ACE-UniLabel, Allmark's own label printing software for Windows, prints automotive part labels from the label file you use today. The operator fills only the values that change, on a screen made from that label.
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The job
Your customer sets the label for each auto part: their part number, your supplier code, the revision, a serial number for each part and the production lot or batch number, often repeated in a QR code. These batch number labels (also called traceability labels) let a problem be traced back to the batch it came from.
When an operator retypes these values in a label designer for every run, a wrong revision or a repeated serial number is easy to miss until the customer scans the part. ACE-UniLabel keeps the layout your customer approved and asks the operator only for the values that change.
Example labels
Example labels of this kind, with names and identifying numbers changed.
Ways to do it
How plants print traceability labels today, and what each way means for the operator, the supervisor and the record.
| Way of working | How it works | Where it fits | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retype in the label designer | The operator opens the label design and types each value before printing. | A few labels a day in one format. | Every value is retyped by hand; unless the designer is set to print only, the person printing may also change the layout, and there is often no record of who printed what. |
| Label designer linked to an Excel sheet | The label design reads a sheet, with counters and date offsets set up inside the design. | Planned batches from a list. | Someone has to keep the sheet link and the design settings working, and operators may work inside the design tool unless it offers a print-only form. |
| Labels printed from the ERP | The business system prints the label from its own record. | Values that already live in the ERP. | A new label format may need the ERP partner or your ERP team, and floor values such as a weight, a serial number or an inspector may not be in the ERP. |
| A script written by IT | A small program fills the printer file and sends it. | One fixed label, with in-house IT. | Each new format usually needs IT, and an operator screen, rights or print history have to be built and kept up as well. |
| ACE-UniLabel | A print screen made from your customer's label file and a picture of it; the serial number box is found on the label and counts up. | Several customer formats on the line, with serial numbers and records. | Serial numbers count up and a reprint keeps the original number; you decide who may edit each field; every print is in the print history; it runs offline on the PC. |
In ACE-UniLabel
Turn an existing label file (.prn) and a picture of the printed label into a reusable operator print screen. These screens were made from the example labels above.
Print, reprint or account
The printer jammed on 0004218: reprint it or move on? Number & Print answers from what it recorded, and a supervisor signs any number printed twice.
The printer does not report each label back, so the operator still checks the printed label and scraps a damaged one; ACE-UniLabel records what was decided. Numbering is kept on each computer, and it is not a GS1, pharma or regulatory serialization system.
Checklist
Ask these questions of any way of printing automotive part labels, ours included. At the demo we answer them on your own label.
Try it on your label
Bring the part label file you print today and one printed label. The demo is at no charge: we make its print screen with you and show the serial numbers counting up. For the Label-to-Screen Assessment, also send your numbering rule and the reprint you worry about. ACE-UniLabel itself is licensed per computer and quoted in writing.
When you buy, we install it on your PC, set up your first label screen and train your team. See everything ACE-UniLabel does.
Ask for a demo with your label file
Or send your label file and a photo for a Label-to-Screen Assessment, at no charge
Questions buyers ask
A label that ties a part or a pack to the batch or lot it was made in, often with a serial number and a barcode or QR code, so a problem can be traced back to that batch. Printed on label stock it is often called a traceability label or traceability sticker.
Yes. You choose the box that counts up and its next number, and whether it counts separately for each batch. Operators then print a range, and a reprint carries the original number.
Reprint the damaged label under its original number. A range that includes numbers already printed stops before anything prints; a supervisor signs with their own username and password and gives the reason, and the reprint does not move the counter. The operator still checks the printed label, because the printer does not report each label back.
Where this one stopped. Each label's handover shows the first and last number printed, the reprints and the next number, and the print screen shows the next number and the last number printed in its range panel. Numbering is kept on each computer.
Yes. ACE-UniLabel prints from the label file your label designer saves (.prn), so the layout stays as your customer approved it. The operator fills only the values that change.
Yes. On the example part label, the serial number that counts up fills both QR codes with the supplier code, revision and production lot the operator types, so the codes and the printed text change together. On the example batch and serial label, the Part S/N the operator types fills the label's Code 128 barcode. Either way you get a serial number barcode label or a QR code label without retyping the code.
Tested interoperability with selected OHAUS weighing-scale and GoDEX/TSC thermal-printer configurations. Compatibility is model- and configuration-dependent; confirmation is provided during solution assessment.
Send the label file and a photo of the printed label on WhatsApp, and tell us how its values reach the label now. We send back a draft operator screen and quote the features you need. For a planned purchase, we can also show it working in person.
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