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How do these work exactly? Sorry for the dumb question :redface: but do they attach to your pc or are they standalone and you have to type the address in then it prints it? :|

Any recs for a cheap and cheeful one. I just want standard size labels, you know sort of 4cm x 8cm roughly.
 
I have a Brother label printer which I think is brilliant. It connects to my pc via usb and has its own software which when you install it, adds a button to the tool bar in Word and Outlook etc.
When I type a letter I simply highlight the address, click the button and it places the highlighted text on a label. You can then format it or just press print. As far as I know you can also import a list of addresses so that it reels off labels with the different address on, but I've not need that facility so far so haven't investigated how easy it is.

I bought a Brother one as it was a bit cheaper than the Dymo ones. I'm not sure how the price of labels compare. I've just bought 400 address labels for mine and they were £9 inc delivery.

Paula
 
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I have two Dymo. I think the labels are more expensive than the Brothers though.

You can either type the address, copy/paste from Word (in my case from the invoice produced on the system).

I print my stamp for Special Delivery and International on it too (using SmartStamp).

I also use it to print info the customer wants on the parcel (eg leave with neighbour if not in, etc)

They have a USB cable you plug into the PC and a standard plug.
 
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I use the Brother machines as well, up to 70% cheaper than the comparible Dymo machines, and also use cheap sw that collects and auto formats all address labels in seconds, so no need to cut and paste.
 
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Dymo is the best as you can get lower cost labels than dymos own branded labels.
Brother has a plastic cage around the labels and they cost way too much .
dymo sell 2 rolls for around £15 - we sell 5 rolls of compatible labels for £14..

Brothers labels are equivilent cost to dymo

mark
 
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I use a Dymo and get compatible labels off ebay, very cheap. Works great and saves loads of time, plus i never need to buy ink for it.
 
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Hello,

We do label printing machines from Dymo, Brother and Avery. It really depends on how and what style of label you wish to print as to whether or not these types of label printers a worth going for. It's been mentioned already that you could think about simply buying A4 laser/inkjet labels and then running them through your normal printer - this will work our much cheaper and they come in more sizes that the specialist label printer labels??
(another shameless plug coming......) - needless to say we also do this style of office label - A4 laser and inkjet labels feel free to PM me if you need any further advice on what to go for.

Marvin
 
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Thanks all for your replies.

Its only the odd label I will need to print off now and again. I've always just wrote the address out but I think it would look more professional to have it printed. As it's not reams and reams of things I'd be printing but more one off labels, any particular printer geared up for that more than another?

Umm...I'd not really thought about printing labels on the normal pc printer.

It's really is just a cheap as chips thing I'm after.
 
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Morgan said:
Umm...I'd not really thought about printing labels on the normal pc printer.

It's really is just a cheap as chips thing I'm after.
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If you are just doing the odd lable then remember that you are likely to end up with a lot of sheets with a few lables used and which you can't run again through your printer or you run the real risk of jamming the printer or of a label coming off and wrapping itself round a roller and taking time to clean ff.

Been there - done that. Don't want to do it again. :mad:
 
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If anyone is fed up of fighting labels and then the joy of sticking them on - we have direct address printing which inkjets straight onto the envelope - saves the label, the pealing and the sticking - only any good for higher quantities though. 1000 envelopes supplied, printed with company address, target address and ppi about £40.
 
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JGOffshore said:
If you are just doing the odd lable then remember that you are likely to end up with a lot of sheets with a few lables used and which you can't run again through your printer or you run the real risk of jamming the printer or of a label coming off and wrapping itself round a roller and taking time to clean ff.

Been there - done that. Don't want to do it again. :mad:
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Ahh I didn't realise that, thank you for the heads up. I was just thinking you could keep feeing the sheets through again and again until you'd used all the labels up.

Deffo need a label printer in that case! :)
 
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Postforce said:
If anyone is fed up of fighting labels and then the joy of sticking them on - we have direct address printing which inkjets straight onto the envelope - saves the label, the pealing and the sticking - only any good for higher quantities though. 1000 envelopes supplied, printed with company address, target address and ppi about £40.
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Can they be used on jiffys?
 
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I use a Dymo label writer at work and love it. I was a bit dubious at first but having updated the outdated software can now print direct from Word and Excel at the press of a button. I was going to suggest we use this and Smart Stamp for our postage as well but some bright spark signed us up for six years on the Franking Machine last year!!
 
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We use a Citizen thermal printer. It can be connected through usb or through the network. Great bit of kit.
 
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Morgan said:
Ahh I didn't realise that, thank you for the heads up. I was just thinking you could keep feeing the sheets through again and again until you'd used all the labels up.

Deffo need a label printer in that case! :)
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You can get some 2nd hand printers on eBay at reasonable prices. Probably not the latest models but they do the job. Don't worry if they come without software or manual as both can be downloaded from websites. I use a Dymo 330 (they are on the 400 series) which I bought on eBay for £30. There is a 310 on Ebay now (ending tomorrow) with a current bid of £9.99.

Have a look.
 
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Hi All,

I am looking at buying a Dymo labelwriter printer but have one question...

My website exports batch labels for all of my orders into Word and they get placed on a label template for 21 labels on a sheet of A4. There are line breaks between all of the addresses as they are formatted into the template.

Will the Dymo software recognise that all of these are different addresses and export each address automatically?

Thanks, Neil.
 
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