Knowledge Base

ABLT has partnered with a small number of AIDC (Automatic Identification and Data Capture) manufacturers that have demonstrated that they can deliver both quality and cost competitive data collection equipment. The two standouts in our opinion are Honeywell and Unitech. Honeywell In 2007 Honeywell purchased HHP the leader in linear and 2D handheld [...]

ABLT designs custom label blanks to your unique specifications using a wide array of poly-face stocks, papers and specialty adhesives. All label blanks can be pre-printed with eye-catching customized logos. ABLT's label consultants walk you through the process of understanding where the label will be applied, to what surface, in what environment and any other [...]

We have carefully selected a small group of third party software vendors to represent who offer very important tools in the collection of variable data. Bartender by Seagull Scientific Years of printing bar codes and variable data labels have lead us to conclude that we get the cleanest reading barcodes when using Bartender label design [...]

ABLT has been using Thermal Transfer printers in the production of numbered and barcoded labels since the mid 80’s. During this time we have developed an extensive knowledge of the printers on the market. We can provide our customers printers based on their specific needs, printing environment, and print volume. To determine what kind of [...]

Our experience with many of the different thermal transfer ribbon manufacturers is that there is no substitute for consistent quality. After nearly 30 years of testing thermal transfer ribbons, we have chosen to align ourselves with ITW thermal films because of their consistency of quality. In addition, we have a group of ribbons that when [...]