Brother QL-810W Ultra-Fast Label Printer with Wireless Networking

It stoped printing after a month

Labels too small, only 2.4 inches wide max. Cant use folded labels only rolls. Red/white paper rolls (only 2.4 inch rolls available) force you to manually change a print setting EVERY TIME you want to print something causing all kinds of hassle. Im not sure the regular black and white 2.4 inch wide rolls that work for this printer are even available. Buy a bigger label printer.

This thing is a COLOSSAL piece of crap; be prepared to take it apart and put it back together at least once a week depending on how much you use it. The labels are constantly getting stuck inside the machine So eventually it will just stop printing and youll have to take it apart and pray that you dont break some of the cheaply made plastic that the device is made out of.

Not at all a simple. Solution trying to use this on my brand new Mac and three hours in is still showing label printer as disconnected if it is not directly wired into my laptop. Don’t understand why this can’t be easily installed and used straight out of the box.

Works great connected to a computer, but it’s nearly impossible to connect to wifi and print from a tablet or mobile device.

I am going through a major overhaul of my home office (that happens when you move it from one room to another, theres no avoiding it--and trash bags are your friends) because my life has become a chaos of folders and boxes and envelopes. (Word: if youre just starting out in a home business, get organized from day one and leave yourself time to stay organized.) In other words, I desperately needed a label printer. I much prefer to use printers via direct USB because it makes life so much simpler, but you still have to get the driver and install that. If you choose to go wirelessly you have to have all of the necessary info about your router (which I always find to be a terrifying aspect of setting up wireless connections, lol). My suggestion is to give yourself a nice quiet hour to set this up and to watch the Brother videos (on their site or Youtube carefully first--they will save you a lot of time). I really really really would like stuff like this to be plug-n-play with the driver IN the printer already, but I guess Im dreaming. Once its set up there is something of a learning curve to use the design software (especially if youre going to do red/white/black labels) but again, there is a pretty good basic video on Youtube (and I assume on the Brother site). I hate having to learn new things all the time but that just seems the way of the world these days. I use Photoshop every day of my life, so the menus and choosing type, moving, sizing, etc. is just something I can experiment my way through but I imagine if youre new to it its going to take a few tries (and some note taking) to get comfortable with it. I really like that you can print very long labels (though I havent yet) and I like that the resolution is at 300dpi so that the fonts arent breaking down when youre using larger type. I also like that you dont have to buy ink! I also like that you can add a battery and make this entirely portable. I would think that for someone who does business on location (working a craft show circuit, perhaps), having the ability to print labels wirelessly from say, an iPad, and then to be able to print without a power source would be great. These are among the strongest features of this printer. Patience, patience, patience--none of this stuff is as simple as they say it is, but once you get it down, it just becomes another tool in your life.

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Not user friendly.

Love this !!!!! An absolute MUST !!!!!

Once I figured out how to get the software after watching a couple videos I was up and running pretty fast. I purchased two of these and connected them to WIFI with the optional battery packs to make them portable. Make sure you get the software and install it on a laptop or computer where you can plug the printer in using the supplied USB cable.