Printing Barcode Labels

Today barcodes are used for many different purposes and in many different situations

as they have the ability of retaining information on a simple label. Once a barcode is scanned it can provide the person scanning it with important information relating to the item that it is placed on. Barcode labels are used on goods for sale, important documentation, tickets for live events, patient information in hospitals and much, much more. As a result the need for printing barcode labels have never been so great and there are now plenty of printing devices that will enable people in a wide variety of different industries to produce their own barcodes simply and easily.

Depending on the type of use of the barcode labels that a person intends creating they will need to choose the type of printer they will need with care. Companies that are printing out barcodes on labels continually will need a large industrial machine that is capable of churning out barcodes for hours at a time. These machines need to be built to stand lots of work and tend to be quite expensive to run as they use a lot in. As you can imagine these kind of printers are much more expensive than smaller printers that will create barcodes and can be used on a desktop. Stores and so on will tend to opt for barcode label printers that are quite small and can even be handheld so that anyone labeling products can walk around the store doing so with the printer in their hand.

As well as there being different sized and capability printers that can produce barcode labels for different purposes there are two main types of these printers. These are direct thermal barcode label printers and thermal transfer barcode label printers. Direct thermal printers will create black barcodes, images and text on paper labels that are heat sensitive. Anything that is printed on these labels will last between 6 to 12 months before it starts to fade, however if these labels are exposed to sunlight this fading process will be much faster. Thermal transfer printers use ink ribbons which will create a printer that is permanent. As you can imagine these labels are much more durable and are suitable for items that will have a longer shelf life. Many of the thermal transfer printers that are on the market also give users the option of direct thermal printing, should they wish to do so.

With so many different ways to print out barcode labels it stands to reason that there will be many different types of printers that are available to purchase at any one time. Some are relatively inexpensive and are excellent for use in smaller stores where it will not be creating barcodes on a virtually continual basis. For this kind of printing an industrial, and more expensive model will be required as this will be able to stand up to the rigors of printing barcode labels throughout the day for use on packages and parcels.

by: Malcolm Nguyen

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