Brother QL-1050 Wide Format PC Label Printer Save 25% off

• Four-inch wide print head
• Prints up to 66 labels per minute (for standard, four-line address labels)
• 300 dpi resolution
• Windows and Mac USB interface
• Serial interface for ESC/P and ASCII input

This printer absolutely WILL print labels for UPS, Post Office, and FedEx. I have printed dozens of shipping labels for those carriers, and they come out perfectly and with high resolution. I print from my fedex.com and ups.com accounts, and US Postal shipping labels from the Endicia application on my computer. Here''s how:

1. I use the Brother 4" x 100ft Continuous Length Paper roll (DK2243), so the printer will automatically cut off the label exactly where the image ends (this also allows me to add additions like "FRAGILE" or "RMA #" below the carrier''s label image).

2. When the label is ready to print (from FedEx, UPS or Endicia), instead of sending it to the printer I save it as a pdf file, and then open the pdf in Adobe Reader (or Acrobat) [note: rotate the image sideways and enlarge to full screen for best results].

3. In the printer''s P-Touch Editor application, I select "Insert > Picture > Screen Capture...", which takes me back to Adobe Reader, and lets me select an area of the label image to capture.

4. The captured image then appears in the P-Touch app; I select print and it prints out the label.

Granted it takes an extra step, but it has the advantages of a) letting you save the label (pdf file) in case of mis-print you can easily print another, and FOR MAC USERS: b) it lets you print labels from UPS and FedEx on a Mac neither ups.com or fedex.com currently support direct printing on a Mac.

I also print all sorts of other labels, and the continuous roll lets me print the exact size I want, with no waste. The P-Touch Editior has a fairly versatile drawing program, so you can design labels with custom graphics/fonts, and imported images, for many uses.

This printer is built like a tank very high-quality construction. Nothing at all like the light flimsy Dymo printers.

Highly recommended

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This product appears to work well, and P-touch editor, which came free with the printer, is an easily accessible and understandable program used in conjunction with the printer. The issue I have, however, is that it requires proprietary labels made by Brother, and will not accept any other labels. This in particular was an issue for me, as the company I work for requires pre-printed labels (in color). Brother does not pre-print labels, and this is not a color label printer. For the price, it seems to be an excellent machine, and so long as you do not need pre-printed labels or, of course, color, and don''t mind purchasing labels solely from Brother, than this printer (which is the cheapest label printer I could find that was capable of printing on 4" wide labels) will likely be all you need.

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The label printer has been a wonderful time saver. We have 2 and they are connected to our computer system and we can print labels with the click of our mouse! The only issue that I have found is in coordination with our program, long names are cut off of the label. Other than that, I am completely pleased. Our small business has saved time and heart-ache no longer dealing with envelope printers.

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This is a quality label printer that I use to print labels for medication containers. I have stored all the templates for the different drugs and it is easy to simple add the information for each person and print. It is much better than the dymo that I also have used.

I highly recommend this label printer and would buy it again if given a choice.

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It''s a great device and we loved it but it''s not compatible with stamps.com which is really frustrating. We sent an email to Brother support team and received the following reply:

"We apologize for this frustration. Unfortunately, the Brother thermal printer series is not supported for use within the Stamps.com software. We do understand the necessity of using this, and will take your comments into consideration. While we can not guarantee that your feedback will lead to a change in our overall policy/process, your feedback will be reviewed by management. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you".

So, we had to return it... Unfortunately.