How to choose the right bar code printer
The purchase of heat transfer barcode printer should pay attention to the following points, to be able to buy the right product for you.
(1) According to the bar code printing volume to determine the model
If you use barcode printers perform no more than 4000 copies a day, it is recommended that you purchase ordinary commercial type (some commonly known as office) printers, commercial bar code printer paper capacity and carbon capacity is small, the appearance of the entire product small and exquisite, very fit into the workplace, not size, the printing effect and the print quality can meet the demand. If you need more than 4000 labels a day, we recommend you to buy industrial bar code printer, because industrial bar code machine is mainly made of steel structure, can accommodate large paper roll and large length of carbon belt, in the service life and harsh environment, has excellent performance, is a suitable choice for large factories.
(2) Select models according to the printing quality requirements
For example, jewelry, mobile phones or small labels, you are advised to use a barcode printer of 300DPI. For other general wheat labels, 200DPI is fine.
(3) according to the type of bar code you want to print and the quality required to choose the model
At present, most bar code printers on the market can only use one printing language. For example, Zebra or Datamax, etc., can only use their own printing commands, which are incompatible with each other. If language compatibility can be considered when choosing a printer, the use of the printer can be improved to a greater extent. And now with the widespread use of two-dimensional bar codes (PDF417,QR Code, Maxicode), And other special 1d codes (EAN 8, 050102 EAN 13,Codabar,Code 39 Standard,Code 39 Extended, ODE 93 Standard,Code 93 Extended, Code 128, AbcCodabar,2/5 Datalogic,Code25, 2 of 5,Code 11 , Code25, 2 of 5, ITF,Code25, 2/5 Matrix,Code25, 2/5 Industrial ,Code25, 2/5 IATA,Code25, 2/5 INVERT,ITF6, ITF14 , ITF16,ISBN ,ISSN , The use of ISMN,UPC-A,UPC-E0,UPC-E1, UPC-shipping, PostNet,OPC,UCC/EAN 128), also requires different printer quality, these are the factors to consider when you choose the model.
(4) Choose products that have a formal foothold in China
In the past, many products in China were only sold by agents. It is likely that the main business of agents is not the products you want to buy, or the technical support of agents is not enough, but now it is different. Most of the dealers have accumulated rich experience in development. The formation of a leading young and high-tech terminal bar code knowledge centralized system program research and development team. They in warehouse management, collect the tickets queuing system, exhibition card system, barcode attendance system, charge system, Internet cafes label inventory management systems, hotel management system of personnel entering and leaving, enters sells saves the management system, library books management system management system such as system inheritance has a whole set of feasible technical scheme and the successful cases, and has a professional technical service engineers to solve trouble back at home for you.
(5) Select dealers who can provide comprehensive services
Some dealers, which all barcode printer products they are able to provide, in fact, for consumers, the most important thing is not this, consumers demand should be the dealer for a certain product technical support, after-sales service, and form a complete set of related products can complete offer, for example, collocation of printer consumables is a very important reference, Should be in the selection of printer at the same time, the dealer is required to provide the relevant appropriate supplies for this printer, because some inappropriate supplies and printer collocation may not be able to produce perfect printing effect.
(6) select the bar code printer for general consumables
Some printers brand, in order to take profit on consumables, often specify its products must match special consumable, otherwise unable to print out the good effect, even for damage as a result, don’t give a warranty, this is the printer when the choose and buy is definitely should pay attention to, especially now that the printer consumables falling prices, more should buy printer consumables general.
(7) select the function of practical, price really reflect the cost of bar code printer
Some foreign brands of bar code printers, price is very high, completely out of the real printer cost price, but in order to improve the price often joined some don’t often need to function in practical use, the reasons of thermal transfer printer is now unable to popularize mostly related to the choose and buy a moderate price, function appropriate printer is the best way to reduce costs. But it is not to say that the cheap printer is suitable for your use, some low price bar code printer quality on the market is not very good, very stable. You can’t buy a printer that prints for two days and repairs for three days.