These printers print just as wide as printers costing £1,000+ and offer exactly the same print quality. The only difference and the reason they are low-cost is that there are limited expansion options (i.e. accessories like internal rewind units).

One of the fantastic plus points of low-cost printers, is the fact you can afford to buy two, and if one should need repair you will always have the other available.

Also, two printers are ideal for printing two different sizes of label. No printer on the market is designed for changing the type of labels every five minutes, so people tend to buy a printer for each type of label.

If you are going to rely on these printers, or any printer, you must think about what will happen on the day it stops working.

Repairs can take 3 days to a couple of weeks or more. Obviously, in an emergency you could buy a replacement - but that is not very good planning and you have still lost up to a whole day of production.

TIP: Plan ahead - buy two printers and you will enjoy complete peace of mind (plus the ability to either print 2 different sizes of labels, or the same size twice as fast, or in different work areas).