Already more than 15,000 labels I have printed with this (then 23 Euro cheap) device. Jam maybe 10 times so far. The labels are contrary to expectation very durable, making them suitable not only for addresses but also to price out products. I've never experienced that a label is sometimes become dark as we know it from the till receipt. (Is often thermal) I can not understand why one should need a "better". Colleagues use the Zebra printer for 200 euros upwards. Why? If you need anything extraordinary and may to waive an automatic cutter, as well as "foreign labels", then the device is great.