Barcoding today with tomorrow's technology! Barcode Printers   Low to Medium Volume Printers Automatic ID Card Printers Medium to High Volume Printers Wide Web Industrial Printers     Trying to decide on a printer?  Check out these helpful reference guides.   Zebra Desktop Series Reference Guide Zebra Family of ID Card Printers Reference Guide Datamax I-Class Industrial Printers Reference Guide   back to top   Industry Definitions   Barcode Printers Low to Medium Volume Barcode Printers Low to moderate volume usage can be defined as printing from 130' to 500' of labels per day.  The printers generally have print speeds up to about 4 inches per second, are compact in size, and are available in either 2" or 4" print widths. Common applications would include point-of-sale printing, start up barcoding applications, small volume shipping departments, and product identification.   Medium to High Volume Barcode Printers Medium to high volume usage can be defined as printing from 500' labels per day and up. The printers generally have print speeds up to about 12" per second, are all metal construction, have internal re-winders, and can handle large diameter rolls of labels. Common applications would include heavy duty industrial usage, high volume shipping departments, production line product identification, manufacturing, distribution, and warehouse operations.   Automatic ID Card Printers Includes Plastic ID Card Printers and Portable bar code printers.  Common applications for portable printers would include printing shelf labels in grocery stores, receipt printing for routes, inventory labeling, and for any use where a PC is not available. Card printers are used for producing security card, student ID cards, drivers license, loyalty cards, and many other similar applications.   Wide Web Industrial Printers Heavy duty industrial use printers with applications requiring labels 5" or wider. The printers generally have print speeds up to about 8" per second, are all metal construction, have internal re-winders, can handle large diameter rolls of labels, and have a 5" to 8½" print width. Common applications would include petrochemical drum identification, ODETTE/AIAG auto industry labels, pallet labeling, food processing labels, steel and lumber mill labels.   back to top

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