Brother QL-570 Professional Label Printer

by Brother

• Labeler produces high-resolution labels for home and business applications
• Can print at speeds up to 68 labels per minute
• 300 x 600 dpi resolution for sharp and detailed text and imagery
• Includes P-Touch Label Creation software for customized labels
• Backed by a two-year limited warranty

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The sleek and stylish Brother QL-570 Professional Label Printer produces high-resolution labels that are perfect for home and business applications, such as shipping labels, envelopes, CD/DVDs, name badges, and more. This ultra-fast label printer integrates easily with other popular applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, for added functionality. The QL-570 also prints multiple label jobs, accepts a wide range of label sizes, and features a heavy-duty automatic cutter for professional results every time.

The QL-570 prints up to 68 labels per minute View larger.

High-Resolution Labels Printed Fast
With the ability to print up to 68 standard labels per minute at 300 x 300 dpi (text only), the QL-570 Professional Label Printer wastes no time in handling even the biggest print jobs. And it's not only fast, but it also produces sharp, accurate text and imagery at up to 300 x 600 dpi resolution in superfine mode.

The QL-570 features an easy-access control panel and uses drop-in label rolls for quick changes. It accepts labels up to 2.4 inches wide, and it's even versatile enough to print on 1/2-inch diameter round labels.

Powerful P-touch Label Creation Software
The QL-570 comes with P-touch Label Creation software, which allows you to create customized label designs and integrate seamlessly with Microsoft® applications such as Excel®, Word®, and Outlook®. This software creates labels within seconds using information stored on your computer, potentially saving you hours of hassle. This software is extremely user-friendly and features three input modes for people of all experience levels, from beginner to advanced.

Pairing the QL-570 Label Printer to a PC or Mac is as easy as connecting the included USB cable to the computer and following the on-screen instructions. Once connected, installing the P-touch Label Creation software will only take a matter of minutes.

Heavy-Duty Automatic Cutter for Faster Production
No more cutting labels by hand: the QL-570 features a heavy-duty cutter that automatically cuts each and every label with precision and accuracy. For large print jobs, this feature will prove to be a huge time saver. The QL-570 is capable of multiple label printing up to a total of 9,999 labels, and the automatic cutter handles every one of the labels with consistent results each time.

The Brother QL-570 Professional Label Printer is compatible with PC and Mac operating systems. It measures 5.2 x 5.6 x 8.2 inches (WxHxD) and weighs 2.5 pounds. It's backed by a two-year limited warranty and exchange service.

What's in the Box
QL-570 Professional Label Printer, P-touch Label Creation Software and driver, USB cord, power cord, label tray, DK supplies guide, starter rolls: standard address labels (100 labels), continuous length paper tape 2-3/7 inches (25 feet).

Product Description

BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORPORAT QL-570 - LABEL PRINTER - MONOCHROME - DIRECT THERMAL - UP TO 68 LABELS/MIN - 600 Manufacturer : BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORPORAT UPC : 012502618843

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

231 of 243 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great printer, confusing setup August 27, 2008

By V. Kailas

Great label printer. Fast, reliable, and quiet. A bit bulky but the size makes it easy to change the label.

Note about setting up printer for postage:
I bought this printer to print folder labels and postage. Folder labels was easy enough but postage proved difficult. I read on a forum that you could print USPS click and ship postage. Signed up on USPS and spent a few hours trying to fit the postage image onto the label. Finally, a search revealed that paypal has this functionality. I signed into paypal and under Profile -> shipping settings set the printer settings to ql-550 (ql-570 not listed but it's okay). It gives you a heads up that you need Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment to print labels to your label printer and points to you a link for the no longer unsupported J2SE JRE from 2005 that no longer works. You do need Java Run Time Environment but can use the newer one. You can get it by searching for JRE or get the older one by searching J2SE JRE.

Then I went into Label Printing Application found under Aution Tools tab -> PayPal MultiOrder Shipping and printed two labels. Wasted about 1 foot of labels trying to get them to print. Then finally realized there is another setting inside this MultiOrder Shipping App under Edit -> Settings. I set this to the ql-550 and hit the "Reprint" button (next to View Details...) under the History tab. I wasted another foot of continuous label trying to print the labels. Then realized that reprinting keeps the original printing formatting. Had to void out the labels and /really/ re-print them (luckily I didn't have to refill in the shipping details). Very annoying experience. end rant.

1. Download Java [...]
2. Create or login your Paypal Account
3. Click auction tools -> free MultiOrder Shipping
4.... If Getting Started pops up click Close
5. Click Edit -> Settings -> Print Settings -> Label Printer, and choose ql-550. (Also I unchecked packing slips and receipt. Packlist comes up after printing labels and you can choose your regular printer)
6. Click Ok
7. You are done. Click File -> Create New Order

Also, turn off pop-up blocker before trying to print and you might want to change your OS's "Printer Preferences" paper size to the correct value so you don't have to do this everytime you print. The default is wrong for the ql-570.

This is a big feature for the ql series so they should have some better documentation but it is equally paypals fault for poor documentation. Read more ›

91 of 95 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Brother QL-570 lends professionalism to your business March 22, 2008

By Michael Tchong

Amazon Verified Purchase

I got this a few weeks ago and I've been enjoying beautiful label printing since. While Brother has many label printers, this model is all you really need. It was actually recommended by a Brother reptile ;) at Macworld.

Set-up was easy and I'm using it with both Mac Leopard and Windows Vista and I've experienced no problems printing whatsoever. The Windows software has more features than the Mac side and feels "slicker" too.

The QL-570 prints fast and silent. It's a little bigger than you would expect, but that's due to the easy-to-change label cartridges, which are a big plus.

69 of 74 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little printer April 21, 2008

By Ano

I use this printer on a Mac with OS X 10.5, and it works great. I think of new uses for the labels just about every day. Its super fast, and changing labels or tape is a snap. They come in a cartridge that just drops into the printer. The printer reads the label size so its available to the software.

One other nice thing about this printer is lots of type of labels and tape. There is circle labels, squares, big ones and small ones, and continuous tape in both paper and film.

One slight negative is that the software doesn't make it as easy to enter a POSTNET barcode as it should. You need to manually enter the zip code and manually position the bar code. Not terrible, but not as nice as the rest of the software.

Overall this is a great printer, durable, and you will love it.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BUY!!!!!!!!!! May 11, 2008

By Marcia A. Schaake

Recently upgraded from QL-500. This one was a better buy and has more features, many of which I'm still discovering. Excellent little printer with a wide variety of uses.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Labeler July 5, 2008

By givpilot VINE™ VOICE

Amazon Verified Purchase

This is a great product; it combines a very quiet, attractive printer unit with well designed and easy to operate software. The installation was problem free on a Windows Vista computer. The software is easy to use and it's easy to print all sorts of labels without reference to the user's manual. However, should you wish to explore all of its capabilities, you'll find the software to be quite sophisticated. Switching label types is a breeze because each roll has its own spool -- it's faster than replacing tape in your Scotch tape dispenser. The software and printer are both graphic capable, so you can easily print logos, artwork, photos, etc., on your labels.

55 of 64 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars You shouldn't need to be a graphic designer to print a label April 20, 2010

By Micahel Thomas

I've owned a half-dozen label makers over the years, but never before had the misfortune to purchase a Brother product for this purpose. (I purchased this one ecause I've had good luck with Brother laser printers).

EVERY other label maker, right back to the days of DOS, provided a simple, straightforward method of creating a variety of basic mailing and shipping labels.

Not the software supplied with this printer: you basically have to learn a (poor quality) graphic design package to perform the simplest functions.

Now, I am not unfamiliar with such packages, for example I work daily in Photoshop, but after two hours of screwing around with this ill documented, unintuitive, slow, confusing low resolution editor I've yet to produce a satisfactory label - the software is not merely AS BAD as many other reviewers here maintain. ITS WORSE, in fact I would have to say this is the worst piece of software I've encountered last four or five years. (In fact, now that I think about it, it looks, and feels like one of the early graphical programs created for DOS environments before there were such standardized graphical environments as Windows and the Mac).

And without the ability to design labels in a straightforward manner, it doesn't matter how good the hardware is.

I'd just add that given the frustration with the software reported by other users here, you'd think that Brother would at least have the decency and common sense to provide some kind of template downloads to allow users to get up and running rapidly, but there don't seem to be any at their site, and the included templates are worthless....

Bottom line: unless you consider learning a frustrating, ill designed editor in order to create basic labels a good use of your time, look elsewhere. Read more ›