| | For 16 years we've had a real label printing solution, but many people still endure the problems tha The solution has been around for a long time, but still people are enduring the hassles of printing on sheet labels. What we're saying here is that there are thousands of people, if not millions, who use a whole sheet of labels just to print a label o r two. It's a total waste of time, it's a waste of paper and it's a waste of money.
Some will present the fact that you can keep re-using the sheet of labels until all the labels are gone, so there would be no wastage. Wise call, but there is not a printer producer in the world that will advise you doing this, and we will explain why in a moment.
Some will argue that sheet labels work out cheaper than the alternative when you compare the cost-per-label. Another Wise call, but it isn't just about the cost of the labels, you need to factor in the cost of ink, toner or ribbons and time. Printing a single label or just a few labels on a Laser or Inkjet takes longer than the alternative solution.
So let's discuss just exactly what the 'alternative' is. The rationale to all the problems of printing on sheet labels is known as the 'personal label printer'. They have been around for 16 years. That's right, 16 years, yet so many people still waste time, effort and money printing on sh eet labels.
The most popular personal label printer nowadays is the Dymo LabelWriter. The LabelWriter is a small office tool that serves just one very important objective - printing professional looking labels. The range of labels you can print on a LabelWriter is immense - from address and shipping, right through to name badges and even prescription labels.
But what makes this device so much better than using sheet labels? The answer is rather simple, and we've already touched on the subject. The answer is that it is specifically devised to print labels. It doesn't serve any other function. The entire product from concept to end result centers around printing labels.
But it does delve much deeper than that. There are many benefits of using a Dymo LabelWriter over sheet labels, and when you are talking about printing like one label, two labels, three labels or even a hundred labels at a time, the pure convenience of the Dymo LabelWriter will make it the wise verdict.
If you're looking for the most compelling reason to buy a personal label printer, think convenience. You get free software that is so basic to use, and you can even print out of applications like Word, Outlook, ACT!, Goldmine and QuickBooks with just a click or two of your mouse - there's no retyping of addresses.
The other part of the convenience factor is that you don't need to load a sheet of labels into your Laser or Inkjet printer every time you need a label. With a Dymo LabelWriter, the labels are on rolls, and when one label is printed, the LabelWriter feeds the next label into the print-head, ready for action.
And while we're on the topic of Inkjet and Laser printers, have a search through the user guide of your printer and see if there are any recommendations against re-feeding sheets of labels through your printer. There isn't a printer maker in existence that proposes this procedure and there are many reasons why.
First, once a sheet of labels has traveled through a printer and a label has been removed, the following time the sheet is re-fed through the printer, there is a very high chance that the labels surrounding the missing one will peel off.
Next in line is the fact that in most printers these days, the path that the sheet of labels takes while journeying through the printer is very restrictive and sharp. Grab a sheet of labels and wrap it around something that is round and thin - like a Sharpie as an example. Chances are you will see the labels starting to peel off the backing sheet - that's what happens inside a lot of printers today.
One more reason printer makers want you to avoid using sheet labels in their printers is that the glue from the labels can bleed into the sensitive mechanics of the printer and ultimately cause the printer to jam and fail.
There are so many more reasons why people opt for a personal label printer like the Dymo LabelWriter over printing on sheet labels. The strange thing is that these printers have existed for 16 years and people are still only just catching on because they believe they have a future use for them. So the personal label printer will be needed for as long as we need labels.
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