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1). Let a Label Printer Help Increase Your SalesThere are a number of good reasons to seek out quality labels for your products. It may simply be a matter of necessity. In other situations, compliance labeling is too important to neglect. One of the best reasons to find a good label printer for your products, however, is slightly more inviting than others. A label printer can help you increase sales.
2). Pasta with Etiquette
Etiquette Labels Ltd has won the contract to supply pre-printed direct thermal labels for May Tree Foods’ new range of pasta-based ready meals – Pasta Plus.
Wrexham, UK-based Etiquette has also installed a label printing system to enable May Tree to produce barcoded information for insertion on the pre-printed labels.
A keypad printer enables the operator to tap in the relevant information, which is then transferred on to the space provided on the pre-printed label.
3). Removable adhesive avoids label face stains
A general-purpose removable adhesive that will perform on a wide range of face materials has been developed by Avery Dennison.
Removability is an often-specified feature in a self-adhesive labelstock, but it can mean low adhesion levels, difficult conversion, label pre-dispensing, and even staining on the label face.
Fasson R5000 is an emulsion acrylic adhesive – a formulation which gives good, clean, die cutting and reel-to-reel conversion speeds up to 140.
4). Tactile warning triangles for screen clean
Highly decorative self-adhesive labels – featuring a tactile warning triangle – have been produced by Sessions of York in the UK for the launch of Decosol’s Tip’n’Measure Screen Clean. The labels are printed in eight colours with a gold lacquer onto a silver metallised label stock.
The Tip’n’Measure bottle has just won a silver star in the Star Pack Awards.
5). Verifiers first to meet new standards
PSC’s bar code verification equipment is claimed the first in the world to conform with the newly established European CEN and ISO bar code quality standards.
The certification ensures that PSC’s equipment has been manufactured, calibrated and tested to conform with the specifications found in both the CEN ENV12647 standard as well as the current ISO 15426 standard.
6). Care label package for clothing companies
The cost of producing care labels has fallen with the introduction of a care label printer, fabric and ink package from Paxar. The new Paxar 9830CL thermal printer has been teamed-up with a new dip-coated nylon fabric and a new thermal transfer ink.
The package is targeted at medium sized clothing manufacturers seeking low cost inplant apparel labelling.
7). Oil resistant adhesive
The presence of oil on a surface presents considerable problems when attempting to apply self-adhesive labels or nameplates.
A new adhesive is said to overcome this problem – and in the process save money by reducing or eliminating the need for pre-cleaning the surface.
The 300 LSE series adhesive also bonds well to traditionally difficult low energy surfaces including plastic, polythene, powder coating and corroded surfaces.
8). Fix-a-Form goes east
Fix-a-Form International, the licensor of the multi-page label system, has signed a new licensee agreement to cover Poland in Eastern Europe.
The new agreement is the latest licensee signing for the company that produces Fix-a-Forms in 23 countries.
IWACO, the company’s Scandinavian licensee, will manufacture the Fix-a-Forms for exclusive distribution to Poland.
9). Label Printers Offer Full Color Solutions
Labels do not have to black and white bores. In fact, label printers can produce amazing color labels that can increase consumer attention and sales. Some industry pros maintain that a color label is about fifty percent more effective than a black and white option with respect to attracting a consumer‘s eye. Anyone using labels on a retail product should certainly consider using the full color solutions offered by label printers.
10). Label Printing Experts Deliver Specialty Products
If one needs little more than the occasional simple address label, they may be able to get by using their desktop PC, a decent printer and some store-bought label stock. Those who want something special, on the other hand, should look for a quality label printing company. Label printing firms can create specialty products to meet virtually any need.
11). Leaflet-Label development
A label company is investing in new technology to increase production of leaflet-labels. This investment programme, will increase production speeds, ensuring higher volumes are produced more cost effectively. A new fully integrated printing press will now produce both the label and leaflet in-line. The press incorporates a special die-cut facility which will offer a wide range of previously unavailable leaflet-label shapes including circular formats.
12). Second annual packaging & label conference
The Second PLGA Conference opened with a brief address by Dick Chesnut who predicted that after the millennium, because of rapid technological developments, two printing methods will begin to emerge and dominate the packaging and label field – digital printing and gravure, or a form of gravure. The two processes have similarities because of their digital nature from artwork to finished print and basic simplicity.
13). High speed print & apply
A company has launched a high speed print and apply solution for variable information labelling.
The ALX 720 is suited to the print and application of information such as pricing, ladder or picket fence barcodes, stock numbers, batch codes and general promotional labelling.
It prints and applies up to 250 labels a minute, depending on label size, and has a label stop accuracy of ± 0.
14). Apollo applicator for small delicate labelling
New from the creators of EASYLABEL has announced the introduction of the Apollo 1, a new label printer that features an optional label applicator designed for small, delicate, high-precision print and apply applications like electronic components and printed circuit boards. Like others in the Apollo Series, the Apollo 1 will also offer the stand-alone feature that allows label printing with or without a computer attached.
15). Textile removable adhesive
A company has added a new textile removable option to its permanent, removable option to its permanent, removable and speciality adhesives already available within its Taktik range of self-adhesive sheets.
Designed to adhere to, and remove safely from, a wide variety of textiles, the transparent acrylic adhesive ensures clean removability without staining or marketing the surface of the fabric, says the company.
16). PC software delivers customised printing
LabelFive Premier, the new PC software, enables printers to deliver fast, low-cost labels and tickets.
LabelFive produces labels or tickets printed with barcode, address, identification, price and images, including photographs and stock and tracking information.
The design and printing software supports Windows 95, 98 and NT4.0 for use with any label, ticket, laser, inkjet or dot-matrix printer.
17). Artwork for Label Printing
If you are just getting involved with label printing or are considering outsourcing your label printing needs to a professional, you have probably already encountered a few industry-specific terms with which you may not be entirely familiar. One such term is “artwork.” Artwork is completely unrelated to your favorite museum pieces and does not necessarily refer to “graphical” elements, either.
18). Corona system for label presses
Vetaphone has developed a compact corona treating system which consists of a small electrode-unit and a remote controlled generator with a built-in HP-transformer. The size of both generator and electrode-unit has been kept to a minimum, allowing the electrode-unit to be mounted directly in-line on narrow web presses, while the remote controlled generator can be hidden away behind the press.
19). Factors Influencing Label Printer Pricing
If you are in the market to hire a professional label printer, you have probably noticed that prices can vary a great deal among the various printers. Why will one label printer charge more than another? What influences the prices offered by a label printer? Let us look at a few factors influencing label printer prices.
Material Quality
In some cases, the price asked by a label printer will reflect the quality of materials used.
20). Green light for PE/PP labels
Recycling is to take a step forward for manufacturing and distribution companies with the development of a new range of thermal synthetic labels by a leading labelstock manufacturer.
Designed specifically for use on shrink wrap packaging, the thermal synthetic products on polypropylene and high density polyethylene are compatible with the film, allowing it to be easily recycled by the end user.
21). Product Diversity spurs cosmetics label growth
Demand for cosmetics and personal care products in general is flourishing, producing great opportunities for suppliers of all labelling products.
One of the driving forces behind this growth is the continual dynamism in the diversity of products in the end-user market, reports a new study by Frost £ Sullivan, the international marketing consulting company.
22). Synthetic sheets for all seasons
A company has introduced Polylitho self-adhesive sheets as a ready-to-print product designed for conventional litho and letter-press processes. It is also suitable for screen printing and for variable information systems such as dot matrix, thermal transfer and certain types of ink-jet printing. And it may be over-varnished.
Made of good clay coated polyolefin film with a matt finish and smoothness, Polylitho is laminated to a heavy bleached kraft backing material.
23). UK Vodka labels big in Poland
The label for a new premium brand of Polish Vodka, to be sold in its homeland, is being printed in the Midlands, UK.
A company is producing the label for the new Universum Vodka, produced by Polmos Siedlce in Eastern Poland. The complex label is a foil laminate, in nine colours with foil embossing and printed on the reverse side in Polish, allowing information to be read through the 40 per cent Vodka.
24). Label Printers Choose Materials Wisely
Not all labels are created equal. Labels can be made from a variety of materials and can feature any one of many different adhesives. Professional label printers understand how to select the right materials for any labeling need. How do label printers decide what kind of materials to use? Let us look at a few of the factors experts can consider when choosing labeling materials.
25). Printpad cuts the cost of labelling
Companies printing barcode labels in-house no longer have to tie-up PCs just to run their label printers, thanks to PrintPad, a dedicated barcode printing terminal.
Said to cut labelling costs while increasing productivity, the PrintPad is half the cost of a PC and is smaller than a laptop. It is rugged yet easily portable so can be used anywhere in the workplace.
26). Tactile danger warning must be raised
All chemicals sold to the public which are labelled ‘very toxic’, ‘toxic’, ‘corrosive’, ‘harmful’ or ‘extremely flammable’ must by law have a tactile danger warning label to alert the blind and partially sighted that they are handing a dangerous product. Such products also include any aerosol propelled by butane. These regulations have now been updated.
27). Ultra-fast thermal label saves print heads
A company has launched the first of a new generation of top coated thermal self-adhesive roll label materials, Taktik Themprint Advantahe Ultra-Fast.
This latest development in thermal imaging technology provides a labelling medium for bar coded price-weigh and box-end labelling requirements on a wide range of machines.
Its top coating provides excellent image protection of the thermal coating which needs less heat to create sharp bar codes and dense black text, says the manufacturer.
28). New software package for digital color label printing
QuickLabel Systems has announced the release of a new software package called Color QuickLabel 99. The package enhances the printing capabilities of the QLS series of color and monochrome label printers. CQL 99 engages the built-in microprocessors of QuickLabel Systems’ printers, allowing them to rapidly execute a myriad of complex functions.
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