Well there is never a dull moment in the barcode business these days. What with Symbol, PSC, HHP all changing ownership in the last couple of years. The most recent company to change is the Machine Vision Business of Siemens which was sold to Microscan earlier this month. Having been involved with the company since […]
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Guest Column – Dr. Peter Green
Automated Resource Scheduling – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Over the years, I have had a number of requests to implement scheduling systems for a variety of industrial organizations. In every case, the management of the organization believed that the source of their organization’s problems were poor scheduling of their people’s time and […]
Increasing Label Costs Driving You Crazy?
Increasing Label Costs Driving You Crazy? Tips on how to stay sane. By John Burke – VP, Winco Identification Considering the high cost of gas and groceries, it should come as no surprise that so too is the label industry facing unprecedented high costs and raw material price increases. Why the increases? These increases are […]
David’s Tech Tip – Teklynx Hardware Key
Although Teklynx currently use software based DRM for their labeling software, there are a lot of users that still use the old hardware keys for their installations. We often hear from users of Label Matrix, LabelView or CodeSoft that their software has suddenly gone back to demo mode, even though the hardware key is correctly […]
David’s Tech Tip – Intermec PM4i
I’d be the first to admit that I’m not an expert when it comes to Intermec printers. That’s why I was interested when a calibration issue came up with one of our customer’s machines. Calibrating a thermal printer makes sure the machine knows the label length and ensures the label gap sensor is set correctly. […]