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Friday, October 1, 2010

Brother PT1290 Home and Office Labeler


Brother PT1290 Home and Office Labeler

Part of the "Simply Stylish" line of P-touch products, the PT-1290 is perfect for all your home office labeling applications. With its sleek design, the PT-1290 will blend nicely with virtually any home office decor.


Features
  • 15 Deco Mode Patterns to create extra-stylish and decorative labels
  • 2 Professional Fonts
  • Prints labels up to 1/2" wide on laminated indoor/outdoor “TZ” series tapes
  • Easy-view, 15-character LCD display
  • Professional Deco Mode layouts accommodate two rows of text
  • Prints 1 or 2 lines of crisp text
  • 6 Auto Formats and 7 Framing Options
  • Built-in memory, saves up to 9 of your favorite labels
  • Automatically adjusts text size based on tape width
  • Uses 6 "AAA" batteries or optional AC adapter (neither included)

Features an easy-view 15-character LCD display, typewriter style keyboard and Auto Tape Detection feature that automatically recognizes the size of the installed tape cassette and adjusts the text to fit the label width. A dedicated "Deco Mode" key gives you easy access to 15 unique pre-designed label formats for creating decorative labels--including professional layouts that accommodate two rows of text. Easily switch between two fonts--with the touch of a button. Use the built-in memory to store up to nine of your most frequently used labels.
Prints labels up to 1/2-inch wide on durable "TZ" laminated tape--perfect for both indoor and outdoor use. Operates on 6 "AAA" batteries or optional AC adapter (neither included).
With its great-looking design and array of features, the PT-1290 is a perfect handheld solution for virtually any home office.


Our standard laminated labels are designed for flat items like office paper, file folders, binders, and most flat, non-textured metal, plastic and glass surfaces. They withstand water, grease, fading and abrasion, and can be used in hot and cold environments, as well as outdoors. Super thin yet technologically elegant, type is protected by clear laminated


Customers Viewing This is a good printer for someone looking to customize their labels with designs, upside down/right side up, reverse color and other fancy tricks. For business purposes, I'd recommend a printer that takes larger interchangable tapes and less gimmicks. Maximum tape size is 1/2" so dual line print is very small. Keyboard is very tiny, will be limited to two finger typing only. Has two fonts (Bohemia and Helsenki) but can alter with three sizes, three widths and nine stypes (bold, vertical, underline, shadow, hearts or stars, etc.) Emphasizes Deco Mode which does very fancy printing but wouldn't be used in a standard business setting. Nice compact size so can be carried around easily. AC power supply is an optional accessory ($19) so may want to factor that into purchase, otherwise uses six AAA batteries.