I've very new to this site so please go easy on me! I've been uploading my reviews from Dooyoo to st...
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In the small Surveying office I currently work in, we are constantly having to make labels for the millions of letters we have to send out.
Performing this task of making labels on a computer is not very pleasant at all, especially on the old fashioned computers we have. Having to set the margins perfectly on screen and then adjusting your printer so it will feed the envelope... nightmare!
I managed to persuade my boss to invest in a label maker, and after reading some reviews and the fact that our stationary supplier sells a limited amount of products, I chose this one.
As soon as it arrived I quickly set it up, very excited at the prospect of making labels easily! I found it was easy to do this, you simply plug one cable into the machine and the other end into a socket, and another cable also goes into the machine and the other end into your computer. (Not very good for fans of wireless IT gear... this does get rather fussy with all these wires).
There was some software that had to be installed on the computer, but this took no more than 3 minutes, and was immediately ready for use.
The device itself is quite small and compact, and does look fancy on your desk as opposed to some ugly old-fashioned-looking label makers. It's a sleek silver colour, with a burgundy bottom. Simple and neat.
For printing out normal labels, the machine is perfect. It is very easy to use. You simply highlight the address you wish to print out, then click the tiny label button which gets installed on your Word program or similar in the toolbar, and then you click print when the window pops up. Alternatively, you can go to your start menu, click on the Dymo option and do it from there, by typing your address in or copy and pasting it.
The machine will then print out a single label with your address/whatever text you used on it. The labels will be white text on a white label. (I don't actually know if you can different coloured labels, that would be very cool!). You simply peel the label off the backing, and voila, a neat label for you to use.
You can make different sized labels or have them doing fancy things, but to be honest that's not really an area I explore. A couple of times I've changed the alignment or made it bold/underlined, etc, and this is simple enough to do, but not a necessity for me and I could easily do without it. You can also make CD labels from the Dymo software too, although I'm yet to do this.
To re-fill the label maker with a new roll of labels can be a bit tricky and it took me quite a few tries to get the hang of it. It's a bit fiddly but as long as you stick to the instructions (some I failed to do as I lost them straighaway amongst lots of paperwork!) then you'll be okay. You just have to remember to put the roll in the right way round otherwise you're heading for trouble!
Overall, a great quality label maker. Cost us cheaper from our stationers, but I read up that in shops it's about £80 to buy brand new. Too much than I'd be willing to pay if I wanted it for private use, and I suppose it is generally for lazy people as it would be more cost efficient to use your printer or handwrite it! But for a convenient, professional-looking way of signing your envelopes, this label maker is definitely the way forward.
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Oct 8th, 2009
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