If the 2 inches of lost tape is an issue then you and I and everyone else that purchases the label makers

The minimum label size is about two inches, so no matter the size of the label you want to print you're going to waste an inch on either end

Even if you set the margin to zero it still uses an inch extra to clear the cutter, then you have to trim the label with scissors.

It makes you reprint the current label - which wastes a few inches of tape - even though you never actually cut it

I couldn't find a way to disable this and it wastes about two inches of label each print

" but you an print a tape several inches long), borders, styles, and themes with hearts, or stars and other decorations, which was nice, but completely irrelevant for what we were using it for

, it does waste an inch of tape every time you print, but personally I found it has so many other perks that I quickly got over that

I had a M-Touch system before, which only wasted about 0.5 inches, but this is out of control.

LCD display is dark and dim; can be hard to read2) Media more expensive than the printer; but the replacement cartridges install easilyPluses:1) inexpensive; have seen them locally for much less than $202)Margins can be minimized limiting waste (but the lead margin still wastes around a half-inch of media)Prints 2 lines maximum on 1/2" wide tape maximum.

Someone has already pointed out the programming that makes sure that you waste an inch of costly tape each time you print, but this device also eats batteries at an alarming rate

See the photo supplied to see the consistent one inch spacing no matter what you do

Yes, the reviewers here are right: at least one inch wasted space on each side of your labels, no matter how you change settings.

Especially, wasting an extra inch and a half of tape after each print is unforgivable

but if I had printed them individually I would have wasted approximately 8 inches of tape

The lead before the label actually prints is 1 inch.