BROTHER PT-P300BT Label Maker, Bluetooth, P-Touch 'CUBE' Label Printer, Portable, Up to 12mm Labels, Includes 12mm Black on White Tape Cassette

(No, I'm not getting paid by anyone to say this - it just seems to be the perfect answer to labelling!) This is a brilliant little label printer, rather undersold on Amazon and on the manufacturer's website. Had it been more clearly explained I would have bought it without a thought. I decided to take a chance and I'm glad I did..It can print on label tapes of several widths, the widest being 24mm. Different label tapes are available for printing black on white and several colours, white on black, black or white on transparent labels. The cartridges are simple to slot in and out so you can easily make just one off of a number of different sizes, formats and colours. I found it easy to install and get working with my iMac, and the downloadable App is cleverly designed so you can use different fonts, styles and sizes, plus barcodes, images and borders. You can produce multi-line type (within the depth confines of the label tape you are using). The only thing I haven't yet found is how to adjust the line spacing, but it's not a big problem. The labels seem to be encapsulated in clear plastic so should be durable and waterproof. Some reviewers criticise because it wastes half an inch of label tape each time, but I suspect this is essential for the way it works, and it does give scored tab which makes it really easy to peel off the backing. Apart from that it only uses the required amount for the longest line on your label. Multi lines can be centred or justified left or right.Uses so far - for sticking onto plastic plant labels, bottle and jar labels, cables and pipe identification. Perfect around the office, kitchen, garage, workshop etc. Just brilliant!

I was reluctant to spend over £50 on a dedicated label printer but now I’m glad I did; it’s an excellent device.. The risk of getting labels stuck in my laser printer has been reduced and I will no longer have to fiddle about with a laminator. You can currently buy P-touch compatible cartridges for about a third of the cost of the originals. This reduces the cost of tape for a one off address label to about 3p and smaller labels to less than 1p each.The printer and P-touch Editor software works with Windows 10 as well as the other operating systems listed. The full version P-touch Editor software is needed if you want to merge data - it connects to a wide range of flat files, MSAccess and MSSQL server. The Android app provides a quick and convenient way to print labels without firing up a computer.I struggled to register the device on the Brother website because the stock had been at the distributor for more than 6 months. A quick email to their excellent customer service department resolved this. The printer has a 3 year return to base warranty - they must be confident!

Absolutely brilliant bit of kit. Works perfectly and looks pretty cool on my black themed desk. Even if using it right next to the PC as I am, the fact that it's wifi saves yet another cable from the desk.I found setup for wifi very easy despite other comments. I didn't use WPS, just followed the instructions for installing it without. You just connect it via the supplied USB cable initially, then the software uses this connection to set it up for connecting via wifi. It's all automatic, all you need to know is the name of the network and the password - it sorts out everything else automatically. Then disconnect the USB cable, leaving it connected to the wifi network ready for use by as many other computers as you like. Once it's setup, you can just skip all the USB steps on further computers and the installer will find it straight away.I'm not usually the type to suffer from brand loyalty, but I now have two Brother laser printers plus this and a Brother paper thermal label printer too for running my small business. They've all been faultlessly reliable over the years I've had them, so they are now my brand of choice, in fact I wouldn't bother looking at the alternatives.Having said that, I'm far from the ideal loyal customer as I find that the equivalent unbranded labels are every bit as good as the branded ones but cost a fraction of the price.

I have many brother label printers and this is the best one for narrow labels (up to 24mm). The cartridges make laminated labels which means the printed part is below a clear layer and the layers are joined in the cartridge at time of printing. This is much better than the TZ type of label which are just one layer. The drawback is that print head and lamination roller are about 2cm apart which means you cannot print less than 2cm from the end of the label. My old ptouch printer had a manual cut button which meant the label always had 2cm white space at one end. This printer has an electric cutter which means it can cut off the 2cm part, so the label itself looks nice with no wasted space but there will be a 2cm offcut for each label printed. This P700 will not "half cut" which means the 2cm part is still attached to the label via the backing, instead the P700 totally cuts off a small blank 2cm label each time you print.Otherwise the software is great and there is a good choice of original and "compatible" labels available. I've made professional looking labels for my fuse box, cables, binders, kitchen appliances. It's so handy.*updated Nov 2019*I removed one star because some old brother TZ cartridges would not fit even though at first they look identical. This modern TZe label printer can only use TZe cartridges. Older TZ label printers can use TZ and TZe cartridges. The explanations on the internet normally say the label is the same, just different packaging using less plastic. I took this to mean the packaging the cartridge comes in but it also means the plastic box the cartridge is made of. There is an extra hole on the new cartridge and the label size sense holes are in a different place. In the photo you can see the difference between new TZe printer and old TZ printer. If you have lots of old label cartridges then they might not fit in this printer.