| | |  | Network-Ready Home Entertainment | Home » » » » Brother PT-1880 Advanced Deluxe Labeler for Home & Office | | | | | | | Description: | | The PT-1880 is a sleek, contemporary mid-size handheld/desktop labeler. This advanced model features 2 fonts, with a clear 15 character x 1-line LCD display for easy viewing. Built-in memory, save up to 5 labels. The “Preview” key allows you to check your text…reduces mistakes and wasted tape. The PT-1880 will print up to 3/4” wide laminated indoor/outdoor tape on 2 lines, 6 type sizes, 9 type styles. Over 70 different symbols and 10 frame styles are available to jazz up your labels. The PT-1880 operates on 6 “AA” batteries (not included), and included black and white laminated TZ starter tape, user manual and warranty. | | | Features: | |
• Choose from 9 framing options, 9 type styles and 6 type sizes, and prints labels up to 3/4" wide
• Large 15-character x 1-line LCD and preview key allow you to double check text before you print
• Built-in memory saves up to 5 of your most commonly used labels
• Uses up to 50 of Brother's various color "TZ" laminated indoor/outdoor tapes
• Operates on 6 "AA" Alkaline Batteries or AC Adapter (both not included)
• Prints in 2 professional fonts for use in Home or Office
• Large 15-character x 1 line LCD, with a preview key to allow you to check your text...no more wasted tape
• 2 line-printing
• Prints labels up to 3/4" wide (9/64", 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 3/4")
• Choose from 9 framing options, 9 type styles and 6 type
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 8.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.6 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.2 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.7 pounds | | Package Length:
| 12.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 42 reviews |
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156 of 160 found the following review helpful:
 perfect label maker for the busy mom! (and anyone else too, really)Jul 27, 2008
By R. Winder
I borrowed a friend's Brother PT-1880, and then had to run out and get my own! Was thrilled to find it here on AZ for about half the going rate at brick & mortar shops. Not the flashiest model out there (and doesn't hook up to the computer), but I just didn't think the extra features were worth the mark-up for my needs. This one prints in two fonts plus various styles & sizes, includes a good number of symbols and frames, and is small and light enough to tote around to every room of the house - like I did. At one point I was standing enthralled in the center of my kitchen, just spinning around in rapture asking myself, "what ELSE needs a label on it?!" :-) So far the labels have worked in every application I could think of: from my cell phone charger to the shelves in the linen closet. I also labeled my toddler's sippy cups, and have been very pleased to discover that the labels will survive several rounds in the dishwasher while staying in perfect condition. Very pleased to have this tool always at the ready.
(As to others' comments about wasting too much tape in the leader white space before/after labels, there is a setting under "Margin" that will correct this. Change the margin from "normal" to either "narrow" or "chain print." Very little tape wasted that way, and it also prints centering dots so your text stays in the center.)
37 of 38 found the following review helpful:
 Great labeller!Jan 11, 2009
By L. Bodin
"loribo"
Have debated getting one of these for years, and after checking reviews on Amazon, decided on this one. Easy to use and set up (especially since my last labelling experience was on the old squeeze to imprint letters plastic tape!).
The PT-1880 has: 2 fonts, 9 type styles, 6 type sizes, 3 type widths, 5 tape widths (9/64"-3/4" of TZ tape), plus underlining and boxing the text. The mandatory 1" lead is a bit frustrating, but unavoidable; you can only make the margin smaller on one side.
From the Brother site:
The one inch (25mm) piece of tape that is produced prior to every label cannot be eliminated due to the construction of the tape mechanism. However, when you print more than one label continuously, the subsequent labels can be printed without the excess tape.
The following methods are useful for reducing tape use:
- Using the "Numbering function" - please refer to "How to use Numbering function"
- Setting the tape margin to "Chain Print" - please make sure that you press the feed button after the last label is printed, otherwise a part of the text may be cut off.
99 of 111 found the following review helpful:
 Wasteful, requires manual cuttingAug 04, 2008
By Chuck C
"Chuck"
Unlike other Brother models I've used, this one insists on wasting a full inch of leader on every label (and the same on a trailer, unless you override that). Even if you adjust the trailer length, it still puts the wasted leader on the front, then adds dots to tell you where to MANUALLY cut off the excess. NOT an acceptable solution.
What's worse, there's no way to know this before you start to use it - even the instructions don't directly state it, but only talk around the subject, so you waste a lot of labels trying to adjust the leader before figuring it out.
51 of 55 found the following review helpful:
inexpensive, not feature loadedFeb 21, 2008
By Ted
We use label makers at work, and this is more or less an inexpensive version of those. This one has fewer fonts and print options that the more expensive models, but prints simple labels with pretty much the exact same quality. This does not come with a power supply, so you need to buy that separate (model AD-24 for about 27 bucks), or use batteries.
25 of 27 found the following review helpful:
 My office hates itApr 03, 2009
By Saavy New Yorker
This is not a user-friendly machine. We have to keep the instructions on hand all the time. No one in my office knows how to use it, and it wastes one inch of tape per label. I've got a busy office of day traders and they're standing around with scissors like kindergarten children cutting these labels down to fit their files. Its a waste of time, not to mention the over-priced label tape.
I have a Brother PT-65 at home which I love, its so user friendly I don't think I have picked up the instructions once. The labels cost 1/2 the price and it doesn't waste as much. I recommend that one instead.
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