Brother Professional Series Label Printer with Built-in Networking (QL-580N)

by Brother

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 5.2 x 5.6 inches ; 5.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001E43SEG
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: QL580N
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,040 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
  • #75 in Office Products > Office Electronics > Other Office Equipment > Label Makers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 22, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Brother QL-580N is a professional label printer that offers blazing print speeds, high-resolution prints with its Superfine Mode, and a built-in Ethernet connection to make networking a breeze. It's an effective tool for creating mailing labels, organizing file folders, creating bar codes, and much more.

The Brother QL-580N Label Printer with Built-in Networking: Features built-in networking so it can be shared. Prints up to 68 labels per minute. Offers an output resolution of 300 x 600 dpi.

Print labels up to 2.4 inches wide. View larger.

Fast, High-Quality Printing
With printing speeds of up to 68 labels per minute and ultra-high 300 x 600 dpi print resolution capabilities, the QL-580N produces high-quality black and white graphics and text in no time. Print using labels as wide as 2.4 inches, including address labels, food and price labels, CD/DVD labels, and more. The built-in heavy duty cutter makes it a snap to cut labels at any interval, including large print jobs.

Brother has designed their QL line of label printers with ease-of-use in mind. When it comes to changing label rolls, it's a cinch with the QL-580N's easy drop-in design that takes only seconds to change rolls. The printer will automatically detect the size of the newly installed label roll and adjust the on-screen template to the correct size for you.

The Convenience of Built-in Networking
The QL-580N offers a built-in Ethernet connection for easy networking amongst multiple users, and it works seamlessly with both Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Brother's exclusive b-PAC Application Programming Interface (API) allows developers the ability to pass text, numbers, graphics, and bar code data to a label template for added versatility across the network.

User-Friendly Editing Software
The Brother QL-580N label printer comes equipped with powerful, yet easy-to-use, P-touch Editor software that features three input modes -- Snap Function, Express Mode, and Professional Mode. Each input mode provides a wide array of features for both beginners and experienced designers alike. This software makes it possible to design your own labels or to create labels using information stored in Microsoft Office programs.

Compatible with both Windows and Macintosh, the Brother QL-580N measures 5.2 x 5.6 x 9.4 inches (WxHxD) and weighs 2.6 pounds. It's backed by a 2-year limited warranty and exchange service.

What's in the Box
Brother QL-580N label printer, P-touch Editor Software & Driver, USB cable, Set-up & Operation Guide, AC power cord, DK Supplies Guide, cleaning sheet, starter rolls: DK-2205 2-3/7-inch (25 feet) continuous length, DK-1201 standard address label (100 labels).

Product Description

QL-580N Label Printer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Little printer, November 10, 2009

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J. Lambert (SUMMIT, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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I bought this to do shipping lables, one off return address lables, File Lables, just as a general label printer feeding sheets of lables into my printer is just not pratical. First off being a thermal printer I was concerned about quality, quality is good, almost as sharp as my laser printer. Prints fast hit the button and the label is out, printed and cut.

I bought the network version over the USB so I can use it from any pc without leaving a PC on. Setup was easy just install the software. Intragrates with word, office puts a little button there. One thing I didn't expect is the Network version also has a USB port so you have the best of both worlds. Overall a very convient little printer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good machine, limited software., October 19, 2010

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Morgan S. Smith (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother Professional Series Label Printer with Built-in Networking (QL-580N) (Office Product)

Overall, I am satisfied with this printer. I have had a several Dymo label printers and none have been durable. I bought this one to try an alternative. The print quality is good, the option to do continuous labels is excellent, the option to print different sizes is great. However, the software is a big disappointment. Specifically, the databases must be edited in a spreadsheet program, not directly from the P-Touch software. This is very 1990. One should have an integrated database, so that new entries can be saved without having to exit the program, launch the database file in Excel, add the entry, close it, and re-launch P-touch, and print. We had to set up a separate file for quickly printing labels not in our database. A work around like this should not be necessary for software in 2010, but they seem normal for Brother products. You get inexpensive, reliable machines, low cost consumables, and generous features; along with unintuitive controls, and convoluted software.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick and Easy Label Making, July 16, 2010

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Scott Cruit - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Brother Professional Series Label Printer with Built-in Networking (QL-580N) (Office Product)

I love how I can just copy and paste an address into the easy to use software and instantly, I have a Clear, Concise and Professional looking label, literally in the blink of an eye.

Switching out label stock is also quick and easy and there are different types and sizes available.

All of my computers are networked, as is this printer, so everyone in the family has access to this printer.

This printer does everything as advertised. I'm Very Happy with this purchase and Highly Recommend this to anyone looking for a Quick and Easy label printer. Definitely go with the Networked version. (Also works stand alone with one computer).