Believe it or not, compared with the number of commercial- and enterprise-grade labelers out there, there just aren't that many lower-end consumer and small-business models available, and the models stay on the market a long time.
We primarily review consumer-grade and professional-grade small-business label printers that range in price from less than $100 to just more than $500. There are even commercial label machines that are big enough to take up a good portion of your living room. And then there are commercial label printers-which are well beyond the scope of this round-up-that print labels in all shapes and sizes in full color. The point is that the color of the paper is the background color, and the stock, in most cases, is infused with just one foreground shade that is 'activated' by the printer in the printing process. In fact, some label printers offer a wide range of monochrome-color choices, including, say, white on dark green, or yellow on pink. Most consumer-grade-and lower-end small-business-labelers print only one color, usually black, although some models offer paper that will produce other colors, such as yellow on black. Do You Need Monochrome Labels or Color Labels?
