Oh Brother!
I’m going to do a short review of another Brother label printer but I just got this link to a Brother QL-570 from buy.com for $35 shipped (not a bad price)… This is an address labeler so I was interested but then I read:
The Brother QL-570 Label Printer can print up to 50 labels per minute (faster then one per second!).
Did I miss a memo or something?? When did we change the number of seconds per minute to 50? Maybe it’s one of those European things like the electricity being at 50Hz instead of 60… Since last I checked, and until someone sends me a copy of the memo, we still have 60 seconds in a minute. So to be “faster than one per second”, it would need to print MORE THAN (not “up to”) 60 per minute. So does the copy writer for Brother’s specs need to go back to grammar school science class, or are they playing fast and lose with the features list?
I hate things like this… I’m sure they know that it’s not faster than 1 per second. They shove this garbage in there expecting up to just read and accept it without thinking. It’s as if they think we’re stupid… maybe we are, we keep letting them get away with it.
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Robert Porter holds Oracle Certified Professional-Java 6, MCSE, A+, Net+, Project+, Security+, and multiple CIW certifications. He has been in the hosting industry for more than a decade and is founder of Lagniappe Internet L.L.C., a privately owned, completely debt free, hosting company based out of New Orleans. Robert's background includes 25+ years in programming, databases, networking and systems administration. |
