Top Ten Reasons to Print Your Own Labels
Switching from Third Party to In-House Label Printing If you are having a third party print your labels or you are a new brand, here are a few reasons to print your own labels:
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QR Code Labels
A few days ago we created a blog post summarizing the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard Legislation. We have received a number of inquiries regarding how to create QR Code labels. Fortunately, we sell BarTender Basic from Seagull Software.
US Labels Market Trends: Flexo and Secondary Labeling
A recent study from ReportLinker provides positive news for the labeling industry. Their research forecasts US label demand to approach $20 billion in 2019. They’ve also seen trends in specific areas of label printing, including flexography and secondary labeling.
Why Add Narrow-Web Digital to Your Flexo/Indigo Shop?
There are a number of reasons for adding Narrow-Web Digital to your Flexo/Indigo shop. Best Practices: Digital Strategies, published by packagePRINTING, explains that the benefits are well known: increased speed, lower cost, and variable data capabilities. However, the article also explains the differing reasons that printers and converters add digital. The main reasons that packagePRINTING focused on were increasing demand... View Article
Going Digital in Flexo Shops: Operator Options
No Skilled Operators Needed Flexo shops are familiar with presses that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, or in some cases, upwards of a million dollars, and require a skilled operator to run the press. The average salary for an entry-level flexo press operator in the US is $30,000 (simplyhired.com). Add those together and one must generate hundreds of dollars in... View Article
The Secondary Label (R)evolution: Reduce Mis-Picks With In-House Color Label Printing (Industrial Labels)
The barcode has been around for 40 years. It revolutionized industrial labeling, warehouse management, product logistics, and asset tracking. As helpful as barcodes have been, there is a fundamental limitation: People cannot read barcodes, which causes costly errors in product stocking and order picking. In a 2013 study, Intermec (a division of Honeywell) determined that, on average, a distribution center... View Article
