Been busy today printing up some cable labels for a client. These are the self laminating ones – the white printed part is applied to the cable first and the clear part wrapped over it, creating a very durable mark that is immune to just about any rough treatment. Some of these labels can be […]
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The Coolest Barcode Tag?
A while ago, I wrote about how impressed I was with the Microsoft Tag barcode format and how we had spiced up our business card design by encoding our contact info via Microsoft. See the original post here. Twelve months or so later, how has this experiment worked out? Well, while I still think MS Tag is […]
GS1 Addresses UDI Labeling Concerns
A final ruling on UDI implementation is expected this year, causing medical device manufacturers to hasten implementation of a UDI system. Some manufacturers, however, think that implementing a system for labeling and tracking medical devices will take longer than expected by the FDA. If you are a medical device manufacturer trying to figure out how […]
McDonald’s and Sustainable Fisheries
I have to be honest here, I would never have imagined that I’d be sitting at my desk writing about sustainability in the food supply chain and including McDonald’s. But then, in one of my morning scans of Google News, I noticed that McDonald’s fish products (I had no idea that these even contained real […]
New Zebra 105SLPlus Printer
I must confess, Zebra’s 105SL model is so ancient that I tend to forget it is still in production – but it still is. From what the Zebra folk tell me, they still make it because there are a number of current users who really must get another one – amazing really! So finally, Big […]