Pricing Guns & Label Guns

Pricing guns, also known as price marking guns and price labelers, have a wide variety of features to meet specific needs. The market’s brand leaders, such as Monarch, XL Pro, Garvey and Meto, each carry product lines which offer different numbers of lines, band configurations and print, text and number options, to name a few. Pricing gun labelers specifically geared to promotional labeling are also available. However, when shopping for a pricing gun, there are a few key features to take into account.

These features will determine how effective and usable your pricing marking gun will ultimately be.
1-Ease of Use—this could relate to everything from the loading mechanism to the removal process to the overall functionality. In short, a pricing gun that is too complicated to use will waste time instead of save it and create a frustrating experience for your workers.

2-Construction-a price labeler’s construction is of tremendous importance. Firstly, a pricing gun must be extremely lightweight to ensure maximum efficiency. A pricing gun that is too heavy will place a tremendous burden on the user’s hands, reducing overall labeling speed and overtaxing workers. Secondly, a price marking gun’s construction must be durable. The necessity of replacing a pricing gun increases costs and a gun that breaks down too often means time lost troubleshooting.

3-Efficiency—the purpose of a price marking gun is to increase efficiency and, thereby, productivity and marketability. A pricing gun needs to efficient in its manipulation so that workers can label as many products as possible as quickly as possible.

So, when shopping a pricing gun, before focusing on the labeler’s specific features, consider whether its mechanism is simple and straightforward, its construction is lightweight and durable and its output is efficient. Keeping these factors in mind will ensure you get the most out of your pricing gun purchase.