{"id":11922,"date":"2015-09-23T12:09:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T18:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2019-05-06T12:45:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T18:45:57","slug":"case-study-datamax-oneil-performance-series-meets-the-challenge-of-small-text-and-data-on-cryogenic-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/case-study-datamax-oneil-performance-series-meets-the-challenge-of-small-text-and-data-on-cryogenic-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study: Datamax-O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Neil Performance Series Meets the Challenge of Small Text and Data on Cryogenic Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For a leading ISO 13485:2003-certified OEM manufacturer of enzymes, meeting the rigorous demands of commercial entities engaged in the development, manufacture, and distribution of platforms dedicated to nucleic-acid identification is a daily challenge. Enzymes are critical to the performance of these applications, and the industry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s relentless pursuit of higher performance emphasizes the need for analytical-reagent purity and absolute production consistency.<\/p>\n

Operating from the perspective that they are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a manufacturing division of their customer,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the company consistently delivers the highest quality and value enzymes, leveraging them to drive customer success via a business partnership model. Part of that consistent delivery means labeling goods<\/a> so that they are easily and accurately identified when they arrive in the lab.<\/p>\n

Problem<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When enzymes are manufactured, they start in batches of 50-gallon vats, and then are broken down into small vials as part of a kit sold to research and testing facilities. These vials must be labeled individually; the labels include a great deal of data, two-dimensional barcodes, and very small type. Because of the temperatures at which they need to be maintained, cryogenic polypropylene labels<\/a> are used.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153With the printers<\/a> they had installed, they were having problems with registration and print quality, primarily due to the small size of the labels,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Dana Ritchie, principal at Paladin ID LLC, a Laconia, N.H.-based specialist in barcode labeling. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was a label and ribbon issue, a clarity and quality issue.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Along with registration issues, the legacy printers were having problems with label drift. Further, consistency of printhead pressure was problematic: operators had to make a judgment regarding how much head pressure to apply; consequently, the manual setting could easily vary from operator to operator.This could very well affect consistency of print.<\/p>\n

Solution<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ritchie recommended a switch to the Datamax-O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Neil Performance Series 1120n Near-Edge printer<\/a>, which he describes as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153designed for this kind of challenging application.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The first of printer was installed in August 2011. Three more have been purchased subsequently; and as the company phases out the balance of its legacy printers, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s committed to replacing them with the 1120n.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Because the 1120n is a near-edge printer, it does a fantastic job on the polypropylene labels,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Ritchie. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was designed for thicker and hard-to-image materials.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The 1120n\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s near-edge printhead<\/a> increases reliability and provides clean, crisp graphics and ladder barcodes, which results in a higher scan rating. Further, it has a one-million inch or one-year printhead warranty\u00e2\u20ac\u201dtwice that of most printhead warranties on the market today.<\/p>\n

Other key benefits also made the 1120n a compelling choice:<\/strong><\/p>\n