Brother PT-1180 Labeling System

by Brother

Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006B7R3
• Item model number: PT-1180
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 2, 2007

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The PT-1180 hand held labeling system uses "TZ" laminated tapes in three sizes from 0.25 to 0.5 inches wide. This affordable unit produces extremely durable, laminated adhesive backed labels for a variety of home and home office applications. It prints one font in eight styles and five type sizes up to 22 points.

The unit features an eight-character LCD for correcting errors before printing and prints either one or two lines of text. Special printing options include mirror and vertical printing and text framing options.

The PT-1180 fits in the palm of your hand, so it is easy to carry or rests easily on any flat surface. Familiar typewriter style keyboard allows easy text entry, then just press print, peel, and stick. The tape cutter blade cuts cleanly and safely. The laminated tape is resistant to UV, abrasives, spills, heat and cold. The package includes one "TZ" laminated tape and tape separator. The unit is powered by six AAA batteries, not included.

Product Description

Item #: BHRPT1180. High-quality thermal printing. Uses TZ tape up to 1/2" wide. Features include vertical, horizontal and mirror printing, text framing and underlining, and foreign language symbols. Eight-character LCD display. Prints two lines in nine type styles and five type sizes (up to 22 pt.). 300-character memory and repeat printing (1-9 copies). Includes 1/2" tape cartridge and tape separator stick. Uses six AAA batteries (not included). 6-1/8w x 5-1/8d x 2-1/2h.
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Brother PT-xxxx series wastes tape!!, October 26, 2004

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Darin Spivey (Boca Raton, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother PT-1180 Labeling System (Office Product)

I'm so disappointed with the PT-xxxx line of labelers. The problem is that they FORCE the lead out on the tape to be 1". So, by default, you're wasting 1" of tape on the front and back. Not only is it a waste of tape, but I use this primarily for printing CD labels--something which does not have 1" on either side to spare. The PT-1200 (and other models too) have a "margin" feature, which allows you to reduce the 1" margin to something much smaller--HOWEVER, the only thing it does with this feature is to print on the tape a few dotted lines to MANUALLY cut on. So, not only are you STILL wasting tape in the lead-out, but now you have to manually cut on the dotted line with scissors (the end of the label is stopped properly at the margin width you set, but is still wasted on the front). This is the second model from Brother that I will return and I won't buy another Brother labeler in the 1000 series (yes, other models have the same "feature"). The PT-85 that I used to have worked fine, so apparently they made it worse with new features in the 1000+ series.

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Be careful of *deceivingly cheap* Brother labelers, January 11, 2005

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BrooklynBen "brooklynben" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother PT-1180 Labeling System (Office Product)

We bought one of these labelers. The first surprise came as we started to use it. As has been noted at length by another reviewer on this page, these labelers are designed to waste the tape. OK, we thought. Whatever.

Then, when the tape ran out, we purchased more via Amazon. Wow, these refills are unreasonably expensive! Brother clearly has a "give away the razors and sell the blades" philosophy, seemingly making all of their money on the tape. But we bought it anyway, cause what else were we going to do? We were stuck.

We got the tape, inserted it correctly. But the cartridge was faulty and it unraveled on the second label. Irreperable. So we called Brother and -- guess what -- the tapes have NO WARRANTY!!

So, unless you are in the mood to give Brother a *blank check* for your labeling needs, don't get into bed with them. They will leave you angry and wanting.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Label Printing Made Easy, June 17, 2005

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Bryan Carey "Bryan Carey" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother PT-1180 Labeling System (Office Product)

Brother P-Touch 1180 is a very good label printer for home or office. It has a whisper- quiet operation and the batteries last a good long time. The printer can accommodate label widths of six, nine, or twelve millimeters so it can be used for many different tasks.

There are five sizes and several different styles that can be programmed on this label printer. Italic print, boldface, outline, shadow, and different combinations of the above can be utilized to create different effects. There aren't a multitude of styles and sizes, like you get with more expensive label printers, but there are enough selections to accommodate most needs. And the liquid crystal display makes it easy to see what you are about to print.

I have few complaints with this label printer, but one of them is worth noting: the printer's tendency to waste labels. When you print a label, the printer will always release sections of blank tape on both sides of the worded area. It does this, presumably, to make sure you have enough blank area to cut. But this can prove to be very wasteful because, most of the time, you will not need all of this blank label. What I try to do is type in multiple names in a row, separated by a space, and then print at once. This will minimize the amount of blank label coming out from the printer. There is a limit of 55 total characters in each run, so you can't input any number of names you wish. You are still a little bit limited, but this is still more efficient than entering one name at a time and pressing the print button after each one.

This printer isn't the greatest, but for the price, it's difficult to argue a convincing case against the Brother P- Touch 1180 label printer. It's small, quiet, and gets the job done with minimal effort and cost as long as you conserve the label by entering multiple names at the same time.