Print vivid labels and colourful stickers on the fly with this Brother VC500W Colour Label Printer! Boasting cutting-edge ZINK technology, this label printer produces professional-grade coloured outputs without using any ink. Unleash your creativity and use this handy equipment to personalise your craft projects, scrapbooks, cards, gifts, business products, or home decorations.
Key Features
- This full-colour label printer is the perfect choice for students, crafters, hobbyists, entrepreneurs alike. Add a splash of colour and personality to your projects and customise anything - from albums, mugs, cards, notebooks, jars, bookmarks, and more.
- Create your own designs via your computer or smart device, just use the free Brother Color Label Editor app or P-touch Editor label design software. It lets you choose among icons, frames, fonts, backgrounds, import photos for social media, add names or addresses, as well as re-create past designs.
- Enjoy seamless setups as this printer can connect to your PC, Mac, iOS and Android devices via USB or Wi-Fi. Simply follow the guide displayed on the screen, and get prints on demand!
- Thanks to the revolutionary ZINK Technology, you can enjoy vibrant prints without any ink. The colour crystals are infused in the paper rolls and are activated by heat to produce full-colour labels.
- You can choose among 9mm, 12mm, 19mm, 25mm, and 50mm label widths for maximum personalisation*.
- Included inside the box is the VC-500W printer, CZ-1004 25mm cassette roll, CK-1000 50mm cleaning cassette roll, AC adapter, Power cable, USB cable, and Documentation.
*Different label widths sold separately.
Brother VC500W Colour Label Printer is rated
3.1 out of
5 by
124.
Rated 3 out of
5
by
TexasBeardsman from
Great for basic tasks. Not enough on labels
I am the owner of the TexasBeardsman.com, and this is a perfect option if you are looking into getting mock-ups of your product idea. However, they fall short when it comes to label sizes. I needed a 1.5 inch label width so that I can place it on a 30ml bottles. Also if you are thinking about placing your logo with no background, that will not work. Thier software always adds a white background so that is a huge bummer. And last, since there is no ink in this system the colors are not true colors too. Overall, it will be more cost effective to purchase professional labels, but atleast this printer will give you some kinda of idea how a finished product will look.
Date published: 2019-09-25
Rated 1 out of
5
by
krisby from
complete waste of time
bought this several months ago and have battling with it ever since. Got it working over wifi in my office, but my staff were unable to connect to it. Connected it over USB to our print server, not fit for purpose as it shuts down very quickly, meaning a nurse needs to go and turn it on, then go back to their desk to print the label, only to find it still didn't print. I connected it back to my laptop, now it simply won't print, all the lights are on and ready to print, I can see the job pass through the queue, but nothing happens on the printer, 25 jobs now and nothing happens. Infuriating, and annoying when its not cheap. Got a Dymo coming now, the masters of label printing.
Date published: 2020-09-17
Rated 3 out of
5
by
Marie from
Misalignment and color not the same as app
Tested my new printer and was really excited to get labels I can put on bottles. The labels are great but two things I noticed I am not completely satisfied on:
1. Frames - either the label is off or the printing is... when I do a full frame that should bleed to the edges - the top is cropped a bit and the bottom has white trim. Wish there was a way to adjust frames because I was really excited to use the frames included in the app.
2. Color - Color is more vibrant on the app then on the label - using either Vivid or Standard mode. A true purple color printed magenta and a true pink background printed like a peachy pink color. Also where I tested using a frame - the start of the printing on the right edge looked faded than the rest.
Date published: 2020-12-05
Rated 1 out of
5
by
drty657 from
Quality is fantastic,
Out of the box it was time consuming to install drivers and software . It’s not plug and play and its not click and print.
When I installed the APP on iPad or iPhone you have to go to the wireless settings and select the VC-500W from the available WiFi list, therefore your device is tied up and you cannot switch between apps to do searches , check mail or other tasks.
It’s actually a pain.
Print quality is unbelievable and right as soon as i got up and running i made some sweet long and short 2” labels.So i am giving a high performance rating for printing only, connectivity and setup, i am giving the device an one star out of five. It’s not worth the money and time.
Date published: 2021-02-12
Rated 3 out of
5
by
Farnsworth from
Interesting little printer
I have to agree with another review that out of the box it was time consuming to install drivers and software. It’s not plug and play and its not click and print. I also found it difficult to hook up as a wired (usb) printer. It seems they are pushing for their app style printing with this device then on a PC computer.
I am also not impressed with the color. Color is off on label compared to the computer. I printed a deep blue and the color printed out muted or lighter blue on the label.
While I like the small simple design and the inkless feature there are some things that need to be tweeked in order for this be be better in my option.
Date published: 2021-03-04
Rated 1 out of
5
by
reademandweep from
Terrible Software
I have been trying for 2 months, since purchase to get this thing connected to my network. No problem with 2 other Brother Printers and Scanners but the software for this one is terrible.
Date published: 2019-11-15
Rated 2 out of
5
by
RM86 from
Good Printer but with lack of important features
I work in a product company with 500+ customers. I started recommending my customers this printer for visitor badges. After ordering around 100+ printers and using them daily, we concluded that this printer only works well with the Color Label App. If you want to use this as a visitor label printer, then this printer is not the correct selection. We paired this printer with our Kiosk app on iPad and visitor printer badges. Once the visitor completes the information, the app sends the printer command to print the badge using Air Print.
Problem: after 30+ mins of inactivity, this printer goes idle and does not print the badges. Reconnection or printer restart is needed to pair again with the app. This is a huge task for lobby managers as they need to do this activity after every hour and visitors are also unhappy with the delay. Moreover, the badges are not AUTO CUT; someone needs to swipe on the head of the printer to cut the badge. At last, we tried to contact Brother customer support but got no help from their end. Finally, clients are unhappy with this printer and losing their brand value. Just because this printer is going idle and no one has a solution, we have unhappy clients. Therefore, I don’t recommend this printer for Visitor Management, but you can use the printer label for personal use.
Date published: 2022-12-07
Rated 4 out of
5
by
ShannonG375173 from
Label Printer Organizer Helper!
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. I love this label maker! I have used other label makers in the past so I have experience with labels. This one however uses pictures and colors and makes beautiful stick on labels. have made some beautiful jarred foods for people using his label maker. It has really spruced things up. Also I have organized things for my kids and made labels with a picture of what is supposed to be in the basket which has helped my kids stay organized and reminded them of what goes where. So easy to use right from your phone. Very convenient.
Date published: 2019-02-04
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