How much do you know about barcode printers? When it comes to barcode printers, we need to know its name and some of its common names. Because many times, people often call the name is not necessarily his real name. In fact, bar code printer and bar code printer is one thing. I believe we can often encounter such a situation. When you go to the mall or supermarket to buy things, you will see that there are small labels on the goods, and the labels are vertical roads one by one (this name is very unprofessional, but it is very straightforward). When we go to check out, the salesperson scans the label on the goods with a hand-held scanner, the price you should pay for this product is immediately displayed on the terminal pos machine. Here we say the vertical professional term called bar code, its wide application directly led to the rapid popularization of its corresponding equipment, and bar code printer as one of the important equipment of bar code application is widely used in manufacturing, logistics and other industries that need to print labels. Although barcode label printers have been widely used, there are not many users who can really understand the printer. Therefore, today we will talk about this barcode printer so that everyone can have a general understanding of it.

What is 1. barcode printer (or barcode printer):

As the name implies, the barcode printer is of course a barcode printer that prints barcodes. Ordinary printers are mainly used in shopping malls. The bar code printer prints the ink on the carbon ribbon (equivalent to the needle ribbon) on the bar code printing paper (there is a certain standard size of adhesive printing paper) through the print head of the bar code printer. Although it can be used as a normal label printer (if you are not too narrow :)), it is still used most of the time (99.999999999 per cent) to print commodity barcodes. For another example, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Many friends have to buy train tickets to go home. The bar codes on the train tickets are printed by these bar code devices. (It seems that bar codes still do not exist all the time in our lives)

The biggest difference between bar code printers and ordinary printers is that the printing of bar code printers is based on heat, with carbon tape as the printing medium (or directly using thermal paper) to complete the printing. The biggest advantage of this printing method relative to ordinary printing method is that it can achieve continuous high-speed printing without being attended.

The most important component of the bar code printer is the print head. The print head of the bar code device is composed of a thermal electric group. The printing process is the process in which the thermal electric group heats up and transfers the toner on the carbon tape to the paper. Therefore, when purchasing a barcode printer, the print head of the barcode device is a component that deserves special attention, and its cooperation with the ribbon is the soul of the entire printing process. Due to brand differences, there are two different print heads for common bar code printers in the current domestic market. One is a flat print head. The entire print head is pressed on a carbon tape. This print head can adapt to various carbon tapes., Has a wide range of user groups, this kind of print head is the most common, widely used in various brands of bar code printers; the other is a floating print head, which is a new type of print head mode, the print head is only pressed on the ribbon at the tip. Although this print head has relatively high requirements for the ribbon, it has the function of saving the ribbon, so it is widely used by some large companies with strong technical force.

Technical parameters and performance of 2. barcode printer:

1. Printing width: indicates the maximum width that the printer can print, and also represents the grade of bar code printer. Generally speaking, the printing width has several choices from 3 inches to 8 inches. The printing width is the decisive factor in selecting the printer. Users should choose the bar code printer suitable for themselves according to their actual needs.

2. Printing accuracy: The higher the accuracy of the printer, the clearer the printing. Now the highest printing accuracy is 600dpi, while 200dpi or 300dpi can meet the daily needs of the industry. Users do not need to invest too much in pursuit of high printing accuracy.

3, printing speed: fast speed is the biggest advantage of the printer for ordinary printers. Its speed can reach 12 inches/second. For the same machine, the faster the speed, the lower the accuracy. So users must adjust the machine themselves to achieve the perfect combination of speed and precision.

4. Interface: The general parallel port is the standard interface of the printer.

5. Others: In order to make the printer meet the requirements of users, various manufacturers have designed many optional accessories: cutters, strippers, paper holders, etc. Users can choose and buy according to their specific requirements.

3. bar code printer market situation:

At present, due to the decline in domestic printers with the price, has begun to gradually spread, in foreign countries, almost all production units are equipped with a label bar code printer (I. e. LABELPRINTER and BARCODEPRINTER), used in product identification and other aspects, and most companies have bar code reader (I. e. SCANNER) and bar code data collector (disk machine) and other ancillary equipment of the printer, the formation of the company's internal management of the bar code management automation management mode. Now, let's briefly introduce the situation of bar code printers in China.

Do you want to use your barcode printer more conveniently and quickly? Therefore, we must master its principle and structure. Only when we understand it clearly can we use it freely. Pay attention to the WeChat public number of Hongxing Yongli [www.xingyongli.com] at the bottom right, bar code experts are by your side!