Monday, December 6, 2010

Working of barcode Printers for a Business

Barcodes are used in all industries for identifying the products. The usage of barcodes has been increasing day-by-day.

By using barcode printer, labels are produced. Depending on the need or the service one can select the printer. The labels which are produced are attached to the objects and the labels will indicate the price of the product.


The printers are classified based on the type of the printing technology chosen. Mostly thermal printers are used for printing the labels. Barcode printer is a computer peripheral for getting labels printed. For identifying the printed labels a separate software is required.


For buying the printers one can select online or one select by going to the retail shops. The printing technology of the barcodes is categorized into two types. Impact and non-impact printing technology. There are two types of barcodes called linear and two dimensional. The different types of printers which are used are laser printers, inkjet printers, dot matrix printer and the thermal printers. Of these the most efficient and the commonly used barcodes are the thermal barcode printers.


Apart from printing varieties of labels, the barcode printers are also used for printing the tags, ticket stock, wristbands, polyester etc. Most of the people use inkjet printers or the laser printers which are used generally for the barcode printing. But, it is better to select separate barcode printer or upgrade the previous printer for printing the correct symbology. Once the labels are produced then they are attached to the products and shipment of the products is done. For increasing the productivity , improving data management and accessibility, most of the companies are relying on the barcode printing.

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