More on this later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The printer is well-priced at $179.99<\/a>. This is roughly the cost of the Rollo Thermal Label printer, and you can sometimes get the DYMO 4XL for this price. The drawback on its price, though, is that its labels are the most expensive labels I\u2019ve ever seen. Because of their specific roll format, you are very limited on which labels you can print with. There are very few third-party label options. And the average business that uses a thermal label printer for shipping labels will have a hard time paying nearly $0.25 per label. While DYMO has similar limitations, there is a wide range of third-party label rolls at much more competitive prices. WINDOWS: The Mac setup is a whole other story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n MAC: <\/strong>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.shipstation.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-15-at-1.21.00-PM.png.webp\")
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<\/strong>The setup process was shockingly easy. I used to work technical support for ShipStation and printer setup calls were among the most common issues. And even after dozens of calls, models like the Zebra GK420 could still be tricky, but this one set up and worked great the first time. It didn’t even require checking manuals. Its plug and play functionality lets start printing immediately\u2014even recognizing the label\u2019s size upon installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had heard the Brother QL-1100 was not Mac compliant from other people but had to test for myself. Our setup guide doesn’t even have it listed for Macs, only Windows<\/a>. After so successfully setting it up on a Windows machine, it would not load on a Mac. I even checked with our printer experts, who could also not get it connected. The print job failed to send to the printer. Even after installing through CUPS and installing the additional software<\/a> from Brother’s website, nothing happened. Perhaps the issue was with my MacBook being newer and requiring an adapter to connect to the USB cable. If anyone can successfully install on a newer or older Mac, please comment below!<\/p>\n\n\n\nComparison<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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