Prints 100 x 150 mm shipping labels with no ink.
Typical price
£55 to £85
Why we pick it
- Typical price
- £55 to £85
- Works with
It takes the standard 100 x 150 mm labels that eBay, Vinted and Whatnot all generate, and generic labels work, so the running cost stays low.
Good for
- Daily Click & Drop batches
- Sellers listing most days
- A steady run of printed-label parcels
- Selling on Vinted and eBay together
- One or two shows a week
Not for
- Clearing a loft with a few sales a month
- Sellers who post almost everything by QR
- Sellers streaming every night
Our approved alternative for the same job: Phomemo thermal label printer
The guide
Each step in the order you'll need it.
Who the MUNBYN printer suits
You sell on two or three platforms from a spare room and post somewhere between a handful and a few hundred parcels a week. Vinted, eBay, Whatnot and Etsy all hand you a 100 x 150 mm label, and this printer takes that size straight off a PDF, with no A4 sheet to trim or fold.
It fits clothing resellers, card breakers and mixed homeware shops where each order needs its own label. Under five parcels a month, a home inkjet and sticky A4 sheets will do. Once you print labels daily, the £55 to £85 printer saves you the trimming and taping.
Resolution, speed and label width on the 941
The maker lists 203 dpi and a print speed of up to 150 mm per second, enough for a courier barcode. It accepts label stock from roughly 40 to 110 mm wide, so the standard 100 mm shipping label fits inside the guides.
Check the connection type on the listing, USB or Bluetooth, before you buy. The base model connects over USB, and a Bluetooth version prints from a phone, handy if you buy postage in the Vinted or Whatnot app. Thermal labels are heat-sensitive, so you buy no ink or ribbon.
Driver, calibration and fanfold feed
Install the driver from MUNBYN's site, set the paper size to 100 x 150 mm (4 x 6 inch) and run the auto-calibration so the printer learns the gap between labels. Print one test label from each platform you sell on, because each site lays its PDF out slightly differently.
Set a fanfold label stack on the desk or floor behind the printer and feed the leading edge through the rear slot. Leave a metre of clear space behind it so the stack unfolds without catching. Put a parcel scale on the same desk so you can weigh the parcel and print its label without getting up.
Kit for this step
A smaller printer for small desks, a heavier one for volume
The compact thermal label printer costs less and takes up less room, so choose it for your first few hundred labels or a shelf-top setup. It prints the same label size, so your label stock carries over.
Past about 100 orders a week, choose the industrial desktop printer, which prints at 152 mm per second. If you mostly post through Royal Mail Click & Drop, any of the three works: set the label size to 100 x 150 mm in Click & Drop.
Kit for this step
Label cost against the printer price
A 500 fanfold stack typically costs £12 to £18, roughly 2.5p to 4p per label. Against a printer band of £55 to £85, labels add a few pence each.
Plain paper taped to the parcel costs you tape and time on each order, and a creased barcode can fail to scan.
Kit for this step
Common mistakes
Each one costs you money or reviews, and each has a fix.
- Without calibration, labels print across the gap. Hold the feed button or run the setup utility after each new stack.
- Set the paper size to 100 x 150 mm in both the driver and the platform's label settings; at A4 page size the barcode shrinks into a corner.
- If the app is where you buy postage, choose the Bluetooth version. With the USB-only model, you email PDFs to a laptop.
- Fanfold labels left on a sunny windowsill darken before use, so store spare stacks in a drawer away from heat.
- If you clean the print head with water, you spread the residue across it and smear the print. Wipe it with an isopropyl alcohol pad once labels fade in stripes.
Ranked in
Where it places in our rankings, and the reason.
- #1Ranked #1Best label printer for eBay UKOur pick for most eBay sellers: print eBay labels or a Click & Drop batch straight onto 100 × 150 mm thermal labels, and keep the cost of each label low.
- #2Ranked #2Best label printer for VintedPick this once you send a steady run of parcels on services that hand you a label to print. Generic labels keep each one cheap, and it copes with a busy weekend after a wardrobe clear-out.
- #1Ranked #1Best label printer for WhatnotHandles the post-show rush for most Whatnot sellers. Download the labels once the show closes, print the batch, and match each one to a buyer’s pile before you pack.
- #1Ranked #1Best label printer UK for home sellersThe best balance of speed, price and label choice. Generic 100 × 150 mm labels keep the running cost down.
Setups that use it
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Guides that use it
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Questions
Does the MUNBYN printer work with Vinted labels?
Yes. Vinted gives you a PDF label that prints at 100 x 150 mm, and the MUNBYN driver handles it once the paper size is set. Some Vinted carriers send an A4 sheet; crop it in a PDF viewer before printing.
Can I use any brand of thermal label?
Any direct thermal label between about 40 and 110 mm wide feeds through it, so generic stacks work. Avoid thermal transfer labels, which need a ribbon this printer does not have.
Will it print from a Mac or a phone?
MUNBYN publishes drivers for Windows and macOS. Printing from a phone needs the Bluetooth model and the MUNBYN app or a platform app that supports it.
Can it print product barcodes and stickers too?
It prints any label you can lay out at the right size, including small product labels, as long as the label roll is in its width range and you recalibrate for the new gap.
How long does the print head last?
The head wears with use. Wipe it every few stacks and keep dust off the labels to slow the wear.
Alternatives
Other picks for the same job, cheaper and pricier.
Phomemo thermal label printer
Costs less than most thermal printers and fits on a shelf. It prints the same 100 x 150 mm labels, so your label stock carries over if you upgrade later.
Typical price£70 to £110
See on AmazonZebra ZD421d
Once you print hundreds of labels a week, the faster prints and fewer jams are worth the higher price.
Typical price£200 to £260
See on Amazon