LEGO Brick Labels With more than 1000 labels, LEGO Brick Labels is the perfect way to organize your LEGO collection. In addition to labels for common LEGO bricks/plates/tiles, I’ve created labels for hundreds of Technic and specialty parts—perfect for a large (or growing) LEGO collection!

About the Labels

LEGO Brick Labels were carefully designed for Brother P-touch label printers, which I selected because the labels are printed on durable plastic tape with a strong adhesive. (You can move them to a different container as your storage system evolves.)

The labels are designed to work with a wide range of storage solutions, including my favorite: The affordable 64-drawer cabinets by Akro-Mils. When printed on ½″ (12 mm) laminated tape, each label is less than 2″ (5 cm) wide.

Each label includes a picture, simplified part name, and the part number to help you find parts quickly! (Custom high-contrast images were created for each part to ensure they look great when printed.)

Download LEGO Brick Labels

The collection has been organized into groups of related LEGO elements, like basic bricks, slopes, hinges, curves, Technic, and more. This makes it easier to quickly find the labels you need!

Download LEGO Brick Labels (Version 35)

Download Now: LEGO_BRICK_LABELS.zip

Download the ‘zip’ file if you already have a compatible Brother Label Printer. (You will need to install the ‘P-touch Editor’ application on your PC/Mac.)

Download the ‘zip’ file if you already have a compatible Brother Label Printer. (You will need to install the ‘P-touch Editor’ application on your PC/Mac.) Preview (PDF): LEGO_BRICK_LABELS-CONTACT_SHEET.pdf

Download the ‘PDF’ file to preview to the entire collection, use my categories as a starting point for your LEGO organization project, or to print the labels on paper (before investing in a label printer.)

Further down in this page, you will find a list of compatible printers, and detailed instructions to help you print these labels.

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Compatible Brother Label Printers

LEGO Brick Labels were designed to be printed on ½″ laminated label tape using a compatible Brother Label printer (such as the PT-D600.) The labels are waterproof, smudgeproof, durable, and they come in a variety of colors such as White, Black, Pink, Yellow, Lime Green, Clear, and even Gold.

Any Brother printer which connects to a PC/Mac using the Brother P-Touch Editor application and prints on ‘P-touch’ ½″ (12mm) labels will work. The multi-function PT-D600 seems to be the best value at this time.

Recommended Printers

The following printers are affordable and readily available. You will connect the printer to your PC/Mac (using USB or Bluetooth), then use the ‘P-touch Editor’ application to print the LEGO Brick Labels.

Model Features Compatibility Learn more PT-D600 Standalone Model w/ KeyboardPlug into PC/Mac to print LEGO Brick Labels, or design your own labels using the keyboard and small screen. Compatible with labels up to 1″ (24 mm). Uses AA Batteries or included Power Adapter.

MSRP 79.99$ PC + Mac PT-D600 at Amazon PT-P710BT (Cube Plus) Wireless Model. Print LEGO Brick labels from PC/Mac using USB or Bluetooth, or design your own labels using Android or iOS. Compatible with labels up to 1″ (24 mm). Integrated Battery, Charge with USB.

MSRP 99.99$

Note: The ‘Cube’ (not ‘Plus’) is not compatible because you can not connect it to your PC/Mac. PC + Mac PT-P710BT (Cube Plus) at Amazon.

Note: For best results, I recommend the following settings when printing with the PT-P710BT (Cube Plus): 1) Quality = Standard, 2) Graphics = Error Diffusion.

While text does look better when you select Quality = “High Resolution”, the part images are much lighter and harder to see for reasons I have been unable to diagnose so far. (Recommendation based on testing with a Windows 10 PC, and version 5.2.032 of the Brother P-touch Editor application.)

Other Compatible Printers

The following printers are also compatible with LEGO Brick Labels using the P-touch Editor application.

Other current models:

PT-P750W – More costly alternative to the PT-P710BT (Cube Plus).

$129.99, PC/Mac, Up to 1″ (24 mm) labels.

$129.99, PC/Mac, Up to 1″ (24 mm) labels. PT-P900W – Higher-resolution printer for commercial applications.

$429.99, PC/Mac, Up to 1½″ (36 mm) labels.

$429.99, PC/Mac, Up to 1½″ (36 mm) labels. PTE500 – Ruggedized printer for industrial applications.

$269.99, PC/Mac, Up to 1″ (24 mm) labels.

Retired models:

PT-P700 – Earliest version to support both PC & Mac.

$79.99, PC/Mac, Up to 1″ (24 mm) labels.

$79.99, PC/Mac, Up to 1″ (24 mm) labels. PT-D450 – Older model with integrated display & keyboard.

$79.99, PC/Mac, Up to ¾″ (18 mm) labels.

$79.99, PC/Mac, Up to ¾″ (18 mm) labels. PT-1230PC – Low-cost option that’s no longer available.

$52.99, PC only, Up to ½″ (12 mm) labels.

$52.99, PC only, Up to ½″ (12 mm) labels. PT-2430PC – Older version of PT-P700 without Mac support.

$79.99, PC Only, Up to 1″ (24 mm) labels.

If you decide to buy a printer or label tape , please consider using the Amazon links on this page. I get a small royalty, which encourages me to update the label collection to include new parts.

How to Print LEGO Brick Labels

It’s easy to print LEGO Brick Labels on a compatible Brother Label Printer.

Step-by-step instructions:

Confirm that you have a compatible label printer.

Only Brother label printers that connect to your Windows PC or Mac using USB or Bluetooth are compatible with these labels. (Some older models are not Mac compatible.) Purchase several rolls of ½″ Brother Label Tape.

The labels are designed for ½″ label tape, which means that the labels will be ½″ tall and up to 2″ wide (1.2 cm × 5 cm). This size is perfect for common storage solutions like the 64-drawer cabinet by Akro-Mils. Install Brother P-Touch Editor application.

It is available from the Brother website at brother.com/product/dev/label/editor/index.htm (There is a download link at the bottom of the page.) Connect the printer to your computer.

In most cases you will use the included USB cable, although the PT-P710BT (Cube Plus) also supports Bluetooth. Download LEGO Brick Labels.

You can find the latest version at brickarchitect.com/labels Open .lbx files in Brother application.

After you install the “Brother P-Touch Editor” application, you should be able to simply click on label files (with .lbx file extension) and the labels should appear in the “Brother P-Touch Editor” application. Print the labels you need.

If you want to print all of the labels from a single file, click “File” in upper left of application and press “Print…”. (If you want to print just one label, you may need to carefully select the image and text, copy it from that file, and “paste” it into a new file.)

If you have any questions, leave a comment below!

FAQ

I’ve prepared this FAQ to cover the most common questions from fans of LEGO Brick Labels. (Please feel free to leave a comment on this page or send me an email if you have any additional questions!)

Q: Why are the labels cutting off after printing only 60% of each file?

April 3, 2020: Several Mac users have experienced a bug which prevents them from printing a complete 11 ¾″ strip of labels.

This issue was discovered with the ‘PT-D600’ printer on ‘Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6’ + ‘P-Touch Version 5.2.10’, and with ‘Mac OS Catalina 10.15.3’ + ‘P-Touch Version 5.2.9’. (Thanks to Gabriela who received the workaround from Brother customer support, and Lauren for helping diagnose this issue.)

Primary Workaround:

Uninstall the current version. Go to support.brother.com Search for ‘QL 500’ (even though we have the PT-D600). Download and install the ‘P-touch Editor’. (It should be version 5.1.110, which is an older version than the one you uninstalled.) When prompted to enter a serial number for your device, enter “B2Z112233” (a serial number for the QL 500).

Alternate Workarounds:

Use a Windows PC. Manually copy/paste the second half of each strip of labels into a new file.

Q: Why isn’t ______ included in the LEGO Brick Labels collection?

Since many people print every label in the collection, I don’t want to include uncommon parts which few people own. It also takes a lot of time to create each label, so I focus on the most common and versatile parts.

When a very useful new part is included in many new sets, I’ll create a label as soon as possible. For a less common part, I wait a few years to see if it gains widespread adoption before adding it to the collection. (Many less common parts are retired after just a few years.)

I’ve also ensured that the top 600 most common parts from the last 5 years are included in the collection. (The only exception are weapons, because they are already covered by generic labels for Guns, Swords, etc…)

Q: Can I use black labels with white text?

I had not tried this, but another reader confirmed that this works fine. For folks who want a darker look for their LEGO collection, the black label tape looks great!

Q: How did you get consistent images for each LEGO Part?

The images were created using custom LDraw scripts that optimize the viewing angle and enhance the contrast of each part. The scripts are proprietary and hard to use, and the labels are free for noncommercial use.

Workarounds:

If the missing part is pretty common, ask me to include it in a future update! If you need to create additional labels, I recommend using images from BrickLink. They won’t look quite as good, but may meet your needs.

LEGO Brick Storage

There aren’t any “perfect” LEGO Storage solutions for all LEGO enthusiasts—the best solution for you will depend on dozens of factors such as the age of the primary LEGO builder, the size of your LEGO collection, how much space you have, and your budget.

History of LEGO Brick Labels

LEGO Brick Labels began in April 2014, when I decided to organize all of the bricks included in 21050 Architecture Studio into two 44-drawer Akro-mils cabinets. The label collection grew throughout 2014, as I purchased additional LEGO bricks while writing my book, The LEGO Architect.

After completing the book, I finally had a chance to update the collection. That’s why the number of labels in the collection doubled in November 2015! The Technic collection was added in April 2016, and the collection grew to more than 1000 labels by September 2017. I try to update the collection twice a year to include newly released LEGO elements, and less common parts which were missing from the collection. Did you know? There are about 30 new general-purpose LEGO elements every year.

You can read the detailed version history to see which labels were added in each update.