I use this little printer for everything: putting dates on filters when I replace them, marking food that I put in the refrigerator/freezer, labeling charge cords, putting my name/phone number on items in case they are lost, labeling essential oil blends I create, and labeling all my craft boxes. I even used them to label pots in which I put seeds and the date planted. I love that I can buy different types of labels, some with borders and colors, and the printer automatically recognizes the label type. Many years ago I dreamed about having a Bluetooth label maker that was so simple and quick to use via my phone that didn’t require me to individually type into a tiny keyboard and only displayed the output on a tiny little screen. This device answers that need in a very great way. The interface is relatively easy to use and I have plenty of options for fonts and styles as well as alignment. I can even add tiny graphics to the labels. I highly recommend this product. The only criticism I have is that the labels don’t seem durable. When exposed to heat, the writing fades. When that happens I just print another one since they are all saved in my library.

I bought the Nelco 230 printer. I wanted to get my recipes and gardening tips organized. I’m an artist with many mediums to create with. When I was trying to figure out how to best organize my garden and kitchen recipes I decided I wanted something that would make it fun and fairly easy to get down. I didn’t want it to be all handwritten, for that would take much longer than I wanted it to take. I had come across this a couple years ago just an older version. I was impressed by the ability it had to print without ink because I have used ink printers before and had things smudge. I started using this today for the first time. I’m so happy with it I needed to write a review which I have never done before on any product. This is really going to help me create beautiful organized journals on gardening and for my kitchen recipes. I was skeptical at first because it was only In black and white whether I would like it or whether I would desire something in color. But I will use other means to add color. This cuts down on the time and energy I needed for this project and I can already think of others I will use this for.

I’m not sure what I expected…I have had this machine for a year and continue to spend tons of money through a print company for labels for my products that I produce,as a small business owner. Tonight I needed a warning label ASAP so I skeptically pulled out the laser label maker….still in the original packaging, glanced through the directions, then downloaded the app on my phone. I grabbed the box containing small labels that I had purchased with it and opened it up. To my surprise, they were perfect for what I needed…2x2 circles. I again glanced at the label maker thinking, “these labels will never work with that” but loaded them in anyway…what the heck. The instructions said to use a PDF file so I googled the warning label that I needed, with one click I converted it to PDF format on Adobe Acrobat, made changes to personalize it, then saved it to my files. I opened the app and selected a pre-formatted label the size I needed (have to admit I had to google the conversion from millimeters to inches as the app uses mm and the ones available are all rectangular). I opened my file and selected PRINT, 1 copy, to test it….whoa! It printed immediately but was a bit off center. I’m now amazed that it actually worked. I made a few adjustments and spacing to the words I was printing, then tested it again….PERFECT! I was giddy at this point so I selected 50 copies and selected PRINT again. I was expecting it to act like my regular printer with a lot of noise ER UH ER UH ER UH….but it made a little whoosh and literally spit out 50 perfectly printed and aligned labels. I know I made a little “huh” noise then started laughing….I immediately called out to my daughter, “you are never going to guess what I just did….” and proceeded to tell her to which she replied, “yeah mom, I told you a long time ago that you should start using that thing. They are great. We had one at the office and we used it all of the time.” 😳

This is an excellent little portable printer that uses very robust labels. I assumed they would be the cheap direct thermal labels you get with a large desktop zebra printer, but these are glossy and they stick VERY well to just about anything, they're waterproof, and they don't rub off. The app is great as well. Very easy to use and has all the features you'd need for a quick label to be made. I use mine for inventory and it works perfectly. Only thing is I do wish there was a way to delete saved templates. There might be a way to do it, but I cannot figure out how to remove or delete templates. It would also be a nice feature to be able to create files to store your saved templates so I could sort the labels by their usage, like "Part Labels", "Asset Labels" and so on... Just to be a bit more organized in the app. Otherwise, it's great and I highly recommend it.