Editorial Review:

Product Description:
With the PT-80, you can create labels for any application. Select from the many frames, character sizes and styles to design beautiful custom labels. In addition, the variety of tape cartridges available allows you to print labels with different widths and exciting colors.

Amazon.com Product Description:
The Brother PT-80 Personal Labeler is an affordable, handheld personal labeling system that can print a wide variety of tape colors and styles. Everyone can use a little help getting organized, and this compact, easy-to-use device makes it a breeze. It's perfect for homes, home offices, and small offices and particularly helpful for crafts, school projects, financial management, and all sorts of kid activities. You'll come up with hundreds of uses for this label maker. From tidying up your closet to making scrapbooks, the PT-80 can help keep your household -- and your life -- running smoothly.

PT-80 Personal Labeler is an affordable, handheld personal labeling system that can can help keep your household running smoothly. View larger.

Special Features
The PT-80 easily prints labels in six type sizes, nine type styles and one font for all different labeling needs -- all you have to do is type in your text and print. It's that easy! To make things even more precise, at the touch of a button you can also add the time and date to your label. This feature is especially helpful for labeling perishable food, financial records, smoke alarm batteries, and spice racks. With the PT-80, you can print non-laminated labels that are 0.375 and 0.5 inches wide.

Personalize Your Labels
It's fun to personalize your labels. The PT-80 gives you the option of selecting from 71 symbols to creatively display information on the label, and also includes five auto formats and five framing options. In addition, you can take advantage of nine different types of styles, including italic, bold, and vertical. Along with its easy-to-view, 12-character LCD display and easy-to-use typewriter style keyboard, the PT-80 features raised keys for more accurate input. It also prints one to two lines of crisp text, and can add text framing and underlining.

Print Speed, Resolution, and Tape Size
The PT-80 is designed to offer you the very best label-making technology available in a compact, personal-use unit. The print speed is 7.5 mm/second, while the resolution is 230 dpi. You won't have to wait long for your labels to print out and when they do, the eye-catching sharpness of the text will stand out. The tape measures 26.2 feet, which means it won't require constant re-supplying. You can also print up to nine copies at one time.

The PT-80 comes with a one year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
PT-80 label printer, 1/2-inch black on white tape, and user's guide.









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Rating: - Good portable labeler
I use this for work. I use it to put labels on all of the company's computers (about 75 to 100) with the funky network names that we use.

Better than the hand-held labelers because this keyboard is easier to use. The best way I can describe it is like a video game controller. It works really well like that.

It does not have an AC power source, but that's OK by me. You are moving the labeler to the object here, not the other way around. The AC cord would never get used anyway.

Not a whole lot of options here on label size, typeface, etc. It's your basic labeler, nothing else.

Good:
* Simple to use.
* Easy to move around / keep in your hand.
* Lightweight
* Gets the job done the same way every time.
* No cords to lose.

Bad:
* Battery life (AAA batteries - what do you expect?)
* Labels are expensive (buy in bulk at discount)
* The numeral keys (0 - 9) are really easy to press one number too high until you get used to it.
* Can be difficult to peel the backing off the label after printed.

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Rating: - A MUST for Productivity and Performance, Required for the 7-Hour School Week
* Label everything. Use the Brother label as it is the most user-friendly brand. Whenever you get new information, file it away into the right folder and label it. Label items by Categories first, and then Specifics, such as Real Estate - Rental - New York Property X; Trips - France - Paris; Academics - Psychology - Peak Performance Class X. Use 3 levels of hierarchy at most for each category.

I label everything with OAPR (Outcome. Action. People. Resource) and DTCM (Deadline, Time, Context, and Monetary Value). You can learn more about what that means through my programs.
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Rating: - revenge
They need to simplify the instructions. I've had it for a month or so & still can't get it going. The date & time seem to be important but I don't need that. Other than that it seems to be very well built & has all the bells & whistles. I know you were expecting good news in this review but my name isn't Dilbert & I'm not an engineer. I will get it going but it's going to take time.

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Rating: - Brother PT-80 P-touch Electronic Labeling System
* This label maker is easy to use. I haven't looked for replacement tape yet so I am not sure how easy it is to find. ...

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Rating: - Impressed and happy
I bought this label maker after a friend told me it was one of the best purchases she had made because it helped her organize her entire life! According to many books, a label maker is also one of the best first steps in de-cluttering your house. So I figured for the price I would try it. After about 4 weeks, I am impressed. The labels have adhered well to plastic bins, paper, and wood. The ink has not worn off them and is dry immediately after printing. The label backs are also easy to peel off. I just ran out of tape tonight from the first roll. I would say I got a fair amount of labels out of that roll as I used it off and on. The interface is very intuitive and easy to use. The screen is large enough to read well. The buttons are large enough too so you do not have input errors. I like that the labels are not overly tacky so that I can reposition them on plastic easily if I put it on crooked. The only time I had a problem was when I tried to put a label on a wire file divider. The surface was irregular and they are less secure. Overall, I am very satisfied with my purchase and would buy it again.