DYMO Label Writer 450 Twin Turbo Direct Thermal Label Printer, 1 Count

This is a very good product. Prints fast and almost the instant you push the print button. Even though I was only looking for a single printer for printing postage, I opted for the twin as I figured I would find many more uses of this product after owning it for a while since there are so many label choices available and didn't want to be bothered changing label rolls all the time. It didn't take long to realize I made the right choice. I've already found many more uses than I anticipated and the list is growing. Having the second side makes it easier since I can leave the stamps in one side and other labels in the other side. I've read the complaints from others about the dymo stamps postage options for this printer so I will shed some light on it. Dymo stamps offer a free account with no monthly service charge that allows you to print stamps and postage for flat rate boxes, packages up to 13oz, large envelopes, letters and postcards. It works very well, the free account just doesn't allow you to print specific amounts for packages weighing over 13oz unless you are using flat rate boxes. So it's a basic postage service. If you upgrade to the Standard account, which carries a monthly charge, you may print variable amounts and also add tracking information plus some other features. Personally, the free account works perfect for me. For the basic dymo stamps account you may only print postage on the smaller stamps labels and the paid accounts allow you to print postage on any shipping label as well. When purchasing stamp labels for the free account, only purchase dymo brand as they now require you to register each roll of stamp labels with your account and the dymo brand have the registration number printed on the backing paper from the roll. So stay away from the cheaper replacements. Plus, if you misprint a stamp, dymo will refund your account for the postage used and they only do this with authentic dymo stamp labels. The printer comes with a stamp starter roll of 50 and address labels. The roll that came with my machine didn't have a registration number on the back even though they are dymo, but a quick call to dymo stamps and they took care of it by allowing me to print 50 before being prompted for a registration number. I purchased a new roll that has it on there so when I run out of the starters, I'll be good to go. Be aware that some of the previous model printers such as the labelwriter 400 can be found at a decent price but require a software upgrade costing $50 to print postage. So I recommend sticking with the newer models like this one. There is no off button on the printer, so be aware that there are blue lights on the front that illuminate all the time, which I find annoying but not a big deal unless the printer is in your bedroom. I love the fact that it doesn't use any ink, which is a big plus. The software for the printer is very simple and easy to learn in just a few minutes but also has many features, allowing you to even customize your labels with pictures or logos and different fonts. It even has an option to click on that will check to make sure the address you typed in is accurate and will correct it for you. It will add that funny postal barcode to the label so that it goes through the mail system more accurately. When you use a roll of labels for the first time, make sure you pull off and discard the first few labels that have adhesive from the tape on them to avoid gumming up the printer. All in all, I am very impressed with this product and hope it continues to serve us well.

I already had one of these for about 10 years and it just recently stopped working. It has the same features as my old one, which I already loved. The Dymo label site is the software used to make address labels, and you can also make shipping labels with Dazzle software included. To make stamps you need to use Endicia. It's all very easy and self-explanatory. I love my labeler and highly recommend it for anyone who needs it for personal or small business.

Bought this for one of our admin assistants. She loves it. She doesn't use it for postage, just 2 different sized labels. She wouldn't use anything else now.

I have used several Dymo printers in the past 10 years and generally they work well. This model does have a few issues. When printing more than one postage label it will misprint or skip a label or not print a stamp about every 10th time. As a result, I am wasting several stamp costs each month. This occurs more if printing more than 4 stamp labels, so I keep it to 3 or fewer each time I print. Even then, it might skip or misprint. The monopoly Dymo has on the postage labels is annoying. They claim to not support any other labels, yet price these labels significantly higher in cost than other labels where they have competition. 

The printer is really great and I would recommend it. The older 5lb. Capacity, pelouze scale is another matter. I've had nothing but trouble with it. Even though the unit supposedly has an automatic shut-off to save battery life, I've found my battery scale dead more often than I care to admit. I don't use the postage scale that often so the battery should have lasted a long time. Now, it's not working at all. There is just some bizzare error code in the screen for a couple of minutes after I unplug and replug the USB cord, then it dies. I would hope this was just a defective unit, or they improved the new models.

When it works, it's great. However it will randomly stop printing after about a week of use and my computer will no longer recognize the USB. I can be printing several different labels right after each other, click "print" on the next one and poof the USB isn't recognized. Literally only about 3 seconds have passed since I printed the previous label but now it won't work. The only way to fix it is to unplug everything and wait 30 seconds then plug it all back in. Then suddenly it magically wants to work again. It's very annoying and has caused me to not want this brand anymore. I have changed cords and changed USB ports on my computer. Nothing changed, so it has to be the label maker itself. I would say if you are buying a label maker for consistent use look elsewhere.

Label printing is good, but when installing the software, windows 10 only recognizes 1 printer, not 2 as indicated in the documentation. Since I do not use Dymo connect to print labels, I have to go thru printer preferences, adding multiple steps for something that should be as simple as changing printers.

I have been using this label printer for years on a Win7 PC with NO issues at all. I actually own 3. After many years of straight forward usage I was left beyond dissapointed. First the postage printing vendor changed the rules and left me with $100 of useless postage supplies, but that was ok still because I could still print labels. However, when I was forced to upgrade to Windows 10 and saw the new version of the software the 5-star dropped to a No-Star. It used to integrate with an Outlook plug-in, and allowed for very simple easy to use, on-the-fly adjustments - worked like a charm. Now I have to log-in to O365 every time I want to pull-in a contact record. I cannot quickly batch select from my outlook contacts. Perfect product if you print one label many times, but otherwise I don't understand the decision to make this software useless. I am so annoyed with trying to print 20 labels that I gave up just to come write this review. I may as well go back to buying Avery label sheets...

I've used DYMO Label Software for years. Then, I made the mistake of cutting over to the new Connect Software. Yes - a BIG mistake. Where the heck did all my labels go?! Over a 100 labels, and this software doesn't even have the decency to import from the old package!!! The old stuff was intuitive and easy to use. This new stuff is so bad that I have no choice but to scrape it off the bottom of my shoe and go back to the old software. The printer itself is great, but the software kills it. It may be time to go with a different brand of label maker. DYMO should be ashamed of this crap.

Have had several problems like the address correction suddenly stopped working a while back. Then it started to print three to six blank labels when I printed a single label. Now I just heard the printer turn on by itself (I was in another room) and by the time I got to the printer to check on it it had printed the entire roll of labels with thin horizontal and vertical lines. What has happened to this once fine company?