DYMO Labelwriter 450

[Buggyman]

I have had this machine for several years and it does make life easier around Christmas card time. It worked flawlessly until November when - I'm pretty sure - a fairly major Windows 10 update happened. From that time on Writer insists on printing labels in portrait i.e. sideways which means it prints over 2 labels.

I have tried Dymo for updates, trawled the net looking for answers and not found anything that returns the writer to its old self. From what I can see this is not confined to my set up. I have even tried installing it on the back-up PC with the same results. To make matters worse I decided to bite the bullet and replace it with a similar machine from Brother - disaster, it wouldn't even work on my PC.

So, any original thoughts out there? And, yes, I have tried pen and paper but it does not help arthritic fingers.

As ever, any help would be appreciated.

ATB


Allan

[Airspeed]

G'day Allan,
I'm not actually familiar with these machines, so I looked them up.
The drivers I found listed for Australia include the 450, 450 Turbo, 450 Dual, 450 Dual Turbo.
This makes me wonder whether you may have updated to a version that doesn't exactly match your model.

[TSR2]

Hi Allan, we use these in work and they are still working fine after the windows updates. I’ll check which drivers we’re using on Monday and let you know.

[Buggyman]

Thank you Mike and Ben. I have checked and double checked that the downloads I got from the Dymo support site were the real deal. There was a posting on the web - didn't make a note - that gave a work around which indicated that this was not an isolated case.

Why would it work fine for years and then go rogue? No, I haven't been fiddling with the magic stuff under the bonnet - there would be a cloud of smoke overhead if I had

I will have another hunt myself this evening but I don't hold out any real hope of finding the answer. Be interesting to see if there were any hiccups on your work ones Ben.

ATB

Allan

[Buggyman]

Took pity on the machine sitting in the corner waiting to go to the recycle bin, Did a completely new install by the book but did not hold out much hope.

Well, I don't know what, how or why but the damn thing worked first time as advertised on the tin Over the past few weeks I had tried everything to get it to work but not a full reinstall so that's down to me. But what I don't understand is what went wrong in the first place. One theory I have - backed up by a similar victim on t'net - is that the program was set at 'portrait' for printing but the actual setting in the printer management was set at landscape. Whatever it was, I have saved the thick end of a hundred squid in buying a replacement.

Thanks folks for the helpful advice, as ever it is much appreciated.

Here's to the next big rush for Christmas 202. Did I really say that?

ATB



Allan