Brother PT-H200 Label Maker, P-Touch Craft Label Printer, Handheld, QWERTY Keyboard, Up to 12mm Labels, Includes 12mm Gold on White Tape Cassette

I wanted a printer for garden plant labels - this is perfect and really easy to use (for the basic needs I have of it). I think its very good value.

Theres things to dislike about this ribbon printer, but the results are so good I cant help but love it. For a start, the keyboard is horrible: Cramped and fiddly with an unpleasant (though positive) keypress action. With only the 3 AAA batteries needed, the unit itself still feels oddly heavy when compared to other label printers, but thats not a major issue unless you need to hand-hold it during use. Its much easier to use it on a desk. Theres a reasonable variety of special characters, some basic emoji, a few music characters and some clothing-related characters. There are also some appealing pattern characters too. There are also over 60 bookend patterns that can preceed and succeed the printed text. Fortunately, scrolling through the options is fast and easy, which makes up a little for the poor keyboard. Theres a 9v DC socket if you need mains power (not included) and a corner cut-out for a wrist loop (if youre feeling strong). Where this Brother shines is in the output. Its lovely! The shiny gold text on white ribbon mine came with is delightful. (See attached pics). I wanted to knock off a star on account of its fairly high price, but the quality of the output and the sheer heft of the unit makes me suspect its sturdy enough for a small business to rely on. I have to admit, the output quality of this Brother PT-H200 exceeded my expectations.

Brilliant machine, easy to use. Looking forward to creating many things

This is an electronic label printer, similar to the Dymo range of LabelMaker devices, but aimed at the craft market. This means that it can print on a wide range of different materials - the included cassette is a white fabric ribbon on which the printer prints in gold, but it can also print on a variety of plain and patterned tapes, iron-on labels and the like. (Although that said, it is not obvious where you buy all of these from - Brothers online shop lists some, but not, for example, any more of the ribbon that is supplied with the printer. I should also add that it is not compatible with tapes for a Dymo labeller.) It is easy to use, with a full QWERTY keyboard and a reasonably intuitive menu system. There are a lot of options - 6 fonts, with various bold and italic options for each; accented characters, decorative frames, patterns and even emoji. It will print horizontally, vertically and upside down. A couple of niggles. First, the built-in tape cutter leaves far too much tape at the start of each label - there is around half an inch of surplus tape at the start of each print when then needs to be cut manually with scissors. Dymo printers manage not to do this - I assume it is a feature of Brothers cartridge design, but it is not ideal. Further, the styling on the printer itself seems to me to be clearly aimed at a female market; its all soft pastel purple with decorative curlicues around the edges. This seems unnecessary to me - it would be perfectly possible to have had a neutral design rather than something reminiscent of a womans electric shaver! Those niggles aside, its a nice printer; if you need to print on a variety of materials, its more flexible than the Dymo equivalent.

Absolutely perfect and so cute! This is great to keep things organised. Just as a little note the machine needs a lot of batteries and comes with a pack of ribbons, so if youd like to have sticky labels you should get them additionally.

All labelling and ribbon attachments to cards

Spent a while trying to decide which brand and system of label printer I should get. Opted for the brother and dont regret it - has a wide range of backgrounds and fonts, plentiful and reasonably priced cartridges available at a range of stockists, and is comfy to hold, has PC layout keyboard and prints much faster than some other popular systems. Kids have enjoyed making labels galore - you may need to keep it under lock and key! Should add that the brother branded cartridges are excellent and the backing peels away easily and the label sticks through thick and thin. Have also tried a rival brand of machine (not brother) with a compatible paper cartridge (not the laminated plastic ones) and those labels printed fine but getting the backing off was almost impossible.

Funciona bien y hace su cometido, como gran punto en contra funciona con 6 pilas AAA (no incluidas) o con toma de corriente (no incluida) a estas alturas me hubiera gustado que fuera recargable (con batería) o al menos el cargador estuviera incluido

Love this - perfect for crafts

I wanted this to label storage jars in my pantry. And for crafting. Excellent piece of kit would not want to be without this now I love it