What is a Label Printing Scale? How to Set It Up for Retail Stores

Whether you run a supermarket, butcher shop, or deli, tools that simplify weighing and pricing are essential. Label printing scales are growing in popularity for their convenience and efficiency.

What is a Label Printing Scale?

A label printing scale is a specialized weighing device that combines the functionality of a weighing scale with an integrated printing module.

It typically comes with a keypad and a display, facilitating input and output operations. A keypad is a set of buttons that allow users to input information, such as product codes, quantities, and prices. The display shows product-related data, including item name, weight, unit price, and total price.

In retail environments, the barcode label scale weighs bulk or unpackaged products like fresh produce and meat, then computes prices, and prints labels that display essential product information, such as weight, price per unit, total cost, print date, expiration date, and product barcode.

These scale labels provide clarity for customers, ensuring they have all the necessary details about the product.

Additionally, product barcodes labeled on the goods speed up the checkout process by enabling quick and accurate scanning through the POS system, while also enhancing inventory management with real-time stock updates.

Label printing scales are essential for retail environments, like supermarkets, butcher shops, delis, and bakeries, where bulk products like meat, cheese, produce, and baked goods need to be weighed and labeled accurately before being sold. Common examples include meat and deli scales with integrated printers.

How to Set Up a Label Printing Scale?

Setting up a label scale involves many steps, as outlined below:

1. Unpacking and Assembly

Carefully unpack this digital price scale, ensuring all components are present. Refer to the user manual for specific assembly instructions, as steps may vary slightly between different models. Install the scale on a stable, level surface.

2. Connecting Power and Peripherals

Connect the barcode label scale to a power source using the provided power cord. If applicable, connect any external devices such as a barcode scanner. Ensure that all connections are secure.

3. Installing Software (if required)

Some retail scales require specific software to be installed on a computer for configuration and data management. Follow the software installation instructions provided by the weighing scale manufacturer.

4. Configuring the Label Scale

● Date and Time: Set the correct date and time on the commercial scale.

● Printing Settings: Configure the printing settings according to your label requirements, including label size, font, and content.

● Network Settings: If the barcode label printing scale has networking capabilities, configure the network settings to connect it to your local area network. Ethernet and Wi-Fi are the most common connection methods.

Large supermarkets and chain retail stores typically require label printing scales to connect to a network and POS system. This allows for real-time synchronization and updates of product information, pricing, and inventory.

Network connectivity enables centralized management of multiple scales, unified configuration, and template settings, significantly improving efficiency and reducing errors.

5. Creating Product Databases

Enter product information into the scale's memory or connected software. Typically, this includes product name, code, price, and other relevant data.

How to Use a Label Printing Scale?

Once the label scale is set up, you can begin weighing your products.

First, place the item on the weighing platform of the label scale and ensure it is stable. Next, input the product code or use the hotkeys to select the product category. The scale will automatically calculate the weight and price.

Finally, press the print button to generate a label that includes the product name, weight, unit price, and total price, which you can then affix to the item for easy customer viewing and checkout.

HPRT C-L1: Best Barcode Label Scale for Retail Stores

The HPRT C-L1 is a high-performance barcode label scale that can store up to 20,000 commodity data entries. With 70x3 programmable hotkeys, including tare, zero, unit conversion, and page turning, weighing operations are made incredibly convenient.

This digital pricing scale has a built-in 56mm thermal label printer achieving a maximum print speed of 125mm/s. It can print on thermal labels and thermal receipt paper, and deliver crisp and precise printing of product barcodes, prices, weights, date and time, as well as various unit symbols and graphics.

Equipped with a dual-line dot-matrix LCD display and white backlight, the C-L1 deli scale with integral printer offers clear visibility. Its durable aerospace-grade die-cast aluminum housing provides excellent corrosion and insect resistance, making it ideal for weighing fresh produce, fruits, vegetables, and candy.

The C-L1 barcode label scale is compatible with Ethernet, serial, and Wi-Fi, easy to connect to POS systems. It's perfect for supermarkets, butcher shops, grocery stores, bakeries, candy stores, and other retail stores.

As an innovative digital scale manufacturer, HPRT offers a comprehensive range of weighing solutions to meet the evolving needs of retail businesses, from small stores to large supermarkets and chains. Our product line includes price computing scales, POS scales, label scales, and advanced AI scales, all designed to enhance efficiency and accuracy in various retail environments.

Experience the difference our high-quality commercial scales can make in your business. Partner with us today.