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Category Archives: Printing Technology

NRF 2013 – Recap & Highlights

Last week, Source Technologies exhibited at the 102nd Annual NRF Convention and Expo in the big apple! Here is a quick recap and a few pics to feast your eyes on: So, this is obviously not a real billboard…but how awesome would it be if it was?! At the show, we launched our newest “PRINTER [...]

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‘Tis The Season to be Mobile! Fa la la la laaaaaa…

All signs point to mobile barcodes as the leader-of-the-pack, the Ruldolph to Santa’s sleigh if you will, the ring-leader in driving sales this hoilday season. Choosing the perfect gift for your loved ones, co-workers, neighbors & favorite ST employee (duh! Me – wink wink) can be hard enough.  Consumers have already hit the aisles for [...]

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Barcode Technology Creates Barrier to Medication Error

Next time you fill a prescription, take a minute to notice the barcode on your medication packaging. It’s a pretty significant part of the administration process assisting in the prevention of up to 86% of prescription errors. Note the level of distribution error in the medication administration process among the areas listed below, according to the Pennsylvania [...]

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Putting It All on the Line- What is MICR, Why Is It Important and How Does It Reduce My Risk of Fraud?

MICR is an acronym for magnetic ink character recognition, a special toner used to print font at the bottom of checks and other negotiable documents. It’s important because the Federal Reserve requires that checks be printed with MICR toner for ease of processing.  If printed with regular toner or remanufactured cartridges the risk of check [...]

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Extreme Barcodes

In every group of friends there is always one person who “takes it too far”.  Urban Dictionary describes “TTIF” as “a term used for when someone takes a joke that was previously funny, “too far”, to the point where it’s no longer funny and/or awkward.”  I bet you’re thinking of this person right now.  In [...]

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Quick Serve Restaurants Streamline Operations with Thermal Barcode Solutions

Quick Serve Restaurants across the nation have adopted a method to help streamline in-store processes in both drive-thru and dine-in environments.  Incorporating mobile thermal printing solutions into these environments empowers restaurants to print a barcode at the bottom of a receipt to track order time, wait time, and fulfillment time.  Ultimately, a process like this assists management [...]

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Inside the Cover!

Peek inside our Performance Series printer for an in depth view of  interior and exterior features such as: Auto loading Control panel Industry leading touchscreen Powered internal rewinder Take the Tour!

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Barcode Birthday Bash

60 is the new 30! The barcode patent recently turned 60 years-young and UK variable labelling specialists partied down by producing a giant Code 128 linear barcode symbology reading “HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY BARCODE!”.  AC Labels of Derby, UK, created the barcode in machine readable format on a self-adhesive label material, setting the world record for [...]

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Moving on a Friday

Happy Friday! Before you move on out for the weekend, check out our latest case study on how ST mobile printers maximize space & efficiency for Edgewood Police Department!  Stay tuned and subscribe to our newsletter for ongoing updates!

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Feast your eyes on this | New ST Videos!

Keeping the customer the primary focus, the ST Performance Series of thermal printers was designed to be extremely user friendly.  But it’s one thing to talk-the-talk…you may ask: “Can you walk-the-walk”?  To demonstrate the ease of use mentality our printers were built on we put together a few ‘how to’ videos highlighting the following “easy-to-use” [...]

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