Dymo Label Writer 450 Turbo

Since the Dymo Connect update no old label from v8.3 for windows will convert properly. Graphics, font size..nothing comes over properly. I give it 3 stars because having to convert 200 labels has given me new purpose in life. Please bring back 8.3 as it was great and my 450 Turbo printed at Turbo Speed (not slow like with Connect).

I love the DYMO Label Writers. Great products. But why did you have to go and reinvent the wheel with software is beyond comprehension. The new software DC Connect, is utterly cumbersome, difficult to use, you have to select too many options to just write a label. Keep it simple. Better yet, go back to what you had before, or adapt the new to work like the old. You've made the new software too difficult to use. I just want to print labels, not waste time formatting first to then print a label.

I am an IT professional at a midsided insurance company and I support around 100 Dymo products ranging from the old 300 to the 450 Twin Turbo's as well as several Rhino's & a couple of the new XTL 300's (those are amazing!), but the majority of them are the 450 Turbo. We occasionally have issues with them, but for the most part, we install them and leave and never hear about them again. I have a 5 year old Twin Turbo that I adopted when the right side stopped working about a year ago. The user needed the twin & I don't, so I use it now. The only actual issue that we have with them regularly is when users with VDI forget that they have to switch the driver to generic when they are in their VM.

I bought this printer based on the recommendation from the management software I use for a check in / check out process. It worked great out of the box and installation was easy. After the second meeting the printer began to jam and the check in person worked a while trying to get labels to print. After cleaning with denatured alcohol she was up and running again. As the IT person, I would like to create custom labels for this printer. Unfortunately, I have to have the printer on my computer at home to use the software to make custom labels. I downloaded the software at home, downloaded a label template and planned on working away. The software will not run without the label printer connected to my computer. This is a horrible feature and I am not sure why Dymo is concerned about someone using their label software to make custom labels for Dymo printers. Inconvenient.

I was given the Dymo LabelMaker to try for free in exchange for my honest opinion. We love it. The label maker is so easy to use and has come in so handy with labeling all of the kids school things. We love that it doesn't run out of ink and you can print multiples. We will be using this for a long time to come.