I got my eye on this printer for a long time. It's really a swiss knife for pretty much everything to label. Looking foward to the heat shrink labels video !
I used it for the first time 2 days back and I’d never used one in my life and it had taken me around 10 mins to produce a 13 margin label, reversed might I add, very easy to use, for a label maker it’s impressive
I've got the E550WVP and it's really fab. As well as hooking up to a phone it also links to a PC. While it's aimed at electricians, it is great for many, many labelling purpose and the branded labels are really superb; very hard wearing and stick well. If what you're labelling matters, don't skimp. BigClive showed how these machines work and explained why they waste a bit of tape, which can be avoided if you print the labels as sequences or series. I've not yet bought shrink-type tape so will be watching that vid when you make it.
We have a number of these at work. There are several pain points for me: 1) *Tremendous waste.* The printer offers up an inch of blank label before every print operation. No way around this. If you're printing only patchbays or other long labels (don't make any mistakes!), or printing in sequence from a database the ratios are a little better but if you're printing lots of small, individual labels one at a time then you're pissing away half of your cartridge. 2) *Half-baked database functions.* a) The CSV / Excel import feature in _P-Touch_ for Windows drives me up a wall. It locks out the file you've imported so making changes is cumbersome. The import dialog is confusing and counter-intuitive. The table UI is a grab-bag of kludges and poor ergonomics. You get a sense that they put an absolute minimum of effort into the execution of these features. I'd be surprised if the developers have ever had to use this software in the field. b) The onboard database feature does not allow you to select or skip records to print. It's all or nothing. c) there is no way, on the printer itself, to cue up a list of individual labels for sequential printing to save tape. You can almost do this with the database feature on the software but every label has to be uniform with the same formatting, spacing, dimensions, etc. Highly inflexible. I'm not the one paying for supplies at work so it doesn't affect me financially, but at the end of a day in the server room I look around and see veritable mountains of wasted tape. I'd never buy this for my own business.
Since the app updates mi es usless doesn't matter what sizes you request it prints what it wants. Even the presets don't work anymore. And no support from Brother too. AVOID
I have to laugh at all the sparkies extolling the virtues of the Brother label printers that are marketed to Electricians for standalone use as they have a keyboard built in, and then the person demonstrating them uses their phone! 😂 Sorry Jordan, but take comfort in the fact that you're far from alone for falling for their marketing. This is a problem that Brother created. They have too many models that all do roughly the same thing. If you are using your phone for the interface to print, don't buy one of these. Buy the far more flexible and capable desktop models that are just as portable, can be printed to from your phone in exactly the same way and still have all the electrician symbols and predefined templates, but also have PC editing that allows you to custom design ANYTHING that will fit on the label.
The only cheaper model which does half-cut is the PT-P750W, which in my country is only 20% cheaper than this model, but it lacks a screen, battery, and keyboard....so if you want half-cut I don't think any other models make sense. The P750DW model is also very old. I haven't tried it, but I think half-cut + chain mode would be really useful for printing many short labels.
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I got my eye on this printer for a long time. It's really a swiss knife for pretty much everything to label. Looking foward to the heat shrink labels video !
I used it for the first time 2 days back and I’d never used one in my life and it had taken me around 10 mins to produce a 13 margin label, reversed might I add, very easy to use, for a label maker it’s impressive
I've got the E550WVP and it's really fab. As well as hooking up to a phone it also links to a PC. While it's aimed at electricians, it is great for many, many labelling purpose and the branded labels are really superb; very hard wearing and stick well. If what you're labelling matters, don't skimp.
BigClive showed how these machines work and explained why they waste a bit of tape, which can be avoided if you print the labels as sequences or series. I've not yet bought shrink-type tape so will be watching that vid when you make it.
Finally back! 🎉
5:32 Did I miss the tip about how to avoid wastage? 🤔
Yup Fully Agree !! This is the best unit !!
Brilliant had one for about 6 years bought another for backup
Great printer, even better with the Bundy bag.
I have this, and I love it! So useful!
Great to hear!
WELCOME BACK!!! 😃
Thanks!
I like it very much. Only downside is that it is sometimes a little cumbersome setup the access point.
It's good to see a new video. Yes it's worth it. I got mine for a good deal online. I can't say where or UA-cam will delete the comment.
Where did you get it from.
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We have a number of these at work. There are several pain points for me:
1) *Tremendous waste.*
The printer offers up an inch of blank label before every print operation. No way around this. If you're printing only patchbays or other long labels (don't make any mistakes!), or printing in sequence from a database the ratios are a little better but if you're printing lots of small, individual labels one at a time then you're pissing away half of your cartridge.
2) *Half-baked database functions.*
a) The CSV / Excel import feature in _P-Touch_ for Windows drives me up a wall. It locks out the file you've imported so making changes is cumbersome. The import dialog is confusing and counter-intuitive. The table UI is a grab-bag of kludges and poor ergonomics. You get a sense that they put an absolute minimum of effort into the execution of these features. I'd be surprised if the developers have ever had to use this software in the field.
b) The onboard database feature does not allow you to select or skip records to print. It's all or nothing.
c) there is no way, on the printer itself, to cue up a list of individual labels for sequential printing to save tape. You can almost do this with the database feature on the software but every label has to be uniform with the same formatting, spacing, dimensions, etc. Highly inflexible.
I'm not the one paying for supplies at work so it doesn't affect me financially, but at the end of a day in the server room I look around and see veritable mountains of wasted tape. I'd never buy this for my own business.
What exactly was different about this video compared to the one you did on the same product in July 2022?
The fake background
I would love to know how you created this video? How do you link your phone to the video ?
We screen recorded on the phone and then added it onto the main video in the edit
Ive seen mumtiple posts regarding labels falling off and adhesion issues. No thanks ill go w Brady
Maybe with the off-brand labels. I've been using this for ages and have never had adhesion issues with 1st-party labels.
it's really stupid that you can't use the software for this one on other brother label printers...
The vertical function is shit and doesnt work via the app. i can do it fine via the unit but for printing mass quantities of labels its garbage
Since the app updates mi es usless doesn't matter what sizes you request it prints what it wants. Even the presets don't work anymore. And no support from Brother too. AVOID
I have to laugh at all the sparkies extolling the virtues of the Brother label printers that are marketed to Electricians for standalone use as they have a keyboard built in, and then the person demonstrating them uses their phone! 😂 Sorry Jordan, but take comfort in the fact that you're far from alone for falling for their marketing.
This is a problem that Brother created. They have too many models that all do roughly the same thing. If you are using your phone for the interface to print, don't buy one of these. Buy the far more flexible and capable desktop models that are just as portable, can be printed to from your phone in exactly the same way and still have all the electrician symbols and predefined templates, but also have PC editing that allows you to custom design ANYTHING that will fit on the label.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The only cheaper model which does half-cut is the PT-P750W, which in my country is only 20% cheaper than this model, but it lacks a screen, battery, and keyboard....so if you want half-cut I don't think any other models make sense. The P750DW model is also very old.
I haven't tried it, but I think half-cut + chain mode would be really useful for printing many short labels.
What would happen if a plumber used an electricians label printer?