Selecting the right barcode label can impact more than the efficiency of your printer;
it can impact operational efficiency.
When you print barcode labels from your desktop or tabletop printer, you’re left with rolls of liner material that needs to be disposed of. Well, what was once only available for mobile printers has now become available to other printers: linerless barcode labels.
Linerless labels, also called liner-free, have many advantages and do not have a liner or backing paper. Instead, you can simply grab the label and place it on the object as it comes out of the printer. Linerless labels feature a silicone release coating on the top layer of the labels and special adhesive that enables them to peel away from the labels underneath.
But do you need a special printer that can handle linerless labels? No. Depending upon your barcode label printer, you can retrofit your existing printer or upgrade to a linerless model. The specialists at Imprint can help you determine the best option to allow easy linerless label printing at your facility.
Linerless labels can help improve productivity and output by requiring fewer media roll changes between print runs, which means less downtime. Less downtime helps to increase your manufacturing efficiency and saving costs for your business.
Advantages of Using Linerless Labels
Incorporating linerless labels in your facility can increase operations and decrease costs. With no liners, these labels reduce disposal costs and waste. This advantage can decrease your footprint while positively impacting the environment, supporting waste-reduction efforts and compliance with government environmental directives.
Linerless labels means you get 50% more labels per roll. There are no additional steps of peeling a label from a liner and disposing said liner, allowing for faster processing. And with no accumulating liner piles, linerless labels can reduce workplace slip hazards.
Linerless printing decreases the weight of mobile printers and reduces label roll shipping costs and storage requirements, as linerless rolls weigh up to 40% less than traditional lined rolls. Linerless labels are available in different lengths and for different applications, including food and beverage, pharmaceutical, retail, parcels, and more.
Printers That Use Linerless Labels
Linerless labels typically require a higher print darkness setting than standard direct thermal labels. The heat generated by the printhead must penetrate through the release coating to activate the direct thermal chemistry to create a readable and durable image. It’s important to make sure that the printer you use is properly adjusted to the right settings.
And don’t get rid of your barcode label printer just yet, it might be able to handle linerless labels. Depending upon the model of your printer, you could get it retrofitted to meet the needs of linerless printing. Whether using a tabletop, desktop, or mobile printer, these are the barcode printers that work with linerless labels:
- ZT411 Direct Thermal
- ZD621 Direct Thermal
- ZD611 Direct Thermal
- ZQ600 Plus Series
- ZQ500 Series
- ZQ300 Plus Series
The Quality You Deserve from the Experts You Trust
Linerless labels can help improve productivity and output by requiring fewer media roll changes between print runs, which means less downtime. Less downtime helps to increase your manufacturing efficiency and saving costs for your business. Incorporating linerless labels in your facility doesn’t necessarily mean getting new printers either.
Zebra has more than three decades of thermal label printing supplies manufacturing experience with a dedicated R&D team. Their supplies lab exclusively focuses on developing unique printing supply solutions. You can count on them to ensure the quality of your printing supplies with confidence.
The specialists at Imprint, a Premier Solution Partner with Zebra, can help assess your barcode labeling process to identify opportunities for improvement and suggest the best solution to optimize productivity. Imprint is different from other licensed vendors. Their specialists understand high-volume, industrial, B2B needs. Spending money on quality products and services means you save more in resources and equipment in the long run. At Imprint, it is about the relationship, not the sale.
Contact Imprint Enterprises today to discuss Zebra’s linerless printing solutions.
