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Steve Leslie
Absolute garbage. I have battled for years with this old, limited and simply frustrating software. I have 3 QL printers and they all react differently to this software with their own bugs. The 570, 700 and expensive 800 which I have just thrown out the door in disgust. Brother, you are a big enough company to get something as basic as this software right. I am going to teach the other printers a lesson now and the software is to blame. Miserable to work with. 1 star on a good day.
VERY dated editor, makes it more complicated than it should be.
Editing text box sizes / text size makes no sense as it changes everything
and changing the size needed for a continuous roll just moves everything around so i have to go back and re edit all my labels
I have been using P-Touch editor for some years with great success together with a Brother QL-700 Lable Printer. However, this weekend I foolishly upgraded to version 5.4003. The result has been a disaster. Now it does not recognize the size of the label that I use - 62 by 29 mm. I cannot print a single label.
Richard, The same with me . I am facing the same issues . Tried to print label for Patch panel using Labeling Wizards .Length is 433 mm and total 48 cell. As soon as I connect data base file to P-touch editor not recognize the length even cell
The editor has so many functions that the learning curve is rather shallow. And let's be honest -- it doesn't always work the way you expect (eg, changing the aspect ratio of the text box also alters the text itself). A huge amount of information is displayed; it's almost as complex-looking as Photoshop. You have to accept that it takes time to master. (There is no specific "user manual", other than the help system.)
The "huge margins" aren't compulsory. You can choose wide or narrow margins. (It's in the Print dialog box.)
On the other hand... Any program can print to a Brother label machine. A draw or paint program might provide just what you need. (I haven't tried this.)
The Editor 5.0 is lame. No exact representation of pixels in the printer. Insufficient zoom. Limit on label lentgth! Erratic frame sizing. No pointer coordinates displayed. And wasting of expensive tape by compulsory huge margins.
Editing text box sizes / text size makes no sense as it changes everything
and changing the size needed for a continuous roll just moves everything around so i have to go back and re edit all my labels
The "huge margins" aren't compulsory. You can choose wide or narrow margins. (It's in the Print dialog box.)
On the other hand... Any program can print to a Brother label machine. A draw or paint program might provide just what you need. (I haven't tried this.)