On-Site Bar Code Label Printing Provides Flexibility

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Business )



Whether your company is a small or big enterprise, a bar coding and labeling solution will improve its operating efficiencies. You can use bar code programs for document control and to manage your inventories, including tracking product movements.

You can have your bar code label printing done either off-site or on-site. If you wish to have a complete quantity and quality control of the bar code labels process, then you should go for on-site, on-demand bar code label printing. To print the required bar code labels in your company's facility, you need to purchase the bar code label printing hardware, software, paper stock and ink applicator (printer).

However, prior to selection of the on-site bar code label printing method, there are some factors that you must consider. These include:

• Type of symbols or codes (alphanumeric information that appears on the face of the label) that you will be using;
• Volume (how many labels you require per minute and whether you can preprint labels);
• Flexibility or the ability of the system to provide the format, the number of characters and lines you require;
• Resolution (whether the density of the code and the print quality meet your requirements);
• Economics which include the investment cost on equipment, and recurring expenses for paper and ink;
• Space (whether the printing equipment requires an air-conditioned space); and
• Spares of equipment like a printer.

You'll have to choose which among the various bar code label printing methods you will use. The available printing technologies include dot-matrix impact, formed-character impact, ion deposition, laser, ink jet, direct thermal and thermal transfer label printing.

You should weigh the advantages and the disadvantages of these bar code label printing methods so you can narrow down your choices and be able to select the appropriate printing method for your company's bar coding system needs.


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