• How Resilient is Your Labelling System?

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  • Your Printer Fleet

  • 3. How many thermal printers do you have?
  • 4. What label printer brands do you use?

  • 5. Do you have printers more than 5 years old?
  • 6. Are all your printers or PCs connected to your network?

  • Maintenance and Service

  • 7. Do you have knowledge of printer usage i.e. how many labels it's printed in it's life?
  • 8. Do you redeploy printers based on how many labels a printer prints?
  • 9. Do you have any on-site maintenance contracts for your printers?
  • 10. Do you use a 'Hot swap' repair service - i.e. a serviceable printer is sent out to replace a printer that's not working?
  • 11. Which of these spare parts do you keep a stock of:
  • 12. Do you clean dust from your printers?
  • 13. How often are your printers serviced:
  • 14. Do you have people you can call who are experts in labelling and printers?

  • Quality Control and Processes

  • 15. Do you have a system for checking your label/ribbon stock levels?
  • 16. Do you keep buffer stocks (i.e. clearly separate stocks either on site or readily available off site)?
  • 16. Traceability of labels (if you’ve printed the wrong stuff - how do you know who you’ve sent the wrong labels to)?
  • 17. Do you have documented labelling systems?
  • 18. Do you check incoming supplies before storing them to ensure they are serviceable when you need them?
  • 19. Do you have an automatic reorder system for labels and ribbons?
  • 20. Do you use a single source of data for your labels? i.e. you have one database that all systems share?

  • Checking Printed Label Quality

  • 21. Do you scan printed barcodes prior to dispatching product?
  • 22. Do you use a verifier to verify barcodes?
  • 23. What label printer training do staff receive?

  • 24. How are staff trained?

  • Label Management Software

  • 25. Are your Label software and templates backed up?
  • 26. Do you use automated data entry to eliminate data entry errors?
  • 27. Do you password protect or deny access to label designs to prevent label designs for being accidentally altered?
  • 28. Do you use a shared library of labels - available on the network?

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  • Labels and Ribbons

  • 29. Are your consumables supplied from a quality certified factory?
  • 30. How often are your labels and ribbon supplies delayed from your supplier?
  • 31. What is the longest consumable lead time you have?
  • 32. Do you have labels correctly matched to ribbons? i.e. you have tested a range of ribbons with your labels to eliminate scratching or rubbing off.

  • Finally,

  • Would you like to speak to one of our team to get some ideas about reducing your label printing risks?*
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