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How Do You Want to
Print Barcodes?
There are a variety of scanning techniques that
should be investigated as well as a number of barcode
printing techniques for barcode labeling. This section
focuses specifically on in-house printing techniques
and considerations for reproducing barcode labels on-site.
While there are several printers that support bar coding
on-site, only four printers stand-out as the most widespread
in this industry: dot matrix, laser, thermal transfer,
and direct thermal.
Printing barcode labels in advance is often inconvenient
and sometimes impossible to plan. Inconvenience and
minimum orders are generally the driving forces for
printing barcode labels on-site. When considering on-site
label printing, startup and operating costs must be
taken into account. This includes the printing equipment,
consumables (labels and ribbons), personnel, and computers
to support such a task.
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