Brother QL-700 High-Speed, Professional Label Printer

Printer works well, but the drivers are lacking. Trying to print labels from within a custom web app and the 1.1 x 2.4 Brother-branded labels that I am using dont show up in the printer dialogue. Trying to use a smaller size (1.1 x 2) as a workaround, and the software wont let me print because it says Im using the wrong size labels. There is no option to override.

As of this review, I have had this printer for more than five years and it has ALWAYS performed flawlessly at printing both the standard size labels (DK-1201) and the wider labels (DK-2205). I have always used just the P-Touch software to manage my contacts / addresses and have made extensive use of adding the barcode at the bottom of labels when printing. In conclusion, I have nothing bad to say about this item.

I love this label maker and have used it with both a Mac and PC. I will say that using this week the Mac was much easier than downloading the drivers necessary for using it with my Lenovo. But nevertheless, the Label maker worked with both and worked well. I use it on a weekly basis for organizing pretty much everything in my life. I would buy this again.

If you have a mac, I do not recommend using this. Hooking it up is so frustrating. Instructions are if this, then that, blah blah blah. Maybe it is plug-n-play for pc but I really regret buying this. The only reason I did not return it is because of the work to have to go drop this thing off at UPS and the box was already in the recycle bin. It prints when it wants and the prints get backed up so you end up with like 3 labels of the same kind sometimes. I liked it when I first got it but it is a PITA to get it to work. I seriously wanted to grab it and throw it against the wall one day but then I realized I spent $50 bucks on this piece of junk lol. Now I understand the whole scene in the movie Office Space when they grab a bat, take their printer out to an empty field and smash the thing to pieces. I will probably do that to this printer one day.

Works great! Thanks!

Brotherly Love...? sorry... not feeling it...! I bought this printer brand new only to discover that it doesnt work with windows 10... Yes, there is a firmware update you can install....BUT you can only install this firmware update if you have an older system that can connect to the printer...! so if you have windows 10 and you just bought this printer... better call that old friend who has an older windows computer..

Before I begin this review let me lay it down for all potential international buyers (like myself). - this is a 115V ONLY machine. If your country operates on 115V then all is good but if you are on a 220-230V supply like me youll need a step-down converter - though the machines power label states this machine as 115V/1.7A I have been able to operate this on a 60W wall-plug transformer - despite all minor annoyances you are still looking at a substantial amount of savings as it retails for US$148 where Im from ---Build Quality--- - it is larger than the photos suggest but with a comparable footprint to earlier models - it is heavy but this ensures it stays on your desk with little chance of it getting accidentally knocked off - glossy plastic used is a fingerprint magnet - if you are using aftermarket labels without the caddy you will have problems feeding a roll into an empty caddy from the rear (hinge space) as the space is really tight in there ---The Machine Itself--- - standard buttons such as feed, cut, power and Editor-Lite (more on this later) - pilot lights are not obnoxiously bright - on the economy mode print quality is acceptable on tiny font size < size 8 - nice, grippy rubber feet so it stays on the desk ---Machine Driver/ Running as Networked Printer--- - driver installation was smooth but do follow the instructions to the T - you need to disable Editor-Lite by long pressing the button before you connect the USB cable to your PC during driver install. If you dont do so driver will not install properly - I connected this to a W7 64-bit desktop and the supplied driver works right off the bat - I then tried connecting this to my home server (WHS2011) and the W7 64-bit driver works for this install too. This turned my label printer into a networked printer with WHS2011 as the print server - the driver deployment wizard (Brother BRAdmin Professional) works and installed the driver and utilities onto all my networked machines (clients). - no indication of how much memory is in this printer (if any) but if you run more than one instance of print job it slows down a bit Machine Software and Utilities - if you are running MS Office on your machines Brother will install an add-on for you to import data into the P-Touch editor software - database linking is buggy... seriously, you guys have been at this for years and STILL havent fixed this issue - if you deal with XLS files then it sometimes works better if you convert the file to CSV before importing it into P-Touch Editor - lots of templates to download for free - if you print just the odd label here and there then all these wont matter - firmware and software updating tool works well and is very intuitive. I suggest updating it the very first time you run the software - Editor-Lite Software allows you to quickly print a label by skipping P-Touch editor. The software is built into the printer but can be disabled. When enabled you will see a new drive appears in your My Computer page, it appears as a removable drive. I disable it by default. ---Bottomline--- It works and for the low price they are selling this for it is just too good to pass on. If you have an older version Id stick to the older machine as there is little in terms of upgrade. If you do not have a label printer then just get this. Its a lot cheaper than what they are charging for their older machines and if you run an e-commerce business like I do it helps to have 2 printer loaded with 2 different sized labels so you do not need to change rolls all the time. P.S. English is not my native language so please excuse my grammar. Update - Ive put 5 rolls of labels through this machine and it is still working fine. So far none of my print jobs have had issues but it doesnt do well for fine graphics (expected). If you are printing maps for example the print quality isnt acceptable unless it is a custom drawn map with thick lines. It does vector graphics okay; icons, banner images etc.

Opened the box. Installed software. Put in the labels. Plug in the cord and the light came on. I think it works. I hope to actually use it very soon.

I love this machine

Love this little printer