List of Industrial Label Printing Manufacturer Companies

The number of industrial label printers available is in the thousands and without a doubt it may seem the best course of action is to stick with the old printer instead of taking hours to research. With new technology, printers are faster, more efficient and cost less to operate. In a few cases, a new printer can reduce label and ribbon cost by as much as 50%.

It is virtually impossible to to select a printer with clicks online. Take a look at our extensive list of industrial printer manufacturers, which includes a short overview of each company. As you review the different options, contact the Peak Technologies team of experts for further help determing the best industrial label printing solution for your business. If you’re ready to purchase, shop here.

3M

With $30 billion in sales, 3M employs 88,000 people worldwide and produces more than 55,000 products, including label printers.

Accraply

A Division of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. – A leader in the design, manufacture, and support of automated label application systems as well as converting and finishing equipment for the shrink sleeve label and flexible packaging markets.

Accu-sort

Accu-Sort Systems (aquired by Datalogic) has been providing innovative solutions to automatic identification challenges since 1971. Today Accu-sort is a world leader in fixed-position laser and CCD scanners, with more than 80 percent of all parcels shipped in the U.S. passing under Accu-sort equipment.

Advanced Poly

Accu-Sort Systems (aquired by Datalogic) has been providing innovative solutions to automatic identification challenges since 1971. Today Accu-sort is a world leader in fixed-position laser and CCD scanners, with more than 80 percent of all parcels shipped in the U.S. passing under Accu-sort equipment.

AFCO

Since the company’s founding by Vincent Mallia in 1971, AFCO has been an industry pioneer with numerous patents and cutting edge designs that accommodate cabling, cooling, power, integration services, and on-site end-user usability challenges and requirements.

The ability to deliver a wide range of standard products to address end-user specific requirements has led many companies in the Fortune 500 to choose AFCO as their strategic partner with their data center and telecom infrastructure needs.

Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison is easy to label: It’s a global leader in the making of adhesive labels used on packaging, mailers, and other items. Pressure-sensitive adhesives and materials account for more than half of its sales. Its Pressure-sensitive Materials unit is split into two other units: Label and Packaging Materials (LPM) and Graphics and Reflective Solutions (GRS). Under the Avery Dennison and Fasson brands, it makes papers, films, and foils coated with adhesive and sold in rolls to printers. Its most widely used products are the self-adhesive stamps used by the US Postal Service since 1974. The company also makes retail branding and security tags, printer systems, and fasteners. $6.14 Billion annual revenue. 

Brady

It’s the story, of a manufacturing firm named Brady. Brady Corporation makes a diversified array of industrial identification and specialty coated material products. These include industrial and facility ID products such as printable labels and wire markers; safety and regulatory compliance offerings, including lockout/tagout products, safety signs, and traffic control products; and other products such as specialty tapes, photo ID card systems, and software. Through Accidental Health & Safety and its Trafalgar First Aid unit, it supplies safety and first aid products in Australia, $1.15 Billion annual revenue.

Brother

Brother International is part of one big global family. A subsidiary of Japan-based Brother Industries, Brother International sells inkjet and laser printers, fax machines, scanners, typewriters, stamp-making systems, laminators, electronic label printers, sewing machines, garment printers, gear motors, and machine tools manufactured by its parent company. Its products are marketed to consumers and businesses in North America and across Latin America. Through its subsidiaries, Brother International operates production and sales facilities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. The business, which accounts for more than 25% of its parent’s sales, was formed in 1954. $1.83 Billion annual revenue.

Casio

CASIO COMPUTER wants a watch on every wrist and a handheld computer in every pocket. The firm makes a wide range of electronics for consumers, including calculators, cell phones, digital cameras, portable TVs, watches, and musical keyboards. CASIO COMPUTER also manufactures computing and communications devices, like PDAs and electronic cash registers. The company seeks out superlatives when creating products: The G-Shock watch (launched in 1983) boasted it was the toughest (able to survive a three-story drop) and the EXILIM camera (2002) claimed to be the world’s thinnest (roughly the size of a credit card). The three younger brothers of late founder Tadao Kashio continue to run CASIO COMPUTER. $3.13 Billion annual revenue.

Citizen

An independent U.S. corporation, Citizen Systems America is the U.S. subsidiary of Citizen Systems Japan, a global manufacturer of mini-printers, industrial printing solutions, quartz crystals and oscillators. Citizen Systems America develops and markets Citizen healthcare devices, point-of-sale printers, industrial printing solutions, barcode label printers, portable thermal and serial matrix printers.

Datacard Group

The company, which does business as DataCard Group, offers card printers, laminators, digital cameras, engravers, mail handlers, and software that organizations use to manage, customize, and issue personalized credit and ID cards. DataCard products are used by financial institutions (credit cards, smart cards), corporations (badges), and government agencies (passports, national ID cards) in more than 120 countries. Established in 1969, the company also offers consulting, graphic design, and systems integration services. $198.5 Million annual sales.

Datamax O'neil

Business is mostly black and white for Datamax-O’Neil. The company makes equipment for bar coding and automatic identification labeling, including thermal printers, software, label verification systems, and thermal transfer ribbons. Its products are used to create labels that, in conjunction with bar code scanners, help track merchandise, prices, and inventory. The company’s Datamax-O’Neil Printer Supplies unit makes ribbons, custom labels, and tags. Datamax-O’Neil provides application integration, network and software testing, printer repair, technical support, and training services. Established in 1977, Datamax-O’Neil is a subsidiary of diversified manufacturer Dover Corporation.

DYMO

Thanks to the Internet, Endicia really delivers. The company’s Internet Postage system allows online users to print postage and shipping labels for all mail classes. Customers can even print labels for US Postal Service options such as delivery confirmation and parcel insurance, as well as design custom postage with photos and logos. Hoping to save its customers a trip to the Post Office, Endicia has built its electronic postage system into more than 60 computer applications for Macs and PCs. The company, formerly PSI Systems, was founded in 1982. In 2007 Newell Rubbermaid acquired the firm.

Epson

Seiko Epson (doing business as Epson Corporation) makes its mark on paper and glass. A top printer manufacturer, the company produces dot matrix, ink jet, laser, and thermal printers, as well as components and ink cartridges. Its product portfolio also includes projectors, scanners, and PCs; electronic devices and components, including semiconductors and LCDs; and precision products, such as lenses and factory automation equipment. Epson has manufacturing facilities in more than 25 countries and sales offices around the world. The company generates more than half of its sales in the Asia/Pacific region. Other Seiko companies include Seiko Holdings and Seiko Instruments. 

Evolis

Evolis designs, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive range of printing systems and plastic card personalization solutions. Plastic cards are used everywhere, for ID badges, payment cards, transit passes, access badges, loyalty cards, student ID cards, national ID cards, and so much more. 2013 Revenue: 56.1 million euros – 255 employees – More than 400 distributors in 125 countries – 94% of sales to the export market.

Intermec

Intermec makes data collection and mobile computing devices that track supply chain assets. Products include bar code scanners, RFID readers, mobile and fixed vehicle computers, printers, and label media. Intermec also offers installation, training, support, and repair services and sells voice-directed workflow technology through its Vocollect business. The company’s products are used to automate and manage functions related to distribution, warehousing, and manufacturing. Intermec, which serves customers globally, targets the warehouse and distribution, field services, postal and courier express, and direct store delivery markets. It was acquired by Honeywell International in late 2013.

K-Sun

K-Sun Corporation began as a manufacturer of proprietary printing cartridges for electronic labeling machines, sold through independent resellers worldwide. During expansion efforts in 1987, K-Sun began a partnership with Brother International by distributing Brother® P-Touch labeling machines on an exclusive basis. Today, K-Sun continues to function as a national distributor for Brother P-Touch products. In 1994, K-Sun began to manufacture and market its own brand of proprietary labeling machines and consumable supplies. Its product lines have continued to grow, including new machines, specialty supplies and accessories. In 1997, the company occupied its new facility in Somerset, Wis. That year K-Sun acquired MaxiSoft® Inc., a safety and identification software development company based in Reno, NV.

Kroy

Kroy LLC designs, manufactures and distributes high-quality electronic labelers, bar-code printers compliance labeling systems and interior architectural signage as well as a wide variety of specialty tape supplies and accessories. By combining state-of-the-art hardware, software, and a variety of media with progressive manufacturing techniques, Kroy provides innovative solutions for identification challenges worldwide.

OKI

Oki Data hopes to have a lasting impact on the printer market. The company, a subsidiary of component giant Oki Electric Industry, is a leading maker of printers. It also offers monochrome and color light-emitting diode (LED) printers, as well as facsimile machines, paper products, and printer and fax accessories such as toner, ink cartridges, and ribbons. The company caters to enterprises in a wide range of markets, including the automotive, real estate, restaurant, and health care industries. Its operations include an American subsidiary, Oki Data Americas. Oki Electric established Oki Data Corporation in 1994 to represent its worldwide printer and fax business.

Panduit

Offers rugged, high speed industrial printers such as TDP43HE and TDP46HE which create crisp, clear legends with superior legibility at Up to 10″ per second print speed. Use them to print a wide variety of self-laminating labels, component labels, non-laminated labels, marker plate, continuous tapes and heat shrink labels up to 4.00″ wide. Easy-Mark™ Labeling Software and hybrid ribbon included with printer.

Primera Technology

Headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota, Primera Technology, Inc.develops and manufactures specialty printing equipment including the LX-Series Color Label Printers, AP-Series Label Applicators, LP130 Laser Marking System and CX1200 Color Label Press and FX1200 Digital Finishing System. Primera distributes its products in more than 222 countries with service and support for North America, Latin America and South America from Plymouth, Minnesota. EMEA customers are serviced and supported from Wiesbaden, Germany through Primera Europe. Primera Asia Pacific, located in Hong Kong, serves customers in Asia Pacific.

Printronix

Printronix produces a plethora of practical printing products. A leading maker of high-speed industrial printers, Corona Investment Partners portfolio company Printronix develops line matrix printers for heavy-duty jobs such as invoicing, continuous form printing, and bar code label printing. Its laser and thermal printers are used for business and industrial applications.

Other products include radio-frequency identification (RFID) printers and printer management systems that let users monitor and configure networked printers from standard Web browsers. The company offers two of the most-trusted brand names in industrial, back office, and supply chain printing, Printronix and TallyGenicom.

Sato

SATO is a pioneer and leading global provider of integrated Automatic Identification and Data Collection solutions that leverage barcode, two-dimensional stacked & QR code, color code, digital watermarking, and UHF/HF/PJM RFID technologies. SATO delivers innovative end-to-end solutions to businesses as a single point responsibility for hardware, consumables, maintenance management, application software, each designed to enhance customer value.

SATO solutions enable better business efficiencies and environmental protection to contribute to the development of a sustainable world Founded in 1940, SATO is publicly listed on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan.

Seiko

Make every hour count, and Seiko Instruments (SII) will keep count of every hour. The company designs and manufactures a slew of electronic components, communications equipment, and scientific instruments, as well as precision timepiece products. Its lineup runs from semiconductors to crystal oscillators and liquid crystal displays, scanning probe microscopes, focused ion beam systems, thermal printers, and machine grinders and spindles. The company also makes microbatteries for designer quartz watches and SoftBank brand connect cards for PCs. SII subsidiaries and representative offices dot the world. SII, Seiko Precision, and Seiko NPC Corp. together form the precision products business of Seiko Holdings Corp.

Thomas Betts

Thomas & Betts Corporation is a leading designer and manufacturer of electrical components used in industrial and commercial markets. 

Toshiba

Toshiba products play an active role, be it in computing, controlling, powering, or communicating — transporting, playing, or even just chillin’. The company’s portfolio includes personal and professional computers (PCs, point-of-sale systems), telecommunications and medical equipment (LCDs for mobile devices, X-ray machines), industrial machinery (power plant reactors, elevators), consumer appliances (air conditioners, Blu-ray Disc recorders), electronic components (electron tubes, batteries), and semiconductors. Its portfolio also includes air traffic control and railway transportation systems. Customers outside Japan account for 55% of Toshiba’s revenues.

tsc

TSC Auto-ID Technology is an emerging leader in the production of innovative, competitively priced thermal bar code label printers. They were the first Taiwan-based manufacturer to supply more than 2 million label printers to the Auto-identification market – a testimony to the world-class quality of their products.

Wasp Barcode Technologies

With over 275,000 loyal customers, Wasp Barcode is an award winning provider of barcode technology software and solutions including barcode scanners, barcode printers, inventory software, asset tracking, time and attendance systems, Point of Sale (POS) systems and a range of barcode labels and barcode accessories. Since 1996 small and medium sized business have been using equipment from Wasp Barcode to manage their companies more efficiently saving time and money in manufacturing, warehousing & distribution, retail, government, education as well as healthcare services. 

Zebra

Like its namesake, Zebra Technologies may be best known for its black and white lines. The company designs and sells printing devices that print labels, plastic cards, tickets, and receipts. The company also offers related labeling supplies, thermal ink ribbons, and software for label design and printer network management. Its Zebra Location Solutions unit provides asset tags, call tags, sensors, exciters, and software — all of which use passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) to help companies track and manage assets. With offices around the world, Zebra Technologies serves government customers and many corporate clients in industries ranging from health care to manufacturing to retail.

As you make your selection, here are variables to consider:

TYPE OF PRINTER

Desktop

Desktop models can handle most shipping labels and perform reasonably well while having a small size. For low volume label printing in a work environment with limited space, desktop models are ideal.

Industrial

Industrial models are best for high volume, high intensity workplaces. They can print significantly faster than desktop models, and can often print using multiple technologies depending on what you need for a given task. Examples of industrial printers are the Zebra ZT230 and the Printronix T8204.

Portable

Portable models such as Zebra’s iMZ220 and the Honeywell PB50 are a developing category of label printers which use wireless technology or USB to sync up and store tasks before printing them remotely. Some also allow for printing custom labels on the fly like a label maker can.

PRINTER TECHNOLOGY

Direct Thermal

Direct thermal printers use heat-sensitive media which darkens as it passes through the printhead. As such, they only print black and white labels. They are known for their simplicity and shelf life because they don’t require an ink ribbon. However, thermal labels do not hold up well to prolonged periods of heat, direct sunlight, or abrasion. For most short term applications, like shipping labels, direct thermal is the best choice available. Examples of Direct Thermal printers are the Zebra ZT220 and the Honeywell PB32.

Dot Matrix

Dot matrix print technology is one of the oldest printing technologies around. They use a roller which prints small dots on a label line by line. They are a cheap, durable option which can tolerate harsher conditions than printers which use other technologies. They are, however, a bit slower than rival technologies, limited by low resolution outputs, and a bit noisy during printing.

Ink Jet

Ink-jet printing is rare in label printers, but in applications which require labels with multiple colors, it’s often the only option. You will always pay more for an ink-jet model, and they will also require more maintenance. Unless you require color labels, there’s really no reason to buy one of these models.

Thermal Transfer

Thermal transfer printers such as the use a thermal-reactive ink ribbon which is melted onto the label by the printhead. This technology allows for very durable printing on a number of labels beyond paper, including plastics like polyester and polypropylene. While it’s more expensive than direct thermal printing, it’s better suited for long term applications like product labels, location tags, and outdoor wristbands. 

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