Dymo Labelwriter News

The Extra Wide LabelWriter that we exclusively revealed way back in May 2009 is finally due to launch in the UK. It’s been a long time coming, but after several delays the new printer is expected to be launched imminently.

There is currently some confusion as to the name – several of the main distributors are listing the product as “LabelWriter 450XL” (to match the LabelWriter 450 series), while Dymo insiders indicate the product will retain the US name of “LabelWriter 4XL”.

A couple of stores are already listing the product on their websites, although none actually have any stock at this time.

You can now pre-order the Labelwriter 4XL printers at the Dymo Label Printer website, and they will ship them for free by next day courier as soon as they receive the first UK stocks.

We will, of course, keep you updated with news on the Dymo 4XL label printer.

The Windows 7 drivers will be made available with the release of the new DYMO Label™ v.8 software. The UK release is expected “at the end of September” – I’m assuming that’s 2009…

It’s not clear at this stage if any of the old LW3xx series will be supported, but I think it’s fairly safe to assume that the really old ones that weren’t Vista compatible probably won’t be Windows 7 compatible either.

Currently it is not possible to get the LabelWriter working with the Windows 7 drivers using the latest version of the Dymo Label Software.

Dymo insiders have revealed a new addition to the LabelWriter range. While details can’t be revealed at this stage we can mention that the new product will be sold both as an ‘add-on’ for existing Dymo Labelwriter 400 users, and also as a ‘bundle’ option for new LabelWriters.

The launch has been delayed from Q1 to Q2, but is expected to be announced very shortly and is pending agreements with 3rd parties.

Sources close to Dymo suggest that this will be a very well received product, especially amongst E-Bayers and micro/small business users.

Watch this space for further updates!

Dymo has been consulting a number of it’s main resellers regarding a new addition to the popular Dymo LabelWriter range. They were given an overview of the mystery product and asked for their opinions on it. It is believed that no decision has been reached on whether or not to launch the special model into the UK market.