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PAGE 12 OF 13 The Mac Guild – December 2003

In Use

The Dymo LabelWriter 330 is a very sleek and stylish design. It's a low profile label printer that takes up

very little of your valuable desktop space.

The Dymo 330 can be used from 3rd party programs (such as word processors and database apps), but

for ease-of-use, I prefered using the Dymo Labelwriter Software (DLS) that comes with the labelwriter.

Using DLS, you can create labels on the fly, or you can store labels in an address book so you can

retrieve them again later for subsequent printing. I keep my family and friends in the address book, and

when I have one-shot needs to create a label (such as for sending out an eBay item), the software is

perfect for quickly entering in an address and printing out a label.

For OS 9 users, the LabelWriter uses DLS version 5, and for OS X users, it uses DLS version 6. They are

basically the same software, except that DLS 6 has a more polished user interface and a few extras.

When using DLS, you do not use the Chooser to select the Dymo labelwriter. DLS automatically switches

to using the labelwriter when you print from within the software (and it doesn't affect other applications,

i.e., they will still use the printer setup in Chooser).

DLS includes a variety of label templates to choose from (from address labels to zip disk labels to folder

labels). After choosing a label from the Label Templates popup menu, the label is presented in the DLS

window. Each label type depends upon the size of the label paper you are using (and there are several

label types you can order). Making a label is done by either clicking on the label window to change the

text on-the-fly, or you can click on the Address Book and then select an address stored there. The label

editor, whether used to change text on-the-fly or creating an entry in the address book, offers a fair

amount of text handling, such as font, size, style, vertical printing, and a mirror effect. You can also

specify the text attributes for the entire label, just the first line, or the remaining lines. Further, when

entering an address, if you use a full 9 digit zip code, the software automatically inserts a postage

barcode (POSTNET) on the label. There are preference settings that allow you to specify to always use

the barcode, and also whether to put the barcode above or below the address.

DLS also includes a designer function that lets you alter the label template by adding graphics and text

directly on the template. For the graphics, there are tools for lines and objects, barcodes, and an option

to insert your own graphics from a file. In DLS 6, there is also a text tool for bending your text in an arc.

You can then save the label template under a different name. The next time you select that template, all

of your template text and graphics, as well as the text styles selected for the label, will automatically be

loaded back in . I found this feature to be extremely useful. I found the Dymo software to be adequate for

all my needs, but there is definite room for improvement (e.g., graphics scaling, showing size, drag &

drop, etc.).

The quality of the prints from the Dymo are outstanding. The most amazing part of labelwriter is that you

never have to change out an ink cartridge or ribbon. The Dymo 330 is a thermal printer, meaning that is

uses heat applied to the special labels to create the print. I tried entering some grayscale graphic

images, and the grayscale was duplicated amazingly well, just as good as my laserwriter would have

done. The only downside on OS 9 is that you have to wait while the label prints (i.e., no background

printing option). Under OS X, this setback is removed, as DLS 6 supports background printing.

The printer itself is very easy to operate. The top lid opens up with ease, under which you can change the

spool out with a new label spool. There is only one button on the front which is used for paper feed. When

not printing, the 330 does not make a peep, so you can leave it on 24/7 (there's just a small green LED

light in front that stays illuminated to let you know it has power). Overall, I was very impressed by the

design of the printer. In fact, in terms of just the hardware, I could not find any fault with this product.

There were a few quirks I discovered with the Dymo software. The OS 9 version (DLS 5) does not have

descriptors (neither static or pop-up) for the buttons, so you have to learn what the buttons are by trial or

by reading the documentation. Additionally, DLS 5 did not have all the features of DLS 6, such as the arc

text feature and background printing. One major quirk I ran into, however, is for users who switch

between OS 9 and OS X. DLS 5 and DLS 6 can be set to work from the same folder for storing address

books, but they use different formats of the address book. I found this out the hard way. I had created an

extensive address book in DLS 5, but when I used DLS 6 to access my address book, the software must

have changed something. It loaded the address book into DLS 6 just fine at first, but when I returned to

DLS 5, the address book was no longer readable by the program. I went back to DLS 6 to open up the

address book again, and the address book was suddenly empty. Peeking in the address book file with

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