Document Printing

Navigating the notorious complexity of which printer to use is a common dilemma for many warehouse managers. An integrated and productive printing solution will ensure each operational area within your warehouse remains connected. Choosing which printer to purchase is an important decision.

Using our document design software is designed, which was created with automation in mind, allows personalised documents to be generated automatically.

Combining our advanced software with our automated printing solutions, you’re able to fully automate personalised promotional leaflets, invoices and return slips.

Types of Document Printing

imio Document Management Software

Bagging Line Solution

Our bagging line printing solutions are used in automated bagging lines to allow for documents to be inserted into the bagged product automatically.

You can use either thermal or laser printers, to achieve this automated bagging line solution:

1. Print documents
2. Place documents on the conveyor system using our pick and place unit
3. Merge the document with the relative product on the conveyor belt

Boxing Line Solution

Our boxing line printing solutions are used in automated boxing lines to allow for documents to be inserted into the boxed product automatically.

You can use either thermal or laser printers, and this automated boxing line solution does the following:

1. Print documents
2. Place documents inside the box with our pick and place unit

Laser Printer (A4/A5)

Laser printers are not optimised to print adhesive backed media. The higher temperatures of a laser printer can cause adhesive bleeding from the label, which can consequently cause adhesive residue buildup inside the printer.

However it the following advantages can be:

• Lower upfront cost
• Accessible and efficient common printer (easier to source spares)
• Higher quality print of text

Disadvantages:

• Slower first page production time
• Large amount of maintenance due to not being designed for 24/7 printing
• Barcodes require more ink, driving up toner costs
• Susceptible to smudging
• More complicated maintenance and increased downtime

Thermal Printer (A4/A5)

Thermal printers are highly reliable and optimally designed for label printing, making them flexible for printing thousands of labels at a time. Adhesive bleed is not an issue for thermal printers, as their operating temperatures are much lower that laser fuser stations.

Advantages:

• Fast first page production time
• Designed specifically for label printing
• Crisp, clear bar code printing with highest rates of scannability
• Simple to operate
• No toner expenses
• Durable
• Easy to maintain (just swap out the paper)

Disadvantages:

• Higher upfront cost
• More specialist equipment
• Lower text print quality

Label Printer

Label printers are highly reliable and robust as they are solely designed for label printing. Label printers are small thermal printing units. Adhesive bleed is not an issue for thermal printers, as their operating temperatures are much lower that laser printers.

Advantages:

• Very fast first label production time
• Designed specifically for label printing
• Crisp, clear barcode printing with highest rates of scannability
• Simple to operate
• No toner expenses
• Durable
• Easy to maintain (just swap out the labels)
• Low upfront cost

Disadvantages:

• Requires the label to be removed from the non-stick adhesive back
• Can’t be used by automation

Find out more

Our case study shows the benefits of an automated packing system

Our video shows how software and automation are relevant to each area of the warehouse