Dymo Corporation is an American

manufacturing company Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a range ...

of handheld

label printer Brother P-Touch 540 label printer A label printer is a computer printer that prints on self-adhesive label material and/or card-stock (tags). A label printer with built-in keyboard and display for stand-alone use (not connected to a separate ...

s and

thermal-transfer printing Thermal-transfer printing is a digital printing method in which material is applied to paper (or some other material) by melting a coating of ribbon so that it stays glued to the material on which the print is applied. It contrasts with direct the ...

tape as accessory,

embossing tape Embossing tape is a labelling medium usually of hard plastic. Embossing tape is used with embossing machines, often handheld. The company name and trademark "Dymo" is often associated with this sort of label as their CEO Rudolph Hurwich first in ...

label makers, and other printers such as CD and DVD labelers and durable medical equipment. The company is a

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History

Dymo Industries, Inc. was founded in 1958 to produce handheld tools that use

. The embossing tape and handheld plastic embossing labeler was invented by David Souza from

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. The company was acquired by

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in 1978 and battery-powered printers became a major product after 1990. The corporation was sold to

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in 2005.

Label sizes

Following is a list of the label sizes popular for their LabelWriter (400, 450) printer series: Dymo Letratag

Criticism

The LabelWriter 550 and 5XL has a

RFID Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter. When triggered by an electromag ...

reader that reads RFID tags embedded in Dymo genuine label rolls to automatically detect the label type inside. However, this is also to prevent the use of third-party compatible label rolls, a form of

digital rights management Digital rights management (DRM) is the management of legal access to digital content. Various tools or technological protection measures (TPM) such as access control technologies can restrict the use of proprietary hardware and copyrighted works. ...

similar to

inkjet printer Inkjet printing is a type of computer printing that recreates a digital image by propelling droplets of ink onto paper and plastic substrates. Inkjet printers were the most commonly used type of printer in 2008, and range from small inexpensi ...

cartridges and

laser printer Laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. It produces high-quality text and graphics (and moderate-quality photographs) by repeatedly passing a laser beam back and forth over a negatively-charged cylinder called a "drum" to d ...

cartridges containing a chip to prevent the designing and manufacturing of third-party cartridges. Dymo has received criticism for using a

razor and blades model The razor and blades business model is a business model in which one item is sold at a low price (or given away for free) in order to increase sales of a complementary good, such as consumable supplies. It is different from loss leader marketing ...

by forcing customers to purchase genuine Dymo label rolls.

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History

Label sizes

Criticism

See also

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