![]() There is a desktop version of the app called P-Touch Editor, which is available from the Brother website. The app allows you to save any designs you have made, and also keeps a history of any printed jobs, making it easy to go back and reprint or edit. Mixing English and Chinese characters seems to confuse it somewhat, but I find that it is pretty accurate as long as I crop right down to the minimum amount text that I want in the one language. ![]() Handily the app has a scan function when you are entering text, and using the Google API to do translations. For example if it is a text template, you will not be able to add clipart or image to it. Templates will allow you to change the elements existing in the template already. If you are thinking of using a template and “hack” it to fulfill a purpose, then you are going to be out of luck. Images and clipart can be positioned on either side of text or each other. The app provides ability to crop, rotate or resize your images. There is of course the option to create your own label, which allows for up to 5 text boxes, 10 cliparts or 2 images. Within each of these are subcategories and different designs, with a sample to show you exactly what it will look like along with a recommendation of the type of tape to use to achieve the effect. They are broken down into the follow categories: The app aims to make printing labels a snap with a variety of templates. I was not completely convinced of this answer which I will cover later. When I queried Brother Australia on it, the answer was likely due to locality specific content that the app can retrieve from the server. Interestingly enough the app does ask for location services rights when launched. I gave this a few goes with a few different devices, connecting to the printer is easy as pie. If all goes well the P-Touch Cube Pro will appear in the next screen and all you have to do is select the device and you are ready to go. Run through the EULA, it asks you to select a region, then goes onto starting the connection. The app can be located via the QR code on the side of unit, or look for the P-Touch Design and Print 2 app in your appstore. Make sure the Bluetooth is turned on, download the app and run through the setup wizard. I first started with the mobile app using both a Pixel 2XL and a 4XL. Getting the P-Touch Cube Pro ready to work was an absolute breeze. I purchased a Black text on Clear cartridge and it is as simple has having the information label facing up, align the two pins and flange and just drop it into place. Brother has certainly made things easy though, the cartridges will only go in one way. My review unit came with a Black text on White sample tape cartridge already pre-installed. ![]() But on the other hand, if you have the kind of people I deal with at work with prodigious tendencies to break things, then it is handy to note that the unit will still power on and work even when the door is not closed. It does not look user replaceable either. I wouldn’t force the door beyond where it stops though, it is not flimsy but it certainly won’t end well. The hinge feels sturdy enough to survive many replacements of tapes, and if you are going to label the world, you will be doing this to swap cartridges depend on your needs. ![]() One side of the device opens up fully to allow easy replacement of the cartridge. A single LED on top indicates the status of the P-Touch Cube Pro. Next to these is a handy little QR code directing you to download the P-Touch Design and Print 2 app. The opposing side is a power button and USB-C charge port. On one side the tape exit slot features prominently. It is not particularly grippy or slippery, I kind of worried about it slipping out of my hands by accident but it never even came close. The Brother P-Touch Cube Pro comes in a matte finish white. ![]() I was surprised by it’s weight, but it is a solid piece of machinery that feels like it is built to last. What can it do you ask? Well it is capable of printing labels for anything up to 36mm wide, with the help of some software and tape cartridges. As the name points out, it is (almost) a cube, a fairly hefty almost cube to be perfectly honest. Unlike other branded label printers that I have been long accustomed to, the P-Touch Cube Pro is not an ergonomic (or even pretend ergonomic ) device for creating labels. With thanks to Brother Australia, DRN gets to play with the Brother P-Touch Cube Pro (PT-P910BT) label printer, the latest mobile label printer to join Brother’s 36mm range. A proprietary eponyms that is a four-letter D word (no no not that word ending in k). For most of my life I have only known one name associated with creating labels. ![]()
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