<![CDATA[I got a label maker and had the strangest experience.]]>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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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/d7fe4b72-d28f-4d3f-bfa8-bd655aa332fe/i-got-a-label-maker-and-had-the-strangest-experience.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 10:38:12 GMTFri, 22 May 2026 13:13:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:22:52 GMT]]>@malcircuit There's a P-Touch in the kitchen junk drawer. I keep a set of Sanyo Eneloop rechargeable batteries in it. I pull it out a couple of times a year. It always works.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/weezmgk/statuses/116623394249284763https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/weezmgk/statuses/116623394249284763Sat, 23 May 2026 10:22:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:16:44 GMT]]>@Theriac@plasmatrap.com @malcircuit@thingy.social yes, Brother printers have absolutely no idea about colour accuracy whatsoever, I don’t know why the technical people keep banging on about ‘get a Brother laser printer’ and they’ll point to a mono laser, I mean what on earth use is a mono printer and I wouldn’t want to be sitting next to a laser printer anyway for health reasons. Sometimes I think the technical people have absolutely no originality and just copy what someone once said decades and decades ago when someone bought a Brother laser printer and never needed to check colour accuracy or print actual artwork on it, maybe they just needed to print a sign ‘back in 5 mins’ and it did that successfully and forever now we’re saddled with technical people parroting off that Brother are marvellous because it printed a black and white sheet of dubious typography.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.pikopublish.ing/notes/amlrd4t26c2c02pehttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.pikopublish.ing/notes/amlrd4t26c2c02peSat, 23 May 2026 10:16:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:16:26 GMT]]>@malcircuit brilliant! I've wanted one of those things for years. If I can just label everything in my life then my impending dementia will hold no fear for me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/tregeagle/statuses/116623368945366803https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/tregeagle/statuses/116623368945366803Sat, 23 May 2026 10:16:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:10:50 GMT]]>@LilFluff@mastodon.art @danni_storm@hachyderm.io @malcircuit@thingy.social that’s interesting, guitar pedals are the opposite polarity to almost everything else with a barrel-jack plug and socket these days for some evolutionary reason to which indubitably there’s a story behind.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.pikopublish.ing/notes/amlr5jze6c2c02owhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.pikopublish.ing/notes/amlr5jze6c2c02owSat, 23 May 2026 10:10:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:05:18 GMT]]>@malcircuit
I've also bought a Brother labeler and had the same experience!

(I maybe could got the version with an USB, to print barcodes. Linux has driver support for many models.)

Edit: maybe one caveat, my PT-E110 also uses AAA batteries, but guesstimating it could fit AA. Why IDK, but still I have a wall wart included.

@MelissaBearTrix

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116623325189924765https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116623325189924765Sat, 23 May 2026 10:05:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:01:49 GMT]]>@malcircuit does it at least has bluetooth? 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/schnedan/statuses/116623311457321115https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/schnedan/statuses/116623311457321115Sat, 23 May 2026 10:01:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:01:19 GMT]]>@tompearce49 @malcircuit my brother laser printer is from late 2004... still doing fine.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/schnedan/statuses/116623309535041240https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/schnedan/statuses/116623309535041240Sat, 23 May 2026 10:01:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:58:52 GMT]]>@malcircuit
My trusty old Dymo label embosser is like that too. It's slower though but I see that as a Zen activity :~)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/magnetic_tape/statuses/116623299891068780https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/magnetic_tape/statuses/116623299891068780Sat, 23 May 2026 09:58:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:57:29 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/__j5s7__/statuses/116623294398829523https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/__j5s7__/statuses/116623294398829523Sat, 23 May 2026 09:57:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:56:42 GMT]]>@malcircuit

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...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastoart.social/ap/users/115604846071619725/statuses/116623291326356687https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastoart.social/ap/users/115604846071619725/statuses/116623291326356687Sat, 23 May 2026 09:56:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:51:11 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Tubemeister/statuses/116623269664420839https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Tubemeister/statuses/116623269664420839Sat, 23 May 2026 09:51:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:49:53 GMT]]>@fartnuggets @malcircuit @tezoatlipoca Love the aesthetic of those, but they are work.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Tubemeister/statuses/116623264527001480https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Tubemeister/statuses/116623264527001480Sat, 23 May 2026 09:49:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:47:38 GMT]]>@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!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/vosje62/statuses/116623255670124247https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/vosje62/statuses/116623255670124247Sat, 23 May 2026 09:47:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 06:45:36 GMT]]>@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.
@malcircuit @danni_storm

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/alyn/statuses/116622539931734874https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/alyn/statuses/116622539931734874Sat, 23 May 2026 06:45:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 03:35:54 GMT]]>@malcircuit what a world we live in! This must be the future

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/jonathanharker/statuses/116621793987962463https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/jonathanharker/statuses/116621793987962463Sat, 23 May 2026 03:35:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 02:37:49 GMT]]>@killick @malcircuit HE NOTICED

And yes, it took that long.

He still hasn't seen the sequel.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/Soozcat/statuses/116621565610938454https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/Soozcat/statuses/116621565610938454Sat, 23 May 2026 02:37:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 01:45:57 GMT]]>@tone1928 @malcircuit kale chips are ducking delicious. They magically dissappear in the oven too, but they take much longer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/tezoatlipoca/statuses/116621361660598549https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/tezoatlipoca/statuses/116621361660598549Sat, 23 May 2026 01:45:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 01:24:41 GMT]]>@malcircuit I have that same label maker and it is glorious.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://io.waxandleather.com/users/alisynthesis/statuses/116621278048013580https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://io.waxandleather.com/users/alisynthesis/statuses/116621278048013580Sat, 23 May 2026 01:24:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Sat, 23 May 2026 00:11:51 GMT]]>@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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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/lauerhahn/statuses/116620991597268362https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/lauerhahn/statuses/116620991597268362Sat, 23 May 2026 00:11:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Fri, 22 May 2026 23:45:52 GMT]]>@malcircuit 😍

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.cr/users/eco_amandine/statuses/116620889391466177https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.cr/users/eco_amandine/statuses/116620889391466177Fri, 22 May 2026 23:45:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Fri, 22 May 2026 23:07:02 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/santi/statuses/116620736744763550https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/santi/statuses/116620736744763550Fri, 22 May 2026 23:07:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Fri, 22 May 2026 22:44:54 GMT]]>@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!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/almad/statuses/116620649719924147https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/almad/statuses/116620649719924147Fri, 22 May 2026 22:44:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Fri, 22 May 2026 22:14:08 GMT]]>@malcircuit @User47 It's a Brother. That explains a lot.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/mlanger/statuses/116620528714859612https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/mlanger/statuses/116620528714859612Fri, 22 May 2026 22:14:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. on Fri, 22 May 2026 21:11:59 GMT]]>@killick @malcircuit The other box is labeled POOPATORIUM 2: ELECTRIC POOP-A-LOO

Waiting gleefully for my honey to notice

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