High-performance, built-to-last industrial printers are legendary for their rugged durability, consistently outstanding print quality, fast print speed, long life, and unparalleled reliability in demanding applications and harsh environments. These qualities translate into low total cost of ownership—making them a smart investment for organizations with high-volume, mission-critical or specialty labeling applications.

What sort of environmental conditions will the printer encounter. Industrial printers, for example, are specifically designed for harsh industrial environments and have sealed cabinetry to prevent dust from interfering with operations.

What is your daily label output? High-performance industrial printers are designed to operate continuously, during peak print cycles or non-stop for 24-hour cycles in difference from desktop and midrange models, which are better suited for lower volume, intermittent printing.

Print speed is an important consideration if you require a high volume of labels to be printed daily or during peak cycles. Print speed is an element of “throughput,” which is the time lapsed between receipt of the print command and completion of the printing process. Throughput depends not only on printing time, but also on label formatting time (i.e., the time required to convert the program and data to an image on the label).

Depending on the complexity of the label format and the printer’s ability to process this information in an efficient manner, label-formatting time can sometimes cause significant print delays, affecting a printer’s overall print speed capability. Such delays can be costly in productivity if they occur in a production environment where time and on-demand print capability are of the essence.