Auto-Cut Label Maker Machine with Tape PS-100E Rechargeable Handheld Labeler with Keyboard Multiple Templates for TZe 0.13-0.47 Inch Tapes Easy to Use for Home Office Industrial Labeling Organization

This label maker has so many great features its hard to list them all. Some that were important to me: 1): Its rechargeable. Thermal label printers typically take a lot of battery power. With rechargeable batteries you wont be going through batteries every couple months. You can also just plug it in if need be. 2): It uses readily available Brother P-Touch cartridges. 3): It can print flag and winding labels. These are great for cables. I use flag labels on the many cables I have in my desk drawer so I dont have to pick them up and put on my reading glasses to see what kind of end they have (Mico-USB, USB-C, Proprietary, etc.). I also have an electronics panel in my house where my tv cable and network cable hubs are located. Winding labels are a must have for the 35+ cables in there. There are also lots of printing options which I like. They screen is backlit however the keys are not. You cant adjust the screen brightness but you can adjust the contrast. There is room for improvement however. You cant adjust the spacing of the letters on the display. If you look at the first picture I posted, youll see the screen of the label maker and the label I printed right below it. The label was printed with out of the box defaults. Normal font, normal spacing. You can only see 6 letters on the screen. I would prefer there was less space between the letters on the screen. You cant adjust it as far as I know. The second thing I would have loved to see is a case! This is a great label printer and it deserves a case to match its quality. I dont like having to put everything back in the box when Im done. I could leave it out of the box of course but then it is prone to scratching or other damage, and Id still need a place to keep the charger, manual and extra cartridges. The manual (a big fold-out) isnt bad but it doesnt explain everything. For example, it has a setting for density but it doesnt explain what that is or what it does. The second picture I attached shows various labels. In the order they appear from top to bottom: 1): Default print. Normal font (large) and spacing. 2): Same as above except Bold Font was selected. 3): Bold font and narrow kerning (letter width spacing). There are 3 choices of kerning - Normal, narrow and wide. Normal is a little too wide for me and in narrow mode, sometimes the letters are touching. I wish it had more graduations like a 1 to 5 scale instead of just the 3 options. 4): Each time you print, a piece of label 7/8 is cut before the label is printed. Not sure why it has to do that. Its a little wasteful. You cant really see it in the picture, but the labels dont cut at a perfect 90 degrees. If you really look at it, you can see the top left of the label sticks out a little more than the bottom left. Likewise, the bottom right of the label sticks out a little more than the top right of the label. Not a big deal to me but if you tend to lean towards OCD it could bug you.

Bought this unit as an alternative to higher priced Brother units. I like that it uses the same TZe tape cartridges, so I can share cartridges with my Brother unit I keep at my storage unit. Having a rechargeable battery is also a bonus. You can use it with 6 AAA alkaline cells if you need to. Print quality and speed is on par with other units. Controls are generally well laid out and easy to use. Having a back lit screen is also a great feature, especially for those of us with less than perfect eyesight or working in low light conditions. Probably the biggest reason for 4 stars is that the case is very slick plastic. If your hands are even the slightest bit wet or oily, this thing can be a beast to hang on to. It would be a much better unit if the black banding around the unit was some kind of rubberized material to make it easier to hang onto. Also, the entire back comes off when you need to change tape cartridges or batteries. The plastic at the bottom of the unit is very thin so not sure how well it will survive even very mild impacts. Other than the issues noted, a good alternative to much higher priced units.

Im using the labeler for personal use and like the power input versus battery operation.

So, as far as Chinese products, this does okay. But, it is pretty apparent with the packaging and spelling errors such as when you print instead of writing executing, it writes excuting. Outside of that, it prints labels decently and seems to have a good amount of options for printing. One thing that I do like is that it can print very small. I printed a label for a small hitch pin key. I have a few hitch pin keys, so its a pain to tell which goes to which. This label maker that can print small enough for the key is beneficial. To me, its greatest strength is it allows for three modes of power input and it feels pretty tough/well-built. First, it comes with a built-in lithium battery that looks like an older-style cell phone battery. MAKE SURE YOU REMOVE THE PLASTIC FILM BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND CONNECTOR TO GET THIS TO WORK. It also comes with a power adapter to where you can plug it in. Then it has three AAA slots to use batteries. With all these options, you know you can be portable with this thing. Its weakness is its not very intuitive. Ive yet to peruse the instructions, but, it took a little bit for me to figure things out by playing with it, although I did. One other thing I find annoying, and a lot is possibly from its vertical design, but the alphabet is written in alphabetical order rather than similar to a keyboard layout. Being a computer nerd over the years, its hard for me to find letters in alphabetical order as opposed to a keyboard layout. Altogether, this is a decent and commercial feeling label printer with some great options for power. If you think it fits your bill, it should do well to print labels in a work-type setting. If, you simply want to print some labels from a desk and use them around the house, you may find yourself better off getting a cheaper and desk-type label printer. This seems like it is geared more towards being on-the-go, in a shed/warehouse. But, it will still work fine for home use.

So far I’m loving it. I like the lit screen and the fact that it comes with a charger and tape. It also winds the tape so you don’t have to. I would recommend

It’s got a lot of features; many options but not sure I needed something that fancy. It cuts each label automatically but I wish I could figure out how to get it to stop wasting about 1 inch each time you make a label because it does 2 cuts

It did not come with easy directions & the “shift” button is actually the blue arrow up button which does not tell you. However it is an awesome machine! Glad I purchased it!

While this label maker may be overkill for some, its pretty great for anyone on the networking team or folks working in the IT Department. Ive been using this over our other Brother label makers for a month or so now and its performing just as well as the other label makers. I particularly like the margin settings so I can cut down on label tape waste. Ive only experienced a few jams since using it and in the few incidents it did jam part of the issue seemed to reside in the tape or the dispenser being blocked while printing.

I was impressed with the amount of features and settings, icons, font sizes, fonts, spacing, etc… this wound up being much more useful than I had thought it would be. I got it for labeling the cases on my CNC bits and the settings are allowing me to put more details than I had thought I’d be able to. The functionality is similar to that which you’d get in Microsoft Word. Good stuff!

This unit does everthing it was designed to do.