Zebra's Industry Solutions can give your business a competitive advantage by connecting people, assets and data to help you make better decisions.
Scale and energise your retail strategy with a digital backbone that unifies your team, informs priorities and drives results with Zebra's retail technology solutions.
Zebra's healthcare technology solutions provide patient identity management, mobile health devices, and business intelligence data to improve efficiency.
Zebra’s manufacturing technology solutions enable manufacturers to become more agile, optimise plant floor performance and embrace market changes.
Zebra's market-leading solutions and products improve customer satisfaction with a lower cost per interaction by keeping service representatives connected with colleagues, customers, management and the tools they use to satisfy customers across the supply chain.
In today's world, the demands on transportation and logistics companies are higher than ever. Dedicated Warehouse, Fleet and Delivery, and Yard and Terminal solutions enable visibility to every aspect of your business and keep operations running flawlessly around the clock.
Zebra's hospitality technology solutions equip your hotel and restaurant staff to deliver superior customer and guest service through inventory tracking and more.
Empower your field workers with purpose-driven mobile technology solutions to help them capture and share critical data in any environment.
Zebra’s mobile computing, scanning, and printing solutions connect each operational area in your warehouse to give you the agility to realize transformational gains.
Zebra's range of mobile computers equip your workforce with the devices they need from handhelds and tablets to wearables and vehicle-mounted computers.
Zebra's desktop, mobile, industrial, and portable printers for barcode labels, receipts, RFID tags and cards give you smarter ways to track and manage assets.
Zebra's 1D and 2D corded and cordless barcode scanners anticipate any scanning challenge in a variety of environments, whether retail, healthcare, T&L or manufacturing.
Zebra's extensive range of RAIN RFID readers, antennas, and printers give you consistent and accurate tracking.
Choose Zebra's reliable barcode, RFID and card supplies carefully selected to ensure high performance, print quality, durability and readability.
Zebra's location technologies provide real-time tracking for your organisation to better manage and optimise your critical assets and create more efficient workflows.
Zebra's rugged tablets and 2-in-1 laptops are thin and lightweight, yet rugged to work wherever you do on familiar and easy-to-use Windows or Android OS.
With Zebra's family of fixed industrial scanners and machine vision technologies, you can tailor your solutions to your environment and applications.
Zebra’s line of kiosks can meet any self-service or digital signage need, from checking prices and stock on an in-aisle store kiosk to fully-featured kiosks that can be deployed on the wall, counter, desktop or floor in a retail store, hotel, airport check-in gate, physician’s office, local government office and more.
Discover Zebra’s range of accessories from chargers, communication cables to cases to help you customise your mobile device for optimal efficiency.
Zebra's environmental sensors monitor temperature-sensitive products, offering data insights on environmental conditions across industry applications.
Keep labour costs low, your talent happy and your organisation compliant. Create an agile operation that can navigate unexpected schedule changes and customer demand to drive sales, satisfy customers and improve your bottom line.
Empower the front line with prioritised task notification and enhanced communication capabilities for easier collaboration and more efficient task execution.
Get full visibility of your inventory and automatically pinpoint leaks across all channels.
Reduce uncertainty when you anticipate market volatility. Predict, plan and stay agile to align inventory with shifting demand.
Drive down costs while driving up employee, security, and network performance with software designed to enhance Zebra's wireless infrastructure and mobile solutions.
Explore Zebra’s printer software to integrate, manage and monitor printers easily, maximising IT resources and minimising down time.
Make the most of every stage of your scanning journey from deployment to optimisation. Zebra's barcode scanner software lets you keep devices current and adapt them to your business needs for a stronger ROI across the full lifecycle.
RFID development, demonstration and production software and utilities help you build and manage your RFID deployments more efficiently.
RFID development, demonstration and production software and utilities help you build and manage your RFID deployments more efficiently.
Zebra DNA is the industry’s broadest suite of enterprise software that delivers an ideal experience for all during the entire lifetime of every Zebra device.
Advance your digital transformation and execute your strategic plans with the help of the right location and tracking technology.
The Zebra Aurora suite of machine vision software enables users to solve their track-and-trace, vision inspection and industrial automation needs.
Zebra Aurora Focus brings a new level of simplicity to controlling enterprise-wide manufacturing and logistics automation solutions. With this powerful interface, it’s easy to set up, deploy and run Zebra’s Fixed Industrial Scanners and Machine Vision Smart Cameras, eliminating the need for different tools and reducing training and deployment time.
Aurora Imaging Library™, formerly Matrox Imaging Library, machine-vision software development kit (SDK) has a deep collection of tools for image capture, processing, analysis, annotation, display, and archiving. Code-level customization starts here.
Aurora Design Assistant™, formerly Matrox Design Assistant, integrated development environment (IDE) is a flowchart-based platform for building machine vision applications, with templates to speed up development and bring solutions online quicker.
Designed for experienced programmers proficient in vision applications, Aurora Vision Library provides the same sophisticated functionality as our Aurora Vision Studio software but presented in programming language.
Aurora Vision Studio, an image processing software for machine & computer vision engineers, allows quick creation, integration & monitoring of powerful OEM vision applications.
Adding innovative tech is critical to your success, but it can be complex and disruptive. Professional Services help you accelerate adoption, and maximise productivity without affecting your workflows, business processes and finances.
Zebra's Managed Service delivers worry-free device management to ensure ultimate uptime for your Zebra Mobile Computers and Printers via dedicated experts.
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Why eco-friendly printing? With an increasing demand for more sustainable and safer printing solutions, more and more companies are looking for greener alternatives and innovative strategies to decrease their environmental impact. Eco-friendly printing and sustainable supplies help protect natural resources and wildlife. Eco-friendly printing is being environmentally conscious when it comes to creating printed materials for personal and business needs and choosing to use more sustainable and nonpolluting supplies.
Eco-friendly or green printing is the application of green initiatives and making a conscious decision to opt for nonpolluting alternatives when it comes to printing and supplies. This can involve choosing the right printer, the ink, the paper stocks, the labels, the cartridge, and other sustainable printed materials.
Making environmentally-friendly printing decisions can help sustain the environment, decrease your carbon footprint, remove health risks from toxic exposures, and even help sustain your business. Some eco-friendly printing alternatives can help increase the lifespans of the supplies used, which helps decrease costs and increase productivity.
Printing consumables are used in the printing process and are used up by the process. A lot of old printing-related supplies are consumables. These can include things like labels and RFID inlays. Consumables are intended to be used in high numbers and are usually for single use only.
Printing consumables have short lifespans, and avoiding them provides an environmental opportunity for companies to reduce, reuse and recycle. Being mindful of the business's environmental impact also has its competitive advantages by setting a positive example in the industry and helping build trust and confidence with your customers.
Environmentally-friendly printing can include avoiding toxic chemicals in supplies that hurt the environment, choosing paper that can be recyclable to help reduce waste, choosing compostable ink cartridges to help save landfill space, and many more. With a growing number of options, high-quality sustainable supplies are available to accommodate any printing needs, whether you need to print business cards, shipping labels, product labels, posters, reports, etc.
To begin your transition to eco-friendly printing, it is important to look at the materials and avoid toxic chemicals. For example, materials that include chemicals like Bisphenol A (BPA) and Bisphenol S (BPS) can be avoided when choosing the correct supplies. There are many alternatives to avoid these materials such as choosing Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) Content and recycle-friendly supplies. In addition, there are also plenty of printing labels that help reduce product volume and packaging, such as linerless labels. Consumers do not need to give up on print quality by choosing sustainable and environmentally-friendly printing supplies.
Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) material is made from materials that were previously used and recycled such as paper and plastic. These materials can be found in your manufacturing process from the leftover scraps that were cut during the printing process that did not make it to consumers. Using PCR Content reduces the use of virgin material making an overall saving on natural resources and energy.
Zebra uses Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) materials. The Z-Perform 1000D-E is made up of 15% post-consumer recycled materials, helping save resources like water and energy.
Another aspect to pay attention to when choosing supplies for your business is the recyclability of the materials used. When labels are brought into your business, it is easy for employees to handle the disposal of those supplies. However, when these supplies leave the facility and go into the hands of the customer, businesses do not have control of the handling and disposing of such supplies. When these labels are sent out to your customers, the assumption is often that the materials used to make these labels are recyclable and they are safe to treat as such. In fact, many people often mistake that all paper labels are recyclable, so most end-users treat them that way. End users end up recycling shipping boxes with shipping labels without knowing that the adhesive needs to be removed from the paper pulp, which can be a challenging process.
When you acquire supplies for your business, it may be hard to notice, but the supplies you purchase may be too big for their own good. Materials can be high in volume, which comes with bigger packaging. Sometimes packaging can even be much bigger than what the contents need. This can negatively impact the environment and the overall sustainability of your supplies. Not only that, if these materials are not being used, it can be a wasted cost for the business. Reducing product volume, weight, and packaging can help decrease negative environmental impact and increase overall sustainability. A reduction in product volume when possible and getting the appropriately-sized packaging can mean that more products can fit on the shipping pallet, resulting in less fuel for transportation and less needed storage space.
Selecting printers that are compatible with linerless labels can help reduce waste, which helps minimize negative impacts on the environment. Even if these printers require an upfront investment, the investment can have positive effects on your business and the environment.
This is because linerless labels have environmental and safety benefits compared to labels with liners. Linerless labels do not come with a liner that has a release coating, allowing the label to peel away and separate from the adhesive. Not having a liner inherently reduces waste.
To help you achieve linerless labeling and printing, Zebra offers the Zebra 8000D linerless desktop labels, which are compatible with the Zebra ZD620 direct thermal printer.
Since liners are usually made with silicone, which usually means that they are non-recyclable. They also can not be burned. Disposing liners continues to be an environmental challenge. Liners are also slippery and removing them can limit slip hazards that result from the accumulation of liner piles under the printers.
Many businesses are seeking options that help them reduce waste while meeting their operational objectives. This is why many are choosing linerless printing.
As mentioned earlier in this article, materials that include BPA/BPS and phenol should be avoided when deciding on what supplies your business should use. BPA (Bisphenol A) and BPS (Bisphenol S) are carbon-based compounds that are found in many materials including certain types of thermal printing papers. This ingredient is used primarily in manufacturing and included in commercial products such as food containers, plastic bottles, hygiene products, printing and label materials, and more. When these chemicals are disposed of, they can greatly impact the aquatic ecosystem. The most impacted animals have been different species of fish. These chemicals have affected their growth, reproductive, and development. This can put their population in harm's way along with humans who may consume these animals.
In addition to aquatic life impact, it is often easy to overlook the implications to human life, which can be impacted due to the use in the production of food processing and water gathering. Increased intake and exposure to these chemicals can cause endocrine disruptors to spread throughout the body. Endocrine disruptors have been found to interfere with people's reproductive systems. These chemicals can cause disruption in the immune and nervous systems of humans and can increase the risk of cancer. Common products that have been found to contain endocrine disruptors are plastic bottles and containers, liners in metal food cans, food, toys, and cosmetics.
Printing can be more sustainable and eco-friendly by incorporating materials that will help sustain responsible print production. It's important to choose nontoxic and environmentally-friendly supplies when possible. All of Zebra's labels are now BPA-free. The Zebra’s Z-Perform 1000D PF Labels are both BPS-free and BPA-free and use alternative developers. These phenol-free labels and receipts are often regarded to be safer to handle than those that contain BPA and BPS chemicals.
Over the years, Zebra Technologies has developed printing supplies to provide more eco-friendly printing solutions. In order to hone in on the benefits of Post-Consumer Recycled Content, Zebra created the Z-Perform 2000D Eco Liner, which is made up of 90% PCR materials. In addition, Zebra developed the Z-PolyPro 4000D-Eco label, which has been formulated to be able to recycle with PE flexible envelope while keeping its high performance.
In order to help reduce product volume and packaging, Zebra developed the Z-Perform 2000D Eco Liner, which has a thinner, recyclable PET liner. There are more labels on the roll, which means fewer rolls for the same number of labels.
The Zebra 8000D Dissolvable Label is a great option to help reduce waste. When it is placed under running water, the facestock disperses into small paper fibers and the adhesive dissolves away from the surface. This label also comes in a high-temp version that is resistant to temperatures up to 140°F.
The Zebra 8000D Linerless Label has a silicone release top-coating. This label uses a special adhesive that allows it to peel away from the labels with no liner needed. With this label, you can help eliminate liner waste, which is a common issue that you see with standard labels.
The Zebra PolyPro 4000D-E Label, which is currently available in North America and Latin America, is a specially formulated combination of face stock and adhesive. This combination meets the requirements of the Association of Plastic Recyclers. This printing label can be recycled alongside a polyethylene bubble mailer.
The Zebra Z-Perform 1000D-E Label is a BPA-free paper. It is made up of 15% recycled postconsumer waste. It has the same direct thermal printability and performance as other labels with standard grades. This label is currently available in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
The ZBR2100-E Inlay is 100% plastic-free. This is a paper-based RFID inlay with a laser-cut antenna. Choosing this inlay will help save resources during manufacturing, such as saving water, energy, and greenhouse gasses. This supply is designed with the high-sensitivity UCODE 9 chipset to allow for high read ranges of up to 19m. This product is currently available in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
As a manufacturer of supplies, Zebra experts can help you select the right label material for you. You will need to provide P.R.E.S.S., which includes the following information:
P - Printer Model
R - Resistance (scratch, chemical, etc.)
E - Environment (indoor use, outdoor use, temperature needs, etc.)
S - Surface (plastic, metal, curved, rough, etc.)
S - Size (width, length, perforations, slits, etc.)
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