Industries Print Large Labels to Big Advantage

End user: Various industries including construction, timber, paper, transportation, manufacturing, automotive, chemical and textiles
System: Printing large labels (up to A3 size) on the SATO M10e thermal printer
Benefits: Wide web printers expand label options like never before. Larger labels allow for a mass of information to be presented in almost any format, making meeting industry standards easy

Overview

Today's industries are often required to label their products with a lot of information and at the same time comply with industry standards.

Issues: Information Overload

To provide all the necessary information in the right label format is often very difficult. Information may be left off or crammed on, or a product ends up covered in labels. Hunting the relevant barcode label then takes time, industry standards are not always met and goods arrive resembling a well-travelled suitcase, rather than a new product.

Solution

The SATO M10e wide web printer has solved these problems for many industries.

All in One

SATO M10e users now only need to print one label. One well-designed larger label contains all the barcodes, text and graphics they need. The result is better presentation and increased efficiency in finding and scanning the relevant barcodes.

Speed and Definition

Those who previously had to print their large barcodes "landscape style", have seen a tremendous boost in the speed of their label production. The M10e prints large labels horizontally, resulting in a quicker print speed and a better edge definition.

Company Identity

One SATO user complained he had to put so much information on the label, there was "no room for the company logo". The M10e solved his problem. He now prints labels large enough to present a clear, quality logo, reinforcing the brand with plenty of room for text and barcodes.

Readability at a distance

Getting close to a product to read its label is not always possible. You may store your products up high in the warehouse, or like one SATO user, you produce hazardous materials. Here staff protection is a matter of life or death. A large in-spec barcode provided the answer. Scanned at distance with a long-range scanner, staff could read the barcode from a safe distance.

Benefits

SATO's M10e boosts the speed of label production and produces better edge definition, by printing large barcodes horizontally. More information can be presented on its larger labels or information can be enlarged so it can be read from a distance. The increased flexibility in label formatting also makes it easier to comply with industry standards. Several labels can even be printed at the same time, if positioned across the printing web, saving time.

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