Buying guides
Clear answers for choosing digital printing, RFID and label and flexible packaging converting machinery: what to ask, what to compare and what is included.
- Digital label press with no click charge: how do you pay?
What a click charge is in digital label printing, how it changes your cost, and how a UV inkjet press works where you only pay for ink and substrate.
- How do you choose a digital label press?
Web width, resolution, white and spot color, substrates, run lengths and embellishment: what to check before buying a digital label press.
- What drives cost per label on short runs?
The parts of cost per label on short runs: setup, waste, ink, substrate, machine time and version changes, and why digital changes the math.
- Digital embellishment: how do you do raised varnish and cold foil with no plates?
How digital label embellishment works: raised UV varnish up to braille and digital cold foil with no plates, screens or dies, inline or standalone.
- How do you choose an RFID inlay converter: dry or wet?
The difference between dry and wet RFID inlays, what a converter does, and what to check: speed, inlay and label width, die-cut accuracy and inline inspection.
- Encoding and verifying RFID labels: what equipment do you need?
What encoding an RFID label means, where the data comes from, how each piece is verified, and what equipment you need: encoder, printer, reader and scanner.