Labels are an essential part of presentation and are, therefore, widely used by manufacturers, retailers and small scale enterprises. Labels help in presenting a package neatly packed and presented with the relevant information, which helps in brand building and selling a product. 

While there can be different labels, each having its unique features, there are several printers that are used for printing specific labels. Such printers are, as the name specifies, dedicated label printers helping in printing all sized labels efficiently and with the utmost quality. The different types of labels printers available are as follows: 

• Thermal printers: thermal printers are printers which when printed on paper or labels, adheres to ink, which is wax-based. The transfer ribbon on the printer has wax-based ink which when struck by the thermal print head, melts the wax and prints. The wax becomes permanent upon cooling and, therefore, the printing is also permanent. The monochrome thermal printers have a black page for the page to be printed, while the colour thermal printers use three or four coloured panels. 
• Thermal direct printers: these printers produce the image on the paper by burning dots on the paper when it passes over an array of heating elements.
• Flexographic printers: flexographic printers are those printers which are required to print on materials such as brown paper, foil, plastic, acetate film and other materials used in packaging. These printers use plates that are made of plastic or rubber. 

Under this type of printing, the images which are slightly raised are rotated on a cylinder and then transferred to the substrate. The flexographic printers are fast and use ink that dries quickly on various materials, both absorbent and non-absorbent. Therefore, business owners that need printing on materials such as disposable cups, plastic bags, candy bar wrappers, milk cartons, envelops, labels can avail the services of any of the flexographic printing services in Brisbane.

There are several companies that provide flexographic printing with special attention to individual requirements and customised services.

Printing small blank labels can be a tedious task if one is using the laser or inkjet printer, as there is the need to organise and format the data with the margins properly aligned so that the data of a label does not go off to another. Instead of using the inkjet or laser printer, one can use the dedicated label printer which helps in printing labels easily and more precisely.