From time to time EIM is asked to provide statements concerning RoHS, REACH and Halogen Content. All of this relates to “green” initiatives, primarily started in the European marketplace concerning substances that are not environmentally friendly, and in many cases are downright dangerous. In regards to “Halogen Content”, we are specifically talking about Chlorine, Fluorine, […]
As we celebrate our 25th Anniversary this year, we thought we would share a “Brief History of our Company” based on the recollections of our founder, Paul Henkel. In 1987, Paul and his wife Sue invested most of their savings and started working out of a garage, producing labels on a single label-cutting-and-printing machine. In […]
Some students may think that an internship is a waste of time when they are learning everything they need to know in the classroom. But I say that is wrong. An internship gives so much more than a classroom setting can ever offer. The main advantage of an internship is the on-hand training in a […]
Loaning out fancy designer duds? Better have some barcode clothing labels to keep track of it all! Believe or not, an A-list celebrity was caught red-handed by the paparazzi with barcode labels still stuck to the bottom of her heels at a Red Carpet event! The fact is that celebrities don’t always buy their gowns […]
Do you have a roll-form label printer that prints without a printing ribbon? If it doesn’t use ink cartridges, chances are it is what we call a direct thermal printer; some models will print in either direct thermal (aka thermal) or thermal transfer mode, simply by flipping a switch. Many people prefer to use heat-activated, […]
Customer Spotlight: BS5609 Labels for Underwater Equipment For a select few curious people we call oceanographers, the ocean is a vast underwater world filled with new discoveries. What types of marine organisms and ecosystems live in the vast oceans that can survive the dark depths of the sea, and haven’t yet been revealed? And what […]
n any research or clinical environment, proper sample identification can be the difference between groundbreaking discoveries and months of setbacks. Yet standard labels often don’t stand a chance in ultra-cold freezers, let alone in liquid nitrogen storage. That’s why frozen tube labels have become indispensable in modern laboratories. Designed to tolerate temperatures reaching as low […]
You have probably seen scanners at work “reading” barcodes. We know some form of intelligent understanding takes place as a flashing red light passes over a barcode. But what is really going on? The purpose of a barcode scanner is to scan (read) a barcode symbol and then provide an electrical output to a computer […]
Nanavut Gold Needs Mining Tags North of the 60th Parallel! What’s there? And what would they need mining tags for? The Canadian territories of the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut along with the remote parts of the U.S. For those of you who find it hard to keep up with geographical changes, Nunavut is […]
School Asset Labels for Universities One of our higher education customers was ahead of the game this spring when they contacted us for extra tough labels to put on the door frames in all their residence halls, classrooms, student activity centers and maintenance buildings. These door frame labels will be used along with school asset […]
Produce distribution requires inventory storage, inventory storage requires a widespread warehouse and a widespread warehouse requires barcode labels that can scan long distances. For sizable warehouse applications, retro-reflective labels are the way to go. The family-owned enterprise that we work with is responsible for importing produce, storing it, and distributing it to local stores (where […]
PROBLEM: Barcodes printed on Direct Thermal label material are not supposed to look as bright and vivid as those printed with ribbons on Thermal Transfer media. If they do, then more than likely you are applying too much heat to give them the super dark look you like. Unfortunately, by cranking up the heat, the barcodes […]
