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  • Best Thermal label printers for under £300

    With hundreds of label printers on the market – how do you know which to buy?  Expert Labels work with all the major brands and many of the specialist brands so we’re able to find the best thermal label printers to suit your needs and your budget.  Read this article where we summarise the best …

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  • Exploiting Barcodes to build engagement your brand

    This article is for brand managers who want to build engagement with their customers to boost loyalty and sales. Never before has a brand manager had the opportunity to connect to their customers so effectively. Exploit QR codes, 2D codes and RFID/NFC on products using barcode printers and digital printing.  Link these ‘front end’ identifiers …

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  • 600 correctly printed labels for Tesco – in an hour?

    One of our clients, Gareth had a problem.  He had 600 packs of his premium pet food sitting in Goods In at Tesco’s Bolton distribution centre.  He had worked long and hard to win the Tesco’s account and now his credibility with this prestigious account was in jeopardy.  He was under pressure and did not …

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  • World’s most neglected barcode printer

    I promised Sue I wouldn’t mention her company name when I wrote this, but I want to show you how neglected a barcode printer can be and still work.  Here are the consequences if you don’t get your barcode printer serviced, keep it clean or look after it! I went to visit Sue and see …

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  • Barcode and Label Design Software, BarTender by Seagull Scientific is 30 Years Old

    BarTender is our favourite label design software package.  Not only is the software powerful and reliable, the support we get from the software developers, Seagull Scientific, is quick and knowledgeable. As it’s 30 years old this year, I wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate BarTender’s birthday with some birthday presents. BarTender first appeared thirty …

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  • The Labels Printers We Use and Why We Use Them

    Not only do we sell barcode printers, labels and scanners we also print tens of thousands of labels each month for our customers. In this short article I want to share with you the hardware and software that we use in our business, and why we use them. Printing labels. We have three printers – …

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  • A Close Look at Sato’s CL4NX Super Printer

    We’ve been working with thermal label printers for more than two decades and just when I say barcode printers are about as easy to use as they can ever be  – I end up eating my words.  Take a look at the Sato CL4NX Thermal printer. The Sato CL4NX thermal label printer can only be …

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  • The Versatile Loop Lock Label

    A Label that’s not a Label – it’s a Tag Most people call them loop lock labels but you might have seen them described as self tie loops, luggage tags, handle ties, self tie tags, wrap ties – even label loops.  They all do the same thing – they’re a tag without adhesive that you …

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  • Zebra’s New Baby Printer the Zebra ZD410

    No, Zebra Inc haven’t developed technology to print babies – but they have launched the new Zebra ZD410 – the baby in their range.  It’s the smallest desktop label printer Zebra make, replacing the long serving Zebra LP2824. Here’s our short review of it: What’s so special about the Zebra ZD410? It’s small. Did I …

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  • Imagine our surprise when …

    Last weekend, when the sun finally made an appearance, I was out in Runnymede, Surrey with my family when I suddenly spotted a sign at the National Trust selling Criterion Ices!  We have been printing labels for Criterion Ices for the past 6 years and it was great to see their delicious ice creams on …

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