ya big jessyI have a Brother one, can't recall the model and it's too rough to go out to the cave to check. Mains or battery operated iirc and tapes in various widths and colours are available.
Can update when the rain stops and the gale subsides....
Some9ne has to ask...so why not me. Lol
I have 27 thermal transfer printers ranging from a 50mm Sato CG212 to a 220mm Zebra 220xi4, labeling workshop bins and boxes my advice would be to ovoid anything that uses direct thermal labels at all, they fade to nothing over time and become completely useless. RS Components are guilty of this, I have loads of bags of electronics components from not even 10 years ago that I don't know what they are anymore without looking under a microscope.
You want something that is thermal transfer, that uses a print ribbon. There are 3 primary types of print ribbon, Wax, Wax/Resin and Resin.
Wax is the cheapest type and is for use on paper based media only and very easily smudges when rubbed a couple of times.
Wax/Resin is a blend of a wax and resin based ink that is a decent allrounder for printing on both paper and some synthetic based media, but can be smudged when used on synthetic but great on paper.
Resin based ribbons are terrible on most paper based media but hold up incredibly well on synthetic media, absolutely great for printing any type of polypropylene, polyethylene or polyester based labels that hold up to weather and UV.
Most of the brother P touch printers by the nature of the cartridge are thermal transfer, but a lot of the desktop thermal printers are just direct thermal on crappy paper labels. If you only have a small quantity of labels to print then something self contained like a brother P touch with laminated labels are the way to go.
However if you have a lot of labeling to do, I would say the more cost effective way to go is to buy a used thermal transfer printer on ebay, Something like a Zebra GK420T (a GK420d is direct thermal only!) but gives you the flexability to print something up to 4 inches wide on whatever media you would prefer.
Also if you want small text on labels, make sure you get something at least 300 DPI and not the usual 203 DPI, most thermal transfer printers are available in 203, 300 and 600 DPI (600 is rare and significantly more expensive)
Brilliant using cheap labels. But not for labelling boxes. I use mine for address labels.
Thanks @Robotstar5, just looking at specs and label costs.
For printing on 27 different types of labels
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Doesn't everyone do that?Same goes for grandkids, they printed everything they could reach
