​Printing with pre-loaded printer software

Pre-loaded printer softwares are often bundled with the printer. They offer basic options, simple templates and the sophisticated ones allow the user to created barcodes. In any cases, customization is limited.

It is possible to use Word and Excel to create the labels. Barcode will be generated with Word and a third party add-ins.

The choice of printer, Label Printing software and/or LIMS depends on the kind of barcode, the size of dataset, the quantity of labels to be printed. The one point that is crucial is that all components have to be compatible.