Category Archives: Barcode Label Information

Barcode labels are used everywhere. Find information about barcode labels, the materials they are made from, the sometimes strange applications you can find them in, and new ideas that are emerging.

“Fingerprinting” RFID Tags

December 14, 2009 – 12:03 pm

“Fingerprinting” RFID Tags In recent years, RFID tags have been a growing trend in many sectors of business worldwide, as RFID tags have allowed more efficiency out of companies who have begun to use them. RFID tags could soon even be in your passport or drivers license, as they can store such information on small [...]

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Stamps.com Labels

December 7, 2009 – 2:58 pm

Stamps.com Shipping Labels If you or your company currently uses 4×6 shipping labels, you might be overpaying considerably. These labels can be used as shipping labels, and are printed from your Inkjet/Laser printers. These labels are easy, low maintenance shipping labels that you can make from home. Just simply add these shipping labels into your Inkjet/Laser [...]

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Holiday Labels

December 7, 2009 – 1:10 pm

Holiday Labels from Adazon It’s that time of the year again, and as the holidays approach be sure to check out Adazons new customized holiday labels! Our new customizable labels feature your choice of holiday graphics, as well as your customized name on each label! Brighten the holidays of those around you with Adazons customized [...]

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Stanford Hospital improves Patient Safety using bar coding

November 30, 2009 – 12:37 pm

Stanford Hospital improves Patient Safety using bar coding Internationally acclaimed Stanford Hospital & clinics are some of the most advanced and respected medical facilities in the United States today. Often known for the high level of patient care, as well as treatments of rare, complex disorders have made the Stanford medical facilities one of a [...]

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Consecutive Numbered & Barcode Labels

October 26, 2009 – 11:18 am

Consecutive Numbered & Barcode Labels Initially developed to help speed up grocery store checkout speed, consecutively numbered, barcode labels and variable data labels have since become a large part of our retail industry.  Now a staple point of any company who needs to ship their products, and keep accurate inventory, barcode labels have exploded into one [...]

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UPC Codes Show Country Of Origin

October 22, 2009 – 9:17 am

UPC Codes Show Country Of Origin With all the tainted products being imported these days, its hard to trust out of country products. Often times in recent memory, Chinese products have been the focus of many of these investigations as manufacturing standards and laws are simply out of date. With so many problems, Americans have [...]

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What is a UPC Code?

October 20, 2009 – 12:26 pm

What is a UPC Code? You know how every time you go to the grocery store, the clerk has to scan those little black lines into his computer before you can pay? Well those little black lines, or the UPC code, plays a vital role in today’s world. Almost every product on the market today [...]

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The 35th Anniversary of the Barcode

October 12, 2009 – 10:25 am

You know those black and white lines on the back or side of your drink you bought at the store? Or maybe those weird lines on your pack of gum? Those lines, are called a Barcode or U.P.C code.  Well, today is the 35th anniversary of the Universal Product Code (U.P.C.) Barcode and will be [...]

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Beauty & Personal Care Labels

September 29, 2009 – 8:28 am

Beauty and Personal care labeling can be a tough market, but with advances in technology, you can stay ahead of the competition with cold foil labels.

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Sewn-In Barcodes

September 21, 2009 – 1:03 pm

Sewn In Tags found on most household furniture now contain barcodes on them.

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