#Install brother ql 720nw software#

In fact the programs offer so many choices that less sophisticated users might feel overwhelmed. The software, P-touch Editor 5 and P-touch AddressBook 1, lets you do just about anything you'd want to with labels, including bar codes and mail-merging address labels. Setup for the QL-720NW is absolutely standard. Keep in mind, however, that although using both USB and network connections will let you share the printer and print stamps, you'll only be able to print stamps from the one computer that's directly connected to the printer by USB cable. According to Brother, it will also work with a USB and Wi-Fi connection at the same time. For my tests, I used the printer's Ethernet port for the network connection. Fortunately, you can connect the printer by USB cable at the same time it's on a network and use it both ways. When I tried, I got a message from the site that it couldn't find a printer. The one shortcoming that you might not expect for this feature is that it won't work if you're printing to the QL-720NW over a network. Printing stamps is a touch more cumbersome than with the equivalent choice for the LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo and other DYMO printers, but it works well enough.

#Install brother ql 720nw software#

The software is completely cloud-based, which means that it runs in a browser window without you having to download any software. Simply open an account and you can print stamps as needed, as long as you pay for postage and buy stamp rolls, at $17.99 for 1 roll of 200 stamp labels or $15.29 each for 3 or more rolls. Log on to and you can register for the service with no monthly fee. Print Your Own StampsOne of the more important features Brother has recently added to its printers is the ability to print stamps using the Pitney Bowes pbSmartPostage Web site. For the standard address labels (1.1 by 3.5 inches), the cost works out to 3.9 cents per label. Street prices for the labels range from $13.49 for file folder labels to $99.99 for the wide, clear film continuous roll. In my tests, the removable labels lifted off a sheet of paper without tearing the paper or leaving any marks.

Some are also removable, meaning that the adhesive is designed so you can pull the label off easily without doing damage. The labels come in a variety of widths (from 0.66 to 2.4 inches) materials (paper or film) colors (white, clear, and yellow) and shapes (with round labels for optical discs, for example). The most popular formats according to Brother are address labels (at both 1.1 by 3.5 inches and 1.1 by 2.4 inches), file-folder labels (0.66 by 3.4 inches), shipping labels (2.4- by 3.9-inches), and a 2.4-inch wide, white paper continuous roll. Lots of LabelsAs you might expect, the QL-720NW can use all the same label rolls that work in the Brother QL-700, with about 20 choices available. I timed the entire process at less than 20 seconds, making it quick enough to be a non-issue unless you need switch back and forth several times a day. The QL-720NW doesn't make switching between label types as easy as telling it to print on one roll or the other, but it makes swapping rolls easy. In fact, it's enough of an issue to make the DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo £220.68 at Amazon UK an Editors' Choice in large part because it can hold two rolls at once and print on either. Most important, it offers the same quick and easy approach to switching label rolls.Īs I pointed out in my review of the Brother QL-700, changing rolls with most label printers is just hard enough to discourage switching back and forth between different types of labels. It also comes with the same set of software, and it prints on the same labels. Like the Brother QL-700, it includes an automatic cutter. However, it looks much like the QL-700 otherwise, and takes up about the same amount of desk space, with a 5.0 by 9.3 inch footprint (WD). The QL-720NW is a touch larger than the Brother QL-700 because of an added 0.5-inch high base, and it's all black rather than black and white. The result is an attractive printer overall, but it falls short of being an Editors' Choice. Unfortunately, one key feature-namely, printing stamps-doesn't work over a network.

That means it starts with essentially the same capabilities, although it also turns out to be a little faster on our tests. Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security SoftwareĪ close cousin to the Editors' Choice Brother QL-700 that I recently reviewed, the Brother QL-720NW ($169.99 direct ) is basically the same label printer with Ethernet and Wi-Fi added, so you can share it on a network.