Supplies
What a packing table needs, and what works with Ract. Where we have a product we buy ourselves, the link goes straight to it; otherwise it opens an Amazon UK search, so you see today’s price and sellers rather than one we picked months ago.
Label printers
Direct thermal, so there is no ink and no ribbon: the roll is the only consumable. A Zebra prints straight from Chrome. Anything else prints through QZ Tray, a free app, and works just as well once it is set up.
The Zebra we recommend. Takes 4 × 6in and 2 × 1in rolls, prints the moment a lot sells straight from Chrome, and costs a fraction of the bigger Zebras.
The ZD220’s successor: the same printer with a few refinements, for when the ZD220 is out of stock.
Barcode scanners
The QR on every Ract label is what you scan on the packing table, so the scanner has to read 2D codes, not only barcodes. It plugs in as a keyboard: nothing to install, and Ract reads the scan whether or not it sends Enter afterwards.
Label rolls
Direct thermal rolls, 1in core. Courier labels from Whatnot are 4 × 6in, so most sellers run one size for everything; the 2 × 1in roll is for the smaller item label on a Zebra.
The packing table
Ract puts a box letter on every label and keeps a buyer’s items together in one box. Six lettered bins on the table is the whole system.
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