LetSketch Label Maker, Portable Bluetooth Thermal Label Printer Compatible with Android & iOS for Clothing, Retail, Mailing Address, Barcode, with 4 Roll 40 x 30mm Label (Red)

This LetSketch thermal label printer looks like an old red cash register. It’s something that people would comment positively on when they see it sitting on your desk. Once you explain what it is and what it can do, they’ll be even more impressed. This printer can use a wide variety of thermal printing labels, of differing widths (12 mm to 52 mm), lengths (I saw labels of 70 mm long, but you can print continuous labels as well which means no effective limit), and styles (pre-printed ones, transparent ones, even ones that allow you to print in color <though only one color per label>). The printer comes with four rolls of 40 x 30 mm tapes to use (with a lot of labels on each tape). The labels themselves are long-lasting, waterproof, oil resistant, wipeable, tear-resistant, self-adhesive, abrasion resistant and BPA free. It connects using Bluetooth and charges using a USB C cable. Whew! All good things to have! The printed directions have tiny print (I’m sure it wouldn’t have been as “tiny” forty years ago, but my eyes are a bit picky now-a-days!). Though tiny, they are clear as I was able to understand them, download the free app (iLabel from either Google Play or the Apple Store), load the paper and print out some labels in short order. Amazingly enough, I didn’t have to worry about getting the blank labels in the correct position—the printer does that automatically! This printer doesn’t just print text. It can print your photos, emojis, bar codes, just about anything you’d want to print. I’m mostly interested in labeling foods (is that corn starch or confectionery sugar in that jar?) and on shelving down in the basement, but you can use this printer in retail settings as well. About the only negative thing I could say about this was that when I first printed some labels, I used a very small font and some of the vertical strokes of the letters weren’t printed too clearly (though they could still be made out). Later when I was printing larger text, I didn’t notice this. I’m not sure if it was just because the printer wasn’t warmed up (thermal printers use heat to chemically change the labels to make the printing) or for some other reason. Since it didn’t seem to matter much, I haven’t checked back on it. That’s not much of a negative in my mind, certainly not enough to deduct a star from this review. I received this label printer for free in exchange for an honest review: good, bad, or indifferent. You’ve just read the honest review and here’s my recommendation. If you need a label printer that can print narrow to wide labels, of whatever length, then this is an excellent printer for you!

I like the design and portability of this printer. The labels are small (40mm x 30mm), but that is what I wanted for labeling small items. The Bluetooth pairing is for using a cellphone with their app after installing it. I find it hard enough to text on a cell phone, let alone creating a label on one. I would hope they design a label app to be installed on a Windows desktop PC. A cellphone app is harder to use since the texting feature isnt as capable as a PC keyboard. One issue is that the labels can become misaligned in the printer, and it is supposed to be corrected by using the universal button on the printer. But I wound up recreating the label after turning the mini printer off then back on. Given the portability and Bluetooth connectivity, this printer is a good idea but falls short in usability. The setup is easy, but it takes some practice learning to use the app to create labels. I would rate this ⭐⭐⭐ stars due to difficulties using the application and alignment challenges.

This little printer is the cutest thing. I wanted to use it for planner projects. I purchased it because it said for used with iOS. It did not or could not pair with my iPhone. I finally dug out my Samsung tablet and it was able to pair and connect. This will make it inconvenient to me since my intention was to create stickers on the fly and put them in my planner. The app is simple. It allows you to make text and there are graphics in there that you can use. It is black and white as thermal printers are only black and white. You need to select photos carefully because not all photos will print accurately.

I had high hopes for this, I was able to get it connected via Bluetooth on my Samsung S10. But the app never was able to connect to it. Hard to know exactly where the problem is, either the app or the Bluetooth connection. The instructions leave a lot to be desired. I will keep trying and edit.

Refused to connect to both my phones even after a few days of trying. Only connected to my PC once, and disconnected, and never could reconnect again. Couldve been a dead unit, but I didnt have time to care to try again. Another caveat -- the labels are tinier than what you expect. So definitely make sure its the right size for you.

I have a galaxy and the app works great. I like it I got this to use on the bullet planner I do. They are very small sticker labels. I can screenshot a picture and add it to the app and it prints out. The sticker size is smaller than I expected but that is not much of an issue for me. I can see people who ship packages or letter use this as a personalized sealing stamp thing. My sister liked it too and shes not much of an arts and crafts person.

UPDATE: This morning I picked up this label printer to print off some inventory labels. Its now bedtime and still no labels because Ive been unable to get the printer to connect with the app. It turns on, the blue light comes on, but no connection. Thinking maybe it needed to be charged before it would connect, I charged it during the day. Still no connection. In fact, the app cant even find a printer to which it can connect. Very disappointing, especially since Ive invested in several rolls of label tape specifically for this machine. Im returning it for a replacement. If that one works any better Ill update again, but based on my experience today Im afraid this printer just doesnt deliver. ORIGINAL: This little label printer is somewhat of a tease. The body forms a sort of typewriter shape, complete with what appears to be a keyboard. The keys of the keyboard dont do anything, especially to help with printing the labels. The top of the printer opens using a knob on the side, popping up the printer lid when you push it forward. In order to print labels or interact with the printer, you must first download and install an app called iLabel from whatever app store you use. This app is mostly intuitive once you get the terminology down, but the written documentation and commands for sales in the USA could benefit from being edited by an English-speaking person with a bit more attention to detail. For example, the single index card sized sheet of instructions ends with an unfinished sentence referencing a non-existent illustration. When I first printed some labels I had a difficult time getting the alignment correct. No matter how I centered everything in the app, the print-out lined up to the left. I only got it to print where I wanted it by lining things up in the app on the right side of the template. It did seem to improve after stopping and starting the app a couple of times, but it still takes some work. The app comes with a fairly extensive library of graphics and symbols you can print on the labels along with text. It also includes several basic workhorse fonts some of which download as you request them. The one thing that I found most disappointing, however, is the print quality. Think an old CRT terminal with its green cursor blinking at the left edge of the black screen versus a modern monitor with millions of color. The printout is similar to a dot-matrix effect which requires adjusting the print quality to the max setting to be sure that everything you see on the screen prints on the label. One of my bar code labels couldnt be read by my bar code scanner, which I believe to be the result of the poor quality printout. All in all, now that Ive experimented with this little printer, I will probably be able to use it for rudimentary labeling. I dont expect that I will use it anywhere that I want an attractive label or anywhere I would place a publicly visible label. At a very basic level it does do what it is designed to do.

I absolutely love this thing!!!! Not only is the design of it absolutely adorable, but it has unlimited possibilities and I love it. Its very easy to use too. After unpacking everything, I followed the instructions and downloaded the app for it from the Playstore. Then all I had to do was connect it to my phone, which I admit took me a minute, but I figured it out pretty quickly. Once I did that, all I had to do was learn how to design what label I wanted to create and then print it out. The printing is actually very quick I think. And considering all of the options you can use, I am really very impressed with this and the quality of the labels too. As you can see in the picture, I even made one for (Rayann) my daughters 3ds, which she loves. This is perfect for anyone who needs to use or print out a lot of address labels or whatever else they need to label. I really didnt think that I would use it that much, but now that I know all of its capabilities, Ive used it more than I thought I would!! And if you need to buy more rolls of labels, they arent really that expensive, and you can also find them on Vine if you are a member. However, it does come with 3 rolls of labels and I believe that will last you for a minute. All in all, this has got to be the best label maker that Ive ever owned... Of course the last one I owned was the old style that you held in your hand and squeezed the lever to impress the letters onto the tape. Man, do I feel old now!!! Yikes. Anyway, I highly recommend this for anyone because there are so many different things that it can be used for and its really user-friendly.

Not sure what I expected but it was not this. I am using it for decoration. I wish it was like a mini type writer

The first thing to know is the labels are not huge. The ones that come with the label maker are about one inch by an inch and a half. You can see the relative size in the pictures I attached. I used the largest possible font size. It does print black and white graphics pretty well, but not anything in grayscale. Setup was confusing as the instructions do not tell you how to actually pair the device with your phone. It turns out, it pairs automatically when the device is on and you hold down the button until it flashes and you are in the iLabel app with the correct device selected. But it doesn’t pair from iPhone settings. Also it’s a bit fussy about the paper roll and keeps saying it’s out of paper when you tear off the label you’ve printed. So you have to open the label compartment and adjust the roll of labels. Even with these drawbacks I like the label maker, with its sleek retro design, very much.