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  • Zebra Printer ZT620
    Best Industrial Thermal label printers for around £1,000

    In this post you’ll be able to quickly compare the top industrial thermal label printers for around £1000. This post includes: Comparative printer prices. An expert run down of the best features the printers have to offer Printer shortcomings Our opinion on what we think are the best printer purchases. Weigh up the best label …

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  • Thermal Ribbon Cartridge Printer
    Thermal Transfer Cartridge Printers.

    I’ve not been keen on the idea of thermal transfer cartridge printers.  Cartridge printers use a roll of thermal ink ribbon in the form of a plastic cartridge. If you want to change a thermal ribbon, simply pull out the used ribbon cartridge and put in a new one.  No threading thermal transfer ribbons.  No …

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  • Biodegradable Labels
    Guide to Biodegradable Labels

    With plastic doing so much harm to our environment – more and more of us are looking at biodegradable packaging to minimise damage.  This guide to biodegradable labels will help you in your small but significant contribution to the war on plastic. How can you, as someone who buys labels for your product packaging, meet …

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  • Sustainable Labels

    There is a lot of talk about limiting the harm we’re doing to our environment.  Being sustainable is the ability to live without depleting our natural resources.  Modern packaging is often held up as a culprit in the damage we are doing to our environment.  This article will help you understand how sustainable labels really …

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  • Print Station: BarTender’s Label Printing Secret

    Print Station is BarTender’s Label Printing Front End Printing labels with BarTender can be a little time consuming.  First you need to open BarTender, then you need to find the label file.  Once you’ve found the label file you need to open it.  The next step is to choose print from the menu and start …

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  • Using forms to protect your label designs

    How BarTender Forms Work BarTender forms make label printing easy and error proof. BarTender forms pop up at print time and prompt you for the information you need to print with. For example, you could be asked to choose a product description or code, a batch code and a production date. Enter the data on …

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  • Datalogic’s Gryphon Cordless barcode scanner

    Datalogic Gryphon 4500 Family Photograph. We recently worked on a project and used Datalogic’s Gryphon 4500 series cordless 2D barcode scanner.  It’s a cordless scanner that can read normal 1D barcodes and 2D codes (like QR codes and datamatrix) as well.  It comes with a healthcare coating – which inhibits the growth of bacteria and …

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  • And you thought Desktop Printers couldn’t be Portable Printers!

    On a recent visit to the Zebra Experience Centre (you might be mistaken for thinking I’m writing about a zoo) – a large demo room that Zebra Technologies have set up to showcase their complete range of products – I spotted this. These are desktop printers equipped with battery packs. These are chargeable battery add …

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  • Typharm gets up and running with the FMD.

    Typharm is a family owned pharmaceutical manufacturer located in Norwich.  They have been making ointments and treatments since 1985. “The EU’s Falsified Medicines Directive came into force in February 2019 and part of that was a need to print high quality barcodes. We understood thermal label printing but needed a fully tested label printing system …

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  • How to make your labelling systems reliable

    Ever woken up in the night in a cold sweat.  Your worst nightmare is playing out. Your label printer has stopped working, and you can’t print labels.  Your product can’t be shipped and the factory grinds to a halt. No – I can’t imagine you’re kept awake at night thinking about labels – but perhaps …

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