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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Printing |
Founded | June 1958Berkeley, California | in
Founder | Rudolph Hurwich |
Headquarters | United States |
Products | Handheld label printers, handheld embossing tape label makers |
Brands |
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Parent | Newell Brands |
Website | dymo.com |
Dymo Corporation is an American manufacturing company of handheld label printers and thermal-transfer printing tape as accessory, embossing tape label makers, and other printers such as CD and DVD labelers and durable medical equipment.
The company is a subsidiary of Newell Brands.
History
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Dymo Industries, Inc. was founded in 1958 to produce handheld tools that use embossing tape.[1] The embossing tape and handheld plastic embossing labeler was invented by David Souza from Oakland, California.[2]
The company was acquired by Esselte in 1978[3] and battery-powered printers became a major product after 1990. The corporation was sold to Newell Rubbermaid in 2005.[1][4]
Label sizes
[edit]Following is a list of the label sizes popular for their LabelWriter (400, 450) printer series:[5]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dymo_Letratag.jpg/170px-Dymo_Letratag.jpg)
5-digit label # | 7-digit label # | General name | Width (inches) | Height (inches) | Labels per roll | Label appearance |
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30251 | Address | 31⁄2 | 11⁄8 | 130 | White | |
30252 | Address | 31⁄2 (~8,9 cm) | 11⁄8 (~2,8 cm) | 350 | White | |
30253 | Address | 31⁄2 | 11⁄8 | 700 | White, (2 up)[6] | |
30256 | Shipping | 4 | 25⁄16 | White | ||
30320 | Address | 31⁄2 | 11⁄8 | 130 | White | |
30330 | Return Address | 2 | 3⁄4 | 500 | White | |
30332 | 1 | 1 | White | |||
30333 | 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | White, (2 up) | |||
30334 | 21⁄4 | 11⁄4 | White | |||
30335 | 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | White, (4 up) | |||
30857 | 1760756 | Name Badge | 4 | 21⁄4 | 250 | White [7] |
Criticism
[edit]The LabelWriter 550 and 5XL has a RFID reader that reads RFID tags embedded in Dymo genuine label rolls to automatically detect the label type inside.[8] However, this is also to prevent the use of third-party compatible label rolls, a form of digital rights management similar to inkjet printer cartridges and laser printer cartridges containing a chip to prevent the designing and manufacturing of third-party cartridges. Dymo has received criticism for using a razor and blades model by forcing customers to purchase genuine Dymo label rolls.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b CableOrganizer.com. "The History of DYMO®". www.cableorganizer.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ "Hand operated embossing tool patent" (PDF).
- ^ "Bay-Area entrepreneur-humanitarian Rudolph Hurwich dies at 92 (Community Voices) - Oakland Local". Oakland Local. Archived from the original on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ "Newell Rubbermaid to acquire label manufacturer Dymo Corp". www.cablinginstall.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ "LabelWriter (LW) Labels". Dymo Corporation. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Specs for 30253". PTouchDirect.com. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Citation for 1760756". Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ Peterson, Mike (21 February 2022). "If you thought printer cartridge DRM was bad, Dymo is forcing users to buy RFID paper". AppleInsider. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ Doctorow, Cory (15 February 2022). "The Worst Timeline: A Printer Company Is Putting DRM in Paper Now". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
External links
[edit]Media related to DYMO Corporation at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website