Innovative Ideas for Manufacturers

Electronics New England 2010 tradeshow is designed for manufacturers to see what’s new and how it can be applied to your business for success. Here you get a first hand look at new products and services, and keep up-to-date on current trends and issues.
This is your opportunity to network with peers and industry leaders and [...]

Which Edition of BarTender?

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 [...]

RFID Compliance Kit from Winco ID

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 [...]

Ideas For Better Labeling

If you are trying to figure out how to streamline your operations with a minimum of investment, perhaps it’s time to examine your labeling process. We know of some low-cost and simple ways to change the way you label that can result in some nice productivity gains. Here are some ideas that can help you [...]

BarTender Librarian – keeping things under control

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 [...]

Smart Printing – Video

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:

Reasons to update that old label printer

Distributed printing
A good way to improve the efficiency of your labeling operation is to produce the labels close to where they will be used. Rather than having one high speed, centrally located printer, it is often better to switch to a number of smaller ones – each strategically located where the labeling will take place.
 
These [...]

Reasons to keep that old label printer going

While the printer manufacturers obviously want us all to constantly buy new bar code printers, there can be very good reasons for keeping your current printers in use. Here are just a few:
It’s doing a great job – why change it?
Absolutely, if you current printer is doing everything you need, there is little point in [...]

Bartender 9.2 Now Shipping

So our friends at Seagull Scientific have been busy again. Bartender has been my label design software of choice for as long as I can remember and it keeps getting better.
The latest version 9.2 has just been released and it includes a new look and a host of new features.
The arrival of Windows 7 makes [...]

Do I need to UID?

Our clients who are DoD contractors ask us to help them figure out if the UID marking and reporting clause apply to items on their contracts.
Defense contracts can be quite complicated so how do we know what to look for?
The first thing to look for is a clause that references DFARS 252.211-7003. This will be [...]

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