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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
The lack of a back-light has never been an issue for me, but I can envision situations, especially if it were being used at work, where it would be. Those photos are misleading, but then so are the ones of LCD tablets with crystal clear screens in beach shots. Vendors shouldn't exaggerate the capabilities of their products, but most do.
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This thing will live in its case for most of the time. When I'm starting my labeling spree, I'll probably connect it to the computer (or through Wi-Fi), and make all the labels using the software that comes with the device.
After everything is done (though it's a huge amount of labels, make no mistake
), I'll only need the device sporadically to either replace/'update' a label, or make a one or two new ones. I'd like to be able to do so from the device itself, without having to bring it to a room with good lighting.
My kitchen and computer room have the best/most lighting in the house. They both have enough lighting to easily read a paperback book, but not enough to read the screen of the Dymo 280. I would need to be directly under the light.
When the project I mentioned takes off at work, I will not only want, but even need a label maker there as well, that can do cable wraps. One of the smaller versions of a product in this project will have have at least 18 cables in it, of which 6 will run to the outside. (And some additional power cables and connections as well, but I haven't counted those yet.)
The biggest version is essentially only limited by practical considerations, mainly space and cost.