LABELS DIVISION

Frustrated with the quality of your labels?

The question of how to reduce the cost of consumable packaging and

labelling without accruing additional cost through errors and recalls is one of
the biggest issues facing manufacturing organisations today.

Many companies will experience poor print quality label it prints will last as long as the product’s life,
at some point, often overlooked until it causes a that business is at risk of non-compliance.
problem, and then it becomes very expensive to
Using the correct printing provisions is essential;
rectify.
industries such as chemical, automotive,
Problems can occur from numerous flaws in the pharmaceutical and medical device require
labelling process. Often than, it is an operator- specific materials in order to meet industry
error, such as the wrong printer setup or, in the compliance regulations. Using the wrong
majority of cases, the company is simply using adhesive, label or ribbon can result in non-
the incorrect ribbon type for the material being compliance, leading to products being recalled or
used to print the labels. The label material and the seized, and a significant loss in profit as well as
print quality required will determine which grade damage to an organisation’s reputation. To be in
of ribbon you need to use; getting either of these accordance with specific regulations, it’s not just
wrong could result in any of the following: about the materials but the combination of those
materials that’s important.
• Barcode bars too light (underburn) Implementing a quality assurance programme
• Barcode bars become too thick (overburn) with the appropriate training of operators to
recognise issues prior to printing will eliminate
• Unwanted diagonal lines appear most print quality problems. Some labellers try to
save money by choosing to use the lowest cost
• Poor edge definition materials available, but this doesn’t pay off in
• Smudges the long run. We would advise that all labellers
check with their label, ribbon and printer suppliers
• Missing characters to ensure that the proper material combination is
being used to avoid poor quality, transit damage,
• Material disintegrating
or compliance problems; most will be able to
• Faded information provide a list of approved options.
Utilising the expertise and knowledge that
Sometimes, poor quality is not a result of the specialised labelling manufacturers have to
production process itself but occurs when the offer on the challenges of label production and
labels are in transit and the material type does management is a great resource if you are
not meet the specific industry purpose. Once the experiencing problems.
labels have been fixed to the product/shipping
pallet, left the distribution hub and are in transit to If any of the above sounds familiar to you, contact
their destination, they can be knocked, scraped our experienced label and production team to
and rubbed against by opposing materials, inquire about our complimentary label evaluation
therefore resulting in crucial information being by email info@prisymlabels.co.uk or give us a
eroded. If a business cannot guarantee that the call on 0118 936 4444.

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