The number of industrial label printers available is in the thousands and without a doubt it may seem the best course of action is to stick with the old printer instead of taking hours to research. With new technology, printers are faster, more efficient and cost less to operate. In a few cases, a new printer can reduce label and ribbon cost by as much as 50%.
It is virtually impossible to to select a printer with clicks online. Take a look at our extensive list of industrial printer manufacturers, which includes a short overview of each company. As you review the different options, contact the Peak Technologies team of experts for further help determing the best industrial label printing solution for your business. If you’re ready to purchase, shop here.
3M
With $30 billion in sales, 3M employs 88,000 people worldwide and produces more than 55,000 products, including label printers.
Accraply
Accu-sort
Accu-Sort Systems (aquired by Datalogic) has been providing innovative solutions to automatic identification challenges since 1971. Today Accu-sort is a world leader in fixed-position laser and CCD scanners, with more than 80 percent of all parcels shipped in the U.S. passing under Accu-sort equipment.
Advanced Poly
Accu-Sort Systems (aquired by Datalogic) has been providing innovative solutions to automatic identification challenges since 1971. Today Accu-sort is a world leader in fixed-position laser and CCD scanners, with more than 80 percent of all parcels shipped in the U.S. passing under Accu-sort equipment.
AFCO
Since the company’s founding by Vincent Mallia in 1971, AFCO has been an industry pioneer with numerous patents and cutting edge designs that accommodate cabling, cooling, power, integration services, and on-site end-user usability challenges and requirements.
The ability to deliver a wide range of standard products to address end-user specific requirements has led many companies in the Fortune 500 to choose AFCO as their strategic partner with their data center and telecom infrastructure needs.
Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison is easy to label: It’s a global leader in the making of adhesive labels used on packaging, mailers, and other items. Pressure-sensitive adhesives and materials account for more than half of its sales. Its Pressure-sensitive Materials unit is split into two other units: Label and Packaging Materials (LPM) and Graphics and Reflective Solutions (GRS). Under the Avery Dennison and Fasson brands, it makes papers, films, and foils coated with adhesive and sold in rolls to printers. Its most widely used products are the self-adhesive stamps used by the US Postal Service since 1974. The company also makes retail branding and security tags, printer systems, and fasteners. $6.14 Billion annual revenue.
Brady
Brother
Brother International is part of one big global family. A subsidiary of Japan-based Brother Industries, Brother International sells inkjet and laser printers, fax machines, scanners, typewriters, stamp-making systems, laminators, electronic label printers, sewing machines, garment printers, gear motors, and machine tools manufactured by its parent company. Its products are marketed to consumers and businesses in North America and across Latin America. Through its subsidiaries, Brother International operates production and sales facilities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. The business, which accounts for more than 25% of its parent’s sales, was formed in 1954. $1.83 Billion annual revenue.
Casio
CASIO COMPUTER wants a watch on every wrist and a handheld computer in every pocket. The firm makes a wide range of electronics for consumers, including calculators, cell phones, digital cameras, portable TVs, watches, and musical keyboards. CASIO COMPUTER also manufactures computing and communications devices, like PDAs and electronic cash registers. The company seeks out superlatives when creating products: The G-Shock watch (launched in 1983) boasted it was the toughest (able to survive a three-story drop) and the EXILIM camera (2002) claimed to be the world’s thinnest (roughly the size of a credit card). The three younger brothers of late founder Tadao Kashio continue to run CASIO COMPUTER. $3.13 Billion annual revenue.
Citizen
An independent U.S. corporation, Citizen Systems America is the U.S. subsidiary of Citizen Systems Japan, a global manufacturer of mini-printers, industrial printing solutions, quartz crystals and oscillators. Citizen Systems America develops and markets Citizen healthcare devices, point-of-sale printers, industrial printing solutions, barcode label printers, portable thermal and serial matrix printers.
Datacard Group
The company, which does business as DataCard Group, offers card printers, laminators, digital cameras, engravers, mail handlers, and software that organizations use to manage, customize, and issue personalized credit and ID cards. DataCard products are used by financial institutions (credit cards, smart cards), corporations (badges), and government agencies (passports, national ID cards) in more than 120 countries. Established in 1969, the company also offers consulting, graphic design, and systems integration services. $198.5 Million annual sales.
Datamax O'neil
DYMO
Epson
Seiko Epson (doing business as Epson Corporation) makes its mark on paper and glass. A top printer manufacturer, the company produces dot matrix, ink jet, laser, and thermal printers, as well as components and ink cartridges. Its product portfolio also includes projectors, scanners, and PCs; electronic devices and components, including semiconductors and LCDs; and precision products, such as lenses and factory automation equipment. Epson has manufacturing facilities in more than 25 countries and sales offices around the world. The company generates more than half of its sales in the Asia/Pacific region. Other Seiko companies include Seiko Holdings and Seiko Instruments.
Evolis
Intermec
K-Sun
Kroy
OKI
Panduit
Primera Technology
Printronix
Printronix produces a plethora of practical printing products. A leading maker of high-speed industrial printers, Corona Investment Partners portfolio company Printronix develops line matrix printers for heavy-duty jobs such as invoicing, continuous form printing, and bar code label printing. Its laser and thermal printers are used for business and industrial applications.
Other products include radio-frequency identification (RFID) printers and printer management systems that let users monitor and configure networked printers from standard Web browsers. The company offers two of the most-trusted brand names in industrial, back office, and supply chain printing, Printronix and TallyGenicom.
Sato
SATO is a pioneer and leading global provider of integrated Automatic Identification and Data Collection solutions that leverage barcode, two-dimensional stacked & QR code, color code, digital watermarking, and UHF/HF/PJM RFID technologies. SATO delivers innovative end-to-end solutions to businesses as a single point responsibility for hardware, consumables, maintenance management, application software, each designed to enhance customer value.
SATO solutions enable better business efficiencies and environmental protection to contribute to the development of a sustainable world Founded in 1940, SATO is publicly listed on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan.
Seiko
Make every hour count, and Seiko Instruments (SII) will keep count of every hour. The company designs and manufactures a slew of electronic components, communications equipment, and scientific instruments, as well as precision timepiece products. Its lineup runs from semiconductors to crystal oscillators and liquid crystal displays, scanning probe microscopes, focused ion beam systems, thermal printers, and machine grinders and spindles. The company also makes microbatteries for designer quartz watches and SoftBank brand connect cards for PCs. SII subsidiaries and representative offices dot the world. SII, Seiko Precision, and Seiko NPC Corp. together form the precision products business of Seiko Holdings Corp.
Thomas Betts
Thomas & Betts Corporation is a leading designer and manufacturer of electrical components used in industrial and commercial markets.
Toshiba
Toshiba products play an active role, be it in computing, controlling, powering, or communicating — transporting, playing, or even just chillin’. The company’s portfolio includes personal and professional computers (PCs, point-of-sale systems), telecommunications and medical equipment (LCDs for mobile devices, X-ray machines), industrial machinery (power plant reactors, elevators), consumer appliances (air conditioners, Blu-ray Disc recorders), electronic components (electron tubes, batteries), and semiconductors. Its portfolio also includes air traffic control and railway transportation systems. Customers outside Japan account for 55% of Toshiba’s revenues.
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Wasp Barcode Technologies
With over 275,000 loyal customers, Wasp Barcode is an award winning provider of barcode technology software and solutions including barcode scanners, barcode printers, inventory software, asset tracking, time and attendance systems, Point of Sale (POS) systems and a range of barcode labels and barcode accessories. Since 1996 small and medium sized business have been using equipment from Wasp Barcode to manage their companies more efficiently saving time and money in manufacturing, warehousing & distribution, retail, government, education as well as healthcare services.
Zebra
As you make your selection, here are variables to consider:
TYPE OF PRINTER
Desktop
Industrial
Portable
PRINTER TECHNOLOGY
Direct Thermal
Dot Matrix
Ink Jet
Ink-jet printing is rare in label printers, but in applications which require labels with multiple colors, it’s often the only option. You will always pay more for an ink-jet model, and they will also require more maintenance. Unless you require color labels, there’s really no reason to buy one of these models.
Thermal Transfer
Thermal transfer printers such as the use a thermal-reactive ink ribbon which is melted onto the label by the printhead. This technology allows for very durable printing on a number of labels beyond paper, including plastics like polyester and polypropylene. While it’s more expensive than direct thermal printing, it’s better suited for long term applications like product labels, location tags, and outdoor wristbands.
- Black Marked Labels
- Continuous Label Roll
- Die Cut Labels
- Fanfolded Labels
- Notched Labels
- Roll-Fed Labels
- Tags
- Wristbands
- Color
- RFID
- Double-sided
- Consumer Goods
- Education
- Enterprise
- Government
- Healthcare
- Home Office
- Hospitality
- Industrial
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
- Retail
- Services
- Transportation
- Bluetooth
- Ethernet
- Parallel Port
- RS-232 Serial Port
- USB 2.0
- WiFu
- Linux
- Mac OS X
- Windows
- Automatic Cutter – A physical feature which automatically cuts a printed label after the printing task is done.
- Automatic Peeler – A physical feature which automatically cuts a printed label after the printing task is done.
- Drop Resistant – A durability feature mostly for mobile label printers, being drop resistant is good for mobile models which are going to be used in harsh environments.
- Manual Cutter – The inclusion of a manual cutting blade or serrated edge to slice labels off of a roll.
- Media Counter – The ability for a label printer to count the total number of labels it prints over time.
- Media Rewind – The ability for a label printer to rewind media backwards into its media holder.
- Mirror Print – The ability for a label printer to print any image mirrored from how it was originally going to print.
- Multiple Print Option – For label printers that can print multiple copies of the same label.
- Peel w/Liner Rewind – The ability for a label printer to peel while rewinding media liner.
- Peel w/out Liner Rewind – The ability for a label printer to peel without rewinding media liner.
- Ribbon Life Indicator – The ability for a printer to record its current level of a ribbon on a label printer.
- Rotate Print – The ability for a printer to rotate what it’s printing.
- Spill Resistant Body – A durability feature which makes a printer resistant to liquid spills.
- Vertical Print – The ability for a label printer to print long, vertical images on continuous rolls of media.
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