Brother QL-1100C Label Printer | Shipping Labeller | PC

Bought this as a warehouse deal, it was used and had a miniscule mark on the front – but it works. This is the label printer that has a USB connection, wired LAN (local area network) connection, Wi-Fi connection and Bluetooth connection. I opted for wired LAN as it is the most useful and reliable for me. The printer came in its original box, but not internal packing and was a bit loose, but well protected. It also came with two label spools, driver disc, instruction book and a figure of 8 power lead with a large ferrite block (which is a requirement for spurious radio interference). I fitted the label spool, which is very easy with Brother label printers (refer to instructions if you are not sure) and connected to my network, powered it up and it worked perfectly. I installed it on my PC (read the instructions as it is a long winded explanation) – I downloaded the drivers from the Brother website (latest version), installed following the on screen prompts. You can access the printer through a web interface, and from here I updated the firmware to latest version – DO NOT do this if a) you don’t know what you are doing and b) if you suffer constant power outages. I then downloaded and installed Brothers BRAdmin and P-Touch label printing software (which is annoying as you have to put the last 9 digits/letters of the printer serial number to download it). Once all was set up, I tested the label printing – worked as expected – perfect.
I bough this to print Ebay, Royal Mail and other postage labels. I bought (generic) DK-11241 labels which are 102mm x 152mm labels. DO NOT use the P-Touch software to print these. I practised with a PDF label I had saved from Ebay Shutl and printed it from Google Chrome – I won’t explain how I did this as it is long winded, but Google searching helped. I shrunk the PDF to 94% so it all fitted on the label – at a 100% it will all fit apart from the numbers below the barcode and Hermes sign at the top of the label. The printed labels were clear and did not rub off and stuck well.
This does the job really well for any label printing, but it does what I need which is postage labels. It is a not a cheap offering, but cheaper than the Dymo 450XL and other retail offerings. You could also use a laser printer with Avery labels, but they come in fours and would take a lot of messing to get right (tried this before). The cheap version of this printer is the 1100 which is USB only.
Finally, you can print from your phone/tablet with the Brother app, which is really handy too.
Overall a versatile and good label printer, with a good professional print out.