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I am hearing a great deal lately on how the economy is slowing.  People are repeating what they are hearing on the news.  I believe this will be self fulfilling prophecy.  If you think your business is soft, it probably will be.  There are two things we are doing at PaladinID to help companies in…

I don’t know about you but I am getting sick and tired of the prices of label going up everytime I turn around.  My suppliers have given me three increases in the past 14 months.  I have been lucky to manage my stock with quantity purchases so I would not have to raise my prices…

I have a customer with a Markem LP 8400 that is printing colored labels for an outdoor application.  The problem they are having is this machine is 10 years old and it is obsolete.  Markem is not supporting this equipment anymore.  Not only are they having trouble getting parts, they are having trouble getting supplies, labels and…

I have several free tickets to the Direct To Part trade show on November 5th and 6th in Marlboro, MA.  Please click here to get your tickets.  For more information on the show, please visit their website at www.d2p.com .  Any questions you can email me at dritchie@PaladinID.com or call 603.527.0256.

Mythbusters tried to do a show on RFID technology.  One of my vendors sent me this clip from YouTube that I wanted to share.  My hope is that this technology will be more viable and come down in price.  Many of my customers are asking about it, but very few have stepped up to the…

It took 8 months of trying, but we finally received the green light and we will be exhibiting at the Design 2 Part trade show in Marlboro, MA on November 5 & 6 2008.  One of the reasons this show was of interest to PaladinID is because this targets our core audience and 98% of the exhibitors…

Back in July, I was at a family reunion for a week when several family members decided to enter a fishing tournament in Oswego, NY.  They chartered the Billy V out of Fair Haven, NY.  Pictured from left to right are Brendan and Geren Woodbridge from Allentown PA and Cooper and Gary Laudermilk from Charolette, NC. …

I came across a white paper called Barcode Printing 101 from one of our vendors Datamax Corporation that talked about barcode printing.  It was one of the best reads I have seen in a long time.  It talks about the different barcode symbologies and where they are used along with the media, labels and ribbons…