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White Papers
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3 Tips to Optimize Bar Code Wristband Printing Creating clear, quality bar coded hospital wristbands requires printer configuration and attention to detail that differ from most other types of printing. This white paper explains the special considerations of wristband printing and provides easy to follow tips to help make wristband printing programs successful. View All 01 Oct 2007 215 Kb
Adopting Bar Code Labeling in Hospital Pharmacies This paper gives hospital pharmacy departments the background information needed to start developing a bar code strategy. It summarizes JCAHO, FDA and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) bar code initiatives, describes pharmacy and medication administration applications, and provides guidance on strategy development, bar code format and printer selection. View All 01 Jan 2007 292 Kb
Bar Code Printing Options for SAP End Users This white paper explains how to take advantage of this development to print bar codes from SAP™ applications without any middleware, labeling software, print servers or SAPscript programming. View All 01 Oct 2007 111 Kb
Bar Code Printing Options for Zebra Printers with Oracle® WMS and MSCA This white paper describes the middleware and direct-connect bar code printing options for Oracle® WMS and MSCA, explains the system requirements for each, and provides guidance as to when each approach is best suited to particular environments. View All 30 Jul 2007 273 Kb
Bar Codes in the Manufacturing Process This document provides an overview of the many, growing applications for bar coding in the manufacturing process. View All 11 Dec 2006 429 Kb
Bar Coding 101...What You Need to Know This paper provides an easy-to-follow introduction to bar code technology and applications, usage benefits, and label printing options. View All 01 Jan 2007 514 Kb
Bar Coding ROI in Mail Order Fulfillment and Distribution Centers This paper describes how to use bar codes for various warehouse and distribution center operations, the cost-saving and productivity benefits bar code applications provide, and stationary and mobile bar code printer options. View All 01 Aug 2007 217 Kb
Bar Coding and RFID: The Key to Traceability and Safety in the Foodservice Supply Chain Learn how ADC technologies can deliver needed traceability to the foodservice industry. View All 01 Sep 2007 286 Kb
Benefiting From Bedside Specimen Labeling Sample identification errors lead to more than 160,900 adverse events for patients in U.S. hospitals each year and cost hospitals an average of $200,000 to $400,000 annually. This white paper explains how using mobile bar code printers to label specimens at the bedside prevents mistakes, improves patient safety and helps meet JCAHO requirements. View All 05 Dec 2006 280 Kb
Best-in-Class Bar Coding: The Business Case for a Dedicated Thermal Label Printer This paper provides an overview of technology options for bar code label printing, describes thermal bar code print technology, and illustrates how thermal printer features are advantageous for bar code label printing. View All 01 Oct 2007 286 Kb
Bluetooth: Why It Improves Mobile Printing & How to Take Advantage Bluetooth is a natural complement to mobile printing because it enhances user mobility, productivity, safety and convenience, andeliminates cable-related costs. This paper profiles enterprise Bluetooth printing applications from a variety of real-world users, and documents the convenience and cost savings they have attained. View All 22 Oct 2007 342 Kb
Calculating Total Cost of Ownership for Patient Identification Wristbands This white paper outlines how healthcare organizations can calculate the total cost of ownership for laser and thermal print solutions. View All 22 Feb 2008 318 Kb
Electronic Citation Systems: The Safe Choice to Save Time and Improve Accuracy This white paper explains how electronic citation systems work, reviews research that quantifies the time savings and accuracy benefits the systems provide, describes the required mobile computing and printing technology, and includes examples of how electronic citations save money while improving safety and accuracy. View All 20 Jan 2004 402 Kb
Enterprise-Wide Data Collection and Bar Code Printing for Superior Supply Chain Management Learn today how your business can reduce errors and costs as it improves productivity and customer satisfaction with bar code and RFID applications. View All 01 Sep 2007 298 Kb
Evaluating Print Options for Hospital Bar Code Labeling This paper explains how features and characteristics of different printer technologies impact unit-dose labeling, wristband and other common hospital bar code and label printing needs. It profiles thermal, laser, ink jet and dot matrix printers and explains hidden cost considerations so hospitals can choose the printing method that will meet their needs most efficiently. View All 01 Oct 2007 310 Kb
Evolving Technologies to Maximize Your Bar Code Printing Capabilities This white paper illustrates how connectivity, monitoring and features and options of Zebra® printers improve uptime and reliability for bar code printing operations. View All 24 Nov 2003 430 Kb
Execute Price Changes in the Store More Effectively Real-time, in-aisle printing lets retailers align strategy and execution for markdowns and other pricing programs. Stores report 25 to 40 percent price marking cost reductions by integrating price management software with mobile operations. This white paper explains how retailers are profiting from mobile markdown printing and other price labeling applications. View All 01 Sep 2006 227 Kb
Extending Zebra® Printer Capabilities with ZBI 2.0™ Programming Zebra Basic Interpreter (ZBI) 2.0 is an optional programming environment that can be used to add features to customize and enhance the performance of select Zebra Technologies printers. This white paper provides an overview of ZBI 2.0 capabilities, requirements, use cases and benefits. View All 10 Mar 2008 249 Kb
Frequently Asked Questions About Zebra Mobile Printer Batteries Learn tips to get maximum life and performance from leading types of batteries used in mobile printers: nickel metal hydride (NiMH) and lithium ion (Li-Ion). View All 01 Sep 2007 213 Kb
Gen 2 Implications for Smart Label Printing This white paper will explain the implications the EPCglobal Gen 2 RFID standard has for smart label printing. It will illustrate the need to support multiple RFID protocols, cover considerations for upgrading installed printer/encoders to support Gen 2, and explain how options and variables within the standard create needs for specific features in printer/encoders. View All 01 Jan 2007 269 Kb
How Mobile Thermal Printers Cut Forms Cost Down to Size Learn how organizations can cut their printer supply costs by more than half for direct store delivery (DSD), field service and other mobile operations with modern thermal printers that also provide print quality, reliability and productivity advantages. View All 28 Aug 2006 224 Kb
How mobile printing enhances efficiency in route accounting & DSD This white paper shows how supporting direct store delivery (DSD) and other route accounting operations with mobile printing applications saves time & money in the field and at headquarters. It includes user examples, plus financial information, industry research and guidelines for calculating return on investment (ROI). View All 24 Apr 2007 279 Kb
How to Cost-Justify Mobility Technology Investments for Field Service Operations This guide explains how to identify processes that can benefit from mobile printing and other automation, and how to estimate the benefits using the Zebra Business Value Map, a worksheet-style assessment tool. View All 01 Sep 2007 622 Kb
How to Cost-Justify Mobility Technology Investments for Route Accounting Operations This guide explains how to identify route accounting and direct store delivery (DSD) operations that can benefit from mobile printing and other automation, and how to estimate the benefits using the Zebra Business Value Map, a worksheet-style assessment tool. View All 01 Sep 2007 625 Kb
Improving Field Service Productivity & Profitability With Mobile Automation Tools This white paper provides guidance to help you identify specific field service activities that would benefit from automation,presents use cases and ROI opportunities for automating various processes,explains what to look for in mobile computers,printers and connectivity options,and presents guidelines for evaluating and selecting solution providers. View All 01 Nov 2007 389 Kb
Improving Parcel and Postal Operations with Bar Code Printing Deregulation and new competitive pressures require operators to be more efficient and exploit technology better than ever. See how bar code and RFID can enable mobile commerce, improve retail and distribution efficiency, and support new services. View All 01 Aug 2007 272 Kb
Increasing Profits and Productivity: Accurate Asset Tracking and Management with Bar Coding and RFID This paper shows how bar code and RFID can be applied to streamline many common asset management procedures and includes worksheets to help calculate the business impact and ROI that improved asset management can provide. View All 01 Jan 2007 287 Kb
Introduction to Mobile Printing for Mobile Service, Sales and Delivery In route accounting and DSD environments, mobile printers can be used to generate receipts, invoices, reports, order forms, inspection labels, service records, and other documentation. View All 08 May 2007 278 Kb
Inventory Is The Store: How mobility maximizes return on investment This white paper describes the benefits of perpetual inventory solutions and how mobile computers and printers can support them by enabling processes that improve efficiency for common retail inventory management operations. These include ordering, pricing, promotion management, auditing, markdowns and replenishment. View All 23 Jan 2008 216 Kb
Issues and Opportunities for Introducing Bar Code Systems in Hospitals This concise guide addresses the leading concerns and misperceptions hospital administrators and IT personnel have about bar code technology. It presents straightforward guidance on implementation costs, integration and infrastructure requirements, and the impact of the FDA unit-of-use labeling rule, plus system strategy and selection tips. View All 01 Dec 2006 211 Kb
It's All in the Wrist: Improving Patient Safety with Bar Code Wristbands Learn how to implement bar code wristband systems that slash medication administration errors, ensure sample processing accuracy, help meet HIPAA and JCAHO privacy requirements and provide other benefits. View All 22 Sep 2006 341 Kb
Laboratory Testing of Zebra’s® Direct Thermal Wristbands with Antimicrobial Coating Zebra’s patent-pending antimicrobial coated Z-Band direct thermal wristbands were laboratory tested by independent laboratories and Zebra’s Supplies research and development team to ensure Zebra’s high standards for image durability, scannability and comfort. The results of the antimicrobial activity, durability and skin irritability tests are detailed in this document. View All 01 Mar 2008 494 Kb
Leveraging Automation to Improve DSD & Route Accounting This paper presents data and research into best practices for DSD and other route accouting operations, and documents the value of automation. It focuses on showing how enhancements to mobile computing based operations can produce new productivity gains and cost savings. View All 18 Feb 2008 369 Kb
Managing Printers for Maximum Reliability, Performance and Value The ease with which thermal printers can be managed has one of the biggest impacts on the value they provide. This white paper shows how thermal printer support features affect printing and printer support operations, explains different IT management options for thermal printers, and presents tools for measuring printer support costs. View All 01 Jan 2007 279 Kb
Overcoming Printer Control Language Incompatibility This white paper explains an innovation by Zebra Technologies that in many cases enables its bar code printers to be integrated into legacy print systems that support other brands, without requiring extensive system changes or label format redevelopment that traditionally occurs when new bar code printer brands are integrated. View All 01 Oct 2007 274 Kb
PCI’s Peripheral Issues: How PCI DSS v1.1. applies to wireless printers and how they can comply Many retailers are unwittingly out of compliance with PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) version 1.1 because they don’t realize its scope, particularly how the standard applies to peripherals. This white paper explains how PCI DSS v1.1 applies to wireless peripherals and presents options for including secure wireless printers in PCI-compliant wireless networks. View All 23 Jun 2008 224 Kb
Patient Safety Applications for Bar Code and RFID Technology Healthcare providers are using bar codes and RFID to improve patient care and to manage their staff and resources more efficiently. This white paper explains how the technologies can help improve JCAHO and HIPAA compliance, medication administration, specimen collection, treatment validation, charge capture, security and other activity. View All 01 Dec 2006 520 Kb
Patient Wristbanding: 5 Reasons Why Hospitals Should Choose a Thermal Print Solution When evaluating bar code printing technologies, hospitals and other healthcare facilities need to make a decision between laser and thermal. This white paper explains the differences between laser and thermal and illustrates five ways in which thermal printing is the better solution. View All 23 Apr 2008 220 Kb
Planning a DoD UID Bar Code Marking System. A practical guide to program requirements, marking options and printer selection This concise, non-technical guide explains the options for applying Unique Identification (UID) bar codes, which are now required on most materials supplied to the U.S. Department of Defense. It covers data plates, label printing, and direct part marking techniques, and how to determine which is most appropriate. View All 20 Jun 2008 383 Kb
Portable, Real-Time Control of Bar Code Printers Learn about Zebra’s exclusive ZebraLink™ features for remote, real-time printer monitoring. ZebraLink has numerous features and can integrate with popular network administration tools. View All 01 Oct 2007 240 Kb
Printing Technology for Hospitality Venues This paper describes customer loyalty and point-of-service applications and profiles the leading technologies that enable them, including card printers, mobile transaction systems, ticket and receipt printers and wireless networks. View All 24 Nov 2003 408 Kb
Productivity Through Portability: Mobile Printing Delivers ROI in the Warehouse Bar coding is indispensable in warehouses and DCs to maintain accuracy and efficiency. These benefits can be enhanced by using mobile printers to produce and apply bar code labels at the point of application. View All 01 Jan 2007 281 Kb
Protecting Patient Safety with Laboratory Bar Code Labeling Errors occur on approximately 1 percent of hospital lab samples, and sample identification errors cause nearly 161,000 adverse health events in the U.S. each year according to various studies. This white paper explains how bar code sample tracking can improve patient safety and lab efficiency. View All 01 Jan 2007 229 Kb
Protecting People, Products and Property with Identification Printing The emergence of identification printing solutions, including ID card encoders and bar code and RFID smart label printers, provides organizations with a cost-effective way to improve security and gain other operational benefits. View All 01 Aug 2007 293 Kb
Quality Assurance Steps for Preventing Label Printing Problems Learn the causes of common bar code print quality problems and how they can be corrected and prevented. View All 27 Oct 2003 430 Kb
Recommended Care and Usage Instructions for Lithium-Ion Battery Packs Recommended care and usage for extending the life of your Zebra Lithium Ion printer battery. View All 01 Sep 2007 165 Kb
Saving Time and Money with Mobile Printing in Field Service Route automation is the only way many service organizations can meet tightening service windows and growing profitability pressures. Mobile printing is an underutilized component of route automation that provides rapid return on investment by increasing the responsiveness, customer service and efficiency improvements. This white paper explains the applications and ROI potential.Route automation is the only way many service organizations can meet tightening service windows and growing profitability pressures. Mobile printing is an underutilized component of route automation that provides rapid return on investment by increasing the responsiveness, customer service and efficiency improvements. This white paper explains the applications and ROI potential. View All 01 Apr 2007 276 Kb
Securing Zebra Wireless Printers There is no reason for a printer to be a weak link in wireless network security. This white paper will outline the basics of wireless security and describe how Zebra printers support leading standards and protocols for 802.11 wireless networks, including WPA, 802.1x, LEAP, virtual private networks (VPN) and more. View All 23 Apr 2008 364 Kb
Selecting a Printer that Delivers for Parcel Labeling Learn the hidden costs and problems of producing shipping labels with standard office printers. This paper explains why thermal printers are advantageous and how to select the printer that best meets your needs. View All 01 Oct 2007 307 Kb
Service on the Spot: Mobile Queue Busting Systems for Improved Customer Loyalty and Sales Learn how economical, easy-to-use mobile transaction systems can improve customer service, streamline operations and increase staff productivity for different types of businesses. View All 01 Sep 2007 315 Kb
Solving International Label Printing Challenges with Unicode Zebra’s Unicode-compliant Global Printing Solution View All 17 Aug 2007 287 Kb
Successfully Integrating Bar Code Printers in the IBM Midrange Environment This white paper explains the options for integrating thermal bar code and RFID smart label printers into IBM® midrange (AS/400® and iSeries®) environments. It covers printer control language conversion, considerations for printer management and network connectivity, and international character support. View All 01 Sep 2006 314 Kb
Take a Total Approach to Maximize Mobile Printer Performance and Value The output and performance of a printer is a function of its parts, its supplies, and how it is maintained. This white paper explains how media, printheads, batteries, and accessories impact mobile printer performance and can be managed to optimize reliability and total cost of ownership (TCO). View All 01 Oct 2007 309 Kb
The Do’s and Don’ts of Selecting Hospital Bar Code Labels and Wristbands This tip sheet guides users to selecting label and wristband materials that will provide quality and reliable performance in healthcare environments. It explains why label and wristband supplies are not interchangeable, how to determine your needs, and common mistakes made in supply selection. View All 01 Aug 2007 205 Kb
The Shocking Truth About Electrostatic Discharge...And How to Reduce the Damage This white paper describes a specialty bar code labeling solution that dissipates electrostatic discharge (ESD) that was created for electronics manufacturing and clean room environments. View All 01 Aug 2007 293 Kb
Tips for RFID Smart Label Printing/Encoding This paper presents best practices for RFID smart label media selection, handling, label placement and printer settings, operations and troubleshooting, based on Zebra’s experience from hundreds of successful implementations. The tips apply to Electronic Product Code (EPC) smart labels and other forms of RFID technology. View All 01 Oct 2007 241 Kb
Track and Trace Solutions for the Life Sciences Supply Chain This paper explains how companies can create new processes to take advantage bar code, RFID and authentication labels to improve inventory control, returns and recalls, distribution and product security. View All 19 Apr 2004 412 Kb
Unchaining the Value of RFID: How closed-loop systems provide flexibility and fast ROI Supply chain RFID systems get the headlines, but closed-loop applications are much more widely used and usually provide much faster ROI. This white paper presents examples, ROI data and research that show how companies are using asset management, WIP tracking and other closed-loop RFID applications to solve specific business problems. View All 01 Aug 2007 314 Kb
Understanding Mobile Printing Technology and Capabilities Mobile and wireless computers enable users to collect information and conduct business virtually anywhere. This white paper explains how. It presents an overview of product options, print capabilities, and wireless and connectivity support for mobile printers, and profiles how to use them to improve efficiency. View All 01 Oct 2007 281 Kb
Using SAP® Smart Forms for Bar Code Label Printing from mySAP™ Business Suite This white paper describes how to take advantage of the Zebra Programming Language (ZPL®) support that is now native to SAP Smart Forms to design and output bar codes from mySAP™ applications without SAPscript programming, middleware, or additional labeling or output software. View All 01 Oct 2007 148 Kb
When, Where, How and Why to Use Wireless Printers Wireless bar code printing makes it easy to move your printers as work areas are reconfigured--or to add printing capacity in response to seasonal demands or expanding operations. Learn how wireless printing's flexibility and convenience can increase return on investment from your enterprise printing system. View All 11 Apr 2008 248 Kb
Wide-Web Thermal Label and Bar Code Printing Wide-web printers, with print widths of at least six inches, may be the only option for special printing requirements, but also offer many advantages for common uses. This paper explains the capabilities and benefits of wide-web printers. View All 17 Jun 2002 811 Kb
Wireless Labeling Solutions for Retailers Price marking, shelf labeling, returns processing, mobile POS, and shelf price auditing are some of the operations retailers can do more accurately and efficiently with wireless printers. This white paper describes these applications, documents time and cost savings retailers have achieved, and presents an overview of mobile and wireless print technology. View All 26 Sep 2006 346 Kb
Wireless Technology: Solutions for Retail Learn how innovative retailers are earning fast ROI by complementing their wireless networks with mobile printing to efficiently conduct price changes and audits, shelf labeling, mobile POS, returns, and customer service. View All 01 Oct 2007 376 Kb
Zebra’s RFID Readiness Guide: Ensuring A Successful RFID Implementation This white paper help readers determine if RFID is right for their organizations by succinctly describing how RFID works and how it is used, and provides tips for starting an RFID project. View All 20 Mar 2008 140 Kb