Label printer

Label printers have a wide variety of applications, including supply chain management, retail price marking, packaging labels, blood and laboratory specimen marking, and fixed assets management.

Wax is the most popular with some smudge resistance, and is suitable for matte and semi-gloss paper labels.

Resin alone is scratch and chemical resistant, suitable for coated synthetic labels.

This allows the printer to adjust the intake of label stock so that the print aligns correctly with the media.

Label printer capabilities vary between home, corporate and industrial-oriented models.

Brother P-Touch 540 label printer
An electronic label maker, depicting buttons, LCD screen, and sample thermal label
Control panel of a typical low-end label maker (circa 2005) showing the LCD display
Labels appear out the back. The device includes a cutting mechanism (purple button, back right) and backing stripper (back left)
Rear cover removed to show the mechanism including tape cartridge and feed path