User guide

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keep plenty of extra label stock and printer ribbons to make sure you never run
out. To determine how to best provide good quality labels for daily use consider
the kind of printer you are using.
Organizations that have several hundred new inventory items a
week, will need to have a dedicated barcode label printer at each
site. They should use a good quality label media and use the feature
built into InventoryControl that automatically prints inventory tags as
soon as the item is received on the PC. The printer needs to be rated
for several hundred labels a day and needs to print fast enough to avoid costly
slowdowns that can be caused when waiting to put away items after they are
received because the labels are not printed. Look for models that can print 4-6
inches per second and can handle media up to 4” wide. Wasp’s W PL606 line of
printers work well in warehouse conditions.
Many organizations will not need a high-end printer but will still save
money and will get better quality long lasting labels if they use a
desktop barcode label printer. These printers allow you to print one
or a hundred labels without waste and they are quicker and cheaper
than using a standard printer. Wasp’s WPL305 line of printers work
great for smaller volumes of printing.
A laser printer using standard sheets of labels may work great where
product turnover is slow, conditions are well controlled or new items
are not added often. In this case use the included Labeler software
to indicate what label stock is being used. Labeler ships with many
standard label templates pre-configured. Pre-print a few pages more than what
you have in stock to prepare for new items.
If you need to print fewer than 100 labels a laser printer can be cost effective. If
you print more than this, consider a label printer.
Designing and Labeling Sites and Locations
Every location where inventory can be stored in your warehouse should have a
printed barcode securely attached near the location. Each location needs a
barcode because adding, removing or moving inventory using the
InventoryControl software requires a location. All processes that require a
location are both sped up and made more accurate if you use a barcode to
identify each location. Also using a consistent numbering scheme makes finding
items in the warehouse much easier. These labels can be stuck to the frame of
the shelves, attached to the bin, put on a card and hung from the racks or even
stuck to the floor.