Labels and More 250 4" x 6" Direct Thermal Zebra 2844 Zebra 2843 2844z Labels Eltron, 6 Roll

I work in a distribution center and normally get our labels from UPS but we ran out this year due to the Xmas rush and we needed some in a pinch. This review will focus on the pros and cons vs the UPS labels for those of you who may use both.-These aren't as thick as the UPS labels which makes them a little flimsy and harder to tear. The paper feels much thinner and it takes a little more effort to tear them apart. That's not to say they rip or anything, they're just thinner. Some people may like this.- The rolls are smaller than the UPS rolls. UPS rolls bring 320 labels per roll I believe and these have 250. No big deal just consider this when calculating the price per label.- The core is smaller than the UPS rolls. This makes putting them in the printer a little trickier. You have to line it up just right compared to the bigger cores which just pop in. We use the Zebra 450; some other printers probably have different insides so your experience will probably be different.-They come wrapped in plastic (The UPS ones don't).-The tape at the end of each roll is a nice small strip compared to the gigantic sticker the UPS ones bring. This is great because you don't have to waste the first label.-If you can get them Prime, the shipping is free. UPS ships them free too.Overall a decent label. I still prefer the UPS ones but if we run out and need some overnighted I wouldn't hesitate to use these again. We purchased ours from "FantasyBuy" - no idea if the other sellers are sending the same labels I've reviewed. I know with products like these there can be variability amongst the sellers.

I've been using 4x6 labels in my Zebra LP2844 for several years now and I've always purchased the least expensive blank labels I could find. Because of the ease of Amazon Prime, I thought I would pay just a little more (maybe $3.00) for a six pack of these and I am certainly glad I did. With the other super cheap labels I have used, I've just accepted that the end of the roll was a waist, very wrinkled and the print was always bad; but with these, WOW, good to the last label. I think I had two at the end of the roll that had a wrinkle in it but it printed fine and I used them both, not so with the super cheaps I had used before. Very happy with these labels and will definitely buy more when the need arises...

I've only gone through one package of 6 rolls and have just placed another order. They aren't great and are not as good as the ones that are provided by UPS and FedEx, but I ship USPS also so I have to buy some instead of getting the freebies from UPS. They get the job done but I've noticed at times they start "wrinkling" when printing. By this I mean that it's like the labels aren't stretched out across the backing properly so when the label straightens out as it comes out (no longer bent around the roll), it creates a tiny little "peak" that doesn't get heated properly. This only happened on the third and fifth rolls I used though and only probably 20-30 labels per roll of those two rolls. But for the price, even if that happened with every single roll, they would still be cheaper than other places. But it can be a headache when it happens since you might need to reprint if it screws up the barcode. I think maybe I just got two bad rolls though because the other 4 worked flawlessly.No jams at all and the labels come out "printed" just fine. They also still very well to all the packages I use, even when I relabel a "dirty" box.

I use these daily in our zebra LP 2844 printer - I was a bit worried based on reviews if they would do the job.outside of some rolls not printing on the last 5-10% of the rolls occasionally I have had zero issues with these and am on my 2nd six pack of labels in the past two years now. if I were a higher volume shipper maybe I'd run into more problems but *knock on wood* so far so good.based on the two shipments of these we have received I will continue to use these. no issues with jamming or getting stuck in things as a number of reviews mention here.

I have an issue with these rolls that other people may not have. First, let me say that the material is more like a plastic than a paper, which is great for occasions when it might be raining and you are transporting goods to the post office. These seem durable. Also, the rolls are well packaged and I only end up wasting 1 label when I change the roll instead of the 2-3 I was having to waste when I bought similar labels from another seller who had put sticky stickers on the labels directly and causing an issue with the first few.The issue I have is actually the stickiness of these labels. For regular shipping items they are probably fine. We ship using 2" wide round tubes in natural cardboard for shipping art prints, and these do not stick to the tubes! This obviously caused issues, especially during the Christmas rush! What I have had to do is to tape the end of each label in order to keep it stuck to the package. We also ship flat envelopes with a White coating on them and regular boxes and they stick fine to both of these items. Funny enough they also stick fine to White cardboard tubes. It's just the tubes we ship 60% of our goods in that I have the issue with. I just wanted people to be aware because for us it has caused an inconvenience and I'll have to look elsewhere to order our next batch of labels- or change my packaging!

They're a little loose on the core, but once they load into the machine, they work just fine. I've only printed about a dozen labels so far, but I haven't noticed any defects, problems, or jams. The perforations work well, and the labels seem to be evenly spaced with no problems.Admittedly I bought these for use with a refurbished Zebra LP2844 and I haven't compared them to authorized labels.