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Subject:Technical Writing and Label Production From:Lynda Shindley <LShindley -at- ANGEION -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 18 Jun 1997 15:40:12 -0500
Is there anyone out there who designs and produces product labels, along with product documentation? We want to spend less time on labels and more time on manual production and other value added duties, but the company is small and we wear a variety of hats. For now, we are keeping track of how many hours we spend on labels alone.
If there is a label expert out there, what software package do you use. We (TWs) design the label in CorelDraw, give the design to the packaging engineer, who then recreates the text in PrintWare. The text is printed on label stock, produced by an outside vendor from our design. There is a lot of duplicate work involved. We apply serial numbers, dates, etc. in-house, so software must have a counting mechanism.
Any information would help us.
Lynda Shindley
Sr. Technical Writer
lshindley -at- angeion -dot- com
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