Brother P-Touch drivers unsupported in Leopard

For the GTD-focused Mac user, no tool is more important than a label printer of one's own. Since Brother's P-Touch line of labelers features models with handy USB connectors and Mac-compatible drivers, it's a popular choice... but alas, the P-Touch units don't show up on Brother's list of Leopard-compatible printers. What's a label fanatic to do?

Fortunately, the existing 10.4-compatible drivers are working for me, after reinstallation, on two separate Leopard installs and two different models of P-Touch (PT-2600 and 1500PC), but your experience may vary. The catch: of the two P-Touch editing applications, only the Quick Editor is functional — the full-featured editor hangs on launch. I don't use the full editor often so I'm not missing it much, but if you're eager to give Brother some upgrade motivation, ask the product manager to get full P-Touch support rolled out for Leopard.

Thanks to Macintouch for Brother support info.

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