Dymo Labelwriter

The new Extra-Wide LabelWriter – the 4XL – has now been launched in the UK. With the new 4XL Extra Large Shipping Labels this printer is ideal for printing the large shipping labels used by couriers such as DHL and UPS, so should be a hit with e-bayer’s and small business customers.

We’re still wating to hear back on compatibility with the couriers software, and we’ll let you know when we find out.

In the mean time these are available here – LabelWriter 4XL – and if purchased there before 31st March there is a 30 day Money Back Guarantee, which basically lets you try it out for 30 days and return to Dymo for a refund if you don’t like it.

It’s compatible with Vista and Windows 7 as well as the usual suspects.

The Extrawide Labelwriter 4XL is now available in the UK. These are ideal for printing extra large shipping labels and is compatible with

Dymo has reintroduced it’s 30 day money back guarantee on the LabelManager and LabelWriter 450 range of label printers. This allows you to test the LabelWriter to see if it does what you want, and to make sure it’s compatible with your software.

The usual T&C’s apply – you need to keep all the bits, and the box, and obviously don’t mistreat it. If you decide you don’t want it anymore then call Dymo for instructions on how to return it. They’ll then refund the money to your bank account.

The refund doesn’t include the original shipping charges, so make sure to buy from an online store that has free shipping!

Applies to products purchased in Q1 2010. For details and a full list of qualifying products click here: LabelWriter 450 – 30 Day Money Back Guarantee

The Dymo Software Development Kit (SDK) can now be downloaded here:

Dymo Windows SDK
Dymo Mac SDK

The Dymo SDK allows the easy integration of label printing into your applications. Features such as barcodes, text curving & rotation, graphics resizing etc are available to make powerful labelling functions available to you with minimum coding.

(For developers only)

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