Flexographic, Digital Offset, and UV Inkjet: What are the Differences?
There are various reasons it might not be feasible to print barcode labels in your facility—extremely high volumes, real estate constraints, and specialized...
6 Reasons You Should Add Color to Your Labware Barcoding Strategy
A stark white field behind a series of pristine black lines forms the trusty barcode. As sharp of an image as this may be, one barcode looks just the same as the next...
What is Barcode Resolution and Does DPI Matter?
Most thermal transfer printers offer models with varying print resolutions. When comparing different models, you will see figures ranging from 203 to 300, even 600 dpi....
Why Aren’t My Barcodes Scanning? 3 Common Problems & Solutions
Is scanning your bar codes more difficult than it should be? There are many reasons bar codes might not scan and most of them can be boiled down to one of three things:...
Do I Need Custom Label Design Software? 3 Questions to Ask Yourself
The impetus of this post was an interesting question. As a software developer I’m usually involved in projects that require me to write a program to print a label. I...
How to Design a Label: What is Label Design Software and When is it Necessary?
Hello Computype blog readers, Dave the software developer here. Now you may be wondering, what is a software developer doing at a label manufacturer? Well, I honestly...