HP Everyday Copy & Print Paper A4 500 Sheets 75gsm vs Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker

What separates them

These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker is ₹3,100 dearer.

HP Everyday Copy & Print Paper A4 500 Sheets 75gsm

₹399

75 GSM is the Indian office default and it is the reason double-sided printing looks cheap -- text shows through from the reverse.

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Brother

Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker

₹3,499

Laminated TZe tape is why Brother labels survive on a freezer or outdoors where unlaminated ones rub off -- the printed layer is sandwiched between two films rather than sitting on the surface.

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Who the HP Everyday Copy & Print Paper A4 500 Sheets 75gsm is for

Buy it if: Anyone printing single-sided in volume where cost per sheet matters.

Avoid it if: Anyone printing double-sided documents that need to look professional -- use 80 GSM.

Who the Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker is for

Buy it if: Anyone labelling things that get handled, wet or sunlit, where unlaminated tape fails.

Avoid it if: Anyone making a handful of labels -- the tape economics do not justify the machine.

Specifications, side by side

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Specification	HP Everyday Copy & Print Paper A4 500 Sheets 75gsm	Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker
Price	₹399	₹3,499
Weight	2.3 kg	400 g without batteries
Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty
Brightness	About 96 on the CIE scale	not published
Duplex behaviour	At 75 GSM text shows through on double-sided printing. 80 GSM is the threshold where it stops, and costs only slightly more	not published
Humidity	Paper absorbs moisture and curls. In monsoon, keep the ream sealed until use	not published
Jamming	Cut cleanly and low-lint, which is what actually causes jams rather than weight	not published
Keyboard	not published	QWERTY
Laminated construction	not published	The printed layer is sandwiched between two layers of film, so it survives water, abrasion and sunlight. Unlaminated tapes rub off
Margins	not published	Leaves about 25 mm of leader tape per print, which is waste on short labels
Power	not published	6 AAA batteries or an optional adapter, not included
Print	not published	Thermal transfer, 180 dpi
Sheets	500, one ream	not published
Tape	not published	Brother TZe laminated, 3.5 to 12 mm widths
Tape cost	not published	Roughly Rs700 to 1000 per cassette, and a cassette holds 8 metres. Over a few years the tape costs more than the machine
Why brightness matters	Higher brightness raises apparent contrast, which is why the same printer looks sharper on brighter paper	not published

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