The coding machine is mainly used to print the expiry date, best before date, barcode, and other numbers or texts on the product packaging. At present, there are many types of coding machines on the market, and the corresponding machine should be selected according to different needs. This article will introduce the types of coding machines.

Currently, there are mainly three types of coding technology on the market: thermal transfer overprinting, inkjet, and laser.

The resolution of a thermal printer is usually indicated in the unit of measurement “dpi” (dots per inch), which refers to the number of pixels per inch of an image. 203dpi, 300dpi, and 600dpi are the normal printing resolution for label printers. Generally speaking, the higher the dpi value of the printing device is, the higher the resolution of the printed image will be.

Thermal transfer barcode printers can be used to print various types of barcode labels, receipts,tickets, etc. This printer prints one-dimensional codes and two-dimensional codes via thermal transfer printing.

HPRT N41 is a 4x6 label printer that adopts direct thermal printing technology, no toner or ink is needed. This commercial-grade 4x6 shipping label printer is mainly used to print shipping, address, and postage labels.

A product label printer is a type of printer used to print labels that can be stuck on products or product packaging. The current printing methods of product label printers are mainly direct thermal printing and thermal transfer printing. In addition to ordinary label paper, there are various printing media, such as flexible packaging, clothes labels, product identification, and so on.

Among them, desktop barcode printers are widely used and are now mostly used in retail, medical, health, transportation, warehouse management, manufacturing, service industry, etc. for printing goods labels, asset labels, laboratory sample labels, transportation labels, wristbands, etc..

The thermal barcode label printer is used to print many types of barcode labels. The direct thermal printing method does not require consumables such as ribbons and ink cartridges, which can reduce the cost. Therefore, direct thermal barcode printers have also been widely used.

HPRT Delight is a 6-inch wide-format industrial barcode label printer. It is mainly used for heavy-duty barcode label printing in industrial scenarios.

Barcode technology organically connects information systems of all walks of life, and effectively improves the efficiency of supply chain management, playing an important role in the modernization of logistics, assembly line management and many other industries.