Features:

  • See how your label will look before you Print
  • One-touch keys: quick access to fonts, frames, symbols and more
  • Useful templates: for file and gift labels, even decorative labels with patterns
  • Easy-access memory: store up to 30 labels for quick reprinting
  • Uses a variety of easy to apply tee tapes: standard, extra-strength, acid-free adhesive, cable and wire, fabric iron-on and more
Label makers get better and better!

Brother P-touch Label Maker Model: PT-D210 Amazon price: $39.99 I’ve used label makers for years. I couldn’t live without one in my desk. The two leading competitors are Brother and Casio. I prefer Brother mostly because the backing paper is split and is easy to remove. Trying to peel the backing off a Casio label is a time-consuming exercise in frustration. The Brother PT-D210 unit is a little over a pound in weight and measures about 6 by 6 inches and is 2-1/2 inches tall. At $39,99, it’s priced well. It requires six AA batteries which are not included. A T-Power AC adapter is only $10.99 from Amazon, so depending on your usage, it may well pay for itself in batteries alone. Be aware that Brother’s TZe printing tapes are where you’ll spend money. Each tape is about 26 feet long so if your average label is 4 inches, you’ll get about 75 labels per cartridge. The cartridges vary in price because this label maker can use four different widths of tape - 0.13” (3.5mm), 0.23” (6mm), 0.35” (9mm), and 0.47” (12mm). In addition to these widths, Brother offers colors, clear and transparent tape, and even metallics. They also make specialty tapes using iron-on fabric, extra-strength adhesive varieties, and flexible tapes for wrapping around wire and cables. When you purchase tape cartridges, look for packages containing more than one cartridge. They are usually priced better. Currently, Amazon has a two-pack of 1/2” black on white tape for $18.98 ($9.49 each). If you get 75 labels per cartridge, that’s only about 13 cents per label. The PT-D210 unit has built-in software that allows you to print borders, symbols, emojis, patterns, and many other decorative effects. You can choose from fourteen fonts and can stylize each in many ways - bold, italic, outline, shadow, etc. I use labels for clean readability so rarely have a use for these fancy styles. If you are a crafter or have a need for decorative labels, you’ll find a huge variety here. This Brother P-touch works well and produces tidy labels for organizing your home and office. Highly recommended.

Great Product!

It’s great! Did everything I wanted it to do and more. For the other reviewers who are complaining it wastes tape obviously didn’t read the directions. To fix the “problem” they are having you just have to change the margins, which are full, half or narrow. I attached a picture with the difference between full margins and narrow. It’s all pretty simple and can’t wait to label everything!

Very satisfied with my purchase!

This label maker is an organized persons dream come true! I always wanted a label maker and when I saw this on sale for only $9.99 I had to have it; what a steal. There's a HUGE variety of fonts and 99 different frames to choose from to personalize the labels. Some reviewers stated the machine wastes a lot of space when printing labels but I just played with the options on the machine and now it uses a little less. Also, if you purchase the tapes in the Eco Friendly packaging you'll save money! I am very satisfied with my purchase! Brother P-Touch PT-D210 Label Maker

Fits all the labeling needs in my home! Just works and works well! - Brother P-Touch PT-D210 Label Maker

This machine works great and exactly as advertised. I especially like the fact that the printed tape has a split in the protective paper which makes it much easier to remove from the printed tape. It is easy to use and to change setting since all the main settings are on the greenish/yellow buttons above the keyboard. I have it set to a bolder font and aligned to the right. The label then prints with about an inch of excess on the leading edge of the tape. What is nice is that it prints a dashed line which makes it easy for me to trim the label so that it's the same on both sides. I personally don't like to much excess tape on each side of the label so this works great for me. The printer also allows more than one line of text on the label. By pressing the "enter" button, the screen drops to an additional line where you can type the text. Upon printing, it will reduce the font size. I recently labeled my front door light switches since they are easily confused. I chose a small bold font and trimmed the excess since I wanted small but easily read text. This worked great for the purpose. Had I chosen adding a second line to avoid the tape scrap, the font would have been slightly to small and not as bold. I chose to scrap the excess tape to achieve the look that I wanted. I even labeled the switched outlet in our living room. Nice! Looks great! When I bought the printer, I also ordered aftermarket tape: "Label KINGDOM Compatible Brother P-touch Label Tape TZ TZe, Standard Laminated Tapes, 1/2 Inch x 26.2 Feet, 6 Pack (Combo Set TZ131 TZ231 TZ431 TZ531". The tape is less expensive than the original and although slightly inferior in quality to the original Brother tape, it fits my need and also includes the split on the paper side of the tape which is great. I've already gone through an entire roll of tape and the batteries are still going strong. Not sure how long they will last but so far so good! Overall, this printer works great and is a nice value!

VERY impressed.

I am extremely impressed with this label maker. Switching from a cheap dymo ABCD style label maker to this is a huge improvment, and this one is cheaper. So far I've had no issues with this label maker as I thoroughly read the instructions before using. I had a small issue with the label maker wasting tape, but there is a large button on the thing that says "label" where you can change all of that. I've included a picture of the very first print I've made and the second one after I changed the settings. The maker will tell you before you print if there is an issue with your lengths too. The only big issue that I personally have is there is no horse icon, which is kind of sucky, but it doesn't even slightly effect the quality of the product.

Great product if you like to keep things organized!

I'm sort of a type A, so I like to keep all my things labeled. Especially all the different batteries and chargers that seem to come with everything we buy. I love being able to mark what everything is. It saves me from having to use a Sharpy on stuff, as my handwriting is awful. For $20, how can you possibly go wrong? Yes, it does waste a lot of tape by including about a half inch of tape before and after each label. However, you can combine all your labels into one with two spaces between the labels. This stops this problem. And really, the tape isn't so expensive that it really matters. I think I paid $17 for a two pack of tape, so its not like the wasted space is that much of a problem.

Wasted margins solution

I see a lot of complaints about the wasted margins. Solution: write multiple labels at one time, skipping a space in between, then print/cut. Thus, you just have 1 wasted margin instead of x#. We have an older PT-1830 & we wasted a lot of single prints on margins before realizing the above. Hopefully this works on this newer model as well.

Great machine. Labels are expensive. (Trick to saving $ in my review)

It's a Brother P-Touch. Been around for years and is consistently a good machine. Only downside with the Brother machines is that they put excessive blank space in front and behind of every label you make. HINT: If you want to save a lot of tape, type multiple labels into the entry screen and print them in one print job. I typically leave 5 spaces between each label. Then I use scissors to cut the labels apart. This saves a TON of blank/wasted label tape.

Easy to use with good support on the Brother website.

I started doing aromatherapy in April, 2015. Took two online courses at a reputable aromatherapy school--Natural Living and Butters & Balms. Make a lot of products that I give to my family and friends. On the "student" website, labeling always comes up. When I needed/wanted a label machine for my salves last summer, the Brother label printers came up. I bought the Brother QL-700 and have been very happy with it. My Medicare card goes into effect in a few months, so I'm sure I haven't done as much as I could with it, but I do as much as I can. I've been needing a better way to label my roller bottles. Have tried a lot of options for carrying them in my purse. (I felt that the labels from the Brother QL-700 were too big and too expensive for the laminating option.) One carrying option rubbed the little circular top labels off. Went to washi tape, etc., and the permanent marker ink faded or "spread" so that you couldn't read them (not sure it was the tape or oil leakage.) Knew I needed to do something else, so when I read a post in one of my Facebook groups and saw the labels from the Brother P-Touch PT-D210, I knew I should give it a try. Bought on Amazon, which has the best price, and actually received it the next day on my free, two day Prime shipping. All in all, a great transaction. I've been using the Brother P-Touch PT-D210 for a week now. The labels in my purse are still perfect after seven days, which is an improvement. I'm sure it's because of the laminate. The Brother P-Touch PT-D210 is really easy for making the basic labels. I've been playing around a bit; however, haven't gotten too fancy with them. Have used 6, 9 and 12mm tape in a variety of colors and clear. I was having difficulty with making two lined labels. After registering my Brother P-Touch PT-D210, I did get an email from Brother. Went to their website and looked in the Q & A section. Found out what I was doing wrong, so now I can do that. I think the Brother support is great. This was a personal purchase. I paid full price.

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