Traveling With RFID Tags

 RFID Tags For Your Luggage If you’ve ever flown on an international flight, you know that having baggage lost  is frustrating and it can be almost impossible to get it back. And  while technology exists to keep better track of our luggage, only 11% of airlines are now using it. This technology is RFID, or […]

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Zebra Thermal Label Printers

 Zebra Thermal Label Printer Supplies If you own a barcode software, you know how important having the right parts is. There are thousands and thousands of different types of thermal media available out today, but Zebra’s labels, tags, wristbands, and ribbons are specifically engineered to optimize performance with Zebra printers. Like Zebra printers, genuine Zebra […]

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Using Barcodes in the Lumber Industry

Using Barcodes in the Lumber Industry In today’s world, keeping track of logged trees is a lot easier when you know how many there are, where they are and even what kind of trees, how old they are and other useful information. Or at least that’s the belief of a company called  “Helveta”, a British […]

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Baking By Bar Code

Baking By Bar Code Imagine trying that delicious new recipe you are dying to try, but just cant make. What if by simply scanning a barcode label, a machine could now cook for you. Seattle based Salton introduces a new era of kitchen technologies that make this possible.  Salton’s new line of hi-tech kitchen accessories […]

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Cell Phone Meets Barcode Scanner

Cell Phone Meets Barcode Scanner Imagine driving by a for sale house, and with the click of a button on your cell phone, you know how many bedrooms and bathrooms are in the house, the listing price, realtor, even a phone number to follow up with. With new barcode scanning technology now allowing cell phones […]

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Labelmate Mini-CAT Rewinders

 Mini-CAT Label Rewinders Labelmate has made a splash in the label industry. With the Mini-CAT (Constant Adjustable Torque) Label Rewinder, you can rewind label rolls up to 125mm ( 5”) wide and up to 220mm (8.6”) in diameter at speeds up to 500mm/sec!  All of this is also offered at a low cost, providing a […]

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Windows Mobile Operating System

Windows 6.5 Mobile Operating System The new Windows Mobile v6.5 Operating system, the ultimate personal or business software for your phone. The new operating system can take advantage of wireless internet, allowing you to surf the web, access Outlook for e-mail, as well as the ability to sign in to your Microsoft Liveone account. This […]

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Brand Name Ink vs. Generic Ink

Generic Inks: Are they really the same? With some of the high costs that can be associated with buying ink or ink cartridges, at some point the question will be raised, should I buy generic? Should I just refill my old ink cartridge? Buy a new name brand?  With tougher economic times, and companies cutting […]

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How To Clean A Print Head

Thermal print heads on barcode and receipt printers should be viewed as just another consumable. For a thermal transfer setup, the consumables include the labels, the barcode ribbon and the print head. On a direct thermal setup, you have just the labels and the print head. Print heads range from $300 to $1000’s of dollars, […]

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New iPhone Red Laser Barcode Scanner

iPhone Red Laser Barcode Scanner With all of the new iPhone applications out there today, one of the newest and most interesting applications, the Red Laser application comes out on top. Previously there have been a few attempts at making the iPhone a barcode scanners, none have been as successful as the Red Laser application. What […]

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