Supplies

Vantage ID has the experience, partnerships, and pricing to optimize labeling for operational efficiency and cost savings.

Don’t just take our word for it, check out “Companies we’ve helped”. With a focus on manufacturing, transportation, and logistics, we know how to overcome temperature, moisture, chemical, abrasion, and outdoor challenges common in life sciences, defense, electronics, food, and other industries.

A thermal transfer printing system sounds simple – a printer, a printhead, and a material to imprint – a label, tag or wristband. The printer’s printhead heats up, and burns an image directly onto the material (direct thermal), or melts ink from a ribbon onto the material (thermal transfer). However, selecting the combination of printer, media, method, and ribbon for an application is challenging – each component has its own distinct set of variables that impact image results.

Zebra Advanced Supplies Specialist

To provide you with the best results, we’ve partnered with Zebra and earned one of their rare Advanced Supplies Specialist certifications. That puts us in the top 1% of Zebra Partners – meaning we’re pretty awesome! Our long-standing relationship and annual volume means we have pricing pressure, a dedicated team, and a bat-phone for extra support during challenging times like COVID-19. Zebra shares our dedication to innovative, quality, thermal supplies and transparent communication – we’re proud to have them as a partner.

We’ve partnered with Zebra for many reasons, and we’re one of a select small group of Advanced Supplies Specialists. We lead with Zebra certified supplies for many reasons. Zebra is one of the largest and most experienced thermal label converters in the world, with the size, infrastructure, quality control, and product options to meet most needs. Four U.S. manufacturing locations, including San Diego, provide redundancy during COVID-19, weather, natural disasters, and other supply chain challenges.

Why Zebra supplies?

ISO 9001 registered, Zebra rigorously tests and never substitutes. We can count on Zebra’s reliable performance without the surprises we’ve experienced with other manufacturers. Supplies are engineered to work with Zebra hardware, requiring minimal adjustments and IT help. Zebra R&D pre-tests for image durability, adhesive strength on various materials, tear strength, and hardware compatibility, in different environmental conditions.

Our label specialists geek out with Zebra so you don’t have to. You don’t need to know when to use paper, polypropylene, polyester labels, or Z-extreme and Cryocool applications, because we do. Zebra has hundreds of in-stock products and an unmatched ability for custom applications. It’s easy to add pre-printed text, graphics, logos, and color. We’ll help you choose perforations, slits, backside printing, lamination, security inks, UL/cUL and CSA approvals.

Inventory Management Programs

Vantage ID can consolidate and standardize your labeling to take advantage of Zebra’s inventory management programs. Blanket orders and make and holds achieve lower pricing based on higher volume, without the cost and space needed to carry inventory. You’ll lock-in lower prices for longer time periods because press time is pre-scheduled with larger runs. Experience easier procurement and shorter ship times after the initial run, with pre-scheduled or flexible shipments. We also have our own San Diego warehouse with more flexibility and lower minimums.

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By developing long-term relationships with trusted U.S. ribbon manufacturers you get reliable inventory and quality supplies. We avoid supply chain and performance issues by working with multiple ISO manufacturers that do not rely on Chinese products or materials.

Our experience solving complex labeling challenges means Vantage ID goes beyond the age-old three ribbon categories: wax, resin, or wax/resin. Extreme chemical, temperature, moisture, outdoor, and abrasion conditions are common challenges for many customers. We geek out on an uber-amount of specs and details so you don’t have to, like BOPP surfaces, overlaminates, corona treatments, near edge and vinyl labeling.

Vantage ID recommends an expert supplies review every 3 years to take advantage of the latest money-saving, challenge-solving products. New options are faster, more durable, and environmentally-friendly, offering lower print energy, and greater resistance to harsh environments. Automotive, frozen food, and industries with chemical, moisture, and temperature challenges are hot markets for constant improvements.

Contact the supplies experts at Vantage ID to lower consumable costs. Samples and testing is easy!