All printers have a tear off bar to easily tear off one or more printed labels. If you want to save money and you don't need to print 4" wide, there is a 2" wide printer. See LP 2824 or TLP 2824 if you need a 2" wide version (we only recommend the 2" if you are buying lots of printers and cost cutting is vital - and you are absolutely sure you will never need to print a 2.5" or 3" or 4" label). Most businesses need flexibility - so the 4" is the one you want. LP 2844 and TLP 2844 prints up to 4" wide (e.g. 1", 1.5", 4" wide labels). Even printers costing £1,000+ are usually 4". TIP: You could print 6" or 8" wide labels if you printed them sideways. 8 dot means 203 dpi - ideal for bar codes and text (it's what everyone uses). Even printers costing £1,000+ usually are 8 dot. Thermal Transfer means you can use ribbons to print on to plain ordinary paper labels (or materials like plastic). Wax Resin ribbons (a mix of wax and resin) are recommended for printing on to paper - for clear, sharper printing and scratch resistance. Thermal Transfer models don't have to use a ribbon if you use Direct Thermal labels - labels that go black on there own when heated. Direct Thermal models cannot use a ribbon, cannot print on to plastic and can only print on to Direct Thermal labels - labels that go black on there own when heated. Why would you need a cutter? The cutter options allows cutting in to easily identifiable sets of labels (i.e. you could print and cut 100 sets of 2 labels - so you'd have 100 bits of paper each with 2 labels on). For example, if every 2 labels had the same number (one to be stuck on a box and one to be stuck on a corresponding item to go in the box) if you printed 200 labels in a big strip, people sticking the labels could easily get out of step and disaster. Why would you need a peel option? If you are busy sticking labels on things at a desk or bench or conveyor belt even, you can label things much faster if someone hands you a sticky label already peeled - that's what the peel does - if allows you to take the label and stick it - you don't need to remove the backing paper - you could stick labels at 1 per second. It works because the printer knows when you've taken the last label, and even if you told it to print 1,000 labels - it waits till you take the last label and then instantly print the next, ready for you.

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