so there is significant waste of tape.

First of all, as other people have mentioned, the margins are crazy - total waste of tape

The waste is ridiculous with this machine

Even when you set it to narrow, there is a long lead tape--a total waste

I hate waste, particularly when it is through bad design and benefits the company (sell more tape) and costs me money.

Another waste, as they then drain after another week

Very disapointed in this product, complete waste of money

Good but wastes to much tape.

A waste, and not very cost effective as the tapes are not

A lot of people don't like the waste of label material when you print, but for me it's not that big of a deal

I give this item 2 stars based on the awful design and waste of label material.

Yup, also the leading and trailing tape is excessive waste

That means my labels cost approximately $1.50 each, not counting the cost to the environment for hazardous waste disposal

Yup, also the leading and trailing tape is excessive waste

Works as we expected and does the job.

The preview mode doesn't give them justice, once printed they look as sharp as they do on the template reference sheet

If you follow this suggestion, you will need both an adapter AND batteries, however, I would imagine the batteries will last longer than they would if you used battery power to generate the labels as well as to maintain memory settings

Another waste, as they then drain after another week

A lot of label tape is wasted as it seems you must have a 2 inch margin on either side of the words.