I got a label maker and had the strangest experience.
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@malcircuit Pretty sure we have the same label maker. My only complaint is the battery life. I use high capacity AAA rechargeable batteries and still it burns through juice. Otherwise yeah, it's dead simple and just works. Brother makes a companion computer app a friend insisted on trying. It was interesting but not worth the headache of introducing modern enshittification into something as simple as printing labels. Labels are my safe space to let my organization compulsion to run free. Not another thing to troubleshoot.
@danni_storm @malcircuit I discovered that my brother labeler was compatible with a cheap guitar pedal DC power supply I picked up originally for a pedal (then when I decided to put together a pedal board I picked up a slightly more expensive multi-pedal per supply, only after I discovered the original worked for the labeler I misplaced it).
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit We need to encourage more of these by purchasing "complete" systems whenever possible.
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I can't be trusted with one of these. My house would look like an illustration in a Richard Scarry children's book.
@killick @malcircuit We have a label maker. The covered cat box now says POOPATORIUM.
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@danni_storm Yeah, I definitely have mixed feelings about using AAA batteries. Thanks for letting me know it burns through them quickly. I'll have to make sure to buy a bunch of rechargeable ones.
@malcircuit @danni_storm The battery suck is not my favorite part, but I tend to batch-create labels when I can (print out an absurdly long label tape, cut it into smaller bits) and that seems to help.
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@killick @malcircuit We have a label maker. The covered cat box now says POOPATORIUM.
@killick @malcircuit The other box is labeled POOPATORIUM 2: ELECTRIC POOP-A-LOO
Waiting gleefully for my honey to notice
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit @User47 It's a Brother. That explains a lot.
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit This seems to be The Brother Way and I love it so much that whenever I want to buy something, I check if they make it first.
Like, they even made me like my printer. Printer!
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit I love my label maker, also a Brother. The borders and styling make it just fun enough that I like to use it over my blister tape one.
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit Here is my solar calculator. It's at least 25 years old. Never replaced the battery or anything. Works perfectly.
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit I have that same label maker and it is glorious.
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@tone1928 @malcircuit kale chips are ducking delicious. They magically dissappear in the oven too, but they take much longer
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@killick @malcircuit The other box is labeled POOPATORIUM 2: ELECTRIC POOP-A-LOO
Waiting gleefully for my honey to notice
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit what a world we live in! This must be the future
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@malcircuit @danni_storm The battery suck is not my favorite part, but I tend to batch-create labels when I can (print out an absurdly long label tape, cut it into smaller bits) and that seems to help.
@Soozcat
I've found with my brother label printer (although a different model) that the batteries last an order of magnitude longer of they're taken out between uses.
I think there's a constant drain when my device is turned off, so they'll be flat if I print one label and leave them in for a week, but they'll happily print five labels a month for a year if I remove them.
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit @bert_hubert some weeks ago I also had a strange experience. After 3-4 years not using it, I just powered it on, typed what I wanted and printed it!
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@fartnuggets @malcircuit @tezoatlipoca Love the aesthetic of those, but they are work.
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
@malcircuit qwerty, even. Luxury.
For some reason most label makers I’ve had (access to) have been alphabetical, and that’s a mental handbrake it turns out
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I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
That's weird. Are you sure it's not broken?
I'm sure they could install something to make it synch up with your fridge and serve ads for crypto if you complained...
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Brother is one of the last "makes things that just _work_." companies. And I have a similar model of Brother label maker.++
Their printers long were the holdouts vs. the HP style "disposable"/"subscription DRM ink" bullshit, though I've heard even Brother printers have gone that way.++ have you got to the "making labels for everything just because you have a label maker" phase? including "Please stop wasting the tape, adding labels to everything" ON the label maker itself?
@tezoatlipoca @malcircuit Some months ago I decided to buy an ADF scanner made by Brother, because they have Linux support for a number of devices.
