Question 1

Does this labeler waste a TON of tape on the left margin like the Brother units do??

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I have/had a Brother P-touch: I bought the DYMO 160 because it does not waste tape like the Brother does! For those who think the DYMO wastes tape,, you have no idea, buy a brother and you only get to print on 40% of the roll. That is a generous guess...

Question 2

Does it print two or three lines?

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This printer has a wonderful imaging model that scales to arbitrary sizes. I tested this and quit after printing 15 lines of text on a 6-mm tape! The lines were too tiny to read, of course, but the point is that the number of lines is limited by legibility, not by the software - which is the way it should be.

Question 3

Have we determined if this model works well with Mac 's newest OSX - Mavericks 10.9  ?   A few reviews have mentioned concerned.

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"Works well" is relative and conditional. On Mavericks, the Dymo Light software from online or included on the read only "flash drive" on the printer is useless - it prints out blank labels. You can get it to work using the full software at http://download.dymo.com/dymo/Software/Mac/DLS8Setup.8.5.0.dmg or https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/8104/dymo-labelwriter - it is almost as fully-featured as the Windows software. I think you need to install the software before you plug it in (I didn't, and had to reboot to get it recognized by the full software). But, you might need to reboot anyways.Both the Windows and Mac full-featured software have some quirks/annoyances. For one thing, there are wasteful defaults. In addition to the ~3/4" of border on the left and right that the label maker "needs" for the cutter, the default is that a text box has another 0.14" of border on both sides. To avoid using that, you must edit the properties for that text box, and any other new text boxes you create. I just made that change with a single placeholder character and clicked the "Save" button, and now it comes up saving 1/4" for each label. At work I use a Brother hand-held labelmaker that saves tape by clipping once at the very beginning of the tape, so it is trimmed close at the beginning and end - I wish this printer did that. Also, this printer does not prompt you to clip in between serial labels (like the "counter" feature that lets you print labels "001 002 003 004" etc all at once). On Windows, it at least prints a dashed line to show you where to cut - on a Mac, you need to guess where in that ~3/2" of wasted space you should cut.In the "Labels" view, you have to click out of the text box and then back in it to reselect it (I noticed this more on the Mac). This goes away if you stay in the "Insert" view (using the tabs in the upper left corner).The default "Auto fit" text setting makes the text smaller than it actually needs to be. Using "None" instead makes the text bigger, but you have to adjust the font size for the font you are using and for the number of lines you have.The Mac software has an additional issue. It does not let you delete the automatically-supplied text box in the layout view (no hotkeys, no Cmd-click, nothing). If you want to print a label with a barcode or graphics and no text (and minimize your wasted space) then you must select the text box, click "Properties", click the "Advanced" tab, click Object Scaling: "Fixed", and then so the object width to "0".

Question 4

How smooth is the print? I have an older handheld and and the fonts are not as smooth as I would like.

Accepted Answer

The print is very smooth.  I also have a handheld but this is much easier to use.  Great Product.

Print media	Labels
Max Input Sheet Capacity	1
Max Copy Speed (Black & White)	1 ppm
Dual-sided printing	No
Model Number	S0915400
Product Dimensions	8 x 17.3 x 22.2 cm; 453.59 g
Shredded Shape	Portable

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