I've had Dymo labeler for almost 20 years and have always liked them. I finally had to replace the last one because I dropped it too many times and finally messed up one of the rollers that advances the tape. It still works but it has become a bother to only get a good label every other time's.
They have always been easy to use and reliable. This new model added some features but other are harder to find but it still works great. On my older unit, I liked how the more common punctuation marks are included as a function button, the new one buries all of the non-letters into the symbols menu. I also like the wide variety of labels including the iron on labels that are available
You know what a label printer should do, more or less. This printer fulfills the standard requirements, and doesn't provide any significant upgrades over that, so I'll focus on some of the feature limitations for your reference.
The printer uses only 1/2" label spools. Probably good enough for most home and small office use, but if you want larger labels to be seen from a distance in a workshop, warehouse, or factory, this probably isn't the label printer for you.
The lone font selection is an Arial-like sans serif. You can apply style formats like italic, bold, shadow, outline, or vertical. Size options are small (8pt), medium (12pt), large (18pt), and extra-large (18pt expanded). Characters can be upper or lower case, with punctuation, numbers, and symbols.
The keyboard is arranged alphabetically, which for me is less productive than a QWERTY layout. Oddly, there is no "shift" key; to shift between upper and lower case characters, you need to change modes by pressing a few buttons. Seems kind of dumb to me.
You can print on two lines, but if you select large or extra-large font formatting, the effect will be a medium size that's expanded or ultra-expanded -- not really larger.
The printer maintains a margin above and below the type area for a decorative border, whether you use it or not, which means you're wasting space that could be used for larger type when you don't use a border. This also seems dumb to me.
There are a couple of dozen icon symbols available to insert, with some glaring omissions: I would prefer to see a few seasonal symbols like an Easter egg, snowflake, candy cane, Christmas tree, turkey, Halloween pumpkin, etc. instead of mathematical symbols. My need to print math equations on a label is non-existent.
Bottom line: if you just want words on a half-inch sticky label that you can slap onto a container or other object, this label printer will do the job for cheap.
Does an absolutely great job at labeling! Most of the time, the labels adhere to everything, there are some types of plastic surfaces that it doesn't like to adhere to. I wish the lower case g, j, p,q, and y would allow the tail to drop below the other letters instead of scrunching it up with the general script line. It looks weird. So I generally type everything in upper case to alleviate that problem.
It took an hour to try to figure out how to find / or -, but once I got used to it, I really like it! It is quite different from the Dymo LetraTag that I used to own; e.g. No CAPS button to toggle. Overall, once I mastered how to find /,-,and capital or lowercase I found it quite easy!
This label maker was exactly what I was looking for... easy to use, and low priced. Let's face it, a label maker is not something you use around the house every day, so I didn't care to spend a lot for something that would sit around in a cabinet most of the time. This LT-100H fits the bill perfectly! Very easy to use, very reasonably priced, and prints beautiful labels. I used it to label some DVD's I had recorded and it was perfect! I highly recommend it!
Feature Product
- Handheld label maker has 2-line printing, 5 font sizes, 7 print styles, 8 box styles. 9-label memory, date stamp, and 3 language options
- 13-character LCD screen and graphical display on this label printer lets you see messages, and font and effects on-screen before printing
- Prints on Letra Tag LT labels available in plastic, metallic, magnetic and iron-on label varieties. Thermal printing needs no ink or toner
- Automatic-off saves power. easy-to-navigate, quick-access buttons for swift and easy label making
- Uses 4 AA batteries (not included). 1-year warranty
Description
Handheld label maker has 2-line printing, 5 font sizes, 7 print styles, 8 box styles. 9-label memory, date stamp, and 3 language options. 13-character LCD screen and graphical display on this label printer lets you see messages, and font and effects on-screen before printing. Prints on Letra Tag LT labels available in plastic, metallic, magnetic and iron-on label varieties. Thermal printing needs no ink or toner. Automatic-off saves power. easy-to-navigate, quick-access buttons for swift and easy label making. Uses 4 AA batteries (not included). 1-year warranty. Assorted colors.
Great product and good value for money. One of my reasons for not giving 5 stars is the lack of font diversity. Only 3 types exist - regular, bold and italics. Also, the use of the italics does not always print well - it appears as if a design flaw may exist. For example, when I typed the word "property" in italics, it seems as if two letters in the word were omitted (the word appeared as if its letters collapsed on itself - NOT legible. The regular font prints ok.
This label maker works very well and is easy to learn how to use. The labels are very legible and look very nice. The build quality is very good. I had trouble with the roll of tape that came in the machine at first. I ended up taking it out and putting another one of the 3 rolls that came with the machine. Later on I put the original roll back in and it works fine now, I have no idea why but I am not going to refuse a gift. The little cassettes that house the tape are very easy to remove and replace. The label tape is 1/2 inch wide and 13 feet long so you can get alot of labels out of a tape. I love my label maker, it is so easy to use and it cuts off the tape so easy and you can operate it with ease.
This label maker is a big improvement over the P touch model I'd been using. The P touch tape kept jamming and I wasted a lot of money replacing the cassettes prematurely. The Dymo label maker uses a more reliable tape and is easy to use.
However, there seem to be some small deficiencies. First, it always defaults to a large size of font. It won't stay on the one I last used. It's hard to tell what the printed label will look like before you print it since the LCD display only has some icons to show the font size and style. Finally, I couldn't find some common symbols, like a dash, on the keyboard. Perhaps there are some things I don't understand about it that would remedy these problems, but right now I don't have an answer for them.
As a basic label maker this is a very good device that is straightforward, uses a reliable cassette, and is inexpensive. But a bigger selection of symbols, a way to keep the last format settings used, and a better preview display would be useful improvements.
I like this label maker in the fact that it is compact and the labels it produces are great quality. The "keyboard" is not arranged like a computer so finding the correct keys was different at first, but I caught on quickly. I have used a Brother label maker which is twice the size with a keyboard akin to a computer, and it worked great too. However, I wanted one that was smaller and more portable. Easy to change the tape inside as well. Comes with a nice base holder for placing it on a wall-surface for quick access. Could not be happier with this product.
This DYMO works very well. I am well pleased with it. Just a bit of practice working through the directions and I was ready to go. OK, small problem figuring out how to get the backing off the printed tape as there were NO instructions saying to fold lengthwise and peel off half a side of plastic at a time, but I eventually mastered it. And I can mount it on the wall for easy access. Really a very good buy. FredPM
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