Epson LW-PX800 Industrial Wireless Label Maker - Desktop Label Printer Compatible with Large Variety of Tape Types

I got this primarily to print labels for custom rod building. Overall, I like it, but there were some points of frustration (mostly for errors on my part). Setting this up can take some time. I wanted to use the wireless capabilities for this but that is not a fast process. Part of it involves pressing the Connect button on the back of the printer which will then allow your computer to connect to it. I had, wrongly, assumed that this would be a fast process. I blew through the software installation props not reading them closely, and it would not find the printer. Frustrating! So after the third or fourth time trying to connect, I read the prompts and the key, as best as I can tell, is after you hit the Connect button, the power light will start flashing. This apparently is the printer initializing to connect. It can take a couple of minutes to do that. Once it stops flashing, you can move on and when I did that, it connected just fine. After that, it's pretty easy. The software is pretty intuitive. I wanted it because I wanted to print graphics on the labels for the rods and wanted the higher resolution to print graphics. The labels look great and importantly, as very thin, so they should go on the rods easily and be able to be epoxied down. The only other weird thing that happen with this is that the Label Editor software seemingly uninstalled itself. I'd guess that's more my computer than the software, although it was a pain to get the software back on my computer. In all, it's a very nice printer. I feel like it's expensive for what it does, especially when there are other label makers out there that are much cheaper, but the higher resolution, wirelessness, and versatility are what sold it for me.

Amazing label maker……

It is very simple and easy to use. It can create the label in short time using the mobile of laptop. I need to label the sample with marker and the written word used to remove easily. With this label I can label the sample and store for long time and easily notice in future.

Expensive, but worth it. The cartridges are VERY expensive, but go to the website for the widest variety; labelworks.epson.com

If you plug it in, install the Windows software, and follow the instructions to the letter, you'll be printing labels without a lot of hassle. However, the whole ecosystem is proprietary from start to finish. The printer only communicates over UDP (why not TCP?) using an undocumented protocol. To configure the network settings, you need to use Windows software and connect it to the USB cable. The power adapter uses one of those annoying male plugs on the end, which is, simply put, a cash grab. Epson also regularly charges $30-50 a cartridge, where generic cartridges are ~$17 for a 5 pack. So in other words, if you don't ask questions and stay within their ecosystem, you'll be fine. If you are looking to talk to this labeler via IPP over a network, have some kind of web front-end (like most IoT devices like these), add it to CUPS, use open software like gLabels, or anything else that you'd expect a typical printer to be capable of, this is not the device you want.

Using this printer on a mac where setting up airprint printers has always been a breeze. This label printer was not easy to setup and required the assistance of multiple epson support people to figure out when to zig when zagging was the default choice. 1. This printer is not easy to setup 2. This label printer when setup to print wirelessly will not allow the user to also browse the internet or do anything requiring an internet connection. 3. When the clouds part and you are finally able to print (if you get this far) the print quality is exceptional. You were warned. Setup of this printer is not for the feignt of heart.. The UX requires some major love and attention to improve usability. PS. The Epson labels and printing is solid and weather /water proof!

First, I wasn't able to manually configure a specific SSID and IP in the WiFi network setup for infrastructure mode, using the network setup utility provided. Second, apparently there's no way to reset the printer back to factory defaults, forever locking you out of modifying the WiFi setup if the setup password somehow is lost. Third, the setup password apparently got lost or mangled as soon as I set it, effectively turning the printer into a brick. Finally, the WiFi isn't 5G.

I regret purchasing this label maker. The software looks like it was developed in the 90s. The “Wi-Fi” feature only works half the time and is inconsistent.