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Brother PT-1280 P-touch Electronic Labeling System | List Price: $41.99
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Brand: Brother
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Electronic label system prints laminated labels up to 1/2 inch wide
- Easy-to-read 15-character display
- 6 auto formats, 5 framing options, and 9 type styles
- Comes with one .5-inch x 16 feet black on white starter tape
- Dimensions: 6.28 x 5.94 x 2.36 in. (WxHxD); weighs 1.04 pounds; 1-year limited warranty
Reason for wasted tape [Posted on 2007-11-20]
There are a few reasons why this product ranges from poor to great.
The labels themselves are definitely good quality labels.
The wasted tape is most everyone else's complaint.
1) The reason why the beginning of each label has wasted tape- The rollers that hold the tape after a print will cause the beginning of the label to curl, preventing proper adhesion to some objects. Brother made it so when you cut the tape's beginning you will have a straight flat tape.
2) The end part of the label has a similar problem, the feed mechanism needs to push the text past the door after a print. You can not cut the tape exactly after the last part of your text as that will cause feed problems for the next print.
I hate the wasted parts of the tape as well. I avoid it when I make multiple labels of the same text by using the repeat function. It continues the text in between labels without wasting any tape.
Other brands cut the labels closer, but those 'other' brands that I have used and owned almost always jam after a while and I lose the remaining tape from that cartridge. Brother 'could' most likely engineer the device to cut closer, but as for now I can accept some wasted tape for a quality label. If you actually calculate the number of labels you get with your cartridge, you will be surprised how expensive other label makers really are.
I love it! [Posted on 2007-12-09]
This is my first labeler and I love it. I am buying another one for my parents. It is easy to use and allows you to choose some options for the text on the label, like bold type or type within a box. It has one sans serif font. More expensive labelers will allow more fonts and options. This one has a good balance between the options and the price.
I would give it 5 stars except: I agree with the reviewers who report the waste of label tape when outputting labels. You can set an option for narrow margin, but there is still alot of waste. I have also wasted alot of label tape getting the label to come out the way I want it to. It is easy to figure out how to use it and set the options, but still things don't always turn out the way I expected! Still, it comes with a sample roll and I got 2 other rolls and haven't run out of any of them yet. Another drawback is that the AC adapter is sold separately. (I haven't used it with batteries so I can't say how fast it uses them up.)
The tape is expensive of course, but comes in a wide variety of choices, including clear tape and acid free tape for photos or scrapbookng. If you buy a brother labeler note that some take "m" tape and some "tz" tape. I think only the "tz" tapes are available in laminated tape with gives you a more durable and water resistant tape. This labeler takes the "tz" tape. It can use a range of widths and colors. Though only a few are available at my local office store. Changing tapes is really fast and easy.
Overall I love the labeler. It is compact and easy to use, gives a good selection of type options and tape. I can live with the waste due to the labeler itself and the mistakes I make. It is great to be able to get things organized and labeled and I have fun with it too.
Brother PT-1280 P-touch Electronic Labeling System [Posted on 2007-12-27]
The product is very good for the price. The only short-coming is that there is about 1/2" of wasted tape each time a label is printed. The replacement tape catridges are a bit expensive though. But all in all a good purchase.
Inconvenient [Posted on 2007-12-29]
It's been well said about the wasted tape. I just have to emphasize the Inconvenience Factor of having to cut almost every label with a scissors so that it will fit on a folder. Really offsets the convenience idea of labeling easily.
PT-80 wastes less tape [Posted on 2008-01-28]
If you want to waste a lot of tape, this is the labelmaker for you. Though you can shorten the margins, your settings aren't saved once you power off.
The PT-80 has far smaller default margins, and virtually all the functionality of this one. It is the far better purchase.
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