Epson LabelWorks LW-300 Label Maker (C51CB69010)

I love this thing, but there are a couple of quirks I should note. I like it enough to ignore them, but it might be a deal breaker for others.1. It's rather large, I think. It's not comfy to hold in one hand as I did with my previous label maker.2. The buttons need a bit of heavy handedness. You have to give them a good solid press, or it'll easily skip.3. The cut button is needlessly huge.The listing has a good pic of the front, but I've made a couple of pix of the back of it.In one pic you can see the view window for the label cartridge. Very handy, that, plus it's indented enough that it's what I use to brace a finger to allow me to hold it with 1 hand. It works for either hand, despite the honkin big cut button. You can also see where it's molded into the case the size of the label spools needed, which I appreciate VERY much. And that useful little 'quick tips' bit was all I needed to get me started.Other pic you can see all the innards. This is part of what allows me to overlook its overall large size - plenty of room to get hold of the cartridge and/or batteries. Having had a much smaller one, I well remember struggling to change the cartridge.You'll need to fiddle around with buttons to find the various special effects menus and how they work, but it really does have what I consider to be some serious extras there. Frames, fonts, sizes, multiple lines, etc. Extremely useful.They have plenty of different label types, like iron-ons, etc. Lots of different colors. And of course, as others have noted, this one wastes a lot less tape on beginning and end blank space.Definite home run for me.

This is a really inexpensive but very good product. However, the labels cost a lot. My labels average between 3" and 4" so you get between 50 and 80 labels per 17' label cartridge (if I've done the math right). Old man Gillette almost gave away razors in order to sell razor blades for good profits. Unfortunately, I can't shave with this Epson.I had an application in mind when I bought my LW-300: I wanted to label the spines of some 13" x 19" folios and I wanted the letters upright on the tape as it ran down the spin. None of the label maker's descriptions I read on Amazon (for models under $100) mentioned that capability. I ran into a photo attached to this product showing the directional printing I wanted. When the LW-300 arrived I was rather amazed at how sturdy it felt and the amount of font, size, face, spacing, etc. options it provides. I don't need all of those capabilities but I tried them and everything works as advertised. It's a rather amazing little machine.In case it's not clear from the description, batteries (6 AAA's) are not included; neither is the wall plug power supply that can be ordered separately. I think it's still a bargain at this price. The tape cutter is a large button on the side of the machine. Given that it takes 7-15 seconds to print a 3" to 4" label, the extra time to hand cut, maybe a second, isn't significant. You can store a few dozen of your favorite labels in its memory but I don't think that is important to most folks. What is important to me is that the last label you printed (or text you edited) is sitting right there when you power on again. So if consecutive labels look a lot alike, editing rather than retyping is what you do to specify the next one. I have no idea, since this is my first label printer, whether the LW-300 is fast enough for high production uses. Probably not. But it is just fine for around the house or small volume business needs.Epson offers many different label colorings, e.g., black on white and gold on clear. If these are hard to find go to the Epson web site where you can buy direct. For me the shipping was free, there was no tax added, and the prices were competitive. Further, they offer many color combinations that were available no where else.

Idk what they are smoking thinking 10x the price 7 years later is some how acceptable. I get maybe they don't want to sell it anymore, but that's why you sell out and stop listing instead of gouging your customers. If there is limited stock, it still sketchy to raise the price by eve 30-50%, but not 10x.Send them a message with your wallet. Just don't buy ANY of Espons products if they are going to blatantly way over charger their customers. Buy from a competitor instead.Design: too pricy to risk damaging the cheap plasticPrint Quality: too pricy to print on anythingBattery life: too pricy to power onSize: too pricy to handleLabel qualtiy: too pricy to use on anythingHow well it works: too pricy to use