Price labeling device
A price labeling device (also called a price labeling device) is a mechanical device that is used in retail to provide goods with price labels.
history
The history of the price labeler began in 1959 and was invented by METO , which still manufactures these devices today.
The practice of prohibiting buyers of the price labeling devices from purchasing the associated labels from providers other than the manufacturer of the device was viewed as an abuse of the dominant position under competition law and was prohibited by the Federal Cartel Office and by the courts.
use
Nowadays, price labeling devices are used less often than in the past, as the barcodes are more used in larger supermarkets and shops to record and display prices centrally in the IT system. However, as soon as a price deviates from the standard stored in the cash register, be it due to reduced goods before expiry or for individual items that are not stored in the cash register, the labelers are gladly used. Small shops in particular, which do not have digital cash registers or cash registers with a print function for barcodes, almost exclusively use price labels to label the goods.
There are also devices on the market that are able to print letters, special characters, dates, article or batch numbers on labels in addition to prices and thus the characters to be printed can be used individually and labels can be printed on two lines.