| Network label printers are used in medium to | | | | qualities. Resin based ribbons offer scratch and |
| large-scale companies as central printing devices that | | | | chemical resistant prints and are used to print on |
| process printing orders received from any computing | | | | synthetic labels. |
| device present in the LAN or WAN network. This | | | | Some network label printers can print at 400-dpi |
| helps in reducing costs as a single printer takes care of | | | | resolution and use advanced print technology to |
| all the printing needs of the organization. Network label | | | | provide label-to-label image registration with a |
| printers may be an inkjet, thermal, or laser printer | | | | tolerance limit of ±0.030 inches (.762 mm). |
| depending on the quality and number of prints required | | | | Apart from printing on standard paper labels, it can |
| by the company. | | | | also print on a variety of substrates such as Kapton or |
| Some network label printers use direct thermal | | | | ultra-smooth polyesters and synthetic labels. This |
| technology to print on heat sensitive paper. Direct | | | | feature has increased its usage in electronics and |
| thermal prints usually start fading after six to twelve | | | | healthcare industry. The printer can be connected to a |
| months, which make them ideal for short duration | | | | LAN (local area network) for network management |
| applications such as printing address labels. Other | | | | without the complexity, space requirement, and |
| factors that can affect thermal prints include direct | | | | vulnerability of external print servers. |
| exposure to sunlight and chemical vapors. | | | | Software used in these printers includes different |
| Other network label printers use thermal transfer | | | | applications such as label design and print package and |
| technology in which heat is used to transfer ink from | | | | Printer Network Manager (PNM) for administration of |
| ribbons onto labels for getting permanent prints. | | | | network connected printers. It also supports different |
| Different grades of ribbons are used in network label | | | | character sets such as Code page 850, French, |
| printers to print on a variety of substrates. Wax | | | | German, ISO 256 character, Italian, Kanji/Katakana |
| ribbons are used to print on matte and semi-gloss | | | | (optional), Norwegian/Danish, Spanish, Swedish/ Finnish, |
| paper labels that have average smudge resistance | | | | Swiss, UK, ASCII, and USA ASCII. |
