Printers, labels, ribbons and scanners we have run against Orbit's label sizes and Scan page, on one invoice, delivered anywhere in South Africa and set up for Orbit. No card checkout: an order becomes a quote a person sends you within one working day.
Your phone and an A4 sheet of 24 labels on the office printer. Costs nothing, and most businesses run like this for the first month. The Scan page reads the labels with the camera.
A Zebra ZD220t with polypropylene labels and a resin ribbon. Labels that survive a chemical drum, a wet floor and the sun, printed one at a time at goods-in. That is the labels starter kit.
A wired scanner on a stand for the desk that receives and dispatches, a cordless one for the storeman walking the shelves, a rugged one for the yard and the forklift. All of them type into Orbit like a keyboard.
Each kit is the combination we have run against Orbit's label sizes and Scan page. Delivery is included on every kit, anywhere in South Africa.
Consumables (labels and ribbons) vary by roll length and material, so they are priced on your quote rather than guessed here. Prices confirmed on your quote. Everything carries the manufacturer's warranty.
Prices incl VAT. Delivery: R150 flat, nationwide, by courier. Free on kits.
The default label printer for Orbit: 4 inch, USB, thermal transfer, so the labels last.
With Orbit: Prints Orbit's 100 x 50 mm and 100 x 150 mm label sizes. Install it as a normal Windows or Mac printer; Orbit prints through the browser.
The ZD220t's faster sibling with a network port, for a printer shared by more than one PC.
With Orbit: Same label sizes as the ZD220t. On the network it can be the printer for every PC in the store.
Cheap, wifi, and fine for dry indoor shelves. Not for anything that gets hot, wet or sits in the sun.
With Orbit: Prints Orbit's 62 x 29 mm size (QR, name and the code in letters) on DK-11209 rolls.
Orbit's standard label size. Polypropylene with a resin ribbon shrugs off solvents, sun and a wet floor.
With Orbit: The 100 x 50 size preset on the Labels page: QR, name, SKU, batch, expiry and a Code 128 strip on one sticker.
The ribbon that makes a polypropylene label permanent. One ribbon prints several rolls of labels.
With Orbit: Fits the ZD220t and ZD230t. Resin for chemical, outdoor and wet use; wax-resin is fine for dry indoor shelves.
The big one for drums, IBCs and pallets. Readable from across the yard.
With Orbit: The 100 x 150 size preset: the same sticker, larger, with the QR you can scan from a forklift.
No label printer at all: print 24 Orbit labels per sheet on the office laser.
With Orbit: The A4 preset lays 24 labels on the sheet with the margins the browser's print dialog expects at 100 percent scale.
The desk scanner. Point, beep, done; on the stand it reads hands free as the parcel goes past.
With Orbit: Reads Orbit's QR and Code 128 and every supplier barcode. Connects as a USB keyboard, types the code into Orbit's Scan page and presses Enter.
The warehouse scanner. Cordless, so the storeman takes it to the shelf and the van, and it charges in the cradle.
With Orbit: Pairs to the phone, tablet or PC running Orbit as a Bluetooth keyboard. Reads Orbit labels and supplier barcodes.
The alternative cordless scanner, if Honeywell is what your people know.
With Orbit: Bluetooth keyboard mode, reads Orbit labels and supplier barcodes, same as the DS2278.
For the yard and the forklift: drop it on concrete, hose it off, scan a pallet label from the cab.
With Orbit: Bluetooth keyboard mode, long range on the 100 x 150 labels.
A rugged Android phone with a real scan button and a proper imager. Runs Orbit in Chrome.
With Orbit: Open Orbit's Scan page in Chrome and press the scan button: the imager types the code like a keyboard. Camera scanning works too.
There is no driver, no integration and no app to install. Written for the storeman, not the IT department.
Install the Zebra or Brother as a normal printer on the PC. On Orbit's Labels page you pick the size that matches the roll, press print, and the browser's print dialog sends it to the label printer at 100 percent scale. Put the printer on the network and every PC in the store can use it.
Every scanner here works in keyboard mode: plug it in by USB or pair it by Bluetooth, and when it reads a code it types the code into whatever box is focused and presses Enter. On Orbit's Scan page that box is always there. Set the Enter suffix once from the scanner's manual and you are done.
An Android handheld like the Zebra TC21 is a rugged phone with a real scan button. Open Orbit in Chrome, go to Scan, and the built-in imager types the code when the button is pressed. The camera works too, so it reads Orbit labels either way.
100 x 50 mm polypropylene with a resin ribbon for anything that gets wet, hot or handled a lot. 100 x 150 mm for drums, IBCs and pallets you want to scan from the forklift. A4 sheets of paper labels for dry indoor shelves, printed on the office printer.
Direct thermal (the Brother QL, till slips) prints with heat and fades with heat, sun and solvents. Thermal transfer (the Zebra ZD220t with a ribbon) melts ink onto the label and lasts for years. If the label will live outside an office, use thermal transfer.
R150 flat, nationwide, by courier. Free on kits. Everything carries the manufacturer's warranty. If a scanner does not read your labels, we sort it out: that is the point of buying it from the people who built the page it types into.
Because it arrives set up for Orbit, on one invoice from a company you already deal with, delivered, with someone to phone if the scanner does not read the label. We only list what we have run against Orbit's labels and Scan page.
The quote carries a delivery date. Most items are a few working days from the quote being paid; the courier covers the whole country.
By EFT against the quote. We order the moment it clears. There is no card checkout on this page on purpose: the prices move with the exchange rate and with stock, so a human confirms the number before you pay it.
Yes. Put it in the message on any order request, or ask us. If it works in keyboard mode or prints at one of Orbit's label sizes, it works with Orbit.
No. The phone camera reads Orbit labels and the office printer prints an A4 sheet of 24. See how Stock works. Buy a label printer when you print more than a few labels a day.
Prices incl VAT, checked 30 Oct 2026, confirmed on your quote. Orbit SA (Pty) Ltd is a reseller; brand names and product photos belong to their manufacturers.
Drums or boxes, one store or six branches, a desk or a yard. Ten minutes on a call and you will know whether you need a printer at all.