From design to peel-ready sticker in a single go, the Liene PixCut S1 all-in-one printer and cutter is the ideal back-to-school gadget

Back-to-school usually means two things: a shopping list and things that need labels and stickers. Whether you’re looking to add name tags to your or your kids’ supplies, make planner stickers, or want to add a personalized touch to your laptop lid or dorm room, it can be quite a time-consuming project. Creating a custom sticker sheet typically means designing on one screen, printing on another device, then carrying that sheet to a separate cutter to trace and slice by hand. And any misstep along the way means going right back to the start.

The Liene PixCut S1 is the company’s attempt to combine that entire chain into a single device. Liene has spent 700 days developing, testing, and refining its all-in-one printer and cutter, just in time for the start of the new school year. With the PixCut S1 Starter Kit, you have the perfect tool for making name labels, planner stickers, locker decor, and more. Here’s what you need to know.

What the PixCut S1 does

The main idea behind the PixCut S1 is also its biggest USP: it’s an all-in-one printer and cutter. Liene started the project in July 2023 and spent the following months on product design, finalizing it in March 2024, before any manufacturing even began. That upfront design phase ensured there weren’t any hardware design issues that often accompany a new gadget build. This long development cycle supports the “700 Days Proven, Perfect From Day 1” tagline the brand built around.

It’s definitely worth emphasizing how important the “all-in-one” phrasing is here. Some print-and-cut setups still require you to feed a printed sheet into a second machine and manually align everything perfectly. Liene doesn’t keep it vague or use the phrase loosely. The PixCut S1 keeps the paper in one machine from the first print pass through the final cut, with no manual transfer steps or unnecessary intervention in between.

Everything starts in the Liene Photo app, where you can pick from more than 10,000 templates and creative assets, or upload your own JPG, PNG, or HEIC images. Say you want a sheet of name labels for your first grader’s school supplies. You can use a preset template, drop in a photo, or ask your kids to choose their favorite color scheme, then make several copies of the design on one sheet before sending it to print. If you want to turn your own photos into stickers, you can also use the app’s AI-powered image recognition feature to remove the background.

The app then automatically generates the cut path. Instead of manually tracing an outline, the software detects the shape of the design and sends that path to the machine. If you’ve used any cutting software before, you know that this step is the one that normally takes a while and often requires a lot of trial-and-error. Here, the app removes the background and calculates the outline perfectly, so you don’t have to worry about slightly off cuts or a noticeable border around the stickers. Most importantly, you don’t need manual alignment or tracing.

The PixCut S1 then prints the image using dye-sublimation, adds a protective overcoat in the same print pass, aligns the sheet through built-in sensing, and follows the detected contour to cut it out. What you end up with is a finished, ready-to-peel sticker sheet. So going back to that sheet of name labels, the full sheet comes out already cut and ready to peel apart.

The printing tech behind the PixCut S1

The PixCut S1 uses a 300 x 300 dpi dye-sublimation system built around a 1,280-dot thermal print head, with each element capable of 256 tonal levels. Instead of spraying liquid ink through nozzles that can clog, the process transfers yellow, magenta, and cyan dye layers onto the paper in sequence, then finishes with a clear protective coat.

This results in smoother color gradients and finer detail than a standard inkjet, and you won’t face any of the maintenance issues that come with ink cartridges. Color accuracy was the area Liene’s engineering team spent the most time refining during the 700-day process. And when you see the final product, you’ll notice how everything from prints of family photos and pet portraits to name labels and customized stickers closely matches the original image.

Each print takes about 59 seconds, and the paper cassette holds up to 36 sheets. With this speed and capacity, the PixCut S1 also works for small-batch commercial use, like an Etsy seller printing a set of 10-15 branded labels or custom stickers for an order.

Longevity is also a focus here. Inkjet prints can smear or fade when they get wet or scratched. On the other hand, dye-sublimation bonds the color into the paper’s coating, and the protective overcoat adds another layer of resistance. Some stickers you create need to survive months of wear and tear on a backpack, a water bottle, a laptop lid, or a locker door, and these prints are made to last.

Sleek and compact, and at home on any desk

A traditional home setup, especially one built to handle multiple paper sizes and a full-size ink or toner system, tends to take up a lot of space. And there’s usually a separate cutting machine, too. Meanwhile, the PixCut S1 saves you a ton of desk space, not only because it’s all-in-one, but also because of how sleek and compact it is.

At 281 x 196 x 104.5mm and 2.9 kg, PixCut S1 is roughly 70% smaller than a traditional home printer setup. It’s light enough to move comfortably between a closet shelf and a desk when it’s not in use, and small enough to fit on a craft table, a dorm-room desk, or a kitchen counter. To fit a printer, a laminator, and a cutter into one small chassis, the team made the device’s mechanical design another primary engineering focus during the 700-day process.

Design from a phone, a tablet, or a computer

The Liene Photo app runs on iOS and Android phones, iPads and Android tablets, and laptops and desktops running Windows 10 or later or macOS Monterey 12 or later. A student can pull up the app on their phone between classes to quickly design a set of laptop stickers, while a parent might prefer sitting down with a tablet or laptop on the kitchen table in the evening to get all their kids’ lunchbox, water bottle, and notebook labels ready to go before school starts.

The cross-platform availability is crucial, of course, since different projects require different amounts of screen space. Arranging multiple elements on one sheet, mixing text with images, or fine-tuning sizes and spacing are much easier on a laptop or tablet than a phone. On the other hand, a student decorating a water bottle or locker door between classes just needs their phone.

The PixCut S1 connects over Bluetooth 5.0, and the Starter Kit ships with two paper types: 4 x 7-inch sticker paper and 4 x 6-inch photo paper, with 18 sheets of each included. That covers everything the device is built for, whether you’re designing and cutting custom stickers or printing standalone photos.

Get the Liene PixCut S1 now

The start of the new school year is just around the corner, and the PixCut S1 is primed to jump into action. Name labels for supplies, planner stickers, class schedules, bookmarks, teacher thank-you cards, lunchbox and water bottle labels, locker or dorm decor, laptop decorations, and more – all of it can move through the same machine, from screen to finished product. Liene also extends its support for the education community through ongoing Education Savings, offering students and teachers 15% off eligible purchases.

That’s the idea behind Liene’s “Make Your Ideas Stick” campaign, letting you quickly turn a design into something a kid is excited to peel off and use. Liene has backed up the “700 Days Proven” side of things as well, with features like the printer’s size and color accuracy showcasing the company’s engineering capabilities. A September 2024 crowdfunding campaign drew more than 3,330 backers and over $1 million in preorders before the product reached mass production in January 2025, and Liene says its community has now grown past 75,000 users.

The PixCut S1 Starter Kit includes the machine, plus 18 sheets each of 4 x 7-inch sticker paper and 4 x 6-inch photo paper. From August 24 through August 30, 2026, Liene’s Back-to-School promotion brings the price down to $237.99, a $42 discount off the regular $279.99.