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Dymo ~~LabelWriter 550 Turbo and other 500 series label printers have introduced a controversial feature~~: ~~DRM (Digital Rights Management) via RFID tags in their consumables~~. ~~This move has sparked frustration among users and prompted the hacking community to develop workarounds~~. ~~Affected~~ printers ~~come with "Automatic Label Recognition™," a marketing term that translates to DRM implementation in~~ thermal ~~stickers. This system restricts users to purchasing only Dymo~~-~~branded labels~~, ~~potentially increasing costs~~ and ~~limiting consumer choice~~.

{{InfoboxCompany|Name=Dymo|Type=Subsidiary|Founded=1958|Industry=Electronics|Official Website=https://www.dymo.com/|Logo=DYMO logo.svg.png}}

[[wikipedia:Dymo_Corporation|'''Dymo Corporation''']] is an American manufacturing company of handheld label printers and thermal-transfer printing tape as accessory, embossing tape label makers, and other printers such as CD and DVD labelers and durable medical equipment.

~~In response to this an open source solution to remove the restrictions has been developed~~.

The company is a subsidiary of Newell Brands.

~~https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo~~-~~gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/~~

==Anti-consumer practices==

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

===Restriction to first party labels===

The Dymo LabelWriter 550 Turbo and other 500 series label printers have introduced a controversial feature: [[DRM]] (Digital Rights Management) via [[wikipedia:Radio-frequency_identification|RFID]] tags in their consumables.<ref>[https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/21/if-you-thought-printer-cartridge-drm-was-bad-dymo-is-forcing-users-to-buy-rfid-paper "If you thought printer cartridge DRM was bad, Dymo is forcing users to buy RFID paper"] - appleinsider.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref><ref>[https://walledculture.org/drm-on-paper-shows-why-anti-circumvention-laws-are-copyrights-biggest-blunder/ "DRM on paper shows why anti-circumvention laws are copyright’s biggest blunder"] - walledculture.org - accessed 2025-02-03</ref> Affected printers come with "Automatic Label Recognition™", a marketing term that translates to DRM implementation in thermal labels. This system restricts users to purchasing only Dymo-branded labels, potentially increasing costs and limiting consumer choice.

https://github.com/free-dmo/free-dmo-stm32

This move has sparked frustration among users and prompted the hacking community to develop a solution to remove the restrictions that is available via a free licence on github.<ref>[https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo-gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/ "#FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM"] - hackaday.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref>

<ref>[https://github.com/free-dmo/free-dmo-stm32 "FreeDMO"] - github.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref>

==References==

===Video references===

*Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJs9_xELKbI

*Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lezr3kYbFvY

[[Category:Dymo Corporation]]

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-Dymo LabelWriter 550 Turbo and other 500 series label printers have introduced a controversial feature: DRM (Digital Rights Management) via RFID tags in their consumables. This move has sparked frustration among users and prompted the hacking community to develop workarounds. Affected printers come with "Automatic Label Recognition™," a marketing term that translates to DRM implementation in thermal stickers. This system restricts users to purchasing only Dymo-branded labels, potentially increasing costs and limiting consumer choice.
+{{StubNotice}}
+{{InfoboxCompany|Name=Dymo|Type=Subsidiary|Founded=1958|Industry=Electronics|Official Website=https://www.dymo.com/|Logo=DYMO logo.svg.png}}
+[[wikipedia:Dymo_Corporation|'''Dymo Corporation''']] is an American manufacturing company of handheld label printers and thermal-transfer printing tape as accessory, embossing tape label makers, and other printers such as CD and DVD labelers and durable medical equipment.
-In response to this an open source solution to remove the restrictions has been developed.
+The company is a subsidiary of Newell Brands.
-https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo-gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/
+==Anti-consumer practices==
-https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/dymo-550-thermal-printer-drm-hacking/
+===Restriction to first party labels===
+The Dymo LabelWriter 550 Turbo and other 500 series label printers have introduced a controversial feature: [[DRM]] (Digital Rights Management) via [[wikipedia:Radio-frequency_identification|RFID]] tags in their consumables.<ref>[https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/21/if-you-thought-printer-cartridge-drm-was-bad-dymo-is-forcing-users-to-buy-rfid-paper "If you thought printer cartridge DRM was bad, Dymo is forcing users to buy RFID paper"] - appleinsider.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref><ref>[https://walledculture.org/drm-on-paper-shows-why-anti-circumvention-laws-are-copyrights-biggest-blunder/ "DRM on paper shows why anti-circumvention laws are copyright’s biggest blunder"] - walledculture.org - accessed 2025-02-03</ref> Affected printers come with "Automatic Label Recognition™", a marketing term that translates to DRM implementation in thermal labels. This system restricts users to purchasing only Dymo-branded labels, potentially increasing costs and limiting consumer choice.
-https://github.com/free-dmo/free-dmo-stm32
+This move has sparked frustration among users and prompted the hacking community to develop a solution to remove the restrictions that is available via a free licence on github.<ref>[https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo-gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/ "#FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM"] - hackaday.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref>
+<ref>[https://github.com/free-dmo/free-dmo-stm32 "FreeDMO"] - github.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref>
+==References==
+<references />
+===Video references<!-- Gonna have to change this one to a proper ref list -->===
+*Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJs9_xELKbI
+*Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lezr3kYbFvY
+[[Category:Dymo Corporation]]