Brady I5100 300DPI Industrial Grade Thermal Printer, My My Research this Braby I5100 Printer was Launched in 2018
Unboxing Video.
Compared the Brady I5100 to a Standard Zebra 400Series.
Since Brady is the leading brand for IC chip labeling, I purchased this unit to simplify printing for small-batch projects. This printer I hope will help eliminate the need to spend a lot of extra time adjusting and creating label stock templates for the Zebras. For large programming production runs, I’ll continue using the Zebra ZT410, which is equipped with a rewinder perfect for high-volume labels that are delivered rather than applied at the time of programming. However, for short runs of chip labels, I expect this to be a real time-saver.
With the Zebra, if you need five different labels but are using stock that’s three labels across, it will print the same data on all three unless you’re auto-incrementing. This means you could waste up to 10 labels just to get the few you actually need. The Brady, on the other hand, can print each label independently, so in the same scenario you’d only waste one.
With this new unit, I’ll still be limited by its 300 dpi resolution (I had really hoped to locate a a 600 dpi model) this will limits label size, but the price was right! Regardless this should still handle most of my “small run” chip labeling needs efficiently.
The Web GUI Is Very Helpful there are a Lot of Options Easily configurable.
Screen Shots Soon.
I may do a tear-down on this printer.
Right to Repair Score? (Untested)
Last Updated on August 17, 2025 by Steven Rhine