9 Encoded bar code labels; labels carrying magnetically, optically, or electronically recorded or encoded information; downloadable computer software for use with a printing system used to print variable data on labels; self-service scales for use by customers at retail grocery stores; Electronic industrial and counter scales; interconnected scale systems comprised primarily of industrial scales, and/or check weighers and/or price labeling systems and/or POS systems and/or counter scales and/or retail scales; scales, namely, weighing apparatus for displaying the weight and price of articles in combination with printing, labeling and transporting apparatus for packages; scale components, particularly load receptors, load sensors, analog/digital converters, strain gauges, sheet resistors; cash registers, particularly interconnected with weighing apparatus, bar code readers, scanners, and data processing equipment and parts of the aforementioned products; data processing equipment and data input and output devices interconnected with industrial and counter scales, cash registers, apparatus for price display and parts of the aforementioned products; downloadable computer software that is used for communication of scales, inventory management systems, delivery and logistic systems, computer-controlled industrial weighing systems, and labeling systems for use in retail, trade, and industry