Itari Thermal Label Printer, 4x6 Shipping Label Printer for Shipping Packages & Small Business, Desktop Label Printer

Ive been on the fence for YEARS regarding buying a thermal label printer. I do a lot of shipping and for years i have been using my laser printer to print, then cut ten tape a label, i had gotten pretty good at it and with a Guillotine Trimmer didnt take long to cut to dimension and then tape it. If youre still on the fence, pull the trigger. I know its a pretty evident conclusion and i sound ignorant just by saying it, but its almost a joy to print, pull the backing and stick it. Voila! The printer itself seems well built, it is quiet and its capable of holding the roll inside the machine which was a selling point for me, as i wasnt too excited about having to find room to hold either a stack or a roll behind the printer and taking more desk room as i am limited on my home office desk. It prints quietly (its a thermal printer, duh!) and the print quality/resolution is very good. It included a small quantity 4x6 label roll which was great for testing it and printing some labels. It included the drivers in an USB drive which was a really nice touch, setup was a breeze with its included USB cable. One thing i am not too happy about is that every time i turn the printer on, the printer wastes a label measuring the type of label it has loaded so it ends up wasting one label, this is remedied by not turning the printer off (i dont think standby uses much electricity) but i am concerned that leaving it on would shorten its life as happened with another printer i owned that ended up having a dead power supply by it. Other than that its been a great little printer, everything points at the fact that i will be using this for years and years to come, and i recommend you this one if youre looking to save desk room, printing quietly, fast and efficient.

This label printer was easy to set up. It comes with a partial roll of labels, the power adapter, USB cord, an adapter from USB for a MAC computer, and a USB thumb drive with the drivers and other stuff. I installed the driver for Windows and the D520 Printer was ready to go. Make sure you see this printer in Windows in Printers & Scanners, or when you go to print a label, look for that printer to print your label to. There’s a sample shipping label you can open in a PDF reading program, and then you can print the label to the D520 printer. The sample label is a typical Postal or UPS type label, and it printed perfectly.

The label printer is very easy to set up. Includes a USB flash drive with drivers for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It also includes free label software if you need it. Some nice features: - USB compatible - Top button form feed - Easy to install paper roll - Uses standard 4 x 6 thermal roll shipping labels I purchased the printer because it said it was compatible with Shipstation which I use as my main shipping software. I have used the Dymo 4XL previously and this unit is more sturdy and if a label jams, seems like it will be much easier to clear as it is straight through versus the Dymo that goes between rollers and I have had issues with. Would recommend.

Takes some getting used to if you never used one but this works great for shipping labels when I ship or return something. I use this on my Macbook Pro and it has a driver to download. Good quality printout and works great. I would recommend this one.

***Update #2 - After a year of owning this printer and using it a few times a week, the print is coming out super light - almost unreadable. I have cleaned the printer head, adjusted settings etc. But no joy. For that reason I am changing my rating to 3 stars. ***Update - I figured out how to make a label without making a PDF. It works great. Though, I know this printer accepts a variety of labels, I do wish I knew what brand labels they included with the unit as they work perfectly. Now that I have worked with it awhile, I realize that every time I turn it on it pushes out a blank label. I am not sure why it does that. But I use the blanks to cover addresses etc. old boxes I reuse for shipping.*** Every time I buy replacement ink for my regular printer it seems to get more expensive. So I decided to pick up this thermal printer to use for labels I make for packages I ship. I picked this one from many because I really like how compact it is yet it holds a roll of labels inside - no fussing with a separate label holder. To my surprise, the directions are very good. I was able to set it up with my MAC quickly. My first round I had some trouble printing so I shut everything down and restarted and that fixed it. For USPS labels, I had to download a PDF of the label, then crop it and then run it. Once I got the hang of it - it was pretty easy. I am super pleased with this and feel it will save me a lot of money. It comes with a roll of blank labels so tha was nice too!

For the price that they want for this thing it should run like a well oiled machine. Instead its the most problematic piece of crap that Ive ever dealt with. It doesnt detect its OWN labels let alone outside labels. When it finishes printing it doesnt end it with the perforation where you can easily tear the lable off, no, it leaves it in inside the printer which makes you pull it, which then makes the printer think that it is jammed and it errors out. You can temp clear the error by turning it off and on. But as soon as you print again it will error again as you try to get the label out. Going through their process of calibration helps nothing...since it cant seem to detect any label beginning or end. I went through their whole roll of labels trying to make the stupid thing work right. I finally got it to work though I dont know how, it just decided to behave all of a sudden after I pulled it OUT of the garbage can to give it one more try to be really really sure. Oh and on the roll holder I changed the smooth part of the side pieces from facing outward to facing inward...though I dont know why that would help, it was fitting fine the other way and the roll was rolling...shrugs.

To install this printer on my Windows computer all I did was search Itari D520 Thermal Label Printer driver and the first result was what I needed. I installed the driver and because my printer was hooked up and the power was turned on (plastic button on back) it was ready to print right away. I tried to use another, more expensive, printer in the exact same way, the main difference was, this printer printed clear labels, while the other printer was very insufficient and the labels were not as good as the labels this one prints. Basically, because the quality of this printers prints is so high, I cant help but give it five stars. This is the one that actually works.

I love everything about this label printer because it does exactly what it’s needing to do. Perfect for small businesses that’s just starting out.

Nice little printer. Works well but couldnt connect it to my phone. Thermal printer, works well and prints quickly. Great for smaller spaces. Directions are simple enough and sets up quickly. Custom services are pretty helpful, responded quickly. Its a good little printer, priced very competitively and on the lower end of similar Thermal printers price wise, but isnt lacking in ease of use, customer service and good quality results. Id highly recommend this.

I needed a new shipping label printer to save time and this one caught my eye. First impressions are great! It was super easy to set up on my desk and I was able to get going in minutes. The unit prints many labels quickly and legibly—I was surprised at how quiet it was! Best of all, the refills are inexpensive and available at most office supply stores and online retailers. This printer is definitely a time saver over the traditional printing and taping method I had been using to send out my shipments. I will never go back and would recommend this printer to others.