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GS1 Sunrise 2027 is the date by which retail checkout scanners worldwide are expected to read 2D barcodes as well as the classic EAN-13. Suppliers are...

Every thermal label sold in the EU has been BPA-free since January 2020, so "BPA-free thermal labels" on a quote tells you almost nothing. Most manufacturers...

Most scanner returns we see are not faulty units. They are the right scanner for the wrong job, or the right scanner ordered without the cradle...

Zebra ZC300 vs Evolis Primacy 2 vs Zenius 2 is the shortlist most offices end up with when they need an ID card printer for employee...

A Zebra ZD421 part number such as ZD4A042-D0EE00EZ looks like noise, but every character is a hardware decision. One wrong letter and you receive a printer...

Year 1 of Microsoft's paid Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) for businesses ended on 13 October 2026. If your field crews still carry Windows 10...

You run POHODA or Money S3, stock-taking still happens on paper, and someone has to type the counts back in. A mobile terminal fixes that, but...

From 1 January 2027 a hazard label is only compliant if the text on it is physically big enough. Regulation (EU) 2024/2865, the revision of CLP,...

A plastic card printer is the easy part. The consumables are where the money leaks. Someone orders "a colour ribbon" from a search result, and it...

A parcel label that will not scan at the depot comes back as a failed collection, and the cause is nearly always the media rather than...

A POS receipt printer is the one piece of till hardware that fails in front of a customer. When the cutter jams during the Friday peak,...

A warehouse manager orders two DS3678 scanners for a goods-in bench. One arrives at 349 euros as a bare scanner in a box. The other arrives...