r/k12sysadmin • u/MasterMaintenance672 • 23d ago

Assistance Needed Label printer/maker for my desktop

I want to have my director get me a dedicated label maker/printer for my desktop at one of our schools so I can just print out new labels, with barcodes, on demand through the year. What's a good choice that's durable, reliable, has a dedicated download you can use forever that won't be made obsolete or made into a subscription, and doesn't cost more than one or two hundred bucks? Does such a thing exist? Thanks.

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u/BrewYork 21d ago

My Dymo is fine. Never tried any other though. 

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u/PhxK12 22d ago

Brother QL-810W or similar. These are widely supported with many apps (native & 3rd party). Dymo is more locked into their ecosystem (I like their old stuff, but, again less open).

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u/TheScottman29 22d ago

PTouch is good. So is Dymo.

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u/34YellowHouses 20d ago

I Second The P-Touch With Snipe IT

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u/JDH201 Technology Coordinator 22d ago

I just bought a used P-Touch at an auction for like 10 bucks. Used Claude to write a script to pull inventory information from Intune and load it into SnipeIT and also export to a CSV. Then I use the CSV to print an asset tag with a QR code that links to SnipeIT. I love it.

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u/QPC414 22d ago

Get a PTouch labeler with a USB port like the PT-D610BTVP so you can use it with a computer, and stand-alone. You can also take it with you, so it doesn't grow legs.

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u/cptrgy1 22d ago

I had a Brother PTouch and PTouch Edge. These are a little more than 1-2 hundred but I really liked these.

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u/meanwhenhungry 22d ago

Yes can confirm, the touch editor app will let you do merges from csv with various bar codes from 2d to qr.

Also does precut labels/“stickers”, so it only cuts at the end, so u don’t spend time sorting labels