I expected that you try different switch combinations before giving up. There are 3 switches, meaning 8 (-1 for detection) combination. One might work.
It looks like the method they are using, to detect the inserted cassettes, is different for some printers. My P-touch 2430 PC has 6 Pins in the lower left corner. If I look at the cassettes, there are also holes in the lower middle, which my device is not probing. The 3 switches, which VoltLog is showing, are also not present on my device.
@@MrMartinZockt What we really need is a comparison of the PCB's from various models. I doubt they are much different, but who knows. It could just be unpopulated switch wires. Plus such content might provoke someone with a jtagulator/black magic probe/goodfet/etc. to have a go at one of these :-)
Brother p-touch h110: Heat shrink tube works! But you'd create one hole and "hidden" one other. In tape-cartridge you have one center hole - make it similar to HSE-cartridge. And with two holes in HSE-cartridge "hide" with tape/scotch left hole. Print!
Just tested my brother PT1000, cheapest that I could fing at Tesco. Works perfectly with the heatshrink tubing you recently reviewed. I couldn't be happier.
Thank you for this video. My P-touch 1180 *does* have a mirror function ... so I will finally be able to label some little wires and DuPont housings. Long have I have wanted to put things like "tx rx + - mosi miso" on jumps.
I own a P-touch 2430 PC, so mirroring is no problem for me. I didn't now that this type of cassettes exist. Maybe I will try this out in the near future.
curious.. did you try? I have the same model of P-touch.. I've ordered a couple to sort out my wiring aboard but they've been stuck in customs for 10 days
@@tommten No, sry. But I figured out that the P-Touch does not probe the big square holes, wich are showed in the video. instead there are many pins on the inside of the printer and corresponding holes on the cassettes. Take a look at the comment from "Леонид". Maybe this is also our solution for the 2430 here.
I didn't realize there was heat shrink available for these labelers. I have a couple different ones I'll have to check this out. I think one or both do reverse printing. I know one is a Brother for sure. Something to play with. Thanks
If you buy new one, dymo labelmanger 160(20$ on amazon) can print on Dymo 18051 Heat Shrink Tube Labels(4~5$ on Aliexpress). other dymo labeller can too.
I’m looking for cheap heat shrink printer for DIY works at home. What size does it fit? And dymo would do the jobs just by inserting this type of heat shrinking tape is it?
Thanks mate for your sharing. Initially I don’t have the confidence to buy low budget dymo brand since the supplier only expensive products could do the heat shrink labeller.
@@chrismakulai4960 I tested Brother P-touch before, It has ID pinhole on tape cassette. So when brother shrink label inserted, It shows an error message. But I taped the hole like normal label cassette and it works well. So I think another label maker can accept shrink label with some hack too.
After seeing the title I really wanted this to work out, crap! If your printer can print vertically, it might work if you use the smallest font, cut the excess and then wrap the tape sideways around the cable. I've yet to try this out myself though.
it might have adhesion problems if you try to stick it on the length of the cable but you can wrap it around the wire with two equal lengths like a small flag.
Yep that is the obvious solution but I figured that was the messy solution you wanted to avoid with the heat shrink tubing. :) I would believe the tape is wide enough to wrap around a thin wire, something you would use to mark I2C/SPI wires on a prototype or to which dev board pin you need to attach wires from a debugger for instance. If the wire is not thin enough, maybe a clear heat shrink tube could work? I don't know if it's transparently enough for the purpose though as I don't have any
That is very true but it could still be worth the effort in marking wires which need to be often reconnected. Most annoying thing for me with a similar Brother printer would still be typing and peeling off the tape...
Ordered a couple of these (2 sizes) for our higher-end Brother printers as work. Got nice labels from each, but then one of the cartridges seized and I couldn't get the tape to move (the instructions tell you to tighten the tape by hand first, which I did). Well, they are cheap...
That's one of the things I've looked at before ordering my printer, I tried to get a Brother because I saw there is a variety of replacement consumables available on aliexpress.
VoltLog Well, I’ve had the printer for a long time now, and back then I didn’t even know of AliExpress! But Brother printers certainly seem better for the price, and they even have one with full color! That being said, the paper is quite expensive and it’s quite new, so no compatibles. Cheap printer, expensive consumables.
Play with the switches. Maybe there's a combination that makes it print properly. Or you can use only mirror-immune letters only like A T I U M O... (not N J K...) and in reverse order ..
I wonder if the heat-shrink manufacturer didn't actually screw up the hole pattern on the cassette. On my PT-H110 which is only marginally better than H107 the heat-shrink tubes work just fine. I'll check the pattern on my heat-shrink cartridge when I come home.
@@voltlog Please take a look at this photo: imgur.com/a/HNl932e This one works out of box with my printer I mentioned. Please also note that mine is a 12mm tube, so the pattern will still be different than yours.
Thank you for the content, how is the result of the shrinked tube? Does the printing withstand the temperature of the heat gun and is the text scratch resistant?
Looks normal just a small decrease in font size due to shrinking but uniform across the entire length as long as the shrinking is uniform. It's not scratch resistant however and I can scrape the text away with a sharp blade.
The more expensive models all have USB, but look identical. I wonder if they use the same firmware inside, just not populating the USB connector, and a slightly different mould by that area, then use either a set of configuration resistors or something in the non volatile memory to tell the printer which model it is to be.
I was gonna say the same once I saw the earlier video. I have a similar printer (inspired by yet another mailbag video) and it has mirror printing option.
what I would do is buy 1 original case and 100 copies and just move contents from the copy to the original case. I have a P-TOUCH Cube Plus and I see it has multiple security pins on the face of the cassette also
That's a great idea, but don't you want one you could program and put your logo or icon in it and use a default light green tape perhaps? Of course it's all about marketing which is the the most evil part of doing any kind of business. People doing the hardware section usually does a perfect job as the marketing agent gets impatient usually rushing the the crew doing the software rarely allowing them to get the bugs out and the mechanical crew adds unnecessary but unique things to a device to make the incompatible with other similar items that can easily work, but purposely sabotaged to screw over their loyal customers. It's all about getting the product out for sale.
FixDaily - Electronic repairs, hacks and tips yes, I use it to label almost everything I get for my mailbag videos. Years ahead I might not remember what a small sensor board does.
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I expected that you try different switch combinations before giving up. There are 3 switches, meaning 8 (-1 for detection) combination. One might work.
Brafilus MrToM ok, I was too caught up with the issue and I didn't think of this but it's worth a try.
I was thinking the same thing. Please update how different combinations of switches will behave
shaysudman yes please. Let’s search for the cheapest solution to get this working.
It looks like the method they are using, to detect the inserted cassettes, is different for some printers. My P-touch 2430 PC has 6 Pins in the lower left corner. If I look at the cassettes, there are also holes in the lower middle, which my device is not probing. The 3 switches, which VoltLog is showing, are also not present on my device.
@@MrMartinZockt
What we really need is a comparison of the PCB's from various models. I doubt they are much different, but who knows. It could just be unpopulated switch wires. Plus such content might provoke someone with a jtagulator/black magic probe/goodfet/etc. to have a go at one of these :-)
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Brother p-touch h110:
Heat shrink tube works!
But you'd create one hole and "hidden" one other.
In tape-cartridge you have one center hole - make it similar to HSE-cartridge. And with two holes in HSE-cartridge "hide" with tape/scotch left hole.
Print!
Just tested my brother PT1000, cheapest that I could fing at Tesco. Works perfectly with the heatshrink tubing you recently reviewed. I couldn't be happier.
great! 👍
Thank you for this video. My P-touch 1180 *does* have a mirror function ... so I will finally be able to label some little wires and DuPont housings. Long have I have wanted to put things like "tx rx + - mosi miso" on jumps.
GnuReligion that's exactly what I had planned but didn't work out for me.
you may try some other switch combinations, maybe there is a hidden feature like this?!
noname 999999 MrToM ok, I was too caught up with the issue and I didn't think of this but it's worth a try.
@@voltlog good, but you forgot to remove the name from the copied comment ;) =D
noname 999999 sorry, on my phone here and wanted to respond 😬
I will post a video update tomorrow, trying another sequence of the switches worked, the text is now mirrored correctly!
@@voltlog YEAH, that's very cool! definitely a cool community :)
I own a P-touch 2430 PC, so mirroring is no problem for me. I didn't now that this type of cassettes exist. Maybe I will try this out in the near future.
Than it should be easy for you, it probably works without any intervention
curious.. did you try? I have the same model of P-touch.. I've ordered a couple to sort out my wiring aboard but they've been stuck in customs for 10 days
@@tommten No, sry. But I figured out that the P-Touch does not probe the big square holes, wich are showed in the video. instead there are many pins on the inside of the printer and corresponding holes on the cassettes. Take a look at the comment from "Леонид". Maybe this is also our solution for the 2430 here.
I didn't realize there was heat shrink available for these labelers. I have a couple different ones I'll have to check this out. I think one or both do reverse printing. I know one is a Brother for sure. Something to play with. Thanks
Please help me. I have the same printer and I need to buy a new tape. What's the name of the printer tape? What do I need to buy?
If you buy new one, dymo labelmanger 160(20$ on amazon) can print on Dymo 18051 Heat Shrink Tube Labels(4~5$ on Aliexpress). other dymo labeller can too.
I’m looking for cheap heat shrink printer for DIY works at home. What size does it fit? And dymo would do the jobs just by inserting this type of heat shrinking tape is it?
dymo labelmanager 160's maximum label width is 12mm, so 12mm under is all fit.
And dymo printer does not check tape type. So any type of tape is ok.
Thanks mate for your sharing. Initially I don’t have the confidence to buy low budget dymo brand since the supplier only expensive products could do the heat shrink labeller.
@@chrismakulai4960 I tested Brother P-touch before, It has ID pinhole on tape cassette. So when brother shrink label inserted, It shows an error message. But I taped the hole like normal label cassette and it works well. So I think another label maker can accept shrink label with some hack too.
Thanks mate. This really helpful information
After seeing the title I really wanted this to work out, crap! If your printer can print vertically, it might work if you use the smallest font, cut the excess and then wrap the tape sideways around the cable. I've yet to try this out myself though.
it might have adhesion problems if you try to stick it on the length of the cable but you can wrap it around the wire with two equal lengths like a small flag.
Yep that is the obvious solution but I figured that was the messy solution you wanted to avoid with the heat shrink tubing. :) I would believe the tape is wide enough to wrap around a thin wire, something you would use to mark I2C/SPI wires on a prototype or to which dev board pin you need to attach wires from a debugger for instance.
If the wire is not thin enough, maybe a clear heat shrink tube could work? I don't know if it's transparently enough for the purpose though as I don't have any
Yes, clear heatsink could work but that's an extra step which isn't fun.
That is very true but it could still be worth the effort in marking wires which need to be often reconnected. Most annoying thing for me with a similar Brother printer would still be typing and peeling off the tape...
I will post a video update tomorrow, trying another sequence of the switches worked, the text is now mirrored correctly!
Ordered a couple of these (2 sizes) for our higher-end Brother printers as work. Got nice labels from each, but then one of the cartridges seized and I couldn't get the tape to move (the instructions tell you to tighten the tape by hand first, which I did). Well, they are cheap...
great to know, mine is listed as not compatible too, but it does have mirror option
Have tried a wider tape?
Interesting. I have a Dymo one, though. There might be some heat shrink tape, IDK.
That's one of the things I've looked at before ordering my printer, I tried to get a Brother because I saw there is a variety of replacement consumables available on aliexpress.
VoltLog Well, I’ve had the printer for a long time now, and back then I didn’t even know of AliExpress! But Brother printers certainly seem better for the price, and they even have one with full color! That being said, the paper is quite expensive and it’s quite new, so no compatibles. Cheap printer, expensive consumables.
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Play with the switches. Maybe there's a combination that makes it print properly.
Or you can use only mirror-immune letters only like A T I U M O... (not N J K...) and in reverse order ..
I will post a video update tomorrow, trying another sequence of the switches worked, the text is now mirrored correctly!
Cool, i did not know that printable heat shrink tube exists. Thanks for sharing ;-)
Tried it and it works with P-Touch 1010! Thank you!
I wonder if the heat-shrink manufacturer didn't actually screw up the hole pattern on the cassette. On my PT-H110 which is only marginally better than H107 the heat-shrink tubes work just fine. I'll check the pattern on my heat-shrink cartridge when I come home.
That's an interesting theory and I would appreciate your feedback regarding the cassette you have once you get the chance.
@@voltlog Please take a look at this photo: imgur.com/a/HNl932e
This one works out of box with my printer I mentioned.
Please also note that mine is a 12mm tube, so the pattern will still be different than yours.
Thank you for the content, how is the result of the shrinked tube? Does the printing withstand the temperature of the heat gun and is the text scratch resistant?
Looks normal just a small decrease in font size due to shrinking but uniform across the entire length as long as the shrinking is uniform. It's not scratch resistant however and I can scrape the text away with a sharp blade.
The more expensive models all have USB, but look identical. I wonder if they use the same firmware inside, just not populating the USB connector, and a slightly different mould by that area, then use either a set of configuration resistors or something in the non volatile memory to tell the printer which model it is to be.
It could be but I don't want to go down that rabbit hole 😬
I was gonna say the same once I saw the earlier video. I have a similar printer (inspired by yet another mailbag video) and it has mirror printing option.
What about the PT-H105, someone did try it with that labelprinter?
The Brother PT-D210 supports mirror mode (shift-print, select mirror print) and is $31usd.
that's nice, I could get that for about $51 delivered around here but it's not in stock right now.
what I would do is buy 1 original case and 100 copies and just move contents from the copy to the original case. I have a P-TOUCH Cube Plus and I see it has multiple security pins on the face of the cassette also
I would just enter into the printer what I wanted backward so when it mirrors it the label will correct.
The text will than be backwards but not the individual letters. For a T or an A this will work but a G will look reversed.
oh, good point.
That's a great idea, but don't you want one you could program and put your logo or icon in it and use a default light green tape perhaps? Of course it's all about marketing which is the the most evil part of doing any kind of business. People doing the hardware section usually does a perfect job as the marketing agent gets impatient usually rushing the the crew doing the software rarely allowing them to get the bugs out and the mechanical crew adds unnecessary but unique things to a device to make the incompatible with other similar items that can easily work, but purposely sabotaged to screw over their loyal customers. It's all about getting the product out for sale.
Looking at other heat shrink cartridges I'd say try covering the single hole and leaving the other two open.
MrToM ok, I was too caught up with the issue and I didn't think of this but it's worth a try.
I went by this...
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Good luck!
I will post a video update tomorrow, trying another sequence of the switches as you suggested worked, the text is now mirrored correctly!
Fantastic! Great news. I look forward to seeing it. Thanks for the update.
Do you recommend to buy one of these printers? Is it something that you use a lot?
FixDaily - Electronic repairs, hacks and tips yes, I use it to label almost everything I get for my mailbag videos. Years ahead I might not remember what a small sensor board does.
@@voltlog Thanks mate :)
Can you get clear tube, it might be possible to then turn it inside out.
can you imagine yourself turning heatshrink inside out? I can't imagine myself doing that.
@@voltlog LOL would be a fun video :)
Maybe a different combination of holes reverses the print.
SidneyCritic ComedyHound yup, that's something I have to try next.
I will post a video update tomorrow, trying another sequence of the switches worked, the text is now mirrored correctly!
Does the unit have a shift key? What happens if you hold shift and print?
Wondering the same thing.
@@TheVirindi no shift key on this printer, just a caps key, tried it, nothing happens.
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Good day. Has anyone tried to print a shrink tube on the pt-e110vp?
US$8.50 ! in my country they are more like twice that !
good reason to get the replacement ones from aliexpress
Indeed, the last ones I purchased were from there, that reminds me I should buy some more sizes.
I bet you can import a 'image' and print it on those tube tape carts, by reversing it in the image software first.
Alexander Borsi this printer does not allow importing stuff.
Can't you just type the words in reverse letter by letter? :D
Thanks for sharing :-)
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Just write text starting from end for ex. instead of "current" write "tnerruc" and it will work like a charm ;)
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