I don't know why I waited so long to get a Rollo but after watching your video I got one with the roll rack. You can get FREE rolls of paper from UPS if you have an account. Works great
I have the Zebra ZP 450 and to print FedEx and this method should work almost all thermal printers having trouble with printing from FedEx. I have to download the label as a pdf and open in Acrobat and take a snapshot and then print. Works every time. After doing it a few times it becomes faster and easy. Also, you can get free labels from USPS, UPS, and FedEx if you have accounts with them. And one of these has the labels Ryan has on the video available. I can't remember which carrier. I didn't find this out until after I bought 3 rolls of 1000. Still only cost around 30-40 bucks. Thermal does not smudge or bleed. They can if they are put under packing tape because the adhesive and label causes a chemical reaction to the label and it will not be able to scan. Hope this helps you guys out. Great job on the video, Ryan!
You can plug it into your router... Most modern routers have at least 1 or 2 USB ports for Storage and Printing. Should work from there. I was looking for this review and planned on plugging it into my router since that's out of the way and I use a Mac and PC.
My Rollo is a life saver, only negative is they do not like dusty environments. Mine lives in the garage and has to be cleaned once a week, very easy 2 minute clean up. So much better machine then any Dymo we have had.
So, so true about no wireless. It's now Sept. 2019 - nearly two years after your original post, and still no wireless - which is STILL a pain in the ass. I bought this directly from Rollo, it was the same price as Amazon for the until, and the labels were $5 less - with free shipping. I had an issue at first with a bad batch of labels and Rollo took care of it immediately. Stellar customer service. I look forward to a much fast packing process for the coming holiday season. I ship in all poly-mailers, so no more packing tape!!
I have this printer for my ebay and other shipping needs. I resell storage unit contents I purchase in auctions. Couple things you didn't mention which I think are HUGE PROS and definitely make this printer a 10/10. 1. You don't "have" to use ebay or other sites to print your labels... you can use Rollo's site to print ANY label with ANY carrier (just need to select which carrier and label you want) and takes the same amount of time as using ebay, etc. 2. IF you use Rollo's website to print your labels... you get a DISCOUNT! The discount alone pays for the labels and the printer over time and is a MUST USE imo. On my first 7 shipments I saved $9.07, that's over a dollar on each shipment! You can't get this discount printing your labels directly through ebay, etc. 3. The reason it's not wireless is to block other people printing. If they can access it via wireless, they could print off your whole roll of labels and waste your materials. You "can" access it via wireless if you plug the USB into your ROUTER. Configure your network so only devices ALLOWED on your network can access the printer (port) and you're good to go. So, you can use any wireless device to access and print, so long as Rollo is hard lined into your network and you're using an authorized device. This unit can handle enterprise level use and in those settings, the printer can be right next to your router anyhow. Good review... I love this printer and would be lost without it... makes shipping SOOOO EASY... and the discount on shipping is ridiculous... it even shows you in your "billings" tab on Rollo's site how much you've saved... mine has almost paid for itself already (bought mine for 159 on Amazon)! AND will be MAKING ME MONEY after it's paid for itself on EVERY shipment. Can't beat this printer PERIOD. They also make a label ROLL holder. I like the rolls instead of the "stacks" because the stack can get messed up by bumping your desk, your crazy cats, etc. I highly recommend the roll holder.
Hi there, interesting take. Are you taking into consideration the discount you get for printing on ebay especially if you’re a top rated seller or are you saying the savings is much more significant via the rollo site? Awaiting your response.
Ive had the rollo for about 6 months and I love it. I bought the label stacker, it works for the accordion folded labels or the rolls either. its so fast. I am a big fan its been great.
Hi, There a way you may share a review for all these year with it so far, or how long it lasted working well? I am a budget guy and thinking getting one of this.
Hi My Kiddos! Great review! I have the Dymo 4XL that I got on Amazon when it was on sale for $69 which I was totally stoked about! I also cannot print FedEx labels directly to my dymo so this is MY hack, try it out on your Rollo to see if it also works for you... So when I print a FedEx or UPS label I print as an Adobe PDF then when the PDF pops up I print it to my Dymo.... it works literally every time for me, so give that a try on your Rollo to see if it will also work for you. I know it is kind of a pain in the you know what with extra steps and all but it works well for me and my little Dymo 4XL so I am going to assume that this hack can be used with other thermal printers. Also, don't throw away the back of the shipping labels they are great helpers for us crafters when we mix epoxy and work with various mediums because once we are done with those things we don't have to feel bad about the clean up or damaging our painting pallets... just saying... Alli and I had a conversation about that so she knows, tell them Alli... Happy Day!
Great Review, first and foremost, however, I do not agree with the statement that smaller business owners shouldn't invest in the Rollo. I disagree because I have been in an instance where I was shipped something and the ink was smudged and the package was a mess, causing me not to buy from them again because I could tell by the way the package looked internally as well as externally, they did not care what happened with my package, so to all the smaller business owners, try your best to make the outside of a package as brilliant as what's on the inside.
I ended up not loving my thermal printer and I sold it on Ebay. I hated having to switch back and forth to that printer, forgetting, wasting labels...I went back to a regular laser printer eventually. So many people swear by them though, and I really wanted to love it.
@@SweatyBooch420 My Scotty Peeler and Barcode Scanner. I know it sounds small but at the time when I was prepping five to six hundred items at a time by myself they were a life saver.
I have the zebra which I love (Ebay deal @$65 with a roll of labels). You can save the labels as a pdf and then use foxit pdf to print the label. Not a very good solution if printing multiple labels but it does work. Ebay really needs to fix this issue with fedex labels
Thanks Ryan! I’ve been looking ahead to see what my next step for a printer will be for my business and this video was a great help! I’m not quite to the point where I need to upgrade but my business continues to grow and hopefully soon my sales volume will be enough to warrant some upgrades!
You absolutely answered my question about it being wireless!! I prefer wireless because my desk is maxed out on space and my printer now sits on a table behind my desk. I'm so SICK of buying ink! Thanks for the review...I'm almost out of magenta ink and I decided to go with a new thermal instead of getting new ink lol
You might want to try saving the label to a pdf, then using adobe to print the label, using a snapshot to get only the label. It works with my Dymo 4xl, so should work with the Rollo.
Just plug the printer into a airport express and you can print wireless I did it with mine and it works flawlessly. You can pick up used ones for around $50
I'm using a cheap Brother laser B&W printer. It's super fast and fairly cheap. There's a hack to get it to keep printing thousands of pages beyond what the empty toner sensor thingie says. ;) It's so wasteful when printer companies do that! Toner is much cheaper than ink and lasts longer. When my Brother dies, I'll get a thermal. Maybe it'll be wireless by then. Great thorough review. Thanks!
Their tech support is amazing. Wouldnt hurt to ask them how to solve both the problems you had as cons. Might have a solution and theyll help set it up
I have a wireless inkjet printer that i use for regular printing and label printing. Want to get the rollo, but have a question. The print label preferences is that something you do only once or everytime? Does making the label printer default affect the default printer in other programs? Meaning if i were to print something off MS word, will it end up printing from the rollo? Mac user also
Hi, I ordered all the supplies (using your affiliate link) to get started with my ebay business. I got the lights, paper background, Rollo printer, labels, polybags. Everything you suggest. I received all my equipment and starting to use it and I don't understand how you use the labels that you recommend with the Rollo printer. The Rollo printer takes 4x6? and the labels you recommend are 8x11 sheets. Am I missing something?
Since I have Chrome OS, I was gonna about printing the label through ebay app. No issues? How do you print wireless through Samsung app if printer has no bluetooth?
One weakness for direct thermal printing is that it is very weak with cellophane tapes. If you put cellotape directly on top of printing surface, the printing result will fade very quickly within hours.
Cool looking unit! We use the Zebra 2844? Thermal printer. We bought it refurbished on eBay for $130...10 years ago lol it works amazing and it’s a work horse. We use label rolls that hold 250 at a time. It’s not as pretty as this one but it works amazing. Not sure if I like the labels just sitting on the desktop though. No hack as far as I know for FedEx. We have a laser printer for those labels. Awesome video as usual!
149.00 on ebay right now. Thanks for the video. I had a zebra and never could get it print correctly through the ebay app so I finally gave up on it. Wish I would have seen your video, it might have helped me.
wireless printing is not a necessity imho...not worth complaining about. If it's that big of a deal, buy a stand alone print server OR dedicate a desktop to share the printer on the network...not a big deal at all.
Hey guys... haven't seen you talk about this before but here's an issue that came up for me recently. I have my listings all posted with a 1 business day turnaround time which I've been religious about. I work super close to a post office so it's easy for me to package up items and mail them out before I go to work or during my lunch break. To save time I drop them in the blue boxes outside the post office or for those items that don't fit I bring them in and drop them on the counter. Here's the kicker... I noticed when I had three items sell on 10/31 and dropped them off the morning of 11/1 my local post office didn't scan them until 11/2 and 11/3. I noticed this when I was trying to figure out why my sales plummeted. Guys, I seriously had 0 sales for 9 days when before I was selling 2-3 items a day (I'm just starting out, 250 listings all fairly priced). I lowered prices AND dropped my store to 30% just to make sales to bring up my late sale percentage. I finally got some sales in the last 72 hours (thank god!). But I feel they dinged my ebay SEO (I'm sure there's a more technical term for this) for the "late" sales. Do you think this is possible? Also, I made a sale on Poshmark during the 9 days of hell. I dropped the package off INSIDE the post office into one of the bins after hours (5pm) on SATURDAY, Nov. 11 thinking this might be better then dropping in the outside boxes. Get this, on TUESDAY, Nov. 14 the package STILL wasn't scanned. So I went into the post office with my tracking information during my lunch break and was like WTF is going on? How is it that 2 business days later this item STILL isn't scanned? She spoke to me like an illiterate fool. I showed her on my phone with the tracking (or lack there of) and everything. She went to inform me that the post office is closed on Sundays (no shit) and that the item probably wasn't scanned but made its way to Cleveland (local hub) and I should be ensured it is on its way and should arrive in home that day or the following day. Well. At 6pm that evening that same post office finally scanned my item. Ryan and Ali, I lost my shit. I've obviously learned my lesson that the people who work at my local post office are incompetent mutants and that I need to stand in line to get my items scanned because they can't do their job. But I thought my "learning experience" might be a good topic for discussion in one of your videos to help others. Love your videos... thanks for listening to my rant! :)
OMG THAT'S NUTS! So first of all yes, ebay definitely gives favor to sellers who are hitting the "shipping goals" if the items aren't getting scanned in time your sales will suffer. One thing you might want to do is start scheduling a pickup the day before and then make sure the postal worker picking up your packages scans each one. USPS is pretty lame sometimes.
This is the printer I have and I have never had problems except the FedEx labels. I just print those on my other printer. I’m going to try that hack down there in the comments and see if it works.
Ryan what are the chances that the information printed could fade during transit while being exposed to different types of light during shipping? do you feel thermal technology is consistent enough to use for a full-time Ebay store?
Full Melt Fusion thank you so much!!!!!!!!! 😊😊😊😊 I think the technology is there. We know a lot of VERY large eBay sellers who only use thermal. I definitely think it’s much more reliable than traditional inkjet.
I have been using thermal labels for about 12 years now with multiple ebay stores and a website. They only fade if you put shipping tape over them. They are peel and stick labels so you don't need tape. Top 3 investment I ever made for my business was a label printer. Also you can adjust the darkness of the print if you think what printed looks too light. Ryan No holder for the roll of labels? Good luck with that. I see you responded and said there is a holder. I can see dust getting all over them. No good.
Full Melt Fusion I have the same thought because the receipts from the post office can easily be scrached. If a package is thrown and the barcode is affected or the ship to address is affected there will be a problem.
A used Zebra 500 or LP2844 from eBay will last you until the end of time.. Or a new one if you are made of money... There is an issue with FedEX, but the work around isn't that difficult..
I just got a Rollo for my eBay store. I am glad I read the fedex pdf Hack in this thread, I am surprised you paid so much for those 4000 labels though! I got a box of 8000 shipping labels off Amazon for about $25
Does the Rollo thermal printer print shipping labels for Pitney Bowes online postage services??? I need to know if it’s worth buying this neat printer. Thanks in advance.
I noticed you used a single label to test. What happens when printing bulk shipping labels? My printer prints labels sideways, two to a page and includes a bulk shipping manifest for USPS to scan. It looks like we could be wasting a lot of time printing individually then wasting more time scanning in with USPS if this unit dosen't support bulk. Mike
The fact that my current printer requires me to buy new ink every time one of the color inks gets low (it uses a tiny bit of color even when printing black/white --such a racket!!) makes it worth it early on to invest in a printer like this. I'm currently low on 3 colors (black is almost full) but my printer will not print if ANY of the ink colors is out, even if I only want to print black and white. I went to see how much the full pack of all 6 colors would be since I'll need them all soon anyways and it was $100. I'd rather spend my money on the thermal printer! I rarely print anything else on this printer and it just eats through ink...it is higher end Epson color printer but was a waste of money.
Hi the Rollo printer is really easy to make wireless all you need is a apple airport express you can bay one on eBay for $10 you don't need the new apple airport express the old one works
I used to make millions of 4"×6" on direct and indirect thermal paper. For companies shipping labels. Does the printer have a heat adjustment if you want to use colored labels instead of white?
Plug it into your router and assign it an IP address and you can print to it from any computer hooked into that router. I have printed 4x6 fed ex and ups labels for Amazon by changing the paper size in the print settings.
Only problem with the printer I found is the sample label they have NONE of the eBay labels print like that at all I have probably toyed with every density and speed setting
Anyone having an issue with the label being off center when printing from eBay? I have everything setup properly but my labels are moved to the left a little and it's driving my minor case of OCD crazy
I'm having an absolutely horrible time with the Rollo thermal printer. Bought one four months ago and the printouts were blurry. I'm tech literate and tried different settings - there's not much to set up there anyway - but nothing doing. I set up a ticket with their service, and they did call me, but nothing doing. They even operated the printer themselves from my computer and updated the firmware remotely. They sent me a second printer, but it turned out to have an altogether different problem. After more time spent with their tech service, they ascertained this one too was faulty and sent me a third one. Got it today and, lo and behold, it only prints the upper part of my labels and then jams or feeds to the middle of the next label. All settings are correct on my computers. This thing won't even print its self-test properly. Of course they won't refund me. They tried to make me believe it's a system error on my end, and then that it might be an issue with the power at our shop - really? - but I tried it on five different PCs, with Windows 7, 8 and 10, and through several different outlets, including a Furman power conditioner, and guess what: none of them work. At some point they thought it was the labels themselves - the ones they had provided us! - that were the problem, so we bought labels from Canada Post - 20 000 of them, their minimum order! Still didn't work. This piece of crap has cost a lot of time to three people in my business. Be aware, look elsewhere.
woahhhh....that is crazy, I will say you're the first person who we've heard of having issues like that. Ours has been working like an absolute charm since this vid. so 2 1/2 months of non-stop printing with no issues.
Indeed, hasn't been pleasant. Yesterday they finally admitted there had gotten a bad batch, so they want to send us a fourth one when they get new batch. would have been nice knowing that before wasting all this time troubleshooting. I'll let you know how it turns out...
I agree same with mine and wasted around 100 labels printing with each density and speed all crap def going to return it support cant even get it to print clear yet the sample label printed without an issue
Id never even heard of that brand. I just got a brother 1050 for the same price and i like it. I used to have the dymo and hated it, returned it after a week.
Thanks for the review, I'm trying to figure out either to go with this or the Dymo 4XL. Is it easy to rip the label off on the Rollo? Since you have to stack the labels behind it, do you find they fall over or make a mess? I saw they sell a label storage addon for more money of course. Thanks!
Glenn Burn haha yeah, the label storage is like another $20. I’ve used the dymo 4xl and I would say this printer is much much better. I know there is a dymo wireless one coming out next year though so that might be a good buy. The labels do rip off very easily yes. No issues with it so far
A cheap investment is exactly what it is if you're saving money down the line, that's what investment means, no? noun 1. the action or process of investing money for profit or material result.
So a 1-month update, the thing actually works great. Thanks. The little printerit's crazy there's no ink it will print and print and print and it's so fast
If you do run a small store thermal printers will actually help you more. You can keep thermal labels forever as long as they are not exposed to UV light too much. Your suggestion of this being A bad investment is crap. Thermal printing saves me about $250 a year. Also if you want a better bargain go on ebay and quit giving this guy amazon affiliate $ for your purchases
I don't know why I waited so long to get a Rollo but after watching your video I got one with the roll rack. You can get FREE rolls of paper from UPS if you have an account. Works great
I have the Zebra ZP 450 and to print FedEx and this method should work almost all thermal printers having trouble with printing from FedEx. I have to download the label as a pdf and open in Acrobat and take a snapshot and then print. Works every time. After doing it a few times it becomes faster and easy. Also, you can get free labels from USPS, UPS, and FedEx if you have accounts with them. And one of these has the labels Ryan has on the video available. I can't remember which carrier. I didn't find this out until after I bought 3 rolls of 1000. Still only cost around 30-40 bucks. Thermal does not smudge or bleed. They can if they are put under packing tape because the adhesive and label causes a chemical reaction to the label and it will not be able to scan. Hope this helps you guys out. Great job on the video, Ryan!
M.A. Murphy & Co awesome info. Thank you!
You can plug it into your router... Most modern routers have at least 1 or 2 USB ports for Storage and Printing. Should work from there. I was looking for this review and planned on plugging it into my router since that's out of the way and I use a Mac and PC.
My Rollo is a life saver, only negative is they do not like dusty environments. Mine lives in the garage and has to be cleaned once a week, very easy 2 minute clean up. So much better machine then any Dymo we have had.
So, so true about no wireless. It's now Sept. 2019 - nearly two years after your original post, and still no wireless - which is STILL a pain in the ass. I bought this directly from Rollo, it was the same price as Amazon for the until, and the labels were $5 less - with free shipping. I had an issue at first with a bad batch of labels and Rollo took care of it immediately. Stellar customer service. I look forward to a much fast packing process for the coming holiday season. I ship in all poly-mailers, so no more packing tape!!
I have this printer for my ebay and other shipping needs. I resell storage unit contents I purchase in auctions. Couple things you didn't mention which I think are HUGE PROS and definitely make this printer a 10/10. 1. You don't "have" to use ebay or other sites to print your labels... you can use Rollo's site to print ANY label with ANY carrier (just need to select which carrier and label you want) and takes the same amount of time as using ebay, etc. 2. IF you use Rollo's website to print your labels... you get a DISCOUNT! The discount alone pays for the labels and the printer over time and is a MUST USE imo. On my first 7 shipments I saved $9.07, that's over a dollar on each shipment! You can't get this discount printing your labels directly through ebay, etc. 3. The reason it's not wireless is to block other people printing. If they can access it via wireless, they could print off your whole roll of labels and waste your materials. You "can" access it via wireless if you plug the USB into your ROUTER. Configure your network so only devices ALLOWED on your network can access the printer (port) and you're good to go. So, you can use any wireless device to access and print, so long as Rollo is hard lined into your network and you're using an authorized device. This unit can handle enterprise level use and in those settings, the printer can be right next to your router anyhow. Good review... I love this printer and would be lost without it... makes shipping SOOOO EASY... and the discount on shipping is ridiculous... it even shows you in your "billings" tab on Rollo's site how much you've saved... mine has almost paid for itself already (bought mine for 159 on Amazon)! AND will be MAKING ME MONEY after it's paid for itself on EVERY shipment. Can't beat this printer PERIOD. They also make a label ROLL holder. I like the rolls instead of the "stacks" because the stack can get messed up by bumping your desk, your crazy cats, etc. I highly recommend the roll holder.
Hi there, interesting take. Are you taking into consideration the discount you get for printing on ebay especially if you’re a top rated seller or are you saying the savings is much more significant via the rollo site? Awaiting your response.
@@MariaMeditates oh, I didn't know they offer a discount on ebay if you're a top seller. I dont know what the discount is so I cant compare.
Ive had the rollo for about 6 months and I love it. I bought the label stacker, it works for the accordion folded labels or the rolls either. its so fast. I am a big fan its been great.
Hi, There a way you may share a review for all these year with it so far, or how long it lasted working well? I am a budget guy and thinking getting one of this.
@@svsv9 love it still
Hi My Kiddos! Great review! I have the Dymo 4XL that I got on Amazon when it was on sale for $69 which I was totally stoked about! I also cannot print FedEx labels directly to my dymo so this is MY hack, try it out on your Rollo to see if it also works for you... So when I print a FedEx or UPS label I print as an Adobe PDF then when the PDF pops up I print it to my Dymo.... it works literally every time for me, so give that a try on your Rollo to see if it will also work for you. I know it is kind of a pain in the you know what with extra steps and all but it works well for me and my little Dymo 4XL so I am going to assume that this hack can be used with other thermal printers. Also, don't throw away the back of the shipping labels they are great helpers for us crafters when we mix epoxy and work with various mediums because once we are done with those things we don't have to feel bad about the clean up or damaging our painting pallets... just saying... Alli and I had a conversation about that so she knows, tell them Alli... Happy Day!
Mary Shine awesome hack! 😊 thanks Mary!!
Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
When I try this it's super small
Great Review, first and foremost, however, I do not agree with the statement that smaller business owners shouldn't invest in the Rollo. I disagree because I have been in an instance where I was shipped something and the ink was smudged and the package was a mess, causing me not to buy from them again because I could tell by the way the package looked internally as well as externally, they did not care what happened with my package, so to all the smaller business owners, try your best to make the outside of a package as brilliant as what's on the inside.
I agree 💯!!
I ended up not loving my thermal printer and I sold it on Ebay. I hated having to switch back and forth to that printer, forgetting, wasting labels...I went back to a regular laser printer eventually. So many people swear by them though, and I really wanted to love it.
I bought mine for around 169 new. I love it.
I love my Rollo, it has been one or actually 3 of my best purchases for my business. Good video as always
What was the other 2?
@@SweatyBooch420 My Scotty Peeler and Barcode Scanner. I know it sounds small but at the time when I was prepping five to six hundred items at a time by myself they were a life saver.
@@InsideArizona Awesome! Thanks!
Watching this in 2021 and I was like...2017? LOL
I have the zebra which I love (Ebay deal @$65 with a roll of labels). You can save the labels as a pdf and then use foxit pdf to print the label. Not a very good solution if printing multiple labels but it does work. Ebay really needs to fix this issue with fedex labels
agreed. the zebra is a great printer as well :)
Which model?
I really like your review straight to the point...no extra stuff. thanks
Thanks Ryan! I’ve been looking ahead to see what my next step for a printer will be for my business and this video was a great help! I’m not quite to the point where I need to upgrade but my business continues to grow and hopefully soon my sales volume will be enough to warrant some upgrades!
Adam Ham no worries! Glad we could help, there’s a lot of good options out there and this is definitely one of them 😊
You absolutely answered my question about it being wireless!! I prefer wireless because my desk is maxed out on space and my printer now sits on a table behind my desk. I'm so SICK of buying ink! Thanks for the review...I'm almost out of magenta ink and I decided to go with a new thermal instead of getting new ink lol
yeah no worries :) I believe Dyno is coming out with a wireless one next year so that'll be good. Thermal is soooo much better :)
You might want to try saving the label to a pdf, then using adobe to print the label, using a snapshot to get only the label. It works with my Dymo 4xl, so should work with the Rollo.
yeah that seems to be the hack...fedex/ebay should really fix that issue though.
@@RALLIROOTS lol trash product
Hey man, this is exactly what an unboxing/setup/review should be! Solid info, no BS. I subbed. I don't sub. I'm sold!
Nice work Ryan. Very helpful. I'm glad you mentioned the "cons". Not being wireless is a major drawback.
For sure! they need to fix that lo.
Just plug the printer into a airport express and you can print wireless I did it with mine and it works flawlessly. You can pick up used ones for around $50
I'm using a cheap Brother laser B&W printer. It's super fast and fairly cheap. There's a hack to get it to keep printing thousands of pages beyond what the empty toner sensor thingie says. ;) It's so wasteful when printer companies do that! Toner is much cheaper than ink and lasts longer. When my Brother dies, I'll get a thermal. Maybe it'll be wireless by then. Great thorough review. Thanks!
yeah definitely! laser is the way to go if you don't have thermal :) I think wireless is coming soon, crazy that it isn't an option already lol
Thank you, so much for doing this video! Your video was the on that saved me by showing me it on a Mac !
Their tech support is amazing. Wouldnt hurt to ask them how to solve both the problems you had as cons. Might have a solution and theyll help set it up
How much hassle is it switching between printers so you can print shipping labels and packing slips?
I appreciate the realistic view of looking at your total shipping per day, thanks
no worries ;)
Going to toss my dymo and get this one! Had nothing but problems with the dymo.
love mine with no problems
I have a wireless inkjet printer that i use for regular printing and label printing. Want to get the rollo, but have a question. The print label preferences is that something you do only once or everytime? Does making the label printer default affect the default printer in other programs? Meaning if i were to print something off MS word, will it end up printing from the rollo? Mac user also
Hi, I ordered all the supplies (using your affiliate link) to get started with my ebay business. I got the lights, paper background, Rollo printer, labels, polybags. Everything you suggest. I received all my equipment and starting to use it and I don't understand how you use the labels that you recommend with the Rollo printer. The Rollo printer takes 4x6? and the labels you recommend are 8x11 sheets. Am I missing something?
Omg those dragonball shelfs n figures! Cool idea for background!
Thank you :) Allison made those!
I can also print my ebay labels from ebay app. wireless from my phone via the samsung app. Love the review.
Nice :) yeah that's awesome!
Since I have Chrome OS, I was gonna about printing the label through ebay app. No issues? How do you print wireless through Samsung app if printer has no bluetooth?
Hello!! Where do you buy the labels for the printer? Do you use the labels from rollo or from another seller?
i bought mine on Ebay. refurbished and still going strong
One weakness for direct thermal printing is that it is very weak with cellophane tapes. If you put cellotape directly on top of printing surface, the printing result will fade very quickly within hours.
Thankyou Ryan love that it doesn't use a lot of ink thanks for all your tips
yeah! no ink at all :) easy!
Cool looking unit! We use the Zebra 2844? Thermal printer. We bought it refurbished on eBay for $130...10 years ago lol it works amazing and it’s a work horse. We use label rolls that hold 250 at a time. It’s not as pretty as this one but it works amazing. Not sure if I like the labels just sitting on the desktop though. No hack as far as I know for FedEx. We have a laser printer for those labels. Awesome video as usual!
Very nice! Yes, we've heard great things about that printer as well! You can buy a label holder for the rolls and the stacks. amzn.to/2zVM2tj
I am able to print FedEx Labels on my Rollo Printer with no problems right off my eBay store. :>)
No wireless blows. Can't really print from my phone like I like to most of the time. I heard the new one coming will have it
149.00 on ebay right now. Thanks for the video. I had a zebra and never could get it print correctly through the ebay app so I finally gave up on it. Wish I would have seen your video, it might have helped me.
When I print a poshmark label it comes out very light and harder to read. But ebay labels come out fine. Any suggestions?
wireless printing is not a necessity imho...not worth complaining about. If it's that big of a deal, buy a stand alone print server OR dedicate a desktop to share the printer on the network...not a big deal at all.
If Reese Witherspoon was a guy... Or, if she had a twin, you'd be him.
Hey guys... haven't seen you talk about this before but here's an issue that came up for me recently.
I have my listings all posted with a 1 business day turnaround time which I've been religious about. I work super close to a post office so it's easy for me to package up items and mail them out before I go to work or during my lunch break. To save time I drop them in the blue boxes outside the post office or for those items that don't fit I bring them in and drop them on the counter.
Here's the kicker... I noticed when I had three items sell on 10/31 and dropped them off the morning of 11/1 my local post office didn't scan them until 11/2 and 11/3. I noticed this when I was trying to figure out why my sales plummeted. Guys, I seriously had 0 sales for 9 days when before I was selling 2-3 items a day (I'm just starting out, 250 listings all fairly priced). I lowered prices AND dropped my store to 30% just to make sales to bring up my late sale percentage. I finally got some sales in the last 72 hours (thank god!). But I feel they dinged my ebay SEO (I'm sure there's a more technical term for this) for the "late" sales. Do you think this is possible?
Also, I made a sale on Poshmark during the 9 days of hell. I dropped the package off INSIDE the post office into one of the bins after hours (5pm) on SATURDAY, Nov. 11 thinking this might be better then dropping in the outside boxes. Get this, on TUESDAY, Nov. 14 the package STILL wasn't scanned. So I went into the post office with my tracking information during my lunch break and was like WTF is going on? How is it that 2 business days later this item STILL isn't scanned? She spoke to me like an illiterate fool. I showed her on my phone with the tracking (or lack there of) and everything. She went to inform me that the post office is closed on Sundays (no shit) and that the item probably wasn't scanned but made its way to Cleveland (local hub) and I should be ensured it is on its way and should arrive in home that day or the following day. Well. At 6pm that evening that same post office finally scanned my item. Ryan and Ali, I lost my shit.
I've obviously learned my lesson that the people who work at my local post office are incompetent mutants and that I need to stand in line to get my items scanned because they can't do their job. But I thought my "learning experience" might be a good topic for discussion in one of your videos to help others.
Love your videos... thanks for listening to my rant! :)
OMG THAT'S NUTS! So first of all yes, ebay definitely gives favor to sellers who are hitting the "shipping goals" if the items aren't getting scanned in time your sales will suffer. One thing you might want to do is start scheduling a pickup the day before and then make sure the postal worker picking up your packages scans each one. USPS is pretty lame sometimes.
This is the printer I have and I have never had problems except the FedEx labels. I just print those on my other printer. I’m going to try that hack down there in the comments and see if it works.
yeah!! same here :)
Ryan what are the chances that the information printed could fade during transit while being exposed to different types of light during shipping? do you feel thermal technology is consistent enough to use for a full-time Ebay store?
Full Melt Fusion thank you so much!!!!!!!!! 😊😊😊😊 I think the technology is there. We know a lot of VERY large eBay sellers who only use thermal. I definitely think it’s much more reliable than traditional inkjet.
I have been using thermal labels for about 12 years now with multiple ebay stores and a website. They only fade if you put shipping tape over them. They are peel and stick labels so you don't need tape. Top 3 investment I ever made for my business was a label printer. Also you can adjust the darkness of the print if you think what printed looks too light. Ryan No holder for the roll of labels? Good luck with that. I see you responded and said there is a holder. I can see dust getting all over them. No good.
Full Melt Fusion I have the same thought because the receipts from the post office can easily be scrached. If a package is thrown and the barcode is affected or the ship to address is affected there will be a problem.
I could be wrong but I believe most big companies use thermal labels. Amazon
We run our business out of Phoenix,AZ. Would our extreme heat here cause any change to the labels?
A used Zebra 500 or LP2844 from eBay will last you until the end of time.. Or a new one if you are made of money... There is an issue with FedEX, but the work around isn't that difficult..
Is that thing still working out for you guys?
We still use it daily yes
I just got a Rollo for my eBay store. I am glad I read the fedex pdf Hack in this thread, I am surprised you paid so much for those 4000 labels though! I got a box of 8000 shipping labels off Amazon for about $25
Travis Burke cool 😊 careful with the labels you buy. They don’t always work.
I bought the wrong size labels! No wonder mine were so cheap, you got the better deal for sure haha
Hey Ryan, Great review buddy. Quick question ,can you print directly from your iPhone or do you have to print from your computer?
Can this printer be used with UPS Worldship or for UPS website label printing?
I always check camelcamelcamel before buying anything on Amazon. Looks like the price on this baby is pretty stable, though.
Drew Conway yeah for sure. That’s a smart way of doing it.
Drew Conway you check what???
Brian Granados If you don’t know, you don’t know.
What do you use for your FedEx packages?
Does the Rollo thermal printer print shipping labels for Pitney Bowes online postage services??? I need to know if it’s worth buying this neat printer.
Thanks in advance.
I believe so yes
@@RALLIROOTS Yes, it does. Etsy is now Pitney Bowes, and it works fine.
You should buy a raspberry pi and setup a print server so you can do it wireless
Wait... so i cant use this printing to print using my ipad Pro or print from using my ph??
I noticed you used a single label to test. What happens when printing bulk shipping labels? My printer prints labels sideways, two to a page and includes a bulk shipping manifest for USPS to scan. It looks like we could be wasting a lot of time printing individually then wasting more time scanning in with USPS if this unit dosen't support bulk. Mike
it supports bulk, you just have to change your label size to 4x6
The fact that my current printer requires me to buy new ink every time one of the color inks gets low (it uses a tiny bit of color even when printing black/white --such a racket!!) makes it worth it early on to invest in a printer like this. I'm currently low on 3 colors (black is almost full) but my printer will not print if ANY of the ink colors is out, even if I only want to print black and white. I went to see how much the full pack of all 6 colors would be since I'll need them all soon anyways and it was $100. I'd rather spend my money on the thermal printer! I rarely print anything else on this printer and it just eats through ink...it is higher end Epson color printer but was a waste of money.
Hi the Rollo printer is really easy to make wireless all you need is a apple airport express you can bay one on eBay for $10 you don't need the new apple airport express the old one works
oh thats smart!
Can someone do a video setting up an Apple Express. Thanks.
Thanks just bought one with your link
:) thanks! You're gonna love it
I'm going link buy to
I used to make millions of 4"×6" on direct and indirect thermal paper. For companies shipping labels. Does the printer have a heat adjustment if you want to use colored labels instead of white?
Timothy Miller I’m not sure 🤔
RALLI ROOTS thought maybe Alli would prefer purple labels instead of white. Lol
Timothy Miller haha definitely!
Can you use this with a phone? I'm still mobile listing and haven't yet decided on what laptop to get. I have an android phone.
I don't think so
Plug it into your router and assign it an IP address and you can print to it from any computer hooked into that router.
I have printed 4x6 fed ex and ups labels for Amazon by changing the paper size in the print settings.
This is old, I know, but if you see this can you tell me how to do this? Not being wireless is about a deal-breaker for me.
Thank you so much just what I needed!
I've got windows 10 having a hard time with the settings so far will not print Amazon Asin labels prints sideways and waste labels. Needed help please
I love the reviews. I vote more reviews!
OrangeSodaTicTac thank you! We will do more
Is there a way to use an Android Mobile device.?
CAN I USE THIS PRINTER FOR FNSKU LABEL FOR AMAZON ?
Only problem with the printer I found is the sample label they have NONE of the eBay labels print like that at all I have probably toyed with every density and speed setting
really? we print like 50 labels a day through ebay on this printer with no issues at all
So is this what you are currently using 12 months later? What are your thoughts on it?
Yup, still an awesome machine. No issues at all
Anyone having an issue with the label being off center when printing from eBay? I have everything setup properly but my labels are moved to the left a little and it's driving my minor case of OCD crazy
Mine won’t let me set it up to my laptop. It says Device not recognize smh
I'm having an absolutely horrible time with the Rollo thermal printer. Bought one four months ago and the printouts were blurry. I'm tech literate and tried different settings - there's not much to set up there anyway - but nothing doing. I set up a ticket with their service, and they did call me, but nothing doing. They even operated the printer themselves from my computer and updated the firmware remotely. They sent me a second printer, but it turned out to have an altogether different problem. After more time spent with their tech service, they ascertained this one too was faulty and sent me a third one. Got it today and, lo and behold, it only prints the upper part of my labels and then jams or feeds to the middle of the next label. All settings are correct on my computers. This thing won't even print its self-test properly. Of course they won't refund me. They tried to make me believe it's a system error on my end, and then that it might be an issue with the power at our shop - really? - but I tried it on five different PCs, with Windows 7, 8 and 10, and through several different outlets, including a Furman power conditioner, and guess what: none of them work. At some point they thought it was the labels themselves - the ones they had provided us! - that were the problem, so we bought labels from Canada Post - 20 000 of them, their minimum order! Still didn't work. This piece of crap has cost a lot of time to three people in my business. Be aware, look elsewhere.
woahhhh....that is crazy, I will say you're the first person who we've heard of having issues like that. Ours has been working like an absolute charm since this vid. so 2 1/2 months of non-stop printing with no issues.
Indeed, hasn't been pleasant. Yesterday they finally admitted there had gotten a bad batch, so they want to send us a fourth one when they get new batch. would have been nice knowing that before wasting all this time troubleshooting. I'll let you know how it turns out...
So did the fourth unit get you sorted out?
Worked briefly, then went wonky again. Got a refund from original seller, not from Rollo. My advice: Avoid.
I agree same with mine and wasted around 100 labels printing with each density and speed all crap def going to return it support cant even get it to print clear yet the sample label printed without an issue
Does this work with Inventory Lab? I would like to be able to have the labels print as I list
not sure, i'd reach out to the company
Have you figure out how to print Ebay FedEx label on Rollo yet?
Yes
this printer is out of stock, do you have another one you would reccomend?
I'd go Zebra or buy a rollo on ebay
@@RALLIROOTS thank you so much!
Can't get it to work on a Linux computer.
Also can't get the Chrome browser to work with the Rollo.
Now I have to buy a cheap Windows laptop I guess.
HOW COME MY ROLLO DOESNT USE THE FIRST LABEL?
Does it work with Shopify?
wooh came to comment again.. and theres a zebra printer ad before you vid for me...based on her earlier comment before... the algo's are getting nuts
hahaha! crazy!! yeah we did a live video yesterday and just said the word jibo and the first ad was for a jibo
Quick question, do you have a link to where you bought the labels?
Eric Marroquin rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112571413158
what size fba fnsku labels should i order for the rollo printer? thanks
not wireless is to bad however there are solotions for this like usb printerdecks to ethernet or wifi
I love my little samsung laser printer. Great starter.
Tip ups free labels
Great review I use a leitz is wireless. Can't believe it's not wireless.
thank you! yeah crazy right, hopefully they come out with a wireless model soon
Can you print from PayPal with this printer? Or USPS?
yes
I bet we can find a USB to firewire adapter and plug it directly into the router.
Id never even heard of that brand. I just got a brother 1050 for the same price and i like it. I used to have the dymo and hated it, returned it after a week.
yeah the dymo isn't great. this one has been exceptional so far :)
How does this compare to the zebra GK420D?
I like it more
Thanks for the review, I'm trying to figure out either to go with this or the Dymo 4XL. Is it easy to rip the label off on the Rollo? Since you have to stack the labels behind it, do you find they fall over or make a mess? I saw they sell a label storage addon for more money of course. Thanks!
Glenn Burn haha yeah, the label storage is like another $20. I’ve used the dymo 4xl and I would say this printer is much much better. I know there is a dymo wireless one coming out next year though so that might be a good buy. The labels do rip off very easily yes. No issues with it so far
Awesome, thanks for that info!
Shouldn't Callie and Alli have been part of the review?. After all they do shipping too. Lol
Timothy Miller lol. They were working 😉
Can get free Thermal labels from UPS
A cheap investment is exactly what it is if you're saving money down the line, that's what investment means, no?
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Where do you get an ink replacement
It's a thermal printer, no ink
Im spending my earned money on your word, cheers.
So a 1-month update, the thing actually works great. Thanks. The little printerit's crazy there's no ink it will print and print and print and it's so fast
Hey great video . I'm not ready to make that investment but I will click the links to support the video. Respect the hustle ✊
Edward Gonzales cheers man!! Respect back to you!
Does it print FBA FNSKU labels?
yes
Color??
How does it work without ink????? huh????
Its thermal stupid
If you do run a small store thermal printers will actually help you more. You can keep thermal labels forever as long as they are not exposed to UV light too much. Your suggestion of this being A bad investment is crap. Thermal printing saves me about $250 a year. Also if you want a better bargain go on ebay and quit giving this guy amazon affiliate $ for your purchases
Lol, thanks for your view and comment Will :) you just made me more money too
Lost me at "not wireless". Next.