Major Green investment for Label Makers

Major Green investment for Label Makers

Label Makers Pty has recently made a major green investment, installing a 30kw Photovoltaic Solar Power system to the roof of its factory in Karratha Street, Welshpool. The system consists of 92 Sunpower 327 E20 Panels feeding into two SMA Sunny Tripower 15KW inverters; producing 53,000kWh’s of electricity per annum, reducing carbon emissions by 51.3 tonnes per year.

The Perth Label Printer has been accredited with the Green Stamp Level 3 certification for 3 years now, and has a fully  certified environmental management system in place that ensure the business is continually looking at ways to reduce its environmental impact. 

This was a very important investment for Label Makers Pty Ltd as we continually look for new ways to drive down our environmental impact. We are a business that generates waste streams, and our focus is always to eliminate, reduce or recycle. Print 21 published article here

Asset Labels

We manufacture a wide range of asset labels used by our customers all over Australia. Asset labels are typically 50mm wide x 25mm high, and most formats include a barcode, a logo or company name, and sometimes a simple description.

Asset labels can be personalised with multi colour logo's, however in most cases, and especially where cost is a factor, our clients opt for a mono (1 colour) logo. We can add pretty much any information that you would like to an asset label, but the only factor that must be considered is leaving enough room for the barcode to be printed, especially to the left and right hand side of the barcodes which are referred to as the quiet zones. A barcode scanner requires a certain amount of unprinted area either side of the code so it knows where the code starts, and where it stops.

A barcode has to be a certain size in order for it be scanned. Height is not a huge factor, but obviously the greater the height of the bars, the easier it is to get the scanner read area aligned with the code. The width is affected by the number of characters within the code, and grows proportionately, Some barcodes like the Code 128 for example, only grows in width with every additional second character.  Bar width is also a factor that affects the overall width of the code, and this can be manipulated from within the software that produces the codes, in order to fit  more data into a smaller code. However the minimum bar width must not be lower than the minimum dot size produced by the printer, in order to preserve the codes readability we recommend the minimum bar is no smaller than 2 pixels.

Durability is often a big concern when ordering asset labels. If your asset is expected to last 3 years, and be used inside and out, and in extremities such as sunshine or rain, then you would certainly be looking for a label to withstand these environmental pressures. In this case we would recommend a PET base, or even vinyl depending on how much time it will spend out doors, and in some cases we might recommend a laminating film be laid down to encapsulate the image and protect it from water and scuffing. On the flip side if the asset to be labelled only has a short life expectancy, or is going to be sat in a nice warm dry office for the next 12 months then a standard paper label, or a polyprop label may suffice.

There are a lot of considerations to bear in mind when ordering your Asset labels, but that doesn't mean that it has to be hard. Contact one of our trained sales team about your asset label requirements and we will effortlessly and painlessly, guide you through the process, and advise you on the best solution to fit your needs.