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If you are looking for new ways to keep track of what is happening at Labeling News, it’s a good time to sign up for FriendFeed. These days there are so many social media sources to try and keep track off: blogs, RSS, Twitter, Facebook etc., that it becomes an impossible task. FriendFeed allows all […]

I’ve been busy at the Eastec Show all week and just got home. I’m tired and really hungry, but I wanted to post my quick video from the event. You can also check out my photo gallery from Eastec, over at the Labeling News Facebook page. If you work at a manufacturing company and want […]

the right ribbon in your thermal transfer printer for better labeling

Choose the right label format to comply with MIL-STD-129 RFID requirements

Do you sometimes have to print logos or warnings on your labels? You know – the UL or CSA logos, the little ESD logo, that kind of thing. I know that this can be a pain, finding a suitable image file, make it the correct size the fit on the label. If you use Bartender […]

Is reflected light from white labels causing problems in your electronic product? Are you looking for high performance black labels that match a dark or black background to enhance aesthetic appeal? Or have your attempts to completely reverse print labels left you wanting more? If so, try our new matte black polyimide label material. This […]

VDC Research has just released the latest edition of its RFID Business Planning Service. This is predicting that the RFID market will grow by about 11% in 2009 with an increasing growth rate starting in mid 2010. Despite the growth (which is less than previous years), VDC sees this as a tough year for suppliers […]

The 2009 version of RFID Journal Live! was held recently in Orlando. While I didn’t attend personally, I have spoken with a number of people who did and the reports are somewhat mixed. As with many tradeshows, the attendance was down, but it does seem that there was still a pretty good number of visitors. […]

idWorx! 1.9 – Beat the WAWF Blues Having to enter a lot of info into Wide Area Workflow can drive you crazy. Too much typing? Too much time wasted? Too many mistakes? As the UID and RFID mandates are starting to be enforced, contractors are going to find that they have to enter even more information into […]

So you have a DoD contract and you are being asked to ship with the MIL-STD-129 labels? How do you get into compliance with this as easily as possible? Actually, this can be very straightforward, especially if you use Winco’s 3 Steps Approach. Step One. This is the easiest. We can make you labels for […]