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> If you're a small-volume user, a label printer might not have a good payback time - but it avoids throwing away an entire page of labels when you want a single label.

And if you are a nano-volume user like me (I label external HDDS/SSDs mostly), you can do well with a low-tech solution i.e. a fully mechanical label printer [0]. I use it twice a month and for that frequency it's absolutely perfect.

[0] like https://www.amazon.com/DYMO-Organizer-Xpress-Label-12966/dp/...



I have a cheap Dymo label printer that has a keyboard and that prints on sticker tape (I believe this one: https://www.dymo.com/label-makers-printers/letratag-label-ma...)

It cost around €20, three meters of off-brand sticker tape is less than €5, and it takes AA batteries which then last forever.

Very useful to have somewhere in a drawer.


I have that one too. It’s a joy to use it (^_^)




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