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At the end of September, the Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense issued a report entitled “Requiring Radio Frequency Identification in Contracts for Supplies”. The report is basically a review of progress with the large program that the DoD has put together to use RFID in an attempt to streamline the defense […]

For a long time we have been looking for the perfect software solution to allow DoD contractors to manage their workflow and all of its associated data. We have had all the parts of the solution, without that final piece to bring everything together. Well, that has changed. Winco ID has formed a partnership with […]

Just the other day, I was thinking that it has been a long time since there was an update to BarTender. Here at Winco ID we support several barcode label software system, but BarTender is always my goto product for DoD labeling, RFID and when database connectivity is needed. Recently the latest version – BarTender 9.0 […]

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 […]

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? 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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

As anyone who knows me can quickly confirm, I’m been around this business for rather a long time. During this time, I’ve worked with a lot of service teams, some pretty good, some er not so good. I’m very fortunate that I get to work with one of the best service teams in the business, […]

Along with many of our customers, our H-Class printers have had problems with USB connectivity ever since the printer was released. Quite often Windows would not recognize the H-Class as a printer, making it impossible to get a driver installed. Well there is finally good news. Although Datamax would never acknowledge there was a problem, […]