What Types of Warehouse Bar Code Labels Does Dasko Offer?

Dasko (daskolabel.com) supplies warehouse bar code labels across four main groups: location and inventory labels (rack, multilevel, bin-shelf, pallet ID, tote, rack capacity, equipment), long-range/reflective and 2D bar code labels, warehouse signs, and specialty-material labels such as removable/repositionable and outdoor-rated options. The right choice depends on what you are tracking and where the label lives — a rack beam, a pallet, a tote, or a concrete floor.

Location and Inventory Labels

These are the labels that connect a physical spot or item to a record in your warehouse management system (WMS). Dasko's product list maps them to specific tracking jobs:

The site frames the purpose plainly: each printed bar code is "a key to information in your database," and the label only works if it matches the location or item it is attached to. In practice, that means choosing the label by where it will be applied and how often it will be scanned, not by price alone.

Long-Range, Reflective, and 2D Bar Codes

Dasko lists long-range/reflective labels and 2D bar codes as separate options. These matter when standard labels fail:

• Long-range/reflective labels suit scanning from a distance, such as labels on high racking or on equipment read from a moving forklift.
• 2D bar codes (for example, QR-style codes) hold more data per label than a simple linear bar code, which helps when one label needs to carry multiple data fields.

If your current labels scan reliably at close range, you likely do not need these. If operators have to dismount or walk up to scan, they are worth testing — Dasko offers free samples for exactly this kind of trial.

Warehouse Signs

Dasko's sign line covers hanging warehouse signs, barcode signs, aisle signs, dock signs, portable signs, and safety signs. Signs are the right format when the identifier must be read by people as well as scanners — aisle markers and safety warnings being the obvious cases. For pure scan points, labels are usually the simpler choice.

Floor Location Labels and Floor Striping

Labeling a floor in an industrial environment is harder than labeling a shelf, and Dasko treats it as its own category. Floor location labels mark pick faces and storage positions on the ground; floor striping covers pallet lanes and OSHA floor-marking guidelines using paint, tape, shapes, and printed signs.

Choose floor labels when you need a scannable position marker on the floor. Choose striping when the goal is visual boundaries and traffic lanes rather than data capture. The two are often used together.

Specialty Materials

Dasko's specialty materials category exists for environments where standard label stock fails. Listed options include:

• Rack beam refacing — material to resurface rack beams before labeling
• Removable/repositionable labels — for locations or items that change
• Outdoor solutions — for labels exposed to weather

This is the category to check first if labels are peeling, fading, or leaving residue when removed.

Services That Affect Label Choice

Dasko also provides label design and site surveys, inventory labeling system programming, 5S solutions, and installation services. A site survey is useful before a large order because label size, placement height, and scan distance all influence which material and bar code type will work. Installation matters if you have a tight schedule or a lean workforce — the site notes both as reasons customers use the service.

How to Decide

1. List what you track: locations (rack, bin, floor), containers (pallet, tote), and assets (equipment).
2. Note the scan conditions: distance, indoor vs. outdoor, and whether labels must be removable.
3. Match to a category using the tables above.
4. Request free samples and test them in your actual environment before committing to a full order.
5. Ask for a quote once the material and design are settled.

The site's own summary of its approach — "Do it once, do it right" — is a reasonable standard here: a label that fails in the aisle costs more to replace than one specified correctly the first time.