Label Printer Tip and Advice Center: Labels for Cable Management

By: CableOrganizer®

Wire identification is an important aspect of organizing cables in your home or workplace. It is done to ensure they are easy to locate, especially when performing maintenance. Color coding, alerting to hazardous situations, and managing cables, are among several reasons labels are helpful tools.

Labels may additionally be used for various other functions beyond wires, such as product labeling, shipping, medical applications, and more.

CableOrganizer® offers handy cable management products, including label printers, cable labels, wire markers, and cable identification tags. Information is featured below about several of these solutions:


BAR CODE PRINTERS

barcode printers

Printing barcodes with a label printer can help with easily tracking inventory to reduce shrinkage, which is when inventory disappears from theft and other reasons. A barcode label printer is helpful for shipping, medical identification tasks, and many other uses.


INDUSTRIAL LABEL PRINTERS

industrial printers

Having items to label can present various challenges in an industrial environment, where cables, pipes, inventory, shelves, and other items face heat, chemicals, machinery, and other threats. The DYMO® Rhino Printers are designed to handle industrial applications. Use them for HVAC systems, warehouse shelving, patch panels, A/V and audio equipment, and much more.


THERMAL TRANSFER LABEL PRINTERS

thermal transfer printer

This type of label printer creates sharp, fade resistant labels for industrial, retail, logistics, and similar environments. A heated printhead melts wax or resin-based ink onto labels of polyester, vinyl, and polypropylene. This HellermannTyton Thermal Transfer Printer offers large volume printing on ShrinkTrak™ heat shrink labels.


HEAT SHRINK LABELS

heat shrink labels

These labels provide a smudge-free experience, resistant to moisture, grease, heat, solvents, chemicals, and other things harsh environments can throw at wires. Heat shrink labels remain on your cables, as they are tear-proof too.


LABEL MAKER TAPES AND CARTRIDGES

tapes & cartridges

CableOrganizer® offers a wide array of labels, including tapes, ribbon, cassette, and cartridge styles.


CABLE AND WIRE MARKERS

cable markers

These are used to identify specific types of wires, attaching to them to denote the wire or cable’s purpose. You can use them to organize wires in a computer area or entertainment center, for example. Some wire markers come in a book or are adhered to a card, like the HellermannTyton Handi-Cards, which are created with preprinted cloth that effectively stays attached to wires. There are wire marker books with a numbering system for electrical system identification, like the Klein Tools Wire Marker Book for 3 phase systems. Other books like the Klein Tools Wire Marker Book – Household Electrical Panel, are preprinted for easy labeling of household electrical panels.


CABLE IDENTIFICATION TAGS

cable identification tags

These plastic tags are a sturdy way to identify cables, in home, offices, and industrial settings. Kableflags® are adhesive-free, economical, and reusable label markers of a soft PVC construction that are ideal for home theater, computer, and entertainment center labeling. Unitags are another option that snaps onto cables, to color code and identify them, using a write-on or printed system. Panduit® Thermal Transfer Marker Plates can stand up to harsh solvents, oils, chemicals, and temperature fluctuations.


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