Labeling Ideas

You might think choosing a label is a simple decision. Actually, though, selecting a label that will effectively serve its purpose can be a rather involved process. When deciding on labeling, you must consider a number of factors. How you are going to use the label, the type of printer and ribbon you will use to print your labels, […]

If you currently run high volume label printing jobs, you are probably well aware of the time spent on changing rolls of labels every so many labels, or keeping track of inventory. Do you ever find those labels have been damaged by light, dust, or handling? How about how many labels are wasted during roll […]

New Symbol ES400 When Motorola bought Symbol, I thought it would be a good opportunity to see some of Moto’s experience in cool handset design migrate to the Symbol line – a kind of “best of both worlds” thing. The new ES400 fits right into this with a stylish formfactor that still has a lot […]

On June 28th at 10:15am, Jazara Grace was born to proud parents, Bernadette and Gary Light and joins her sister, Ayanna. Weighing in at 4 pounds 3 ounces and 17 inches long, this little girl is big on sweetness. Some of our readers may know Dad Gary from our Service Department here at Winco ID. […]

You might think your label printing is as efficient as it will ever be, but if your thermal printers are still connected via cables, then you may not be realizing peak productivity. Cables can’t always go to the areas where you need label printing. This usually means walking to a central computer to pick up […]

I’ve been checking out the patient ID wristband printing system from Zebra for a couple of days now. Here’s a video showing the system in action… If you are involved in the healthcare admissions area, I’d love to learn how you handle the printing of patient IDs. If you want to discuss this in detail, […]

Seagull Scientific’s BarTender label software has always been pushing the limits when it comes to including useful new features. The latest release, version 9.3 includes a lot of new ideas – one of my favorites is weigh scale integration. Quite often, labels need to include weight fields and the new BarTender interfaces directly with many of […]

“There is nothing as inexpensive or as flexible as a number 2 pencil and a paper form, which is why many organizations continue to use them” – writes my friend Peter Green from BellHawk Systems. “Then they manually key the data written on the paper forms into Excel spreadsheets, or their ERP or accounting system, […]

A new label made of antistatic materials offers protection from electrostatic discharge on your PC boards. Even the smallest and most complex components can be protected from ESD throughout the life of the label. These labels protect against ESD in two ways: first by eliminating the charge that can occur when the label is removed from […]

We all know that the advances in wireless networking, barcoding, and RF data collection allow mobile computing efficiency. But what if your warehouse is a cold storage area, or your workers need to wear protective gear to work in a cold environment? Such conditions provide challenges to computer equipment that prevent you from realizing the […]