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

[[~~Dymo~~|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.

[[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.

The company is a subsidiary of Newell Brands.

==~~Controversies~~==

==Anti-consumer practices==

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</ref><ref>https://walledculture.org/drm-on-paper-shows-why-anti-circumvention-laws-are-copyrights-biggest-blunder/</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. This move has sparked frustration among users and prompted the hacking community to develop workarounds.<ref>https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo-gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/</ref>

~~In response~~ to ~~this~~, ~~an open~~-~~source~~ solution to remove the restrictions ~~has been developed~~.<ref>[https://github.com/free-dmo/free-dmo-stm32 ~~DRM workaround~~]</ref>

===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.

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==

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

===Video references===

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

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

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

~~[[Category:Electronics companies]]~~

~~[[Category:Manufacturing companies]]~~

[[Category:Dymo Corporation]]

~~[[Category:Printers]]~~

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 {{InfoboxCompany|Name=Dymo|Type=Subsidiary|Founded=1958|Industry=Electronics|Official Website=https://www.dymo.com/|Logo=DYMO logo.svg.png}}
-[[Dymo|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.
+[[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.
 The company is a subsidiary of Newell Brands.
-==Controversies==
+==Anti-consumer practices==
-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</ref><ref>https://walledculture.org/drm-on-paper-shows-why-anti-circumvention-laws-are-copyrights-biggest-blunder/</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. This move has sparked frustration among users and prompted the hacking community to develop workarounds.<ref>https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo-gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/</ref>
-In response to this, an open-source solution to remove the restrictions has been developed.<ref>[https://github.com/free-dmo/free-dmo-stm32 DRM workaround]</ref>
+===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.
+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 />
-Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJs9_xELKbI
+===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
-Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lezr3kYbFvY
-[[Category:Electronics companies]]
-[[Category:Manufacturing companies]]
 [[Category:Dymo Corporation]]
-[[Category:Printers]]