Review on Brother P-Touch Label Maker PTD400AD with AC Adapter - Versatile and Easy-to-Use Labeler, QWERTY Keyboard, Multiple Line Labeling - White by Megan Holtz

I am very satisfied with the choice of fonts and font frames, symbols, pictograms, as well as the ability to center text, change margins depending on the size of the label enter several lines. I am also pleased with the wide range of quality aftermarket label tapes available at significantly reduced prices compared to OEM versions. However, I am very disappointed with the very limited amount of text allowed on a single label. I use these labels for homemade versions of things like mayonnaise, ranch dressing, barbecue sauce, and so on. However, even with a small, simple ingredient list, I can't create a label with a basic ingredient list. Here is an example of an ingredient list that CANNOT be created due to very small machine limitations: Cream, Fermented Dairy, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Eggs, Almond Milk, Lemon Juice, Spices. " or "Contains" to reduce the word count. However, as soon as I got to the word "lemon juice" the machine gave the error "Text is full". It doesn't matter if it's with Batteries or plugged in, a very simple list of ingredients will not fit on a label. It also doesn't matter what size label tape you use or how small the finished label is. Even a label that is only two inches long with 3 lines of text is allowed no more than 80 characters including spaces, paragraphs, punctuation etc. So to anyone who thinks they will use this as a label for items they may sell such as beauty creams or similar in other places where You may need to list a few simple ingredients, forget it. This machine isn't the one. I read the reviews and all available product information very carefully before making a purchase. I still don't think so ss we can fit multiple Enci sets of clopedia on a microSD card the size of a fingernail, and yet this device CANNOT EXCEED 80 CHARACTERS ON A SINGLE LABEL. This is probably a kilobyte of information or even two. Should a manufacturer build a machine with 20 or 30 kilobytes of memory? I don't even try to save the label so I don't have to re-enter the information. It will literally not hold more than 80 characters on screen at a time. Absolutely ridiculous. What's the point of entering seven lines of information if you can't even enter more than 80 characters?! If you just want to make labels with a few short words, this machine is perfectly capable of it. However, I'm still very frustrated that I can't create labels for my homemade spices, even when I use the word spices instead of a list of seven spices along with other text abbreviation techniques. Very frustrating. Of course there could be a way to print the first few words, then make another mark with the next few words, and so on until I'm done with the list. This completely deprives the meaning of the presence of decorative frames. And even if I didn't want decorative borders, it would be quite difficult to type multi-line text on several different labels and then tape them together. If this machine could have a character limit proportional to its ability to produce a 7 line label, I would give this machine five stars on all counts. I love the fact that I don't have to turn on the computer, look for labels, load them into the printer and format them with fancy software (I'm very good at this as I'm good with graphics programs). I like being able to create labels wherever I am. The machine is very portable. I bought a Case Logic case for this, which contains four label tapes, plus a machine with label tape inside, plus power supply and manual. The illustration shows the spacing between each label when the field is set to Chain. It also shows a three-line label where I couldn't put the word "lemon juice" even if I removed the word "contains" shown in the image. This is on 0.47 inch label tape. Come on, this is the 21st century. You can do better than this brother!