I don't ship a lot, but when I do, it's a pain for me to print things like...shipping labels. Why? I'm a photographer, and my printer is a dedicated photo printer. That's what it does. And when I print out photos, it SHINES. But when I have to print out, oh, pages of printed text? You wonder why that huge, expensive looking printer is SO SLOW at printing simple pages of text. And why would I waste expensive photo printing ink on such things as shipping labels? Apparently, printer ink is made from unicorn blood and leprechaun tears, given how ridiculously expensive it is.So here's my advice (and I've been working with computers for almost 40 years) to you when it comes to printing.1: If you print photos, GET A PHOTO PRINTER.2: If you print things OTHER than photos, get a 2nd printer.Personally, I have 3 printers. I have my photo printer for photos. I have a laser printer for pages of text, ect. And now, I have a label printer for, you guessed it, shipping labels!Just like you shouldn't ask your dentist to perform your double bypass surgery, don't ask your printer to do ridiculously wasteful things it shouldn't be doing in the first place. If you print shipping labels in any capacity, having something like THIS is a blessing. It does exactly what it should, print shipping labels, without using any ink, and without any needless bells and whistles. Try it and see!