Just about everything on the market has a label of some sort at some time in its life. But for some devices, labeling is critical to its functioning—or at least to the operator knowing how it works. Electronic overlays meet a multitude of needs for complex equipment and machinery, including operating instructions, safety information, and branding. They also add an attractive interface and can elevate the overall user experience.

A variety of industries use equipment and machinery that benefit from overlays:

  • Medical
  • Fitness
  • Aerospace
  • Appliances and consumer electronics
  • Gaming
  • Automotive
  • Musical instruments and controllers

You can elevate your machinery’s usability with a great custom-printed electronic overlay that sets it apart in your industry.

Operating Instructions

The more knobs, buttons, and controls a machine has, the more complicated it can be to operate. Rather than expecting operators—and each successive operator in an industrial or multiuse setting—to memorize the functions and how to sequence them, labeling is critical. Individual labels aren’t practical (or attractive), but a single electronic overlay is efficient, consistent, and visually appealing. With a little more real estate than small individual labels, there is also opportunity to expand the provided instructional information to improve usability overall.

Safety Information

Another advantage of more printable space is keeping safety information right in front of the user as they operate the equipment. Whether it’s manufacturing machinery or a cardio machine at the gym, basic (and critical) safety alerts can never be overused. Providing them in print on the electronic overlay is a helpful supplement to full safety information provided in additional labeling and in user documentation.

Branding

Custom-printed electronic overlays also provide the opportunity to brand the equipment you manufacture. Logos, colors, typefaces, and more customized to your brand expand your recognition and reach, attract prospects, and maintain consistency across your product line.

Electronic overlays play a valuable role between machinery and operator. But they also give manufacturers opportunities to communicate vital, useful, and interesting information beyond the basic functionality of the equipment. With quality printing, effective and intriguing artwork, and efficient application, the electronic overlay becomes more than a mere label, but a tool and resource to engage with the capabilities of your products.

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