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MSCM Barcode Printer

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R Phillips
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11/13/2013 2:41 PM
We are looking to start using barcodes on PARs/Inventories with our handhelds and eventually anything else that will help process things quicker. I was frankly shocked when I was sent the supported label printers,  Intermec 3400E, Zebra 105SL, Zebra 110xiIIIPlus, Zebra Z4M, not only due to their price, but the Zebra Z4M was taken out of production in 2004 and is no longer supported by Zebra. I am hoping I can get some guidance.

What does everyone else use for barcode printing?
Is it really necessary to have a the supported printer that costs $1000 - $3000?
Does anyone have supporting documentation for using another printer? (My IT is only recommending the supported printers listed in the Install Guide.)

Thanks!

Rebecca

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11/13/2013 3:08 PM
We are using the ZebraM400 printer, which we had in house.
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11/13/2013 3:08 PM
We are using the ZebraM400 printer, which we had in house.
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11/13/2013 6:44 PM
We have been using the Zebra 105SL printers for about 6 1/2 years. They really are a workhorse.
Jon Athey - Sr. Supply Chain Analyst - Materials Management - MyMichigan Health
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11/13/2013 6:47 PM
We also use the Zebras - they were already in the system in the labs - they use them for patient labeling. Depending on the size of the hospital - my small hospital is sharing the printer with the lab - they just call over when they need to print a label. They didn't buy one for the MSCM items.
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11/22/2013 9:40 PM
At the place I just left, we used the ZM400's and they worked great. I've had experience with other Zebras (105SL) and they were sometimes finicky when changing out the label.

I'm a fan of the direct thermal instead of ribbons. The ZM400's worked great.
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11/22/2013 9:46 PM
We use Crystal reports with a barcode font and run our own labels on a regular printer with an Avery label product.  We have also barcoded our warehouse with that process.
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11/25/2013 1:42 PM
Leslie- How do you handle the onesie-twosie label requests?
Jon Athey - Sr. Supply Chain Analyst - Materials Management - MyMichigan Health
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11/27/2013 1:16 AM
i use

Zebra LP 2844 Direct thermal Barcode Printers



The Alchemist
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11/27/2013 2:41 PM
Hello,

We had a zebra printer but rarely (if ever) used it for labels. We would use Add-ins to extract from Lawson. Then use an Avery Label program that was free. This could then print on almost any printer. A big plus was it was fairly easy to format the labels as desired. It was a bit cumbersome when printing onesie's though.
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12/20/2013 12:13 AM
We have two Zebra label printers. We use the MSCM label management process to print 1, or a hundred labels on either printer.

Our main printer is the Zebra S4M. It's a larger desktop workhorse and is AC powered. We also have a Zebra QLn320 which is battery powered. It can be thethered to it's charger to receive data or it can be used wirelessly (with laptop) on battery if you need to take it to a warehouse shelf or up to a PAR location for remote labeling.

They are both configured for direct thermal labels.
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1/1/2014 3:04 PM
As noted, Zebra, Sato (etc) printers are work horses that can print 10's and hundreds of thousands of labels without complaining. A variety of software can be used to generate any kind of label. Bartender by Seagull Software is a good example.

The ADDINS / Avery solution works well but the Zebra solution is more cost effective when the label count climbs into the thousands.
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1/1/2014 3:56 PM
I would recommend using the Zebra ZT230. This printer is very user friendly, easy to set up and will give years of trouble free service. The price point is below $1000. This is one of Zebra's newest printers which emkat has provided to many Lawson customers with positive results.
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1/2/2014 11:52 AM
We are using WASP barcode label software, an ordinary laser printer and Avery labels.  Works great and much less expensive than buying a barcode printer.  We've been on MSCM since 2008 and have used the WASP product since then.  You can print 1 label or use Addins to export an entire par location and WASP can use Excel as it's DB so it's quite easy.
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1/2/2014 3:12 PM
Wayne - How did you import Lawson data into WASP?  We tried to set up using ODBC connection, but ran into issues bringing over all the data requested by our internal clients.

Thanks!
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1/2/2014 3:39 PM
Rebecca - We use the Zebra 105SL's. They've been in place for almost a decade without issue (other than the occaisional human error). We're actually looking at modifying the label format via the .xml due to an internal request.

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1/3/2014 2:09 PM
From our Director of Purchasing and Warehouse:

We use a Brother P-Touch Pro XL. It only costs around $200 as I recall and prints to a variety of Brother print media cartridges. Barcodes are easily generated using MS Excel. Sandy would be a good contact person if they want to talk to someone with firsthand knowledge (253-571-3380).
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1/3/2014 2:58 PM
We started using the Zebra M400 printer to print delivery labels for non PO receipts but at the time (don't think things have changed) you had to configure the use at the company level instead of the location. Since we have 5 receiving departments which do not all report to me, we went to printing the delivery documents on paper. An expensive printer is now collecting dust. For the bar codes at inventory and par locations, we print on labels and paper depending on the need of the location using standard copier/printers for both . To create the barcodes, we use Aulux Label Maker software which is cheap and pretty versatile.
R Phillips
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1/7/2014 2:19 PM
Thanks everyone for the input. We decided to go with the Zebra ZM400 for our printer. It was an easy install and we were printing barcodes the same day.

I appreciate all of the help!
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Posted By R Phillips on 01/07/2014 9:19 AM
Thanks everyone for the input. We decided to go with the Zebra ZM400 for our printer. It was an easy install and we were printing barcodes the same day.

I appreciate all of the help!

Same with me, I also use Zebra ZM400 to print bar codes, It's pretty good.