Picking the Right Label Printer

Many labs, manufacturing facilities, factories, and other industrial businesses have overly expensive, slow, and inefficient label printers. Whether you need labels for storage, shipping, inventory, equipment, safety, or any other application, it is important to choose a printer with the right features. Since thermal, inkjet, and laser printers can all print labels, make sure to compare their benefits and shortcomings to make the right choice.

If your printing needs have changed over time, then consider changing your printer as well. You may have to consider various factors to select a label printer for your specific needs. Print quality, printing frequency, user-friendliness, total cost, and maintenance requirements all play a major part.

Required Features

Once you’ve identified the quality of labels you want, you may want to answer the following questions to select a label maker for your printing needs:

• What type of surface will the labels be applied too?
• What type of material do you need to print on?
• Does your text/label size have specific engineer specs?
• How many labels do you need to print at a time?
• How often do you need to print labels?
• How easily can you load label media?
• How long a label can be exposed to ultraviolet light before it gets faded?
• Do you prefer a portable (with keyboard) or desktop (computer based) printer?

Most importantly, you should consider more than price to choose a label printer.

A majority of thermal printers offer convenience, quality, and cost benefits over inkjet and laser models. Though these benefits are evident even at low printing volumes, don’t forget to consider your printing requirements before making a choice.

Neumann Marking Solutions presents a wide range of smart solutions for high performance label printing. These innovative, easy-to-use printers can usually print tags, wire sleeves, wire wraps, and labels.

If you would like to talk to someone about your labeling needs, give us a call or send us an email at info@neumannmarking.com. We have a number of industrial labeling experts on hand to chat with you.

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