For warehouse/inventory personnel who need to keep products consistently labeled and have a minimum of space in which to operate, this might not be as silly as it first seems. However, it would have definitely benefitted greatly from optical tracking. I use a laptop in our HUGE warehouse, on a very small rolling cart which has just enough room for the laptop and a mouse (since the trackpads don't seems to work so well). A seperate printer would require some sort of powersupply which on the rolling cart would be a pain. Yes, a seperate battery powered label maker would be almost as good, but one less device, and saving money on batteries, is very tempting. Also, the ability to use TT fonts in the computer means we could print barcodes, as well as easy to read labels, whereas most low-priced standalone labelers have, at best, two fonts.
Just because *you* don't need it doens't mean it isn't useful for someone. This may be an odd convergence, bot fo rpeople with limited space who have to handle a lot of product and inventory tracking, this is a great idea, even if it could use some improvement.
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For warehouse/inventory personnel who need to keep products consistently labeled and have a minimum of space in which to operate, this might not be as silly as it first seems. However, it would have definitely benefitted greatly from optical tracking. I use a laptop in our HUGE warehouse, on a very small rolling cart which has just enough room for the laptop and a mouse (since the trackpads don't seems to work so well). A seperate printer would require some sort of powersupply which on the rolling cart would be a pain. Yes, a seperate battery powered label maker would be almost as good, but one less device, and saving money on batteries, is very tempting. Also, the ability to use TT fonts in the computer means we could print barcodes, as well as easy to read labels, whereas most low-priced standalone labelers have, at best, two fonts.
Just because *you* don't need it doens't mean it isn't useful for someone. This may be an odd convergence, bot fo rpeople with limited space who have to handle a lot of product and inventory tracking, this is a great idea, even if it could use some improvement.