This is Why You Should NOT Buy the DYMO 5XL, 550, or 550 Turbo.

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This is Why You Should NOT Buy the DYMO 5XL Thermal Printer , Dymo 550 Thermal Printer, or Dymo 550 Turbo Thermal Label Printer.
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In the bullet points on their listing they say
"For best performance, use DYMO LabelWriter Labels in a variety of sizes"
If you scroll down their Amazon listing you can see:
"Uses Only Authentic DYMO Labels"
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@101lager 2 жыл бұрын

As a long time Dymo user, I will discontinue buying any other DYMO label printers in the future. This is disgusting. I bought one and will return it immediately.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

🤢🤮

@mattrivera5765 2 жыл бұрын

I bought this dymo a few weeks ago. I ended up taking the rfid tag off the started roll and stuck it inside of the printer roll area and I was able to use a third party roll… BUT once it thought I had used up the whole roll it said empty and would not let me print any more!! So even the rfid tag is one time use. I ended up returning it and getting a rollo.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah we are trying to figure out how to copy/program the RFID tags to trick the printer into thinking the roll is fresh. It'll happen eventually.

@eshaansharma280 2 жыл бұрын

Huge thanks to Eric being so honest and straightforward for his audience and exposing such bad products !

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

🤝 so you don't have to 🙏

@eshaansharma280 2 жыл бұрын

@@thecollegepicker yeah man I felt bad that you had to spend money on that printer 🤧

@bdmageex 2 жыл бұрын

maybe not such a bad product but silly/greedy decision on the proprietary label nonsense

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

I saw something on hackaday I think. So cool they figured it out. Not super practical for a dummy end user to do tho 😞

@jamesw.3491 2 жыл бұрын

Time to just boycott ANYTHING Dymo all together. The only thing these egg heads will understand is drying up the money trail. This is the equivalent of a car maker locking you into ONLY being able to use their service centers and parts. I won't buy ANYTHING Dymo again. Screw them.

@ecto78 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!! The audacity of some companies trying to put people over their barrel.

@brendajackels9042 2 жыл бұрын

After we used up the sample labels that were sent, I put a knock-off roll in the machine. As described in this video, it did not work. However, I noticed a weird silvery sticker on the outside of the empty roll of proprietary stickers. I carefully pulled that off and stick it on the inside of the roll of knock-off labels. It worked! I just did this an hour or so ago, so we'll see how long this lasts. I see now from other comments that it won't likely last for long. Bummer.

@AS-ih2dk 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric, this was REALLY enlightening because I just completed a warranty replacement of my 450 Turbo today with Dymo directly, and they offered me a 550 since they outmoded the 450 Turbo in November (2021); but I said no way, because of this fact you shared!

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

@mygodisable2 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this information. I value this info.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. I value your support 🙏

@writer46m72 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I work for the county and I was trying to figure out why it wouldn't work anymore after running out of labels and replacing them. I didn't think I was doing anything wrong while getting the new labels in lol. But yes, I saw my new label maker is a 550 turbo and that my new labels do not say "Dymo" printed in the back LOL. You're the only source I found that explained why my damn thing doesn't work now. LOL So thank you.

@kandirox 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I literally had the 5 in my cart and thought let me have a quick look on YT. So glad I came across this vid.

@proudnavymamabear2509 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I JUST purchased the Label Writer 450 in the nick of time. I watched the price soar on Amazon, so I quickly purchased one a week ago. They are sold out everywhere. I ended up purchasing for 275.00( not including tax :/) in good condition. Thank you for this video!

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, good timing!

@fortworthlocals 2 жыл бұрын

Have you looked into wether Dymo printers work with the new M1 chips? I have not been able to connect my printers to print with my new mac M1 chip computer.

@ginostandaert6981 2 жыл бұрын

Thx for the information , but why not suggestion wich one we should buy instead ?? that would help us further... Thx in advance I have the same problem with HP printer ... :( let me know the alternative please!!

@ericpircher 2 жыл бұрын

It's mind-blowing that Dymo did this. DRM on printer cartridges and K-cups never went down well with consumers and ultimately failed to lock consumers in like the manufacturers hoped. Dymo's idea is even more self-defeating. As expected, the new 5-series is *super* unpopular. On Amazon, Dymo has kind of disguised the outrage by re-using their 4XL product multi-listing, which has thousands of 5-star reviews. When you sort the reviews by date though, you see that every single 5XL review is a 1-star. Something else to note: it's not just that you have to use authentic Dymo labels, they have to be authentic *5XL* labels. If you replace a faulty 4XL and have several authentic Dymo 4XL label rolls left over, those labels will not work. Madness. The 4XL is a nice printer, even if it's a bit temperamental. Its 300 dpi resolution is crisp, and it's compact and self-contained. As for genuine Dymo labels, they're nothing special. I find aftermarket brands like Onyx are just as good.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I'm glad you saw the disguised review/listing shenanigans. It was very low star as its own product so they merged it to hide the poor reviews.

@annieveganized9939 2 жыл бұрын

Can you put of sizes in the 4XL- like a 4 x 3 is not in the drop down list but that’s what I want to use- there is 4 x 2.25 - do I have to get that size or is there a custom size I can create. ?

@danielgomez4576 11 ай бұрын

I Can fix all printer serie 450 and 4XL for minus $100

@RogerStDenis 2 жыл бұрын

I've purchased a number of each of the 400 Turbo, 450 Turbo and 4XL over the years. They have worked well. But less than thrilled about dropping WINDOWS support on the 400 Turbo. So futzin' around with various LINUX solutions- to be able to continue using these printers. I won't be wading into the 500 series any time soon. Thank you for the details!

@dawnlilyanne5180 3 ай бұрын

This right here!!

@Distorted-Vision 2 жыл бұрын

What is the manufacturer part no. of 4" x 6" genuine Dymo labels compatible with the 5XL? I cannot even find them. S0904980 appears to be compatible with 4XL only.

@grovervansesamstraat 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this helpful info. I totally agree that this is a bad idea. But what is a good alternative for e.g. the Labelwriter 400?

@KPConley 2 жыл бұрын

Bought this a couple of weeks ago and finally tried to set it up today. What is Dymo doing? Was it really necessary to 1 - sign up with driver support one and pay the $9.99 fee (which would be a monthly fee if I decided to keep it) and 2 - what is up with the user interface? Why won't it recognize my address book from the 450 and why can't I manually type in labels? Why don't they have an online guide that tells you how to use the user interface? Sorry, I know it's not you, just needed to vent. I am grateful that I found your video. Before I go through having to pack this up and return it, does anyone have any ideas where I can get more info?

@aracelismith6507 2 ай бұрын

My power light keeps flashing after putting in a new roll. I can't figure out what's wrong

@marciereed3499 6 ай бұрын

So can you recommend a better one? i am about to purchase a new one after using the DYMO label Writer 450. Mine has just stopped working and I can't figure out the problem. I was going to buy a 550, but after seeing this video I don't want this one. Please recommend a good one for me, thanks for the video!!

@alisonmcmillian828 Жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you.. I am researching printers and sooo glad I came across your video today, blessings to you.

@yourfeckinmom 2 жыл бұрын

I just came across this video while researching label printers and am curious if I can pick your brain. I want to find a budget printer that is appropriate for creating call number labels for my books spines (approx. 1"x1"). Would you have any recommendations?

@stephaniefoster2899 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video & exposed DYMO's tricky nature. After much frustration, I looked up the specs on our 550 and saw this "feature" listed, yet I couldn't figure out what was so special about the DYMO labels I had on hand vs. the third party lables since neither roll would print. Turns out our IT department held onto the rolls that came with the printer, so beware of using older DYMO label rolls with this printer! Now I'm wondering: is it possible to remove the RFID from the DYMO roll of corresponding size and place it inside a third party roll as a workaround? Could you try this and let us know if it works? Thanks in advance if you do end up testing out this theory!

@knightrider1919 2 жыл бұрын

actually, you can take the RFID tag out and tape it to the side of the printer and install 3rd party labels... BUT after the counter reaches zero the printer/software says the printer is out of labels even though the roll is not actually out. it appears that the RFID tag is a 1 time use item. I'm guessing the software uses some type of serial number for each roll to "verify" its real. If someone can copy the RFID before its used and paste it to a new chip that might determine if its a one time use serial number.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of editing the label field on the RFID tag, I think it rewrites the tag after every print because if you printed from another computer on the network locally it would still know how many labels are left. I could be wrong tho, it may be stored in the software.

@HARD2WAREde 2 жыл бұрын

@@thecollegepicker it‘s stored on the tag!

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

We gotta figure out how to rewrite it back to full labels.

@MsTan1958 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Sir. So, can I have a question for you? I also have to buy a thermal printed barcode and label printer and I am using win11. Which barcode and label printer brand that can do 300dpi thermal printing can you recommend? I need it for my e-commerce site, thank you. I can allocate a maximum of $250 for this job. Thanks to all from TR.

@donniedarko7891 7 күн бұрын

is it still like this? i just want to buy one - or another printer. do you recommend one maybe?

@cutterboard4144 2 жыл бұрын

I bet the "remaining labels" counter is inaccurate too, because how would they know that i manually ripped off some labels off the roll without printing on them?

@pioneerpicker 2 жыл бұрын

Cool thanks I’ve been wondering about it

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome 🙂

@craziruss1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! I am trying to fix my 450 Turbo and was tempted to buy the next printer. Now I won't have to buy expensive labels!

@spellmanconsultinggroup9791 Жыл бұрын

I just purchased the 550. I haven't been able to print not one label. It keeps telling me its out of paper and I'm using the labels that came in the box. I've installed and uninstalled the software 3 times. I am returning it after 3 days. I have no more patience with this.

@raseon97 2 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to copy the code on the RFID and then place it on your own RFID stickers and put those stickers in the roll of non-DYMO labels? Or is every roll’s RFID coded a little differently (like each roll has a serial number) so you can’t do that? I’d be very curious to know. This is extremely dumb on Dymo’s part. I have been looking into getting a new label printer for my small business and would have gladly forked over $300 for this, but genuine Dymo labels are ridiculously expensive. I’m not even sure why Dymo cares when (in reality) most people who buy official Dymo labels likely buy them second hand on eBay, so it’s not like Dymo is getting the money from those sales anyway.

@Stridermd 2 жыл бұрын

There's going to be a lot of angry dymo customers if they didn't see this video and bought these printers.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

Starter roll may hold them off of the return date to pass.

@elliante6154 4 ай бұрын

I’m one of those people… returning it tomorrow. 5XL IS GARBAGE IM GOING GRAZY

@martihoffer516 10 ай бұрын

Thank YOU! Such a great review.

@johnsaleem470 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Dymo! First come up with a lousy product, and then for being able to top it off with even a more stupid idea...oh let's use proprietary labels, and yes, there is a third aspect. How long did they think they can get away with this without people like Eric finding it. Even I would have stumbled upon this. Thanks Eric for saving me the trouble.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

It's a very silly design 😞

@MrHowardMoon 2 жыл бұрын

What is "lousy" about the product itself? I'm looking to buy an LW450/LW550 and if being forced to use DYMO's own labels is the only problem, I'll go ahead and make my purchase.

@underwoodblog 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrHowardMoon compared to brother, they are very lousy. had a new expensive battery powered portable dymo label printer that didn't worked as well as the cheapest brother that I got for $19.

@drummerdem50 2 жыл бұрын

good detective work Eric!!!

@MrLazarus66 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video!

@lorac2994 2 жыл бұрын

Just wondering, have you reviewed the ‘LabelRange’ or ‘K Comer’ label printers? Thinking of buying one of them cuz the price is right 😬

@shittychannel4860 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the same thing as any of those style of chinese printers. Probably works fine. For the price, much better than Dymo or Rollo.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

I have not but Im sure they would be fine. They use a nonproprietary design.

@josephewing80 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I have seen this behavior as well. However, Eric leaves out another prime reason to not purchase any of the 5 series LabelWriters: The DYMO Connect software. Previous versions of their products allowed you to use their MUCH EASIER software to print your labels. DYMO Connect is the definition of User Hostile.

@xDunKno 2 жыл бұрын

If you could read/write on that rfid chip couldnt you edit the number of labels to like some insane number then stick that rfid inside the dymo. Then use regular labels? just a thought.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

Yes that's one of the ways that it could be worked around. Beyond my know how unfortunately 😭

@shittychannel4860 2 жыл бұрын

You still need labels with that notch tho.

@Bentwest Жыл бұрын

Can I use smaller labels on the 5Xl barcode labels ?

@michelvangent3683 2 жыл бұрын

Was looking for a shippinglabel printer and found the 5xl. Glad that you made this youtube film. Now i can remove it from my list. Hope someone will find a way around this. Guess the brother ql1100 is the better choise for now although it is more expensive.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help 😌

@lesterrobinson1713 11 күн бұрын

I wonder if you can cut out the RFID chip and stick it in the non Dymo labels and see if it will still work. Just wondering.

@Lonestar101 2 жыл бұрын

I've been a DYMO customer since the days of their handheld embossing tape. I'll be shopping for another brand next time. Thanks for the warning.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

@caseygutierrez5349 2 жыл бұрын

Geez. Thanks for that info. This is a must ***share*** video. Some folks will simply boycott this type of move. No bueno.

@StephenBoyd21 2 жыл бұрын

I was just about to buy a Dymo. Thanks for the heads-up.

@salbahejim 2 жыл бұрын

You can buy writable RFID stickers. I wonder how hard those Dymo tags are to copy? Can you copy it to an RFID sticker and then put that sticker inside a third party label roll?

@Shrek_Has_Covid19 2 жыл бұрын

even if we could, why should we have to do it?

@carobrady 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your information!

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

@KatieGraham-bb9wy Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Returning the new 550 I just bought. I need a recommendation for a different label maker.

@susieblanco2722 Жыл бұрын

yes just got it and now my labels not working... yup.... same issue.. wonder whyn it was cheaper than the others

@3alvarezalvarez897 6 ай бұрын

that was a great explanation

@NicholasPOGM 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Going with iDPRT

@cheecent7081 Жыл бұрын

Hello Nicholas, iDPRT is a USB printer, CHEECENT CR202 print server can support to change it be WiFi / Wired network shared in your office/home.

@rippinlines342 Жыл бұрын

youre a freaking hero my dude so whats a good thermal label printer for a small business for labeling product and doing shipping labels?

@paulaus 2 жыл бұрын

How are there reviews from 2017 on Amazon for this printer. Seems like there are carryover reviews distorting the review score.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

They had a separate listing that got awful reviews so they merged it with one of their other older listings to disguise it.

@denefreeland5369 9 ай бұрын

So what should we buy instead????

@petenelson8136 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I was just getting ready to buy a Dymo 550, looking for something else now that will allow any label I purchase.

@francesbeebe9373 2 жыл бұрын

Well now we know, thank you Eric. I'm also disappointed in the new UI design. Why did they have to change the program? Where is the USPS barcode option?

@cristinamuniz2298 Жыл бұрын

Goodness! I was about to buy this. Thanks for your video. How about giving us an example of an equivalent model to the 450 turbo?

@nonoandy3 Жыл бұрын

Would you have product suggestion for moving away form Dymo 450? 😅

@janinevonfurst4918 6 ай бұрын

what's a good competitor?

@slduk88 2 жыл бұрын

How many labels remaining... Could be there to let you know when to buy new label stock... So why didn't you recommend any other label makers?

@ftkmicksmith Жыл бұрын

Great heads-up! You aren’t necessarily saying “don’t buy a Dymo 5XL”, it’s probably a good quality printer, what you are saying is, be aware you will have to use original Dymo labels because any other “compatible third party” labels won’t work, as Dymo will hold you captive into only buying their labels! Not such a bad thing if you only print a dozen per week but “compatible” labels will work in the Dymo Turbo 330 440 450 4XL but not the 550 or 5XL. I expect Dymo own original labels won’t be cheap. But you’re diamond for putting this advisory out there.

@andyyew2610 Жыл бұрын

What would be a good replacement of the Dymo 5XL thermal printer?

@thecollegepicker 11 ай бұрын

I would go with anything over this.

@tonyclegg9847 Жыл бұрын

I discovered this myself with a new machine bought for our business. We identifed the RFID chip, tried using that chip to authenticate some aftermarket labels, no joy. As the OP mentions it's writable and counts off as the original roll is used up. Shocking consumer control - not seen this level of aftermarket lock-out since Dell printers. (lexmark, but not quite lexmark). Don't buy it guys. Send it back and tell them why.

@martihoffer516 10 ай бұрын

Which printer do you recommend??

@uplinkal 10 ай бұрын

I am in total agreement with you about the DYMO 550. I bought two of them and had dozens of rolls of labels left over from the 550 Turbo model, so I thought I was ahead of the game. The only reason I moved to a newer printer was because Windows-10 was no longer supporting the older printers. I am a long-time user of DYMO machines and I am so disappointed in this latest move.

@BioLogicalNerd 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot dude, you saved me a bunch of money and heartache as I needed a quality label printer and this new DRM garbage would have had me by the balls. Seems like every company is trying to find some "sustainable" (consistent) income via consumables, makes the older stuff come across as better.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, happy to help.

@LAWRENCEDOORS 7 ай бұрын

I am a long time Dymo Label printer user - I was about to buy a new printer and saw this video. Thanks for the heads up. The Dymo branded labels are 4 or more times the price of other Dymo compatible labels. I guess Dymo makes all their money on the label printers. Unfortunately they just have to be more competitive on the labels themselves. I could tolerate a price premium but not the price differential compared to non-Dymo labels.

@ronaushohenahr5589 Жыл бұрын

Thanks ❤ for this warning and save my money 💰

@BavarianBricks 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome 🤠

@davygarcia363 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ... I was about to buy one. Not no more. You just saved me a lot of money.. Thank you.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

@davygarcia363 2 жыл бұрын

@@thecollegepicker what’s your thoughts on Rollin?

@BrutallyHandsomeComics 2 жыл бұрын

From experience...Many of the times, its the resellers and distributors ask for this so that they can upsell specific labels. Some even go as far as to have RFIDs made for them, so that the customer HAS TO buy the supplies from that reseller only.

@PaarthPowale 2 жыл бұрын

Wish I would have seen this before I bought the product! I'm having issues printing with original labels too

@interstateautocare8412 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining why I just waisted 2 hours why my new LabelWriter 550 will not print generic labels. Keurig coffee makers tried this crap with their proprietary K cups a few years ago and they found out real quick how annoyed consumers were with that, when hundreds of thousands their machines were returned shortly after purchase. I am returning my Label Writer 550 as of this writing, for this reason and implore Dymo to learn from this soon to become fiasco, as thousands of these machines start finding their way back to Dymo HQ. Live and learn

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Yeah it's just like the Keurig thing, super stupid of them.

@foremage 2 жыл бұрын

Could you not just keep the starting roll RFID and put it inside (or wherever) a third-party roll to 'trick' it?

@foremage 2 жыл бұрын

@thecollegepicker ... just bumping this, because genuinely curious?

@jaaasgoed 2 жыл бұрын

They use password protected writable RFID tags. Each time you print the labelcount is decremented by 1. Once the chip hits 0 labels, it will no longer let the printer function with that chip.

@foremage 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaaasgoed thanks so much for the reply. Sheesh... No idea how you work this out, but thank you very much. Whenever you find a workaround, please let us know.

@clairenapolitano6116 2 жыл бұрын

Well now the lower than 4XL price point makes sense. Attract buyers with the price before they realise they're gonna get screwed by being locked into buying OEM labels.

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I was thinking the same thing. 👍

@godisgood789 Жыл бұрын

I almost bought one! Thanks for sharing

@pierrefex1061 Жыл бұрын

hello eric i didnt read all the comments first thank for video that help me a lot, like i says i got trouble too to print label if it not original from dymo so i keep one original roll when i finish to print and i see metal piece at the end it like chip memory not sure exact word and i use one roll not from dymo and place on old roll of dymo and i can print easier i dont know if know i just want let you know thank pierre

@ranadobedny1937 4 ай бұрын

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! LIKE

@thecollegepicker 4 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. Like and heart ❤️

@Carbreakers 2 жыл бұрын

I have just bought one and found out the hard way. Has anyone managed to by pass label detector?

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

There is a hack breakthrough on hackaday but it's not very simple.

@PhysicalMediaRules 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome

@danielrutland2581 2 жыл бұрын

Don't you just love watching successful companies commit corporate suicide in the name of increasing profits? I was about to purchase the new 550 Turbo, but wouldn't have been able to use the hundreds of rolls of stickers we have in stock. Thanks for the informative video!

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

@Rissa-Eshopifiz 2 жыл бұрын

I wish i saw your video before i brought my demo 550 - also to note that it wont work on older Macs that have no way to update to latest software, that is so annoying.

@dsdragoon Жыл бұрын

On Amazon it has this statement, "ONLY WORKS WITH AUTHENTIC DYMO LABELS: Uses only high-quality, BPA-free DYMO Authentic LabelWriter labels; paper labels are made from FSC certified material" so at least Amazon lets you know. Other than that how does it print?

@VelvetRevolver4036 3 ай бұрын

I was going to buy the new Dymo 5XL and yeah... I don't like restriction on my hardware so I didn't get it. Thank you for the info in this video.

@Wendyjo123 2 жыл бұрын

grrrrrrrr Same problem. I have been working on this forever trying to find a work around. I took the RFID off and put it inside my off brand label. It works but now it is printing weird.

@carlosdecastalia Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@damienfromAKA 10 ай бұрын

It early says on the box that you can only use their labels

@marleybianca3602 2 жыл бұрын

This is so frustrating, I just bought a printer and it wont't even accept the dymo labels I bought at the same time as the printer!!! Like great now I have 500 labels that are useless!

@chrisashton7781 2 жыл бұрын

Hi I came here with this issue and worked out a fix. Take the rfd stick off the roll and slap on the printer spool works a charm

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

It will still count down and run out

@mmarjisr Жыл бұрын

was thinking of getting one now that I know this I'm postponing the idea of getting one altogether for now

@salualingerie Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video! That sucks that they dont allow us to use other labels.

@catherinecrandall6330 2 жыл бұрын

I just bought the 5XL and spent an hour trying to figure out why it wouldn't print my smaller labels. I will return the 5XL tomorrow.

@DavidTaylor-ki2ir 5 ай бұрын

I wonder if this software also picks up what you are typing on these labels, who you are sending things to, etc. Might be more to it than just making money on labels.

@bdmageex 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Eric, to late for me and totally agree with you. How clever you were to figure out all the questions I had on "how the hell does this machine know". Hopefully Dymo will get on board and adjust their greedy ways. Keep up the good work man...MR

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome. Happy to help explain it.

@SharminaU 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I knew this before I bought it 😕

@tonnygarcia8457 2 жыл бұрын

Thank's Eric for this notice :)

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome

@Cjnchef 2 жыл бұрын

Send the hunk of junk back. That’s crap to force me to use something I do not want to buy.

@stephenfoltmann8560 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I was about to buy this printer, you saved me time and frustration

@thecollegepicker Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

@abdulstaar1869 Жыл бұрын

Great , you saved my money

@aeonjoey3d 11 ай бұрын

Okay so I’ve had the 5XL for 3 weeks… and I’m returning it. I’ve gone rounds of ordering and returning labels that were in Dymo boxes that didn’t have the drm rfid thing. I can’t believe the 4XL is 4-5x the price because it doesn’t have the drm. I need to find a competitor alternative stat

@savethehobby 6 ай бұрын

I am a complete noob with label printers. I picked up the 36mm x 89mm labels in hopes to print customers labels for usps. Does anyone know what size labels I need as these are too small. I am using th dymo 550. Found this video after purchase lol

@pineappleroad 6 ай бұрын

Based on my (limited) knowledge, the printer you have isn’t compatible with the size of labels you need I think you would need the 104mm x 159mm labels, which only work in the 4XL or 5XL models There are 54mm x 101mm labels (which I think is the largest size the 450 and 550 take), but those might also be too small

@savethehobby 6 ай бұрын

@@pineappleroad thanks for the info! Appreciate the response.

@candyor6198 2 жыл бұрын

What a horror I am in exactly the same situation I bought the 5xl a week ago and I send it back tomorrow because my macbook pro tells me that the label is unknown ... Worse still on my roll I still have to about 20 official dymo label and it refuses to print! I think I will test the Munbyn printer

@thecollegepicker 2 жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear that. Its awful.