Label printer for mailing letters

Question

Hey, I'm selling a lot of letters and I'm wondering which label printer you can recommend, or which one is actually compatible. Can anyone give me a tip?Cheers Nico

bixtron · Answer

Hey,

I also buy the stamps on eBay for seller protection. I use a Brother QL600. Everything can be controlled through the manufacturer’s driver.

eBay still can’t manage to provide us with the right formats, so I did some experimenting...

Set the format for shipping labels on eBay to "PDF", download ShareX (free of charge) & set the default zoom for PDFs in the browser to e.g. 700% (depends on your resolution). ShareX is a tool for creating screenshots, etc., in which you can create a mask in a specific size. A hotkey lets you open this mask and then cut out exactly the stamp from the enlarged PDF and save it as a screenshot.

Once you have all the stamps opened in tabs and positioned the mask correctly once, you can cut out the stamp, close the tab with CTRL-W and then move on to the next one (hotkey, mouse click, CTRL-W, hotkey, mouse click, CTRL-W,...). That’s how I load & print dozens of stamps in <1 minute (after creating them).

ShareX saves in the desired folder and even creates a hierarchy in it (e.g. 08/2026 etc.). Then you just select all the screenshots and print them via the Windows context menu. You may need to deselect “fit image to frame”. The printer prints and cuts automatically at the end or after each stamp.

koelner1963 · Answer

@tolles-von-mariee For the Brother P-touch QL-820NWBc , you don’t need to buy expensive additional software to print lots of address labels for letters at once. The device can handle mail merges (mass labels) with no problem . The best way to do this is with the free, official manufacturer software Brother P-touch Editor : Here’s how to print several letters at once: 1. Prepare Excel list: Create a normal Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (or a .csv file) with columns like Name , Street , ZIP code , and City . 2. Connect database: Open P-touch Editor on your PC or Mac, choose File -> Database -> Connect... from the menu, and upload your Excel file. 3. Design layout: Simply drag the column headers (e.g. via drag-and-drop) onto your label design. The text will automatically adjust for each letter. 4. Batch print: When you click Print , just select "All records" under the print range. The QL-820NWBc will then print the entire address list one after the other and, if desired, automatically cut the labels individually. 5. Alternative directly from Word: P-touch Editor installs (on Windows) a handy add-in for Microsoft Word and Outlook . So you can also mark an address in Word and send it to the printer with one click. For true mass printing of letters, though, the route via the Excel link in P-touch Editor is the fastest.

koelner1963 · Answer

Hello @tolles-von-mariee

We have been using the Brother label printer P-touch QL-820NWBc, up to 59mm, direct thermal, 300 dpi, two-color for years and so far completely maintenance-free and trouble-free

The purchase price (basic version) is around 115 euros.

Best regards

Uwe