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Dymo LabelWriter DUO 300dpi 55 labels per minute Label Printer; 180dpi D1 tape Label Printer (69120) | List Price: $289.00
Discount Price: $139.99
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Brand: DYMO
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2005-07-15
Warranty: 2 years warranty
Features: - Printer model offers versatile features like printing paper and tape labels
- Prints directly from your favorite programs like Microsoft® Word, Outlook®, WordPerfect®, QuickBooks®, ACT!® and many others
- DYMO LabelWriter comes with Address Fixer®, a free program that automatically checks and corrects US Addresses
- Dozens of labels to choose from for envelopes, packages, folders, name badges. It even prints Postage stamps!
- USB connection for Windows® 2000, XP® and Mac® 9 and OS 10.2.8 or later
Deceptive marketing at its finest [Posted on 2006-11-17]
The one and only reason I purchased this label printer was for the highly touted Dymo Stamps feature, supposedly giving you the ability to print your own postage stamps onto thermal postage labels for no monthly fee, only the cost of the printer and the thermal label refills. According to the Dymo Stamps website, Dymo Stamps gives you the ability to "Print Exactly the Amount of Postage you Need" and "Eliminate the Need for Costly Postal Meters." What the consumer is not told upfront is that these "precise" amounts of postage can only be in denominations of the Dymo Stamps software's choosing, not any amount you want. In fact, the only postage denominations that can be printed are those already available in stamp form at the post office, basically just your run-of-the-mill $0.39 stamps, $4.05 Priority Mail stamps, and postcard stamps. This software also does not give you the capability to print postage for Parcel Post, Media Mail, or Express Mail, and doesn't allow you to add additional postage for services like insurance or certified mail at all. How this saves you any trouble over buying stamps from the post office is beyond me. Conveniently, you can only overcome all of these limitations by subscribing to Endicia (Dymo Stamps' backbone provider) for a monthly fee. Heck, you can't even go to an office supply store to buy the thermal postage label refills that you need to print postage on; they can only be ordered online through a link in the Dymo Stamps software. Especially given the fact that even the least expensive Dymo Stamps capable LabelWriter model is over $100, this will NOT save you any money in postage, will NOT save you any time, and ordering stamps online from USPS (or getting them from the local post office) is just as convenient, if not more convenient, than ordering the stupid thermal refills online from Dymo and waiting for them to arrive. Thankfully, Amazon is great at accepting returns.
tape editor almost will not function [Posted on 2007-01-16]
This is my third Dymo LabelWriter. This time I bought their combo label and tape (strips of adhesive labels, usually plastic coated) printer when my tape printer died. Big mistake. I use some special symbols and fonts. The label portion doesn't pass my formatting on from Office Word.
The tape editor is really hard to use. If you have any special symbols, something as simple as making the text bold changes everything to symbols (not even from the symbol font I was using).
Worse, if you labor hard enough to construct a tape and print it, you will have all your formatting stripped away when you save.
If all you do is print one-font, one-size labels and tapes, it is probably an okay printer. The label printer seems okay but tape printer jams now and then but not too often (every 25 to 50 print operations).
Since Dymo has only offered the most inane support to many requests for aid, I will not buy a Dymo product again. I'll try Brother, probably.
Great Except for Stamp Limitations [Posted on 2007-11-25]
I've had this almost a year and wish I could use it for more of my printing needs. It is for home use, but I have used several sizes of the label cassettes and many sizes of the paper labels. I especially like the clear labels because they look so nice on things in my kitchen, bath, etc. The file folder labels are great as well.
Both the cassette and labels are very easy to change from one size to another. The print is crisp and it is great not having to replace ink cartridges.
My only disappointment so far was not being able to print Media Mail postage, but I found a work-around.
I have not tried printing from Word, Excel, etc. so I can't comment on how easily it is to mesh the two.
I should probably add that I got this for less than $100 on Black Friday. As much as I love it, I wouldn't be able to justify spending $200 for it plus the cost of various labels for strictly home use.
Little workhorse [Posted on 2008-01-08]
We use these printers at work, and I'm very satisfied with them, so I got one for at home. We print address labels by the sheet in a laser printer, but this printer is great for smaller quantities, and less danger of getting labels stuck deep inside a laser printer. My wife is an organizer, and this makes it easy to label photos, make neat captions for scrapbooks, tag boxes of clothes going in the attic, etc. Keep in mind this printer only does black-on-white (or whatever color label tape is loaded), but it has excellent graphic resolution. The printer is shareable, so if you have a home network the other computers can use it too. Dymo offers a wide selection of labels and tapes in various sizes and colors. Very good product!
Great product while it worked [Posted on 2008-02-13]
This is my second Dymo label printer, and replaced the label printer that quit working after about 1 year of light use. I didn't mind too much, because I wanted the dual label/tape function.
While it worked, it was fantastic - one of the handiest office machines I've owned, and I would have given it 5 stars if it was more reliable. The tape function still works, but labels no longer feed. There are no jams or anything, so maybe the feed motor burned out. It's got a 2 year warranty, so when I get time I'll send it in.
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