Customer Reviews

Brother P-Touch 2300 Labeling System

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This Model offers a lot for your buck. It allows 6 lines of text, so you can print multi-line address labels. It connects to your PC, allowing you to micro-manage your label layout. My only complaint is about 1 in 50 labels have to be reprinted because there are lines in the text. Although it happens very infrequently, it prevents me from giving this product 5 Stars. That being said, I still highly recommend this model.

My dad recently bought one of these and he absolutely loves it. As an electrician, it is a very useful tool for him, ideal for labeling wires and boxes in his truck. Battery powered, it's always handy and even has a label peeler implement so guys and gals with short nails can easily peel the label from its back! The only problem is, since he loves it so much he doesn't want to take it to work for fear of damaging it!

This unit is the second Brother label maker that I have owned. I gave my first to someone else and then purchased this one, which has more features than my first label maker. The two most important features are a USB port for connection to a computer, and an automatic tape cutter. The tape cutter alone was worth the price of this label maker. My first label maker had a manual cutter, and the blades dulled quickly and then I had a hard time finding replacement blades.

This label maker will take a variety of tape widths, from 1/4" to 1". The labels come in a variety of styles, though you may have a difficult time finding some styles and widths unless you purchase them on the internet. There are frames and fonts and various tape lengths. The display shows up to two lines and eight characters across, along with providing information regarding settings.

I have used this label maker for files, hardware, tool cabinets, and even, with the 1/4" tape, keys. Once you have used one of these label makers you will find dozens of uses for it if you get the organizing bug.

This label maker uses either an adapter for a wall outlet or a bank of batteries for portability. The batteries provide a reasonably long life, though it takes eight AA batteries to run this label maker.

One note of caution. When I first got this label maker I had a huge file project and went through several dozen tape cartridges. While one cartridge can last for a while, buying dozens in a short period of time is very expensive. I am still convinced that this label maker provides a good value because it is a time saver, but it is sometimes hard to realize that when you are buying cartridges at more than $10 each.

Once upon a time I made labels using a typewriter and tape; never again. Now that I have used this label maker I am sold on Brother and if this label maker should ever break I will probably buy an even more capable label maker, almost certainly from Brother.