We use a mix of Printronix and Datamax in our powder coating and galvanising plants, these are very dusty and damp acidic environments and these printers seem to cope well.
I agree with the comment about replacement heads. With normal printers we purchase job lots off of ebay - cheap and cheerful :) On Tue, Mar 20, 2012, at 09:09 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: > Definitely Zebra... 9-10" per second and heavy duty. > > However don't think about replacing the thermal head when it eventually > wears out as a new printer is about the same price. We have ours running > 24/7 and replace the whole printer about every 18 months when the head > shows deterioration. You can reduce the speed to conserve head life as > the wearing out is due entirely to heat damage. > > Dave > -- Stephen Weeks [email protected] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

