thermal address label printer

[larn]

Hi

I am looking for a thermal printer to print addresses from ebay sales, i sell an average of 10 items per day, i only want to print the address from within Ebay. I will also use it to print my return address. I prefer to print straight from ebay without having to open other software and copy paste.

I was going to buy the Brother QL 700, but i am not sure if it's the right machine for the job.

There are quite a few printers out there, and i don't want to over spend or end up with a machine that can't print the correct format/ size etc

any tips here are appreciated. (my budget is £200) i would prefer to get a new one for that price.

 

[Pish_Pash]

I was in the same situation as you about 2 years ago,

I bought a Brother QL-570 (which has probably been superceded by now)...it's been great.

If you want to futureproof then I believe the Zebra printers are more flexible & can print larger than normal labels (Zebra LP 2844?)

I strongly recommend you get Linnworks though (it's free) & then setup/integrate linnworks with your Ebay account, because once done, Linnworks will manage your stock (decrements the total with each sale) & print a shipping label & invoice automatically - but the main win, is that you have to scan each product's barcode before it will finish/close the order, therefore you can't send out the wrong stuff to customers.

My human errors are now zilch (whereas before I'd get the odd email "you've sent me the wrong item" - normally from Australia etc!).

So get yourself a thermal printer, cheap barcode scanner & Linnworks & you're off to the races - the time saved is phenomenal.

 

[Lentinus]

Cant help on the technical side but I bought a QL-700 which so far is great - though I have yet to start using it hard. I bought it off Labelzone's ebay account as a "return machine" for about 50% of what they usually sell at. It was unopened in perfect condition. Might be worth a look.

 

[Landy]

I've been thinking about a thermal printer but the price of the paper always puts me off.

I had a look at the a4 sheets with the integrated peel off address label at the top/bottom. They worked out 2.9p per sheet which seemed pretty cheap and you don't need to print a second sheet for an invoice either.

What price per label do the thermal printers work out and what would be the benefits of it over say the integrated labels?

 

[larn]

Hi

Thanks for all the input, I decided to go for the Brother QL 700 which only cost £65 with some free rolls

'Linn works' looks interesting and it's free for up to 200 products which is well within my capacity at the moment. When you say it prints off the shipping label, do you mean after you pay for it? or is it just an address?

At the moment i just attach a shipping label and i use royal mail drop and go service.

I might try it out and see how i get on. I definitely want to get things more organised as sales are coming in thick and fast at the moment and i need to keep up.

 

[A Party Shop]

We bought a Zebra GK420d for our Royal Mail labels
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300959270662&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:GB:1123

 

[lancerlabels]

Hi, I can confirm that the Zebra range of printers would be the best way to future proof your label printing, but the Zebra LP 2844 mentioned in this post is now obsolete and has been replaced by their new G series. We have used the Zebra for in house printing for the last 10 years and they are VERY reliable.
Trevor
Lancer Labels

I was in the same situation as you about 2 years ago,

I bought a Brother QL-570 (which has probably been superceded by now)...it's been great.

If you want to futureproof then I believe the Zebra printers are more flexible & can print larger than normal labels (Zebra LP 2844?)

I strongly recommend you get Linnworks though (it's free) & then setup/integrate linnworks with your Ebay account, because once done, Linnworks will manage your stock (decrements the total with each sale) & print a shipping label & invoice automatically - but the main win, is that you have to scan each product's barcode before it will finish/close the order, therefore you can't send out the wrong stuff to customers.

My human errors are now zilch (whereas before I'd get the odd email "you've sent me the wrong item" - normally from Australia etc!).

So get yourself a thermal printer, cheap barcode scanner & Linnworks & you're off to the races - the time saved is phenomenal.