We Caught You Wristbanded!

While we are taking a break from all that ID card printer talk, let’s look at wristbands too!

Now when I think of wrist bands, I think of kiddie rides at carnivals, water park passes, and well the hospital. But I did some digging and found out that there is more potential there than just that!

Wristbands can be used for amusement parks, resorts, cruises, sporting events, night clubs, zoos, admission to events, and general visitor management. Color coding and custom print wrist bands make all this possible.

Different colors can code for different days of the week for things such as amusement parks and resorts but they can also be used as for visitors to your company.

There are a variety of wristbands available for the medical field. We offer the Z-Band series as our medical wristbands. These are white bands that are MR-safe. Our variety includes softer wristbands used for pediatrics and varying sizes for adult wristbands. We offer wristbands that have adhesive closures and ones that have clip closures. The clips can come on a variety of colors that could be used for classifications The Z-Band brand offers an antimicrobial coating to protect both the wristband and the patient. These wristbands are designed to withstand the soaps, alcohols, and other common cleaners and solvents to remain scannable and reliable!

As far as supplies are concerned, Modity Inc has it all. We offer printers, wristbands, and for the ones that need it, ribbons. We also offer an all-in-one custom wristband printer system! If you need some advice on if a wristband system is right for your business, we are happy to help!

It's All About the Label

Let’s talk about label printers. I know, I know. Typically we seem to be about all things card printers, but we do know a thing or two about labels and label printers.

Label printers are used for inventory management, shipping, labeling/organization, and more. Which print you pick also depends on the width of the labels you need to print.

So if you are in the market for one of these printers, there are some terms that should keep popping up. The most important, and to me, most confusing, is direct thermal and thermal transfer.

Direct Thermal printers are exactly what they sound like. They print directly on the labels using heat. Think of the receipts you get at grocery stores, they are usually printed on thermal paper that turns black when heat is applied to it. This means no ribbons are needed!

Thermal Transfer Printers need a ribbon. Heat is used to adhere the ribbon to the label. (Wait this sounds familiar… oh yeah, that’s how direct to card printers work too!) But that means you need a ribbon for this one.

Direct Thermal labels are designed for short term printing because as stated above, the labels react with heat. Thermal Transfer labels are designed for more long term.

We offer printers such as the Godex EZ DT-4 Printer, the Zebra S4M Midrange Label Printer, Dymo LabelWriter 450, and the Primera LX400printer.

Look for more to come on Label Printers!!