# Label Management & Printing Station

> Puts an existing weighing scale and an off-the-shelf barcode printer under one central label catalogue, so the price and the weight on the label are the ones the system holds today.

- **Page** - https://iotready.com/hardware/label-printer
- **Family** - [Labeling](https://iotready.com/hardware/family/labeling)
- **Form factor** - Station

## At a glance

- **25–30 labels/min** Typical print rate
- **1–5 in** Label size
- **20×4** Character LCD
- **7–30 V DC** Supply range

Sits between a packing bench's existing weighing scale and an off-the-shelf
barcode printer, over RS232 to each and Wi-Fi or Ethernet to the cloud. The
operator picks the SKU, the station reads the weight, and the label prints with
the current price on it. Nothing is keyed in at the bench.

Label designs, prices and new SKUs are edited once in the central software,
under role and location permissions that say who may add a SKU or change a
price, and every station picks the change up on its own. Actual packed weights come back
to the cloud, so a discrepancy by SKU shows up in an end-of-day report rather
than in a stock count weeks later.

If you only need to draw a label and get the printer code, the [free label designer](https://iotready.com/tools/label-designer.md) does that in the browser.

## Specifications

| Parameter | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Weighing scale | Essae, Clonet and other brands with an RS232 interface |
| Weight range | Set by the scale; typically 10 g to 100 kg |
| Label printer | Argox, TSC and Zebra; other brands on demand |
| Label printing speed | Set by label size; typically 25 to 30 labels per minute |
| Label size | 1" to 5"; larger on request |
| Label stock | Paper, vinyl and transparent |
| Communication interface | USB/RS232 to the scale and printer, Wi-Fi/Ethernet for connectivity, BLE for configuration |
| Display | 20×4 character LCD, 123.5 × 43 mm |
| Optional add-ons | Label peeler/cutter, USB or wireless barcode scanner |
| Authentication | Email or phone with password, optional two-factor, OAuth |
| Data import and export | Excel and CSV |
| Power source | 7 to 30 V DC via a standard DC jack; adapter included |
| Operating temperature | 0 to 70 °C |
| Relative humidity | 5% to 95% RH, non-condensing at all times |

## Used by

- [Warehouse Management](https://iotready.com/solutions/warehouse-management.md): Warehouse, store, yard and shop-floor inventory, run as nine workflows that read identity and quantity off the item itself and validate it before the document posts.
- [Coldchain](https://iotready.com/industries/coldchain.md): The stock record and the temperature record belong together, because a reading you cannot tie to a pallet proves nothing.
- [Snacks & Sweets](https://iotready.com/industries/snacks-sweets.md): Short shelf life, batch recall exposure and weight-based yield, all of which need the record made on the line.
- [Solar](https://iotready.com/industries/solar.md): Every module carries a serial for twenty-five years of warranty, so the trail is a contractual requirement and the only question is what it costs to capture.
- [Farm gate to dark store at BigBasket](https://iotready.com/case-studies/bigbasket-farm-to-fork.md): Eleven workflows on one platform, from a farmer selling leafy vegetables at a collection centre to a crate coming back from a customer's door.
- [Factory operations at GoDesi](https://iotready.com/case-studies/godesi-factory-operations.md): Raw material to finished goods across several snack factories, with the cooking process itself monitored and every transaction landing in ERPNext as it happens.
- [Raw material to finished goods at Vedanta](https://iotready.com/case-studies/vedanta-smelter-inventory.md): RFID across copper and aluminium smelters, with fixed readers tracking the yard-to-plant moves nobody has time to scan and handhelds covering everything else.