There's no waste on the labels. When you finish printing and have less
than a full sheet, just tell the next print job how many labels you have
used, and it automatically starts with the first one available.
(Assuming you use them the way DX4WIN does - vertical columns from top
left to bottom right.) DX4WIN does that with just your intervention at
the start of the print job. Works great. No waste.
73, Duane
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:58:59 -0400 John Unger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I guess that I might be interested in a label printer because it
> seems that
> I frequently am printing our less than ~30 labels and don't like to
> waste
> part of a sheet of 5160 labels. The sheet labels are pretty
> expensive, too.
>
> Also, it looks like it would be very handy for addressing packages,
> etc.
>
> Related question: I know some on the reflector use the Dyno 400
> label
> printer, but does Dx4win support any printer or label maker that you
> can
> connect to your computer with its custom label design?
>
> tnx es 73 - John, W4AU
>
>
> At 01:21 PM 3/24/2007, Mike Rhodes wrote:
>
> >Would it be better to buy an inexpensive inkjet or laser printer
> and
> >dedicate it to sheet labels? Things are surely different in PY land
> but
> >here there are laser printers often on sale for $50 to $75 US and
> when the
> >toner cartridge goes dry it is cheaper to replace the whole
> printer.
> >Inkjet printers can be purchased for $25 US. Of course it takes up
> more
> >shelf space but the price may be right.
> >
> >Mike / W8DN
> >
> >***************
> >
> >py2yp wrote:
> >>Hi guys,
> >>
> >>So far I have received only 3 answers about the label printer
> question:
> >>
> >>I'm intending to buy a label printer, something like a Dymo 400 or
> a Brother
> >>QL-500. As far as I know those printers do use thermal print
> technology.
> >>
> >>The questions are:
> >>
> >>Do the label fade away after some time?
> >>
> >>Do I need to order some kind of refill? I mean, any kind of tape
> or
> >>something like that?
> >>
> >>Any impression will be very much welcome.
> >>
>
>
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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 25 09:42:40 2007
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Date: Sun Mar 25 09:45:46 2007
Subject: [Dx4win] Re: Dx4win Label printer
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cesar and Group
I use a laser printer to direct print on the QSL cards.
I have used an inkjet in the past. It prints a less than desirable results.
It will blur if it accidentally comes in contact with a liquid source.
I was given a Samsung ML-1210 laser about 2 years ago. The comments about a
professional looking QSL keep coming over and over. The toner is fused to
the paper with little to no chance of it being blurred like an inkjet.
If I need to print 1 QSL I drop in 1 card and print just one.
When the cartridge is empty I buy toner after market and recharge the
cartridge myself. Some have been recharged 8 or 9 times. Toner comes in 90 gr.
bottles for about $4 US or less. A new toner cartridge is about $70+.
"Recharged
cartridges" are about $50 in the stores or via Internet sales.
The biggest cost has been for Alcohol cleaner sheets at Staples or Office
Depot. They run about $4 each but are worth the costs for a clean printer.
End result is a very clean, permanent, professionally looking QSL at very
low cost.
Most stores use thermal register receipts. Looking at old sales receipts
months later they have faded. It would be very discouraging to pull out the
QSL
card years later and the thermal label is unreadable.
Overall I would say a direct print with a laser printer sales time, money
and produces a better result. I can print much more with a printer than label
maker.
I'd leave the label maker to printing address labels for envelopes not for
the QSL information.
73,
Tony N2MFT
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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 25 14:28:38 2007
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Oyster, K1KO)
Date: Sun Mar 25 14:31:48 2007
Subject: [Dx4win] Marking global confirmation???
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
With the advent of LOTW there have been lots of qsls which are
confirmed in my log. Unfortunately, although these contacts are
marked "UPL CONF," there is no way I can find to mark both "UPL
CONF" and 'regular' confirmation. The regular confirmation is
what seems to "count" for the reports performed by DX4WIN.
Can anyone tell me if there's a way to do a global change from UPL
CONF but no regular confirmation to both UPL and regular showing
as confirmed.
If I've missed this somewhere in the manual or on the discussion
list, please excuse me.
Vy73,
Karl, K1KO
