Brother PT-1090 P-Touch Home & Family ?Simply Stylish? Labeler ...

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I got this electronic labeler on sale for only $15 at Office Depot. It came with a roll of 16-ft black on white laminated labeling tape but it didn?t come with batteries.

Pros:

The main features I like about the label printer is that is has the Deco Mode feature to print special designs for scrapbooking and birthday cards. Its display is very easy to read and the displayed icons are nice. It even has over 170 different symbols (a musical note symbol for my music downloads and a camera symbol for my photos) to pick from. I also like how there?s 8 different frames to pick from too, so I can embellish my labels with stars, flowers, bubbles, etc. The date/time stamp thing with one keystroke comes in very handy, which is really convenient for installing batteries on smoke detectors for fire safety, and that?s also good for indicating when was the last time I inflated the tires of my car to get a good gas mileage. I also don?t even have to press a fn key to type numbers. It even prints very clearly (180 dots per inch). And finally, I can even preview to see how many inches of tape is used when the label?s printed, but my Dymo doesn?t have this feature.

Cons:

- However, the main thing is that although I set the margins to the narrowest setting (1/6 in on both sides), the printer still uses an additional inch on one end of the tape, so I do need a pair of scissors to trim off the one-inch leftover along the two black dots. This is the only reason I give the labeler 4 stars but having to trim off the leftover doesn?t bother me. By the way, I?ll give it 5 stars if the labeler doesn?t use another inch of tape when I print a label.
- Also, the keyboard isn?t in QWERTY (other people have complained about this), but I can still type efficiently using the alphabetical keyboard, so the non-QWERTY doesn?t bother me either.
- Besides the leftover tape and the keyboard, when I want to insert a Pictograph symbol, such as a musical note or a telephone icon, the screen will just show something like A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, etc. instead of just the actual symbols printed on the reference card, so it?s kind of awkward to me and that?s another reason I give the labeler 4 stars. It?ll be much better if Brother designs the screen with more vertical pixels to fit the actual symbols on the screen, so it?ll make it a lot less awkward to me.
- The labeling tapes are also pretty expensive ($22 at Office Depot for a roll of 26.2 ft = 7.0 cents an inch), so I keep the margins and the widths of the letters and set to the narrowest, and I also verify and correct the spelling before I print. I won?t regret the cost if I use the tape wisely and I use the narrow settings on my labeler. If I wanna label more things cheaply, I can label my things with pens and paper, so this is a good opportunity to practice my handwriting, especially in cursive because cursive is more natural and it?s also a good and valuable skill for me to have.
- Finally, it will be better if Brother has the tapes available in more colors (up to 1/2 in wide), such as blue on white (curretly available in 3/4 in wide but not 1/2 in wide or narrower), green on white, lime green on black, magenta on white, purple on white, etc.

Tapes:

This labeler uses the TZ laminated labeling tapes, which they?re more heat, cold, water, and abrasion resistant than the standard M tapes (not laminated). There?s different colored tapes to pick from, but the labeler can accept tapes up to 1/2 inch wide.

Uses And Purposes:

I use it to backup my music I downloaded from iTunes and my photos of my vacations, family, and friends on my CD-Rs. I also label my file folders to organize my homework for my college classes. I also keep my things personalized, especially my water bottle because I expose it to water a lot and I don?t want the water to ruin my name printed on the label. I even personalize my little sisters? school supplies to get them prepared for school. Finally, I even label the light switches around my parents? house.

Conclusion:

Overall, this item is very good for keeping my things well-organized, and I?m happy w/ it. So I recommend this device to my friends and family who wanna make their lives easier. But not really recommended for kids who need to practice their cursive handwriting, which is important in elementary and middle schools.

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