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Richard Brill Publisher and Editor in Chief

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Product: Brother P-Touch Printer for the PC

Class: PC Printer

Rating: FIVE STAR

WEBSITE: Brother

Category: PC Label Printer

Price: $ 100.00

 

Labels, Labels Labels, Everyone loves Labels!

 

The new easy-to-use Brother QL-500 is the right printer for the right job. 

Click Here to see the Demonstration MPG Video

 

 

Features and uses

Print up to 50 standard address labels per minute Text mode or

3 inch per second speed

64 True Type Font styles

16 Bar Codes

Code 39, 1-2/5, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN 13, EAN 8, CODABAR (NW-7), CODE 128, EAN 128, POSTNET, Laser Bar Code, ISBN-2, ISBN-5, PDF417, QR CODE, Data Matrix

Up to 500 Copies

Easy to peel labels

Virtually edge to edge printing on a 2.4" wide label

300 dpi Crisp sharp printing

Easy to load just drop in Label

USB port to PC Cable included

Built in Sharper tape cutter

Direct Thermal print technology

Small foot print

2.4 Pounds

5.7" (w) x 7.7" (d) x 6" (h)

1 year limited Warrantee

Software

USB 1.1 or better

Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 Professional, XP

Integrated Add-ins for popular Microsoft® applications - Word, Excel and Outlook - No retyping necessary (see specifications for system requirements)

Built-in general office and commercial templates for quick label creation

Included P-touch editor software allows you to create custom layouts with barcodes, graphics, truetype fonts, special formatting including frames and tables

Database connectivity with .xls, .csv, .txt and .mdb file types

Prints in portrait or landscape mode - also prints text vertically (for binder labeling)

Auto-size feature reduces or enlarges text to fit on a label

Includes date and time stamping - also has auto-counter for serialization

Zoom feature to preview labels and layouts before printing

Prints the following bar codes: Code39, Code 128, Codabar, UPC A/E, EAN 8/13/128, Interleaved 2 of 5, Postnet, Laser Bar Code, ISBN2, ISBN5, PDF 417 QR Code, Data Matrix

Auto Sensor quickly identifies label type for quick label formatting changes

Repeat (Multi-Copy) printing

Includes P-touch library and history functions for quick access to frequently used labels and graphics

Tape and Label

 Standard Address Labels
 Shipping Labels
 File Folder Labels
 Multi-Purpose Labels
 CD/DVD Film Labels
 Large Address Labels
 Small Address Labels
 White Continuous Paper Rolls
 White Continuous Film Rolls
 Yellow Continuous Film Rolls
 Clear Continuous Film Rolls

Imagine printing your own bumper sticker for less than 50 cents, a name badge or shipping label for pennies. Not only can you do it with the P-touch PC Label Printer Ql-500 but it’s the fastest and easiest printer of its kind on the market today. Most tasks are in seconds not minutes like with other printers.

This small footprint printer prints High Quality 300 DPI on thermal paper So costly ink is never a problem. The labels are durable heat and UV resistant.

After you install the software plug in your USB Cable Then

Just Drop and Load your Label Cartridge and your ready to print anything from small labels to 3 foot continuous banners.

Highlight your text, click and print directly from Microsoft® Word®, Excel®, or Outlook® applications. Or use the included Brother label creation software to customize your labels to include logos, graphics or print from lists and databases.

 

 

 

 

 

About Brother

Brother International Corporation is one of the premier providers of products for the home, home office and office. With its corporate headquarters located in Bridgewater, New Jersey, Brother was established in the US on April 21, 1954 and markets many industrial products, home appliances, and business products manufactured by its parent company, Brother Industries, Ltd., of Nagoya, Japan. These products include an award-winning line of multifunction centers and printers. Brother also provides the number one line of facsimile machines in the U.S. and is the leader in electronic labeling, with its full line of P-Touch electronic labeling systems. With revenues of over $1 billion in fiscal year 2000, Brother and its subsidiaries employ over 1,100 people in the Americas.

 

For P-touch information, call 877-478-6824

 

To Order P-touch Accessories via phone, call 1-888-879-3232

 

Online at brothermall.com

 

Brother Software Download

 

Brother fax-back system call 1-800-521-2846 to have technical and operational documents

automatically faxed back to you.

 

Brother International

100 Somerset Corporate Boulevard

Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807-0911

 

Telephone: 1-908-704-1700
Facsimilie: 1-908-704-8235

 

 

 

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