Ranger Distributing LLC is a nationally recognized wholesale
distributor located in Texas, proudly supplying Foodservice Equipment,
Industrial & Institutional Cleaning Solutions, and Floor-Care Products
& Equipment to many local, regional & national customers for the past 24 years. They conduct business
in a safe & efficient manner conducive to a clean, healthy environment--all
while providing superb customer service that remains their first priority.
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| Original Ranger Label |
According to Beau LaBeaume, owner of Ranger Distributing, “we had our
labels since my father started the business in the 1970’s. A local printer designed our labels who would print 250 to 500 on a roll for us to apply. At the time, this label printing method
worked well. But with the GHS
requirements, I needed to do something different.”
With
the GHS initiative, Ranger Distributing needed to comply like many other
companies prior to June 1, 2015. If you
want to learn more about GHS, see our post covering GHS in general: http://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-h-is-ghs-opportunity.html as
well as BS569:
http://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2012/03/bs5609-is-no-bs.html. Or see any of the other 44 posts covering GHS by searching our blog.
To start the process, Beau contacted the printer, who kept all of the
original art. Beau said, “I had hoped
that we could take the original content and add the pictograms required. So I asked the printer for the original
artwork. They sold me the artwork, but
it looked "copied". What
they provided was very grainy, especially the logo. The Wrangler Kid logo has been a part of our
products since my father started the business.
With the poor quality, I knew I had to take a different approach.
Vince and Morgan Maranto, owners of VM-3, suggested to Beau
that he contact Color Label Solutions.
And Morgan suggested I contact Beau; so I did.
After our first conversation, Beau provided me with an
example of their existing label and SDS.
With this information, I created an example GHS label using
BarTender. I copied and pasted the
information from the SDS into an Excel file; and then connect the Excel file to
the GHS label template. Once finished, I
printed samples of the draft label to send to Beau.
At this point, I need to remind the readers that I am NOT a
graphic artist! At the time, I provided
Beau an estimated ink and label cost along with a quote. Based on this information, Beau purchased a
C831 printer, labels and BarTender Professional edition.
After purchasing, Beau had apprehension about designing and
printing his labels. “I am not a
technological guru”, said Beau. “But I
knew this type of work had to be done.
With support from Guy and informational video’s from Seagull Scientific
website, I created new labels; easily. I really liked the fact that the text
boxes would adjust the fonts to fit the size. As these labels have so much information, I needed a means to fit all of
the text onto the label; or to the side panels I created. And I believe the labels turned out nice.”
Beau continues, “Since beginning to print labels, one of our
manufacturers ask about the cost of our labels.
I told him that our total cost is less than $0.16 per label. For their own products, our OEM manufacturer
still copies the label and then paints glue to the copy to adhere it to their
products. I think using the color
printer and durable poly labels works much better than the system they have been
using for many years.”
From Beau, I’ve learned that creating and printing on-demand
color or GHS labels is not as daunting task as it may seem initially. Plus on-demand printing gives you complete
control, enabling you to make each individual label unique as well as severing
you from professional printers with large minimum purchase orders. Contact us
if we can support your move to printing GHS or on-demand color labels.
Guy Mikel
855-962-7670
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