RealWriter 129 Bluetooth

Great little printer. Purchased for personal use, saves visits to ever decreasing number of post offices. Labels can be generated via Royal Mail website and even collected by Royal Mail from your home for a nominal fee. Relatively easy to set up. Did have issues with downloading driver from Munbyn website and had to locate driver elsewhere but once set up no issues.

reliable printer

Having had a bulky USB only Zebra thermal printer for my postage labels for many years, I was looking for a more portable option that can be used from a mobile device too and the Munbyn brand was on my radar with various positive recommendations. Amazon happened to be doing a deal on them too so after a few comparisons across the various models I settled on this one (and a non brand label holder to save a few more pennies). It's very easy to set up - it took longer to get it out of the packaging than it did to download, install the app and print my first test label! I have bought some colourful round labels and found the print quality very good too. I have a tablet connected by Bluetooth and will connect my laptop via USB (cable supplied, yay!) when/ if I need to. The app is great for resizing those pesky A4 labels that are only 1/4 label, the rest is junk! very impressed for the price as my Zebra was probably 3 times the price and that was many years ago!

This is a really great little printer and I'm glad I invested in it. The print quality is excellent, the labels it prints are clear and great quality. The thermal works really well and the heat it uses to create the label doesn't smudge at all. It prints straight away too, no warm up time needed. The size is great as it means it can be put on a shelf and you're good to go once it's set up. It prints 6x4 sticky labels which is great for eBay, Vinted and other selling sites. I haven't had any label feed issues, it goes through great. My only issue was in setting it up. I got it to work fine on my phone and the app is okay, easy to navigate etc. I couldn't set it up on my iPad and it took forever to get it to work on my Windows laptop. I got there in the end but it just wouldn't recognise the printer to start with. I downloaded all the necessary driver via the Munbyn site and it still wouldn't work. I had to uninstall the driver 3 times before it would work properly. The instructions aren't the best and the video guide is utter rubbish. Still, as I said, I got there in the end. Still, overall very good, no need for expensive ink and super handy to have. One star off because of the faffy laptop installation but otherwise recommended.

Easy setup, and easy to use..

This product is a pain. I have printed at least 10 labels, if that. This is a total waste of money. Save your money and look for a better option. While it connects via Bluetooth. It simply no longer prints. I have tried resetting it and uninstalling and reinstalling the app—not a chance! I am disappointed, and I should not have waited long to write this review. What a piece of crap. Don't waste your money. Had I not left it late, I would have sent it back.

One of the best investments I've made for the packaging process of a small business. Really speeds things up, and its also so useful for more than just shipping labels. Perfect for thank you notes, instructions, additional info, and labelling items. Adds a lovely touch of professionalism. I've been using for over a year now and its been a delight. No issues at all, except the occasional times I've needed to reinstall the software on my laptop when its suddenly stopped detecting the printer - not sure why. But from my phone there have been no issues at all and works smoothly via Bluetooth. Its going strong with no signs of degrading and has been worth every penny.

Bought official Munby paper, as I've seen third party rolls not work with the unit. So best save you the headache and buy official paper. Followed install steps. Downloaded their "Labelife" wireless app and worked straight away,.. "Yay!" But then I downloaded the local USB desktop software version for desktop and had an absolute nightmare of hours trying to get it to work hardwired. I added it as a default printer on Win 10 machine. It showed up with no errors, but got "load the driver" sort of message upon opening this program. Checked, driver was installed with no issues. Instal. re-instal following steps, installed earlier driver... etc...etc. ANYHOW... Here's my fix and maybe yours hopefully if you did as I did. FIX: Turn on Print spooler (Automatic) in the services and start it up also. You may have to restart your machine? Yes, I had turned mine off and to manual operation many years back to save a miniscule amount of processing power and completely forgot.... Dooh! TIP: (If you need to rotate and print the postage label so the image and printout is clear) You really want to do this in Adobe rather than rotating it in a 3rd party program, as the print quality can be bad that way. Open PDF with Adobe - View\Rotate view\Counter "OR" clockwise\ and when it turns. Click on Edit\Take snapshot\ and outline the image you want to crop, And whilst it is highlighted blue click on print at the top. Oh and I made my own sturdy bog roll label dispenser... Haha!... "Works a treat" Hope that helps someone out.