I’m looking for an inexpensive label maker that can print small labels. I need to label various things around my house for my sanity (outlet/breaker mapping, coax endpoint mapping, etc).

I was going to buy a NIIMBOT D110, but then I saw in their FAQ that they put an IC (chip) into their labels and the printer won’t print if it can’t sense it. I really don’t want to support a company that DRMs their consumables, if I can help it.

Can anyone recommend a good, small, inexpensive label maker? Preferably one that doesn’t have sketchy DRM embedded.

  • BakedCatboyEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I have the dymo label maker 160, it doesn’t have any DRM that I’m aware of (at least I used generic labels with no issue and it’s easy to find compatible refills) and I like that it has a qwerty layout, since some annoyingly have an ABC layout which is a pain to use.

    My only gripe is that it doesn’t have a ton of symbols though it has a decent selection, and even though the text can go small enough for like 3 lines it only lets you do 2 lines on top of each other. Also all non alphanumeric (apostrophes, parentheses, etc) are in the symbol menu instead of having dedicated keys but that’s not terrible.

    It’s also only ~$30 which is really reasonable, I’ve gotten a ton of use out of mine.