Brother PT-1880 printer

"lots of options for different sizes and types of tapes..."

"However, the learning curve for making the menu selection to achieve the desired results is rather steep, and you will inherently burn a lot of tape making mistakes..."

"I am a gadget girl, but had some difficulty operating this efficiently..."

"TZ tape folds in back, easy to peel off for sticking..."

"Brother model #AD24, DC9V 1.6A) (UnOfficial, but printed on the PT1880 itself: DC 7-9V 6W which would mean 1A should be good enough) good print quality, fair no..."

"What's worse, there's no way to know this before you purchase and start to use it - even the instructions don't directly state it, but only talk around the subject,..."

"Good quality printing, reasonable features for the cost Wastes tape and needs manual cutting to have desired margins Unlike other Brother models I've used, this one insists on wasting a full inch of leader on every label (and the same on a trailer, unless you override that..."

"Even if you adjust the trailer length, it still puts the wasted leader on the front, then adds dots to tell you where..."