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Labels for Outdoor Use
Labels for outdoor applications must stand up to some of the harshest environments. When creating a label for outdoor use, you need to consider the length of time the label must be used, the temperature extremes the label will face, and the UV effects the label will need to withstand. So how do you create [...]
Datamax Acquires Source Technologies
I don’t know about you folks, but it never thrills me to see innovative small companies sell out to larger ones – especially in the label printer business where innovation is rather rare these days. So, I was none to happy to learn that Datamax-O’Neil has purchased Source Technologies – especially since we were just starting to [...]
Piggyback Labels for Frozen Foods
The food industry has its own set of deadlines when it comes to freshness. In addition to the natural freshness of fruits and produce, there are the business reasons that increase the demands for efficiency, accuracy and traceability. Labels are often used to identify lots/bins of fruits and vegetables and keeping the related data such [...]
Labeling News for PCB and Electronic Components
When labeling printed circuit board (PCB) and components, you need a label that will perform under some of the most extreme processing and use environments. The label itself and the printed or barcoded information must survive high heat, exposure to chemicals, washes, and abrasion. Special material labels, such as antistatic, reduce/eliminate the damage from volts [...]
Motorola DS9808-R Review
While the Auto ID industry has come up with a whole lot of useful RFID readers over the last few years, a simple scanner type reader has not materialized. For a while we used the unit sold by our friends at Tharo, poor quality, made in China, but got the job done. When the Tharo [...]
