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Re: thermal label printer wanted and what do you use and what can print out big label
 

I ship maybe 10 packages with UPS annually and they're still willing to ship me a roll of 1000 labels every month. A couple times I've even been able to order the box of 5000 fanfold 4x6 labels from them.

Re: thermal label printer wanted and what do you use and what can print out big label
 

It's literally as easy as ordering Priority Mail supplies from USPS.

Sign up for a UPS account if you don't have one, find the "order supplies" section, find the "labels and stickers" section, and then find the roll of 4x6 labels and click "order". I'm telling you guys you don't have to be a huge UPS shipper to do this. I ship tens of thousands of USPS packages annually, but like I said maybe ten packages annually with UPS. I'm sure this loophole will eventually be closed but I've been stocking up while they're free.

Fedex will give you stuff, one time. After you order free supplies from them one of their account managers will call you and ask about what you're planning to do with the labels. Unless you use all of those labels for Fedex shipments you can only get free supplies from Fedex once.

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Only the back of the label has the UPS logo. The front of the label is totally blank and I use them for all my USPS shipments.

90% of sellers on eBay with "5000x/6000x 4x6 fanfold labels" or "rolls of 1000x 4x6 labels" are selling the free labels UPS gives out. I can confirm this because I've had to purchase labels a few times when my free supply couldn't keep up. All except for that one time I got the sh*tty labels, they've been UPS labels.

Re: thermal label printer wanted and what do you use and what can print out big label
 

Fedex gives them away fro free also.

Re: thermal label printer wanted and what do you use and what can print out big label
 

i have a spare zebra GK420d if your interested.

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Yeah but they're dicks about it. :peace:

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USPS count not care less if you use a UPS product to ship USPS. Why would they?

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I think UPS are dinks LOL To each their own :peace:

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I'm only saying that because of my personal experience with them. I got free supplies from them once but like I said earlier after I placed my order, one of their account managers called me to ask what I would be using the labels for. I told her I was getting into online selling and would probably be shipping a lot of Fedex packages. So they went ahead and shipped me the labels but now if I go to the website and try to order more I get a message saying "please contact an account specialist" or something like that.

So yeah for me at least Fedex was a one time thing but UPS sends me some every month.

@whoever said USPS would pitch a fit - That's nonsense. It's a blank label when you get it. USPS has absolutely no way of knowing where shippers get their shipping labels.

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Re: thermal label printer wanted and what do you use and what can print out big label
 

Ah. The way they were described earlier was that the labels were UPS branded. This sounds like a good deal if it's just on the back sticker sheet itself.

I just made a UPS account and will see how many packaging goodies I can use.

Thanks for the tip! :cheer:

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Yeah, it's changed, it used to say UPS on the front, but that was eons ago, I'm going to try it, thanks so much for the advice!!!

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I think their doctab labels say "UPS" on the front but the standard 4x6 (rolls or fanfold) are blank. I know Fedex's doctab labels say "Fedex" on the front.

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Funny, I registered and the roll of labels showed under order supplies but when I tried to add it to the cart it disappeared and now I can't get it back... :(

Re: thermal label printer wanted and what do you use and what can print out big label
 

Make sure you're still logged in.

EDIT: and technically it won't go into a "cart". It will say "added to supplies order" then there's a link at the top that says something like "complete supplies order". Unless you ship a lot UPS will only let you order 1 roll of 1000 per month.

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Do the UPS labels just work with Zebra, or do they work with Dymo 4XL as well? Looks like the HouseLabels site has the Dymo 4XL labels hella expensive. I'll stick to the 20pk offered by lancemichael2008 on AZ for now.. have been using them for about a year @ 1.5 cents/label.

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Can't say for certain but I think the UPS labels are only compatible with more industrial-scale thermal printers like Zebra.

If your Dymo printer has a slot in the back where you can feed 4x6 fanfold labels in from the back then you should be able to use the UPS rolls of 1000. What I do since the roll is way too big for my printer is unroll it into a nice fanfold stack, put the stack behind my printer, and feed the labels in through the fanfold slot.

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About printing a label and you are afraid of the items returned to a stealth address, you can print a sticker and use that to cover the stealth address with an address that you have access to.

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Might make you feel good but unless a label is damaged, USPS reads the bar code, not the name and address on a label. The return address is going to be generated by bar code, not your sticker.

Not sure about UK or Japan but USPS for sure.

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So far, USPS has read the return label on the paper for me. But again, different regions may work differently.

Re: thermal label printer wanted and what do you use and what can print out big label
 

Use a Brother QL myself buy the non genuine refils cheap as chips to both buy and run

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Gawd I'd shoot myself if I had to label + sticker thousands of packages a week. You can just ship with Shipstation, set your return address to a third party return address and you're all set.

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Yeah, it's the longest/most tedious part of my job. Labeling is not fun at all. I use one address for all my stores so I can bulk print labels, but lawd I hate having to package everything.