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Are Your Thermal Label Printers Ready for 2016?

ericjgough • Feb 10, 2016

Out with the old and in with the new, as they say. Are old thermal label printers holding back your business?

No longer is it just 1D and 2D barcoding that meets your labeling needs for inventory and asset tracking. As wireless networks continue to expand, consumers demand more immediate information via apps with their smartphones, IoT (Internet of Things), and cloud based data storage platforms increase, the use of QR (quick response) codes, RFID (radio frequency ID) and NFC (near field communication) tags, enhanced 2D and embedded barcodes within entire surfaces of packages for increased scanning capabilities allowing for greater convenience and faster throughput, as well as enabled mobile app for easy product engagement, anytime and anywhere.

Zebra’s R110Xi4 series of RFID encoders and printers is a market leader in high-volume asset identifying, tracking, managing and optimization. The PB22/32/50 lines of mobile label printers from Intermec are the industry leaders in the fastest 2” to 4” rugged compact and lightweight printers. With these highly functional-efficient attributes, they are well suited for retail and warehouse applications. Honeywell’s (Formerly Datamax-O'Neil ) H-Class desktop printer is a high-volume workhorse providing quality productivity to warehouse and transportation markets.

For card printing, the ZXP Series 7 by Zebra produces high quality color ID card printer for producing security identification badges and access cards and retail loyalty cards. The SATO CL4NX / CL6NX industrial thermal printers encode an array of UHF RFID smart labels and tags. With AED (Application Enabled Printing) Technology built in to these SATO printers , provides additional flexibility and cost savings as it operates as a standalone printing solution eliminating the need for computers.

For additional information on thermal label printers and to learn more about your options for all your printer, labeling and barcode printing and scanning needs, call us as (800) 643-2664 and immediately talk to one of our friendly representatives; or chat us up on Facebook , Twitter , Google+ and LinkedIn !

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