I got a label maker and had the strangest experience.
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Brother is one of the last "makes things that just _work_." companies. And I have a similar model of Brother label maker.++
Their printers long were the holdouts vs. the HP style "disposable"/"subscription DRM ink" bullshit, though I've heard even Brother printers have gone that way.++ have you got to the "making labels for everything just because you have a label maker" phase? including "Please stop wasting the tape, adding labels to everything" ON the label maker itself?
@tezoatlipoca I'm at the "got a label maker 6 months ago as a gift (that I asked for) and forgot about it until I encountered a situation that would benefit from a thing having a label" phase lol
I suspect now that I have it working, I might enter that "label everything unnecessarily, including the label maker itself" phase shortly lol
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
I love Brothers products. I have always used their printers because they still take 3rd party ink.
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@tezoatlipoca I'm at the "got a label maker 6 months ago as a gift (that I asked for) and forgot about it until I encountered a situation that would benefit from a thing having a label" phase lol
I suspect now that I have it working, I might enter that "label everything unnecessarily, including the label maker itself" phase shortly lol
Same thing with air fryers. Once you get one you do this phase where you air-fryer everything. Hot dogs? Broccoli? cheese? Pickles? fuck yes.
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
I like how I post about an unapologetically "dumb tech" device and everyone starts boosting it.
RETVRN
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I love Brothers products. I have always used their printers because they still take 3rd party ink.
How do you like the label printer so far?@Dennis5891 It does what it says on the box, so I can't complain lol
Someday I will explore the different font and formatting options lol
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit The lightsabber of organisation! I own one too and you can use third party tape.
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit I also have one (also brother) and love it. Also great fun for putting a random “funny” label on things meant for others. Enjoy!
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit Wild. But surely you had to read and accept terms and conditions. Right?
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit Weird. Did it at least offer to let you join their mailing list? 🧐
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit@thingy.social
On the flip side I have a brother printer that doesn't understand colour profiles and only applies whatever one was loaded at the factory. For physical proofs I have to go back in time 30 - 40 years and make 2 versions of everything - a digital one in the colours I want and one so that hard copies are in the colours I want with heavy annotations in CYMK. -
@malcircuit Wild. But surely you had to read and accept terms and conditions. Right?
@stefan Uh... I didn't even notice, but no. I powered it on and it was ready to print labels without it forcing me to accept a questionably binding legal contract. Something must be wrong with it.
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit Had a technician’s label maker from them at work. Worked great. Should’ve kept it when I quit, because they don’t make that model any more
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit I’ve had my P-touch for a good twenty years or more. It was one of the most useful Christmas presents my parents ever got me. It still works well and I had it out yesterday to label some suspended files.
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit Pretty sure we have the same label maker. My only complaint is the battery life. I use high capacity AAA rechargeable batteries and still it burns through juice. Otherwise yeah, it's dead simple and just works. Brother makes a companion computer app a friend insisted on trying. It was interesting but not worth the headache of introducing modern enshittification into something as simple as printing labels. Labels are my safe space to let my organization compulsion to run free. Not another thing to troubleshoot.
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@malcircuit Pretty sure we have the same label maker. My only complaint is the battery life. I use high capacity AAA rechargeable batteries and still it burns through juice. Otherwise yeah, it's dead simple and just works. Brother makes a companion computer app a friend insisted on trying. It was interesting but not worth the headache of introducing modern enshittification into something as simple as printing labels. Labels are my safe space to let my organization compulsion to run free. Not another thing to troubleshoot.
@danni_storm Yeah, I definitely have mixed feelings about using AAA batteries. Thanks for letting me know it burns through them quickly. I'll have to make sure to buy a bunch of rechargeable ones.
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@tezoatlipoca I'm at the "got a label maker 6 months ago as a gift (that I asked for) and forgot about it until I encountered a situation that would benefit from a thing having a label" phase lol
I suspect now that I have it working, I might enter that "label everything unnecessarily, including the label maker itself" phase shortly lol
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@danni_storm Yeah, I definitely have mixed feelings about using AAA batteries. Thanks for letting me know it burns through them quickly. I'll have to make sure to buy a bunch of rechargeable ones.
@malcircuit On closer look I think yours is a slightly different model. I am not surprised it goes through batteries quickly as it's doing quite a bit for AAAs. I prefer easily replaceable options though so I'll live with the AAA experience. Do note that when the battery dies, your current text/font settings are lost. Happened a couple of times to me before I realized what was going on.
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit
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@tezoatlipoca I'm at the "got a label maker 6 months ago as a gift (that I asked for) and forgot about it until I encountered a situation that would benefit from a thing having a label" phase lol
I suspect now that I have it working, I might enter that "label everything unnecessarily, including the label maker itself" phase shortly lol
@malcircuit @tezoatlipoca My phase has been over a year long. I'm starting to think it's not a phase for me lol
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit Bonus: the labels are quite durable. This is a photo of a label on the outside of a south-facing window frame. So it gets blasted by sun and rain. Still readable after 11 years.
