| For more than a decade and a half there has been an | | | | If you're looking for the most compelling reason to buy |
| alternative to the struggle of printing labels on sheets. | | | | a personal label printer, think convenience. You get free |
| What we're saying here is that there are thousands of | | | | software that is so fundamental to use, and you can |
| people, if not millions, who use a whole sheet of labels | | | | even print out of software like Word, Outlook, ACT!, |
| just to print a label or two. It's a total waste of time, it's | | | | Goldmine and QuickBooks with just a click or two of |
| a waste of paper and it's a waste of money. | | | | your mouse - there is no retyping of addresses. |
| Some will present the fact that you can keep re-using | | | | The other part of the convenience factor is that you |
| the sheet of labels until all the labels are gone, so there | | | | don't need to load a sheet of labels into your Laser or |
| would be no wastage. Wise point, but there isn't a | | | | Inkjet printer every time you need a label. With a |
| printer maker in existence that will recommend you | | | | Dymo LabelWriter, the labels are on rolls, and when |
| doing this, and we will describe why in due course. | | | | one label is printed, the LabelWriter cues the next label |
| Then there's the argument that sheet labels are cheap | | | | into the print-head, ready for action. |
| (per label) when compared to the alternatives. Another | | | | See if you can find any recommendations (in the user |
| Wise call, but it isn't just about the cost of the labels, | | | | manual) against re-feeding used sheet labels into your |
| you need to factor in the cost of ink, toner or ribbons | | | | Inkjet or Laser printer. There isn't a printer |
| and time. Printing a single label or just a few labels on a | | | | manufacturer in the world that proposes this exercise |
| Laser or Inkjet takes longer than the alternative | | | | and there are many reasons why. |
| solution. | | | | First, once a sheet of labels has traveled through a |
| So let's discuss just exactly what the 'alternative' is. | | | | printer and a label has been peeled off, the subsequent |
| The answer to all the pain of printing on sheet labels is | | | | time the sheet is re-fed through the printer, there is a |
| known as the 'personal label printer'. They have been | | | | very high chance that the labels surrounding the |
| around for 16 years. That's right, 16 years, yet so many | | | | missing one will peel off. |
| people still waste time, effort and money printing on | | | | Next in line is the fact that in most printers nowadays, |
| sheet labels. | | | | the path that the sheet of labels takes while traveling |
| The most popular personal label printer nowadays is | | | | through the printer is very condensed and sharp. Grab |
| the Dymo LabelWriter. The LabelWriter is a small | | | | a sheet of labels and wrap it around anything that is |
| office tool that serves just one very important purpose | | | | round and thin - like a Sharpie for example. You will |
| - printing professional looking labels. You can print | | | | probably notice that the labels will start to peel off, and |
| anything from address and shipping labels, right thru to | | | | that is what actually happens inside a lot of the newer |
| file folder labels, name badges and even labels for the | | | | sleeker printers we buy these days. |
| center of CD's or DVD's. | | | | Another reason printer manufacturers don't |
| But what makes this device so much better than using | | | | recommend re-using sheet labels is that the glue from |
| sheet labels? The answer is only too simple, and | | | | the labels can bleed or leak into and onto the print |
| we've already touched on the subject. The answer is | | | | head or laser mechanism, causing is to eventually |
| that it is distinctly designed to print labels. It doesn't | | | | glue-up and jam. |
| serve any other function. The whole product from | | | | There are so many more reasons why people opt for |
| concept to conclusion centers around printing labels. | | | | a personal label printer like the Dymo LabelWriter over |
| But it does go much deeper than that. There are many | | | | printing on sheet labels. The strange thing is that these |
| advantages of using a Dymo LabelWriter over sheet | | | | printers have existed for 16 years and people are still |
| labels, and when you are talking about printing like one | | | | only just catching on because they believe they have |
| label, two labels, three labels or even a hundred labels | | | | a future use for them. As long as we need labels, |
| at a time, the absolute convenience of the Dymo | | | | we're going to need a personal label printer. |
| LabelWriter will make it the wise selection. | | | | |