AstroNova Product Identification Industrial Color Label Printer for System Integration QLS-4100 Xe

Overview of the QLS-4100 Xe Color Label Printer:

The QLS-4100 Xe color thermal transfer label printer delivers instant, high-speed digital color label printing to manufacturers who need to print product labels on-demand, on a production floor or in an office.

In addition to printing labels in-line, one label at a time, the QLS-4100 Xe is also used to print batches of color labels, on rolls. High-speed, on-board data processing capacity allows the QLS-4100 Xe to print thousands of color labels on a roll without hesitating when graphics change, when automatically calculated fields such as expiration dates change, or when label content is dynamically pulled from a database. Label print speed is user-selectable, from 2-7 inches per second.

It’s easy to print labels with variable content using Custom QuickLabel Omni labeling software. And, as an intelligent label printer, the QLS-4100 Xe can be custom-programmed via its host protocol to print labels with variable information content pulled from a database or ERP system.

The ability to program this intelligent label printer via its host protocol makes it ideal when there is a need to integrate a color label printer in-line with an automatic label applicator system or a need to print labels from an enterprise software system or from custom-written software.

Print Color Labels in Real Time, On the Factory Floor or in the Office:

Because the QLS-4100 Xe prints labels in real-time, directly from a computer or host system, users can print labels with variable information label content, where each printed label is unique. This means label graphics, text, barcodes, color codes (and any other label content) can change as labels are printed, at any time.

This rugged digital color label printer is designed especially for use on a factory floor, but its quiet operation and compact size makes it equally suitable for use on an office tabletop.

Private Label with the QLS-4100 Xe:

The QLS-4100 Xe allows manufacturers to print a different label for every product and every customer, on-demand. Food manufacturers, chemical manufacturers, industrial tool manufacturers, promotional products makers, and others often use the QLS-4100 Xe to mass-customize labels for private label customers, major retailers, and distributors.

Digitally printed labels allow you to add value to your product with low-cost, custom-printed labels. Thanks to the cost-efficiency of color thermal transfer label printing technology, the finished cost-per-label often allows manufacturers to save money when printing color labels in short-run, small quantity label batches.

n the QLS-4100 Xe Print & Peel Workstation, the QLS-4100 Xe digital color label printer is integrated with a "Pullback" mechanism to wind printed color labels back under the printheads, while an integrated powered rewinder in the Workstation base takes up the label liner (label backing material) and advances "peeled labels" (labels with liner removed) out of the printer.

The system offers two standard operating modes:

• Single Label Mode: This mode offers true on demand label printing, in which one color label is printed, its liner is rewound, and the peeled label is "presented" to the operator. Labels print without a "leader" or "trailer" of blank labels between printed labels.
• Multiple Label Mode: In this mode, a batch of variable information labels are printed. The printer does not rewind after each color label is printed, but pauses until the operator presses the print button. This is the best option for scenarios in which the system is integrated with an automatic label applicator, or when the labels must be printed as fast as possible and presented to a production line worker.