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.
Pos Hardware – More Options In Less Space
Point of Sale hardware, the till at a shop check out, has become very complex over the past ten years. Modern POS hardware includes the cash till, bar-code readers, scales, belts, communications system and modem.
When there is an electricity supply cut, large stores have little option about closing. It is not as simple as adding up the items in a basket with a calculator. The POS till includes inventory control, deducting items from stock as they are sold. The inventory co…
An Introduction To Barcodes
Barcodes encode numeric or textual information in a printable, machine-readable form. The use of barcodes can significantly reduce cost of warehouse management and inventory. Two main forms of barcodes exist today: Linear or normal barcodes encode data over a horizontal stretch of space or one dimension. This kind of barcode typically encodes between four and forty digits or characters. So called area codes encode data in two dimensions, resulting in much higher density which…
An Introduction To Barcode Equipment
A complete barcode system will consist of software, scanners, a printer or labeler and labels for thermo transfer or thermo direct printing. Also of interest are mobile terminals for mobile data acquisition with a built-in scanner or reader, a display and a keyboard. A POS (point of sale) solution will require laser barcode scanners with high throughput and automatic triggering for hands-free barcode scanning.
Barcode Software
Barcodes are created with special software….