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EEVblog 1462 - Why Dymo Label Printers SUCK!

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Don't buy the new Dymo 550 or 5XL label printers, they now use DRM NFC/RFID technology in the paper rolls to force you into using their labels at 10 TIMES the cost!

BUSTED UPDATE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwggIw2HQuQ

EFF: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/worst-timeline-printer-company-putting-drm-paper-now
NXP NFC chip: https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/SL2S2602.pdf
SLRC610 RFID/NFC frontend: https://au.mouser.com/datasheet/2/302/SLRC610-1127743.pdf
Teardown PCB photos: https://www.eevblog.com/2022/03/09/eevblog-1462-dymo-label-drm-sucks/

Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/dymo-550-thermal-printer-drm-hacking/

00:00 - Dymo SUCKS!
01:49 - The reviews are not kind! LOL
04:37 - ANYTHING will be cheaper than Dymo
05:38 - Who is this Newall company?
06:33 - How you can fight back against DRM
07:26 - Think of the supply chain!
08:17 - Reading the RFID/NFC tag data
11:39 - Proof they are incrementing a counter in the RFID chip
12:38 - Lets print
13:29 - Teardown
14:52 - UART/BOOT investigation
16:15 - Logic analyser time
20:01 - Packet testing when removing and inserting the roll

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Dymo recently trashed their entire business reputation (hopefully) pulling the same crap.

They even went to the point of modifying their Amazon listing for their old label printer, so it has all the good reviews for the old product, but selling the new crap DRM-locked garbage product.

So all the newer reviews are people complaining, but the star average is still high for the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzSDJRC0F6c

Mar 18, 2022 · 20 points, 1 comments · submitted by koksik202
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tl;dw - Dymo claims it is protecting the customers by ensuring that they only get their quality labels
Previous video with teardown and protocol analysis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzSDJRC0F6c

I've used probably a dozen Labelwriters among the 400, 450 and turbo ones, and never ever had any issues by using non original rolls. This is nothing but an anti-consumer measure; I'll never buy or suggest a Dymo product again, and my rolls already work perfectly on my old Zebra printer.

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