DYMO makes sixteen labellers for Australia and New Zealand. They fall into four families, and each family is built for a different job. Pick the family first, then the machine. This post walks through all four, and the finder below does it for you in three or four taps.
The four families, in one line each
- LabelManager: office and warehouse organising. D1 tape. Tough, wipe-clean labels for shelves, files, bins and cables.
- LetraTag: home. LetraTag tape. Cheaper machines, paper and plastic labels for the pantry, kids' gear and the garage.
- LabelWriter: printing from a computer. Address, shipping, barcode and name labels on rolls. No ink, no tape cartridges.
- Rhino: trade and industrial. Vinyl, nylon, heat-shrink and metal labels that survive heat, oil and weather.
Organising and inventory: LabelManager
Six machines, and the choice comes down to three things: handheld or desktop, how wide a label you need, and how it is powered.
- LabelManager 160P: the cheapest way in. Handheld, runs on AAA batteries, takes D1 tape up to 12mm. Files, folders, drawers, cable ends.
- LabelManager 280P: the 160 with a rechargeable battery and a USB port, so you can design labels on your computer too.
- LabelManager 420P: handheld but takes 19mm tape, so the text is big enough to read across a warehouse aisle. Rechargeable, connects to a PC or Mac.
- LabelManager 210D Plus: desktop with a large screen and 19mm tape. Good for a front counter or a mail room.
- LabelManager 360D: desktop, rechargeable, full QWERTY keyboard, 12mm tape.
- LabelManager Executive 640CB: the top desktop. Bluetooth, so you can design labels in the DYMO Connect app on a phone or tablet, and it takes 24mm tape, the widest in the range.
If you are not sure which width you need: 12mm suits files and cables, 19mm suits shelf edges and bins, 24mm suits signs and anything read from a distance.
Home labelling: LetraTag
Three machines, all using the same 12mm LetraTag tapes in paper, plastic, metallic and iron-on.
- LetraTag 100H: handheld with a keyboard. Small enough for a kitchen drawer.
- LetraTag 200B: no keyboard at all. You design the label on your phone in the DYMO Connect app and it prints over Bluetooth. Best for fonts, borders and emojis.
- LetraTag 100T: tabletop with a full keyboard. Easier to type on for long sessions, like labelling everything before a house move.
Shipping and multipurpose: LabelWriter
LabelWriters plug into a computer and print labels on rolls. No ink, no toner, no tape cartridges. The labels are thermal paper, so the running cost is just the labels.
- LabelWriter 550: prints up to 62 labels a minute over USB. Labels up to 61mm wide. This is the right machine for a desk that prints addresses, file labels, barcodes or name badges.
- LabelWriter 550 Turbo: the same labels, up to 90 a minute, and it has a LAN port so the whole office can share one printer.
- LabelWriter 5XL: prints 4x6 inch (104 x 159mm) shipping labels, the standard size for Australia Post, Shopify, eBay and Amazon, plus every standard LabelWriter label. USB and LAN. If you ship parcels, this is the one.
A common mistake is buying the 550 for parcels. It cannot print a 4x6 courier label. If you post anything larger than a satchel, go straight to the 5XL.
Industrial and trade: Rhino
Rhino labels are made to stay put on cable, conduit, switchboards and pipe. The machines have wire wrap, patch panel and terminal block layouts built in.
- Rhino 4200: the entry point. Handheld, takes vinyl, nylon and heat-shrink tapes up to 19mm.
- Rhino 5200: adds the layouts electricians and data techs need to label to ANSI and TIA-606 standards. Comes in a hard case kit.
- Rhino 6000+: everything the 5200 does, plus a PC connection so you can import a cable schedule and batch print hundreds of labels. Also a hard case kit.
- Rhino M1011: not a printer. It embosses (stamps) aluminium and stainless steel tags for places where a printed label would not last: engine rooms, outdoor plant, chemical areas.
Which labels do I buy?
Each family takes its own consumable, and they do not cross over. Buy the wrong one and it will not fit.
- LabelManager: D1 tape (and D1 Durable for outdoors and harsh use). Check the width your machine takes: 12, 19 or 24mm maximum.
- LetraTag: LetraTag tape, 12mm only.
- LabelWriter 550 and 550 Turbo: LabelWriter label rolls.
- LabelWriter 5XL: 4XL and 5XL shipping labels, plus the standard LabelWriter rolls above.
- Rhino: Rhino industrial tapes. Vinyl for general use, nylon for wrapping around cable, heat-shrink for permanent wire marking. The M1011 uses metal embossing tape.
Still not sure? Use the finder at the top of this page, or download the 2026 DYMO catalogue for the full range.
