-touch, enough so that I have talked clients into buying one. It can produce good looking, easy to read, clear labels.
If you need to print the kinds of labels that this will print, it ought to be on your short list of candidates.
The unit is intended to be portable and it does have the ability to run from batteries. We have taken it with us to client sites, but have always powered it from AC instead of batteries.
THINGS THAT COULD BE BETTER Getting Software Getting software for this unit from Brother’s WEB site is a bigger pain than it ought to be. Why make us jump through hoop just to get the software? The process makes it harder to convince someone else to buy it, when they watch how much work it is to get the software so you can demo it.
Ability To Set Margins Often we find the margins are just too big. But there doesn’t seem to be any way to set smaller margins. It would be nice if the ability to set the margins were a feature of the software.
Better User Interface The Software has a lot of features, but one often finds that it isn’t obvious how to accomplish what you want to do.
Ability to Do Larger Labels Often we wish for a unit that could do wider labels. Brother does make some, but they are noticeably more $$$ and not Macintosh compatible.
I really like how easy these label printers are to hook up to the computer. This newest version accepts the larger tape and that is very helpful. I lost my previous version in a move and gladly upgraded.
This did work great, was easy to setup and print the first label. Small design problem was that the computer cable is to short too reach from the top on my desk to the back of the computer tower, would be nicer if it were 2 feet longer. After I used it a few times the software was lost. The desktop short cut could not find the program. The tech thinks that the software was in a buffer and not downloaded into a folder. It worked for a few days until the it was pushed out of the buffer. We needed to reload the software a 2nd time and make sure that it was in a subfolder. This did not work well, it kept connecting to one of the other drivers for standard printers. It took a few tries to get it to connect to the right driver.