[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Before I get to the product itself, I need to address a few issues with the packaging and general usability.
The printer comes well packaged, very secure. However, and this may just have been an oversight with my particular box, but there were no instructions included. Plenty of warranty info……no instructions. Now, I’m a relatively bright lass, I figured it out pretty quickly. But someone who isn’t tech savvy or people of, for example, an older generation, may find this to be a major problem.
Similarly, there is nowhere on the box or inside (I’m assuming it would be with the missing instruction booklet?!) that tells me which app to download on my phone or computer. I eventually just searched for ‘brother’. Again, major issue.
The product itself: it’s a great wee printer. Very quick and easy to load the cartridge (even without instructions!), and the resulting label is clear and crisp.
I have not yet tried using computer software but the iPhone app is……well, clunky. It’s not great. It may be a very simple app but simple isn’t always better. There is very little guidance as to how to do things so you have to have at least a limited amount of general tech knowledge in order to navigate the app. Again, I may be doing it a disservice seeing as I don’t have an instruction booklet. Who knows? Everything may be explained in there!!
Overall, despite my gripes mentioned above, I’m pleased with the printer. It does exactly what it’s supposed to do. I’m looking forward to exploring a wee bit more to see how it copes with pictures and fine details.
Edit to add: further exploration shows that the device disconnects from Bluetooth after each use. Also, there is approximately 1 inch of tape wastage with every print.