What is Mobility?

Posted by David on March 9, 2010 · Comments 

Guest post by Terran Churcher of Codegate
What do you think of when you hear the word “Mobility”? A fully integrated mobile worker solution incorporating hardware and software, increasing visibility and remote worker management; or a four wheeled motorised scooter and other physical mobility aids? I have a sneaking suspicion that the majority would associate “Mobility” [...]

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Which Edition of BarTender?

Posted by David on February 15, 2010 · Comments 

Bartender is a great label program, but it can be tricky trying to figure out which edition you need.
Seagull Scientific currently has no less than six editions, from the incredibly powerful enterprise Print Server down to the (very) Basic Edition.
Like most of the label software companies, Seagull has published charts of all the features in [...]

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RFID Compliance Kit from Winco ID

Posted by David on January 27, 2010 · Comments 

Do you have to comply with the MIL-STD-129 labeling rules? Looking for a way to get into compliance quickly and easily?
Quite often we are asked to put together a proposal for an RFID labeling solution for our DoD contractor customers. One that’s easy to get started (as often there is a deadline involved) and one [...]

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Special Deals on RedBeam

Posted by David on January 25, 2010 · Comments 

If you need to keep track of your assets or inventory, RedBeam software offers a simple and economical approach.
RedBeam is available in Inventory, Assets and Check in/Check out versions and can be used both on a PC or a selection of mobile devices.
Right now, RedBeam is also offering a special deal: For a limited time [...]

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David’s Tech Tip – Barcoding with your Epilog Laser

Posted by David on January 13, 2010 · Comments 

I must say, I’m always impressed with what a great job the Eplilog laser engravers do – on all kinds of applications.
One we have seen a lot of recently is the need to be able to engrave barcodes onto items; particularly high quality UID marks.
Did you know that a simple way to get into barcoding [...]

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New RFID Reader – MC3090-Z

Posted by David on December 23, 2009 · Comments 

We often include a handheld RFID reader with our DoD labeling solutions.
Problem is that we have not had too many too choose from.
We started with offering the Symbol MC9060 which does a great job but is a huge overkill for the simple tasks most of our clients need to use it for. Looking for something [...]

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Automating UID Verification

Posted by David on December 18, 2009 · Comments 

The Microscan UID Verifier does a great job of ensuring that all your labels are compliant with the MIL-STD-130.
The problem is that when you have a lot of labels to verify, it can be a very tedious and time consuming job.
Here at Winco ID, we often have to verify UID labels that we convert and [...]

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BarTender Librarian – keeping things under control

Posted by David on December 3, 2009 · Comments 

Keeping label files under control

 
Let’s face it – in a lot of businesses, there isn’t good control of the different label files that are used.
 
Often labels are stored on the hard drives of individual PCs and even if kept in a shared folder, the labels are often altered without the correct control procedures being followed.
 
When [...]

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Datamax no longer provides BarTender

Posted by David on December 2, 2009 · Comments 

For as long as I can remember, Datamax has included a copy of BarTender label software on the CD that comes with their new printers.
Starting this month that will change.
Instead of the BarTender install, Datamax provides a list of label software companies that are compatible with the printer.
This isn’t really a big deal – the version [...]

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Smart Printing – Video

Posted by David on November 30, 2009 · Comments 

Did you know that many of today’s label printers come with a lot of built-in intelligence? It is possible to run applications on these printers that don’t need to use a computer or network connectivity to accomplish tasks.
Here is a recent example:

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