Dymo LetraTag Plus LT-100H Personal Label Maker by #N/A!
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Digital camera reviews of Dymo LetraTag Plus LT-100H Personal Label Maker
Digital camera Review: Love this easy label maker
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this to organize my file cabinet. Its basic and easy to use. the price was excellent, and if I never use it again, it was well worth it to have an organized file cabinet!! I just wish the cartridge refills were cheaper.Digital camera Review: Motor siezed up. Very disappointing!
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought one of these Letra Tag makers from a local brick-mortar retailer. Since I don't use a label maker often, it was kept in storage. One day, I went to use it and I got what I have since found out is a common occurrence...the familiar series of "exclamation points" all across the screen telling me that it couldn't print.
The first thing I found out was that the warranty had expired...so I was on my own at that point.
Dymo's troubleshooting site suggested (1) replacing batteries, (2) replacing the cartridge, and finally, (3) cleaning ribbon compartment of debris. I did all of those things, but it was still dead.
From reading other reviews online, I came to suspect that the motor which drives the capstan (that pushes the label past the printing component and then out the unit) had seized up.
At that point, knowing there was no way to return it, I decided to try and take it apart to figure out what was going on. It didn't seem well made to me. In fact, I was surprised to see such a flimsy drive mechanism. The tiny motor was simply frozen in place, as thought it had fused internally. I have no idea. I just know that at that point, into the garbage it went and I bought a different brand of label maker to replace it. I haven't had any problems with the other one.
I do not recommend this product.
Digital camera Review: Nice Features but Be Aware...
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this today in a brick and mortar, figuring it would be a great alternative to the Brother P-Touches. It has a cool magnetic holder that lets you stick it to the side of a filing cabinet, and it feels pretty good in the hand. It's very well made overall, a quality product. However I'm probably going to return it.
I became quickly frustrated at the lack of QWERTY layout on the keys. Sure, you can ding me because I knew about this before buying it, but I just didn't realize how much of a pain it is to reconfigure my brain everytime I want to make a label. It's doable, but it makes you think and hunt and peck and think and hunt and peck...I really don't want to learn the "DYMO" keyboard layout, especially since I won't be labelling things everyday!
Secondly, I was disappointed with the largest size of printout. It's jaggedy print on the letter-forms. If there is ONE thing this thing ought to do, it's print labels crisply, but at the largest size the letters show pixelation and crackly/blocky chunky edges. Now, I'm a graphic designer and I notice this right off; I showed my mom and she said, "Oh it looks nice!" and didn't seem to mind the jaggedy letters. Also, the largest size horizontally stretches the letters. However, on the next size down from the largest, it prints quite nicely.
So, I would love to love this little guy. He's compact, solid, well-built, and at the second to largest font size, prints great. But having to hunt and peck and having large jaggedy stretched letters for the largest size is just unacceptable. Ymmv.
Digital camera Review: Not as good as other Dymo products
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this mostly because it is supposed to be able to print clear labels. Unfortunately they come out pale and streaky - almost unreadable. It does work well on white labels.
I have had a Dymo postage/label printer for 2 years and it is excellent. Apparently the quality of their product line varies quite a bit.
Digital camera Review: Not great if UV light present
Summary: 2 Stars
The label maker is a fine device but the labels can not withstand exposure to sunlight. They will brown and fade in less than a week. Not all label needs are confined to the insides of cabinets and file folders so I'm rating this quite low for that limitation.