Capability · for QA head, production head, IT
Your label, your format, printed by us
Nobody wants a relabelling project as the price of traceability. Trace loads the template you already use, versions it with an effective date, and drives the printer directly.
Native ZPL to port 9100, no print driver
Trace generates ZPL II itself and writes it to the printer over TCP. No OS print subsystem, no vendor DLL, no driver to install on an operator terminal. That is what keeps the station app identical on Windows and Linux, and it means swapping a printer never touches a terminal.
Laser direct part marking
For parts that must carry their identity through paint, heat or wash, a Data Matrix is marked straight onto the raw part at the first operation and read back before the unit is allowed to advance. Label and laser share one binding engine, so the identity on the part can never disagree with the identity in the database.
Reprinting is controlled, in the database
Two physical objects carrying one identity destroys the record for both. A reprint therefore needs a reason code and an authoriser, enforced as a constraint rather than a policy document, and every attempt is recorded whether it succeeded or not.
Labels printed in year one still resolve in year five
The base URL encoded into each code is stored with the record, so you always know exactly what was printed on the part in front of you.
Book a 20-minute line walkthrough
We walk one line, list what each operation should capture, and tell you plainly which of your machines can be read. You get that list whether or not you buy anything.
Where this matters
- Precision machining and export engineeringExport customers ask for material certificates, dimensional records and the machine a part was made on. The parts are often bare metal, so identity has to survive handling, wash and heat.
- Laser marking or label printing for traceabilityHow to choose between a printed label and a direct part mark: process survival, readability, cost per station, and the scanner mistake that sinks DPM projects.
- Recall and forward traceGive Trace a component lot code and it returns every finished unit that consumed it, where each one went, and when. An indexed lookup, not an overnight report.