P-Touch PC Connectable Label Maker (PT-P700),White

There are some reviews here that look at this thing as incredibly complicated or a pain to set up. It is neither of these, and was actually quite easy to set up. Using my Windows 10 machine, I first went to the Brother P-Touch website and downloaded the full software drivers and installation package. When I ran the setup, it instructed me to plug in the printer at the correct time it needed it. The setup went flawlessly. I ran the software updater tool which updated the firmware on my PT-700, including the express software on the included partition. Super easy. The P-Touch Editor 5.2 software is fairly straightforward to use. There's a lot of options available. I would say it is not naturally intuitive. You can pick up any Brother P-Touch standalone label maker and understand how to use it fairly easily. The software here takes a little bit of time to learn. In the Express mode, you click on the paper settings to specify the tape width, length (or auto), margins, and orientation. You then click the large A to enter text mode, and a text box is automatically created on the label. Enter what you want, press Enter for new lines. The software will let you add infinite lines, but your practical limit based on printer resolution is really 7-10 lines at 3.5 pt font each. You can then select the Frame option, pick whatever frames you want (including specialty ones). You might have to go back and adjust label width if a frame doesn't fit. You can also add clip art or images to your label. I took the profile picture of my significant other, made it into a label with hearts on it as a gift. The Layout option lets you change where object boxes line up on the screen. You have to click the frame of that object to get it to accept those commands. The benefit of an object box editor like this is that it makes things easier when you're doing database connections. Brother has a good video detailing how to do this on their Youtube page. Basically, you can connect any database or CSV file and link fields on the form to specific object boxes, and line those up wherever is needed on the label. You could automate mailing address labels this way, or name and ID labels for sign in sheets or something. The possibilities are endless. Also, with this printer sitting on my desk, I have to say this is one of the sexiest office appliances I've owned yet. The white and black contrast looks great. The unit is weighted well so it doesn't fall over. And you can add batteries which stabilize it even more and provide some backup power. The printer does spit out a 1 inch segment before printing to ensure that the tape is properly fed before printing. It's an unavoidable part of the design, and only wastes like 3 cents. Not a big deal. The only problem I have with the printer is putting new cartridges in and out requires opening the side, like an old Walkman cassette player. But that's an unavoidable problem considering the form factor. Overall, this is a great printer, and I have no regrets buying it for $30 used after someone returned it who hated it. Great buy!

I bought this PC USB connected label printer to replace a handheld brother label maker. The handheld unit worked nicely but I found the small display to be very difficult to read, and the operation to be a bit difficult. This PC version is so much easier to use, has more capability, uses the same excellent TZ style tape and can be battery powered for easy movement between computers. No software install is required, the device appears on the computer as a disk drive that contains the label making editor (lite version) program. Super easy, works really well, and making the labels on screen with a real keyboard is just so much easier than fussing with the handheld unit. If you want to make more complicated labels you have the option of installing the full version of the label editing software on your computer, but so far I have found the light version which requires no install to be perfectly adequate for my needs. This unit has made making labels fast and easy, and I recommend it highly.

First, like everyone else has said, due to the design of the cartridge tapes, it has to waste some before and after. I don't find this to be a big deal though, and I just deal with it. If I have a lot of labels to print, I just print them all at once on a long strip, and cut them out separately. I like the simplicity of this label maker with the use of batteries and the easy interface. It is easy to print labels wherever I want using a laptop. I only bought genuine brother tape cartridges due to the reviews I kept reading of some that were using 3rd party ones having problems. I haven't had a single issue with any of the brother tape that I've tried. I used to use a handheld label maker, and I much prefer to be able to type and use the computer interface. I know the 750 can do the half-way cut to make multiple labels at once easier, but I didn't want all of the extra wireless connectivity, as I actually prefer to just connect with USB. I think this is a great option for those who want to type and just connect by USB.

I’m not aware of a better product and any sane price. The PT-P700 and PT-P750 are basically the same unit, the P750 just adds wireless. If you don’t need wireless, the P700 is about half the price. Generally a good unit, prints sharp labels, etc. Uses Brother TZe labels up to one inch (25mm) wide. There are lots of choices in colors widths, adhesives and even materials that will fit this printer. Things I Wish Brother Would Fix: While this is a good unit for the price, and I feel better than the competing units that I am aware of, there are a few places where Brother might focus their efforts. I often wish I could print on winder labels. Brother’s TZe family does include a wider 1.4” (36 mm) label size. Unfortunately, this unit will not take them. The P-touch Editor for the Mac is adequate. But not perfect. Every character in a block of text seems to have to be the same. As far as I can figure out (AFAICFO) you can’t mix character sizes, bold/plain/italic, fonts, etc in the same text block AFAICFO, there isn’t a pdf manual for the editor. And the built-in help often isn’t. AFAICFO, you cannot make small barcodes. The application seems to pick the size for you and you are stuck It isn’t as intuitive as one might light. But, with long term use, I have found how to do some things that I didn’t know. So maybe there are some hidden features that I haven’t yet figured out. I often find myself wishing that I could make the margin/border smaller instead of having to waste part of the label in a non-printable border. It would be nice if the Brother software would let one print to the very edge of the labels. And oddly, to get updates from the Brother web site, it seems you have to have registered the product and know the unit’s serial number. (Not sure why as I can’t imagine using the P-Touch Editor for writing letters or the like, so it would be pretty useless to someone who didn’t have a P-Touch. Sometimes the white on black labels could have more contrast (gray on black). And if it could sharply print smaller type, that might be nice too.

Based on the reviews, I almost passed on this one. Too many reviews complaining about how hard the software was to install, the thing needing a bunch of tape wasted for each label and trouble hooking it up. I read between the lines and ordered it anyway, assuming the reviewers were lacking tech savvy. Now for my experience: I downloaded the latest software and printer driver software from Brother, ignored trying to use the included disc, and ignored the setup guidance on the user sheet. Now I know this thing is getting old, as the instructions want to know if you're using Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8. The stuff on the Brother site asks if using things like Windows 10 and Windows 11! Hooked up the power, put a label cartridge in, and connected the USB cable. Ran the downloaded program and it took care if everything. Loaded the print software, updated itself, installed the latest of everything, asked if I wanted to download manuals, and when finished, I loaded the design software and was printing my first label within minutes! Very good experience!!!! And although an older piece of tech? I wanted one that used AA batteries and connected via USB! I cannot speak to setting this up on an Apple computer, but it was too easy on Windows 11!

I have read very little about using this with a Mac. But what I HAVE heard from other reviews, made this a painless experience for me. I have a Macbook Pro running Yosemite, 10.10. And this machine works flawlessly ONCE YOU TURN OFF THE Plite button on the top. That thing defaults to on when first plugged in. Turn it off by holding the button down until the light goes out, and it stays off. This prevents the device from using the onboard software. When you put the DVD in the (external, of course) drive on your Mac, you are basically presented with a link to download the software and drivers. I simply installed everything on offer from the page I was taken to. And... everything works exactly as it should. 1" of waste for each print job: I asked the company about this, and have finally heard an explanation. It is not just to sell more tape as it seems. It is, sadly, an integral part of the lamination/fuse process. The process cannot begin at the very end that was just cut. It isn't a perfect system, but the cost of doing it this way just isn't THAT high. Best way to save tape is to print multiples at a time - assuming you want more than one. IF you want different labels, just create one long label with all the stuff you want, and print that out instead of individual labels for each item. Worst thing you can do is print a bunch of labels that you've screwed up and have to throw away. So use Preview, and be sure all your goodies are inside the little box in the template so you don't have truncated text and graphics... and don't sweat the bit of waste at the beginning of each print job. When it is time to order new tapes (I did immediately, and love the high-strength adhesive stuff) - order them from Amazon after using the handy little guide that comes in the package with the printer. Search on the tape number. The chart that comes with the device makes this very easy. Oh, and one final thing... I have other Brother Label makers that use TZ tapes... and I have a LOT of TZ tapes, I thought they'd work here, but maybe not be auto-size sensing? Wrong. The tapes must be TZe, dang it. NONE of my old tapes will work in this machine. Pretty sad because I'm not sure what the "e" gives me beyond auto size-sensing. And I REALLY don't need it to know I've got a 1/2" tape in there. I can read and click that button myself. But the TZ tapes will not physically fit in the machine due to the additional tab that the "e" adds to these things with little contacts that provides the data. Let me know if you need a great label maker that works with Windows and TZ tapes! :sigh: Bottom line is that because others have suffered to alert me to how it will work with the Mac, my experience has been flawless except for having to buy all new tapes again. I have other Brother Printers, but none of them would work on the Mac, so the entire reason I purchased this was to work with my current computer. And... yay. It does. Perfectly.

Works great Easy set up

I have had one of the most frustrating experiences ever with trying to get the buggy, ill-considered software that comes with this to work under 10.9. First up, the product comes with two different version of the software. The "lite" version shows up when you push a button on the top and it appears not in your application folder, but bizarrely under "Devices". That would all be fine if it worked, but it doesn't. While I have been able to get it print sporadically, the majority of the time I get the following delightfully unhelpful message (verbatim): "Error of unknown cause occurred. Turn the machine power off and then on again. If error is not cancelled then the machine must be repaired" You really couldn't make anything like that up. So let's try the P-touch Editor. Press the little button on the top and receive the "Disk Not Ejected Properly" message (?) and then fire up the main editor version 5.0 (btw, one has to wonder about the nightmares that were versions 1.0-4.0). This time we get: "This application is incompatible with the AirPrint printer driver. Select the CUPS printer driver. Check the FAQ for details." It then gives you two buttons: "WEB" and "OK". "OK" causes the program to exit, which I am sure violates every interface design guideline ever written. "WEB" takes you to the Brother web site (not somewhere close to this product, just the main site where you get to hunt around looking for the PT-P700 section buried four levels in). But don't bother, because nothing anywhere mentions anything about AirPrint, CUPS, or anything else useful for the problem. Not deterred, however, I went through the process of trying to locate the CUPS driver. First off, don't try to install a printer driver with the little green light on for the Lite software. Won't work. That actually is buried in the documentation: kudos to Brother!! However once you have figured out how to install the printer driver, don't get your hopes up. Even with the CUPS driver clearly installed, you will get the same message. I have wasted about five hours of my time on this process, and as I am finishing this review I will be putting the PT-P700 and its defective software in the garbage, freeing up some desk space and accomplishing the only good thing that has happened since I unboxed this unmitigated piece of junk. Would give 0 stars if I could.

La empleo en mi negocio, es una forma accesisble y muy buena, con buena presentación de generar etiquetas, todavía tengo la primera pero es tan buena esta serie de etiquetadoras que aprovechando el precio compré una segunda, esta. Muy bien por Brother mi marca preferida para impresión por confiable, productoa que duran, sean estas o laser o inyección.

Excellent label printer, I love the plug-and-play feature. You just plug it in and launch the included software for PC or Mac from it, it shows up as a USB drive. The software could be better but is fine for purpose. Unfortunately you can't disable auto-power-off, so the software will close after a while if you turn off the printer or it turns itself off. Label printer wastes about an inch of label tape each time you print and I can't find the option to print multiple copies without doing that. The image quality overall is great and I love being able to use custom fonts. The label tape it comes with is rather wide, so you'll need to get thinner ones if that's what you want. The plastic labels are smooth on the outside and not sensitive to heat, unlike thermal labels, and it doesn't use BPA/BPS to print which is an added bonus. Great product.

Nulla da dire sulla stampante, ottima macchina. Purtroppo pero il software e il driver per Mac lasciano molto a desiderare, funzionano a singhiozzo, e alcune volte devo rinunciare a stampare perche è impossibile fa vedere la stampante al Mac con Osx 10.10. Da migliorare sia il software che il driver

Very expensive Labels. Hard to procure and as stated by the seller, this product is only good if your usage is limited. Too much wastage between label to label. Not worthy to loose so much label when its so expensive.

Printer is good, I looking very nice. But tha opening software is so critical, I hope to do a update for application.