Streaks No More

Monday, March 23, 2020 / Published in Color Label Solutions
Streaks or Streaking is the “bane of the existence” of an operator of an inkjet label printer. Typically, vertical streaks occur when a printhead nozzles get clogged and stop working, but can also be caused by head alignment and paper feed issues.

Printing Circles With The C6000

Sunday, March 15, 2020 / Published in Color Label Solutions
Printing Circles correctly can be difficult. But one, mostly overlooked, feature of the new C6000 series of label printers from Epson is the movable gap sensor. C6000 Movable Gap Sensor Epson did not mention this feature in their C6000 series

Smart Touch Panel-C6000P

Sunday, February 16, 2020 / Published in Color Label Solutions
At the recent WestPack 2020, John Roberts of General Data Automation showed in our booth the Smart Touch Panel running the C6000P. John Roberts with the Smart Touch Panel/C6000P General Data is the new parent of Color Label Solutions; learn more

Color Label Solutions Merger

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 / Published in Color Label Solutions
I’m pleased to announce that Color Label Solutions has joined General Data, general-data.com, as an independent operating unit focused on print-on-demand color labels. General Data is recognized as an expert resource for all aspects of

Perfect Full-Bleed

Sunday, December 16, 2018 / Published in Color Label Solutions
Over the past years, I’ve written about printing full-bleed labels many times. In fact, searching colorlabelsondemand. blogspot.com, I found 23 different posts with the term “full-bleed” used. I’ve written about this topic as it’s not easy to do

Summer PR Tour

Sunday, August 20, 2017 / Published in Color Label Solutions
Recently, Andy Scherz, Product Manager for Epson America approached us with a request. Andy asked:"Do you any customers who might like a little PR?  We are focusing on the boutique product labeling market.  Cheese, juice, lotion…

On-Demand Color Mattress Tags-Labels

Sunday, June 18, 2017 / Published in Color Label Solutions
The story of Pleasant Mattress Inc. (pleasantmattress.com) stretches back to the throes of World War II, when the original Morgensterns immigrated from Vienna to the United States and cobbled together a new life. Today, Pleasant Mattress

Thermal Transfer VS Color Inkjet

Sunday, February 24, 2013 / Published in Color Label Solutions
“Color labels cost too much” or something similar is probably the most common objections I hear from people. Most people “know” that monochrome thermal transfer labels are much less expensive than print-on-demand color labels. After comparing

Durability = On-Demand Color

Monday, September 3, 2012 / Published in Color Label Solutions
Labeling Solutions (labelingsolutions.com) is a full-service provider of labeling, tagging, and bar coding solutions including label printers, labels, tags, ribbons, and supporting equipment such as asset and inventory management software