Dymo Labelwriter News

Further to previous reports in early December that the LabelPoint 350 had been discontinued, it seems that in fact it hasn’t. It has been revamped with a new look, but there are currently no stocks of the new model and the old model ran out faster than expected due to the Q4 Dymo Time campaign.

Confusing messages from Dymo led to several large distributors reporting that it was no longer available. However, over a month since the old stocks ran out there is still no ETA from Dymo on when stocks of the new version will be available…

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.

Dymo’s response to our enquiries about the release of the official Windows 7 driver for Dymo LabelWriter printers is that there is still no release date.

We therefore advise people to use the ‘stable beta’ version of the driver (v8.2.0.820) which can be found here:

Dymo LabelWriter Driver

Apparently, this works just fine with Windows 7 and we’ve not heard of any problems with it so far.

The 4XL Extra Large Shipping Labels are now available in the UK from these leading Dymo suppliers:

4XL Labels at Dymo Label Printers
4XL Labels at Crazy Dave’s

However, these Extra Wide labels won’t fit in the LW300, LW400 or even the brand new LW450 series. They’ll only fit the Dymo Labelwriter 4XL Extra Wide printer which is aimed at e-bayers and e-retailers.

All we need now is for Dymo to actually launch the 4XL LabelWriter! Currently the launch date is Jan 2010, but as of yet no 4XL printers have been released to distribution. We’ll keep you updated as soon as we hear more from Dymo.

In the mean time at least you can order the labels and imagine what it would be like to own a printer capable of printing them…

The labels are supplied in a stylish new black and grey box, rather than the standard blue/white of regular LabelWriter boxes. We’re not yet sure if they are repackaging the entire range, or if the black/grey look is just for the 4XL range. Picture courtesy of Crazy Dave.

Download the latest version of the Dymo LabelWriter Windows 7 Driver (UK Version) from here:

DOWNLOAD DRIVER: Dymo LabelWriter Windows 7

DYMO Label v8 supports the following printer models:

LabelWriter 450
LabelWriter 450 Turbo
LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo
LabelWriter 450 Duo
LabelWriter 4XL
LabelWriter 400
LabelWriter 400 Turbo
LabelWriter Duo
LabelWriter Twin Turbo
LabelWriter 310 (models 90966, 93029 & 93034 ONLY)
LabelWriter 315 (model 90975 ONLY)
LabelWriter 320 (models 90892, 93031 & 93036 ONLY)
LabelWriter 330 (model 90891 & 93037 USB ONLY)
LabelWriter 330 Turbo (models 90884, 93033 & 93038, USB ONLY)

LabelManager PCII
LabelManager 450
LabelManager 450D
LabelPoint 350

The Dymo Label Printer store has a few of the old Labelwriter 400 Duo’s left, and is selling them off cheap now that the newer LabelWriter 450 series has been launched.

If you’re not too concerned about the speed then the LW400 duo’s are good value at £109 instead of the £139 price tag on the LW450 duo’s. And if you don’t mind it arriving in a battered box, they have a couple with battered boxes going for only £99…

You can find all 3 offers on the Dymo Labelwriter page

The Q4 “Dymo Time” promotion from Dymo is finishing at the end of December, but there are still lots of the big prizes left to win.

So far the trip to New York has not been won, and there are still several iPhones and lots of iPod Nano devices to be claimed. So if you’re after a Dymo machine don’t wait until January (prices aren’t going to get any cheaper!) get one now from a participating website and claim your prize.

Every purchase of a qualifying labeller will win a prize (see Dymo site for list of the qualifying labelmakers).

Note: The just launched Dymo LabelWriter 450 range of label printers also qualify for this competition, even though they weren’t originally listed in the qualifying machines (as they weren’t due to launch until 2010).

The Dymo LabelPoint 250 Label Maker has now been officially discontinued by Dymo. The Labeller has been replaced by the new LabelManager 220P handheld printer.

The Dymo LabelPoint 350 Label Maker has now been discontinued by Dymo. There is no direct replacement for this handheld labeller, but the desktop version (the LabelManager 350) is functionally equivelant – just not handheld. The LabelManager 450D is also available, but again this is a desktop label machine.

Dymo have now launched the Labelwriter 450‘s in the UK, although stocks of the Twin and DUO models are limited at the moment, and Turbos are few and far between.

But the standard (cheap!) model is now available in large quantities here:

www.dymo-label-printers.co.uk