So, I got at chance to try out a REAL label maker at my work yesterday, and I was so impressed, I thought I would write a review and show people how much more awesome these kind of labeling machines are versus those rinky-dink ones people buy to make labels for their filing cabinets and their scrapbooking boxes. There really is no comparison. These are for people who need to get some serious work done!
First off, these labeling systems are a bit more costly. The LabelTac 4 Industrial Thermal Label Printer System
starts at about $799 USD (although you can find it for less online), and it uses thermal printing to attach the printer ribbon film onto various kinds of labeling and sign roll materials.I used MS Word to make the label shown in the photo, and it can spit them out in a few seconds. This brand comes with Bartender template software, but you can basically use any image or word type software to do it.
Apparently, it can be used with MS Office, Photoshop, Gimp (a free open source Photoshop-clone), Inkscape (open source illustrator), the real Illustrator, OpenOffice, and one of the guys at work said he even printed it out one time with Powerpoint -- but I don't see why anyone would be in such a hurry that they couldn't take the time to use a more appropriate program.
These machines are way more robust that those little ones, like the Brother labeling machine my mom used to have--of course, she never had to print out thirty arc flash blast signs, or pipe-marking labels! I also think it's so cool that they can fit up to 4 inch wide rolls of label material in them, because I totally can see some fun applications (like making funny bumper stickers for myself) other than work safety slogans, and what not.
I've put a couple photos onto this post to show what it looks like. Here is a video
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