| Bar code labels that are manufactured by companies | | | | manufacture bar code labels, photocomposition is the |
| and are retailed to other establishments are called | | | | best and is preferred if the bar code is needed to be |
| preprinted bar code labels. Preprinted bar code labels | | | | exceedingly sharp and easy to scan. In fact, preprinted |
| are bought and used by establishments that do not | | | | bar code label manufacturers only use |
| have infrastructure to make their own. | | | | photocomposition. |
| Preprinted bar code labels are encoded using | | | | Establishments who do not have the equipment or |
| computers and sequentially numbered by the | | | | expertise to make their own bar code labels buy |
| companies that manufacture them. These labels are | | | | preprinted bar code labels. Making bar code labels |
| designed on special vinyl stickers with adhesives that | | | | requires money and a technically skilled staff. Hence, |
| make them durable for a longer time. They can be | | | | companies may evaluate their cost constraints and |
| designed in both line and dot formats. | | | | purchase preprinted bar code labels instead of |
| Sellers of preprinted bar code labels use three main | | | | investing in their own equipment. Buying preprinted bar |
| techniques to manufacture labels - film master/printing | | | | code labels also makes more sense for companies |
| plate, ion deposition and photocomposition. The first | | | | that are running their businesses temporarily or for |
| method is like normal printing techniques, where a | | | | promotion. |
| template of the bar code is prepared and then printed | | | | One more reason for choosing preprinted bar code |
| in bulk amounts. Ion deposition technique uses | | | | labels is the rapid dynamism of this technology. Bar |
| electrolytic deposition of particles on a moving insulating | | | | codes are fast evolving as makers are trying to pack |
| drum to give the impression of the bar code. | | | | in more and more information in less amount of space. |
| Photocomposition uses computers to design original | | | | Already several bar code equipments used in the |
| bar codes. Out of all the techniques used to | | | | markets are outdated. |