The Right Barcode Label Material
So, you just bought your first thermal transfer printer and now you have to find the perfect label for your printing application.
Thermal printers are great for printing shipping labels, warehouse rack...
RFID: A Smart Tag Primer
Good things come in small packages. This familiar cliché usually refers to precious stones, but today its taken on new meaning, in that small things are now protecting items we deem valuable.Analysts...
RFID For Beginners
RFID technology is used frequently today and has been around since the 1920s, but not many people know about, or understand it. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification and is used to store and retrieve...
Choosing the Right Barcode Scanner; Laser or CCD
Barcode scanners have been on the market for a number of years. You can pay as little as $50 for a scanner up to several thousand depending on durability, scan engine and whether its laser or CCD. How...
BIGSquid RFID: Leading RFID Solution in India
BIGSquid RFID: Leading RFID Solution in IndiaRFID (pronounced as separate letters) short for radio frequency identification. It is a technology, which uniquely identifies objects automatically using wireless...
Walmart is Watching ... Almost
The New York Times reported that the RFID rollout at Walmart has slowed down. Actually, the first deployment of RFID at Walmart is only at the pallet level, not at the product level, so all Walmart will...
How do bar codes work? - a simple primer
How do bar codes work? -- a simple primer
Whats black and white and read all over? Sure, its an old joke. But before you say a zebra with a suntan or skunk in a blender, think bar code. Weve all grown...
BIGSquid RFID: Leading RFID Solution in India
BIGSquid RFID: Leading RFID Solution in India RFID (pronounced as separate letters) short for radio frequency identification. It is a technology, which uniquely identifies objects automatically using...
Symbology, Incorporated Celebrates 25th Anniversary
On March 17, 2005, Symbology, Incorporated celebrated its 25th anniversary as a bar code technologies expert. A specialty manufacturer of sequentially numbered bar code labels, the company is also a provider...
The Skinny on RFID
RFID is the abbreviation for Radio Frequency Identification. RFID is a method used to store and retrieve data using RFID transponders or tags. RFID tags have antennas that allow them to accept and respond...
Barcode Printers for Your Business
Choosing the right barcode printer for your needs can be a bit overwhelming. There are a few questions you must ask yourself before buying a printer. The first is what are you printing? Most people use...
What is RFID and how will it help me?
RFID technolgy has been around for a few years but we are just hitting the tip of the iceberg when it comes to its many uses. Most people dont even know what RFID is but odds are they have already been...
All Thermal Transfer Ribbons Are Not Created Equal
Thermal transfer printing has been around for several years. When it comes to printing basic shipping labels or product identification labels, a wax ribbon will do the trick. The consumer can get overwhelmed...
Wireless Shopping with RFID
So wireless networking has got rid of your network cables and your USB cables... what can it do next? Well, the answer might surprise you: wireless is going shopping. There is a small army of uses for...
Beware of the Bigger Bar Code
Just like the Y2K problem, longer bar codes will require costly system upgrades. Heres why manufacturers may be immune and retailers might be scrambling as the deadline approaches. In a little over...
BIGSQUID : Emerging to RFID Enterprise Solution
BIGSQUID : Emerging to RFID Enterprise SolutionAbout RFIDRadio frequency identification or RFID, is a generic term for technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify people or objects. There...
5 Most Common Objections Towards Implementing RFID
1. Implementing RFID Is Cost ProhibitiveComparing the cost of an RFID tag with the cost of a barcode label highlights a glaring cost difference. This type of cost comparison does not tell the true tale...
The Advantages of RFID Credit Cards
With all of the wireless technology that is available these days, its almost a question of how much farther can we go to make things easier? Even swiping a credit card has become too much for some and...
Finding A Bar Code Printer For You
For years, I used handmade price tags in my small business. This was not only time consuming in terms of creating the price tags, it also made it difficult to keep track of my inventory. Bar code printing,...
