If you read Labeling News regularly, you’ll have noticed that I’m a fan of BarTender, the label design and printing software. As well as the fact the product is great (if you buy printed labels from Winco, we’ll have made them using this software), I also like dealing with the company. Having said that, every […]
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Datamax RL 4 Printer – How Fast?
We’ve all seen those little videos from the printer manufacturers – you know, the ones that show how little time is needed from sending the data to printing the first label. Well, I happen to have a Datamax-O’Neil RL4 printer sitting on my desk, so I just had to try it out. Not bad, eh? […]
I Don’t Need a Service Plan – Label Printer Repair
How do you take care of service and repair for your barcode label printers? I had a really interesting conversation with one of our good customers today, on the subject of service for their label printers. The company uses a lot of barcode label printers and a couple of years ago decided not to renew the service […]
Label Software – Losing the Network…
A client had a very good question earlier today. He uses a network version of a popular label design software, and wanted to know what would happen if his client installs lost contact with the license server. The license server is an application that the clients need to refer to in order to ensure that […]
Custom Products To Ease Your Labeling
Labels are a big part of many manufacturing processes. Each step through the process can require different labels for different purposes. Some labels need to be removed at some point during manufacturing, while other must remain affixed for the life of the product. Finding the most cost-effective and efficient way to label products in multiple […]