Office Products : Brother PT-1880 Advanced Deluxe Labeler for Home & Office |
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Rating:  - * Horrible Function Key layout. Wasted tape? It's a given with these things. ... This thing is a real pain to use. They've changed the "Function key" format from previous generations, which used to work similar to a standard laptop keyboard FN button. Press the function/code key, and each regular key had a corresponding FN "blue line" above it. No more. Now you must click the function key multiple times, to scroll through all the available functions. AND, to boot, the default function for "clear all" is to "Clear the text and the for font", which will reset the font to the Largest size. Many more keystrokes, for what used to be simple. I'd equate the key functionality, to the Microsoft Office 2007 upgrade, a slap in the face to users who were used to a product that worked. If you can still get your hands on a PT-1750 I would HIGHLY recommend that model over this. It leaves the user with something new to learn, and veers away from the established "keyboard standard" of combo keys for functions. It's simply a bad call by the product designers. Looking at the photos of the other "current" newer Brother models, they "appear" in their product photos, to have this new "function key" layout. Rating: - * Wasteful, requires manual cutting ... Unlike other Brother models I've used, this one insists on wasting a full inch of leader on every label (and the same on a trailer, unless you override that). Even if you adjust the trailer length, it still puts the wasted leader on the front, then adds dots to tell you where to MANUALLY cut off the excess. NOT an acceptable solution. What's worse, there's no way to know this before you start to use it - even the instructions don't directly state it, but only talk around the subject, so you waste a lot of labels trying to adjust the leader before figuring it out. Rating:  - * perfect label maker for the busy mom! (and anyone else too, really) ... I borrowed a friend's Brother PT-1880, and then had to run out and get my own! Was thrilled to find it here on AZ for about half the going rate at brick & mortar shops. Not the flashiest model out there (and doesn't hook up to the computer), but I just didn't think the extra features were worth the mark-up for my needs. This one prints in two fonts plus various styles & sizes, includes a good number of symbols and frames, and is small and light enough to tote around to every room of the house - like I did. At one point I was standing enthralled in the center of my kitchen, just spinning around in rapture asking myself, "what ELSE needs a label on it?!" :-) So far the labels have worked in every application I could think of: from my cell phone charger to the shelves in the linen closet. I also labeled my toddler's sippy cups, and have been very pleased to discover that the labels will survive several rounds in the dishwasher while staying in perfect condition. Very pleased to have this tool always at the ready. (As to others' comments about wasting too much tape in the leader white space before/after labels, there is a setting under "Margin" that will correct this. Change the margin from "normal" to either "narrow" or "chain print." Very little tape wasted that way, and it also prints centering dots so your text stays in the center.) Rating: - * Good value for the money ... This is a very good value for the money. I was looking for a Brother label maker that used TZ tapes and found this one. I don't think there is anything else out there in the same price range with comparable features. So far this thing is working as advertised, no issues. Rating: - * Great garden labeler ... I purchased this for outdoor use. The labels have withstood intense sun and rain. It's simple to use and has come in handy for all kinds of things. I'm quite satisfied with the quality. |
