LetSketch Label Maker, Portable Bluetooth Thermal Label Printer Compatible with Android & iOS for Clothing, Retail, Mailing Address, Barcode, with 4 Roll 40 x 30mm Label (Red)

So I just got this yesterday, and I love it! It is super stylish! Way easy to learn to use it and way easy to use! Pairs so easily to your phone or your laptop! Oh and I didnt know this when I ordered it, but it comes with 1 roll of labels in the printer already, and 3 more large rolls in the package for you! It also comes with a new Type C Charger and a basic user manual to tell you how to connect it to your devices, has FAQs in there for you in case you get stuck, a qr code in the pamphlet for easy app installation and bluetooth pairing. I mean its perfect!!! Oh I did want to mention for anyone who might want to know this! It does only print in black & white! Thats the only thing I would change about it if I could!

UPDATE: This morning I picked up this label printer to print off some inventory labels. Its now bedtime and still no labels because Ive been unable to get the printer to connect with the app. It turns on, the blue light comes on, but no connection. Thinking maybe it needed to be charged before it would connect, I charged it during the day. Still no connection. In fact, the app cant even find a printer to which it can connect. Very disappointing, especially since Ive invested in several rolls of label tape specifically for this machine. Im returning it for a replacement. If that one works any better Ill update again, but based on my experience today Im afraid this printer just doesnt deliver. ORIGINAL: This little label printer is somewhat of a tease. The body forms a sort of typewriter shape, complete with what appears to be a keyboard. The keys of the keyboard dont do anything, especially to help with printing the labels. The top of the printer opens using a knob on the side, popping up the printer lid when you push it forward. In order to print labels or interact with the printer, you must first download and install an app called iLabel from whatever app store you use. This app is mostly intuitive once you get the terminology down, but the written documentation and commands for sales in the USA could benefit from being edited by an English-speaking person with a bit more attention to detail. For example, the single index card sized sheet of instructions ends with an unfinished sentence referencing a non-existent illustration. When I first printed some labels I had a difficult time getting the alignment correct. No matter how I centered everything in the app, the print-out lined up to the left. I only got it to print where I wanted it by lining things up in the app on the right side of the template. It did seem to improve after stopping and starting the app a couple of times, but it still takes some work. The app comes with a fairly extensive library of graphics and symbols you can print on the labels along with text. It also includes several basic workhorse fonts some of which download as you request them. The one thing that I found most disappointing, however, is the print quality. Think an old CRT terminal with its green cursor blinking at the left edge of the black screen versus a modern monitor with millions of color. The printout is similar to a dot-matrix effect which requires adjusting the print quality to the max setting to be sure that everything you see on the screen prints on the label. One of my bar code labels couldnt be read by my bar code scanner, which I believe to be the result of the poor quality printout. All in all, now that Ive experimented with this little printer, I will probably be able to use it for rudimentary labeling. I dont expect that I will use it anywhere that I want an attractive label or anywhere I would place a publicly visible label. At a very basic level it does do what it is designed to do.

This LetSketch thermal label printer looks like an old red cash register. It’s something that people would comment positively on when they see it sitting on your desk. Once you explain what it is and what it can do, they’ll be even more impressed. This printer can use a wide variety of thermal printing labels, of differing widths (12 mm to 52 mm), lengths (I saw labels of 70 mm long, but you can print continuous labels as well which means no effective limit), and styles (pre-printed ones, transparent ones, even ones that allow you to print in color <though only one color per label>). The printer comes with four rolls of 40 x 30 mm tapes to use (with a lot of labels on each tape). The labels themselves are long-lasting, waterproof, oil resistant, wipeable, tear-resistant, self-adhesive, abrasion resistant and BPA free. It connects using Bluetooth and charges using a USB C cable. Whew! All good things to have! The printed directions have tiny print (I’m sure it wouldn’t have been as “tiny” forty years ago, but my eyes are a bit picky now-a-days!). Though tiny, they are clear as I was able to understand them, download the free app (iLabel from either Google Play or the Apple Store), load the paper and print out some labels in short order. Amazingly enough, I didn’t have to worry about getting the blank labels in the correct position—the printer does that automatically! This printer doesn’t just print text. It can print your photos, emojis, bar codes, just about anything you’d want to print. I’m mostly interested in labeling foods (is that corn starch or confectionery sugar in that jar?) and on shelving down in the basement, but you can use this printer in retail settings as well. About the only negative thing I could say about this was that when I first printed some labels, I used a very small font and some of the vertical strokes of the letters weren’t printed too clearly (though they could still be made out). Later when I was printing larger text, I didn’t notice this. I’m not sure if it was just because the printer wasn’t warmed up (thermal printers use heat to chemically change the labels to make the printing) or for some other reason. Since it didn’t seem to matter much, I haven’t checked back on it. That’s not much of a negative in my mind, certainly not enough to deduct a star from this review. I received this label printer for free in exchange for an honest review: good, bad, or indifferent. You’ve just read the honest review and here’s my recommendation. If you need a label printer that can print narrow to wide labels, of whatever length, then this is an excellent printer for you!

The label printer looks very cool and it was easy to pair to my phone from the Android app. Just make sure you you give it the appropriate permissions. Theres a roll of labels inside the printer but it was extremely loose and I had to wind it tight. Inserting the labels and alignment is simple. The arrows on the sides of the holders should point up, insert the roll and squeeze together. The label calibration is also very simple just long press to turn on and tap 5 times. The app isnt too difficult to use for creating labels but does have a learning curve. There are different, design icons, fonts, barcodes, etc. Thats the good. The bad is the print quality is poor in my opinion which is why youd want a label printer, for good label printouts. I tried changing the density but it had little to no affect. It was gradient and had streaks. You can see the quality from the 3 pictures numbered (1) medium (2, 3) high density. Its also not the fastest at printing labels. If the print quality were better, this would be a 5 star label printer despite the print speed.

I absolutely love this thing!!!! Not only is the design of it absolutely adorable, but it has unlimited possibilities and I love it. Its very easy to use too. After unpacking everything, I followed the instructions and downloaded the app for it from the Playstore. Then all I had to do was connect it to my phone, which I admit took me a minute, but I figured it out pretty quickly. Once I did that, all I had to do was learn how to design what label I wanted to create and then print it out. The printing is actually very quick I think. And considering all of the options you can use, I am really very impressed with this and the quality of the labels too. As you can see in the picture, I even made one for (Rayann) my daughters 3ds, which she loves. This is perfect for anyone who needs to use or print out a lot of address labels or whatever else they need to label. I really didnt think that I would use it that much, but now that I know all of its capabilities, Ive used it more than I thought I would!! And if you need to buy more rolls of labels, they arent really that expensive, and you can also find them on Vine if you are a member. However, it does come with 3 rolls of labels and I believe that will last you for a minute. All in all, this has got to be the best label maker that Ive ever owned... Of course the last one I owned was the old style that you held in your hand and squeezed the lever to impress the letters onto the tape. Man, do I feel old now!!! Yikes. Anyway, I highly recommend this for anyone because there are so many different things that it can be used for and its really user-friendly.

I’m excited the label maker is easy to get started and comes with 3 roles of label tape. It’s so useful turning my files from hand written to nice and neat. So many uses : spice and canning jars, craft boxes and in garage to label boxes of nails and screws with name and sizes

The first thing to know is the labels are not huge. The ones that come with the label maker are about one inch by an inch and a half. You can see the relative size in the pictures I attached. I used the largest possible font size. It does print black and white graphics pretty well, but not anything in grayscale. Setup was confusing as the instructions do not tell you how to actually pair the device with your phone. It turns out, it pairs automatically when the device is on and you hold down the button until it flashes and you are in the iLabel app with the correct device selected. But it doesn’t pair from iPhone settings. Also it’s a bit fussy about the paper roll and keeps saying it’s out of paper when you tear off the label you’ve printed. So you have to open the label compartment and adjust the roll of labels. Even with these drawbacks I like the label maker, with its sleek retro design, very much.

My husband worked with this unit for a full day and we still couldnt get it to work properly. When it did work, the print was so small as to be nearly illegible. I wanted to love this but, for us, the instructions were unclear.

PROS: Unlike label printers that print a straight strip, this can do larger graphics. The included artwork was extensive and cute. I could see these being nice to put on a wall calendar. I made a couple of stickers and a dental appointment reminder using the included fonts and graphics as examples. Also, it gives you the option to print black and white images from your phones gallery. CONS: there are only 11 available fonts in the app. Having lost the manual, I had to do some tinkering to figure out how to center the labels. It makes a big difference when trying to print labels with a frame. If you already have the device and cant get the labels to center... the labels have to be as far to the left as they can go. Pull out the roll and push the bulkier side of the roll holder in, so that its snug on the size of roll that you have, this will keep it to the left. Since the roll was preinstalled, I thought it would come set up accordingly, but maybe it shifted before it got to me. Either way, once I squeezed the roll holder so that it was snug against the roll, it was then lined up properly.

I have a galaxy and the app works great. I like it I got this to use on the bullet planner I do. They are very small sticker labels. I can screenshot a picture and add it to the app and it prints out. The sticker size is smaller than I expected but that is not much of an issue for me. I can see people who ship packages or letter use this as a personalized sealing stamp thing. My sister liked it too and shes not much of an arts and crafts person.