Garage Label Making

[Higgins]

Title is a little boring, but with trying to clean up our new configuration as I had a grand plan to actually label "stuff"
> Took a while and found some OK boxes to store stuff and put it away! - Hooray
>Dragged out the ole label labelers and they are both past. - Pitched !
> found out there were several that could be connected to a computer to assist in the printing process! - OK
The first one was a BrotherPT-P700 - PC and Mac compatible! - Hooray ..... Not So Fast! They are only supported up to W8! Period ...... No where in the product documentation does is say that! AND Amazon will not provide a refund!
On to the Second Option - Dyno 550 Turbo series. This series is just a ****** graphical update to the previous 4XX series. Although you can DL the SW and it will work after serval attempts to use it, but basically useless!

So it looks like it off to Office Max and see what they recement, and what they actually use in the store. I was hoping to not doing this as I have arthritis in my hand and find difficult to use ...

S I was wondering what fellow members are using to "Label" their stuff around the home stead

Thanks @ - AL

 

[BillK]

Have you looked at the Brother support site ? It looks like they have drivers for Win11

Windows 11 Support

help.brother-usa.com

 

[PelicanPines]

Brady label printers are nice. I've printed a few miles of 3/4" & 1/2"

 

[Etchase]

Brother P-touch cube has lots of tape options. The iron on cloth works well on fabric bags. For tool boxes I use magnetic sign or white board material and a paint marker. I cut the sheet to fit my needs with a paper cutter. I really like a black sheet with a white paint marker.

 

[Joe Reed]

Epson LW-300 is what I've been using for years. All the drawers in my garage are labeled as to the contents...including my tool chest. I also 3D printed custom socket holders and used the Epson to make labels for those. Same for my Allen wrench holder.
For the little drawer units sitting on the bench for small parts I just used small Avery labels.
Printing labels for everything might seem like overkill to most people, but since my penmanship ***** it's a really good idea...

 

[ADKAmateur]

I have a ten year old Brother P-touch 2700 and it is still supported. You have to find the web page for the specific product if it has been discontinued and download the drivers there. You can’t go to the main download page. If you don’t mind spending a bit more get the Brother PT-E510 as that one also prints heat shrink cable tubing labels so you can label wires on your projects.

 

[ADKAmateur]

PTP700 Support, Drivers, Downloads & Manuals | Brother

Get support for your PTP700 office-home-label-makers including drivers, downloads, manuals, FAQs, and troubleshooting guides.

www.brother-usa.com

 

[jkuro]

Try this instead:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/healthy-aging/in-depth/memory-loss/art-20046518

 

[NUTTSGT]

I have a basic Dymo label maker.

I don't care for the keyboard layout though. Its not qwerty layout but abcde...

 

[The Cobbler]

Dyno 550 Turbo series. This series is just a ****** graphical update to the previous 4XX series

Dymo 500 series has chips in the label rolls so you are forced to use OEM labels . they sell it as a convenience because the software recognizes the label type in the machine. this is like buying a plain paper printer where you have to buy yhe paper from the printer manufacturer.
I have a plethora of 400 series printers that will hopefully last my lifetime .
My Brother PT 2430PC printer has worked from probably windows 7 till currently on 11 without a flaw

 

[racecougar]

I've been happy with this one:

 

[bwringer]

...I don't care for the keyboard layout though. Its not qwerty layout but abcde...

What on EARTH inspires ANYONE to make ANY device with an ABCDE keyboard? That would drive me bonkers in ten seconds. In a world where absolutely everyone texts on a regular basis using on-screen QWERTY keyboards, this seems particularly clueless. Maybe it's because many of these devices are very old designs.

It looks like some Dymo and Brady devices are ABCDE and some are QWERTY, so watch it I guess. Brother devices all seem to be QWERTY.

I really like the idea of the Bluetooth connected printers, but you're then depending on whoever is maintaining a crappy phone app to keep it updated, secure and not too invasive. So far, no one has warranted that level of long-term trust.

Another issue is the cost of the tape cartridges; Brother devices seem to work well with non-OEM cartridges, but the others sometimes are restricted. I'd also prefer less plastic waste; I don't know if anyone has figured out how to reload the cartridges.