Choosing a Label Printer can be Confusing
Choosing a Label Printer can be Confusing
Here's our advice in a nutshell:
Printer Type:
recommended - Thermal Transfer (requires a ribbon, best for outdoor exposure and hot surfaces)
minimum - Direct Thermal (prints on thermal paper, no ribbon, best for indoors and cool surfaces)
Printer Resolution:
recommended
- 300 dpi
minimum - 200 dpi
Printer Communication:
recommended - USB
Ribbon Type:
heavy duty - resin
standard duty - wax + resin
minimum - wax
Label Type:
heavy duty - polypro or other plastic
standard duty - plain paper
minimum - thermal paper (only for cool surfaces)
PypeServer maintains a list of
printer, ribbon, and label options that work well with our software:
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