RFID ready printer
DATAMAX, represented by Dy-Mark (Aust) Pty Ltd , has taken the concept of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Smart Labels further and created the I-Class RFID Ready printer.
The RFID component plugs right into the printer's chassis.
The Datamax I-Class RFID Ready printer is an innovative solution to address emerging RFID labelling requirements.
The new printer can encode data onto Radio Frequency (RF) chips embedded into a Smart Label, creating a powerful (RFID) label printer that is easy for users to own and operate.
According to Mr Ray Chappelow, Product Manager, Coding and Labelling at Dy-Mark, the Datamax engineering team used their long history of innovation in printer design and channeled their experience toward designing a new Smart Label printer.
"The Datamax I-Class RFID Ready printer provides users with the flexibility and modularity that they have come to expect from the I-Class," said Mr Chappelow.
The I-Class RFID Ready printer enables field installable RFID ‘modules’ that can be defined to meet the user's application.
Datamax offers a High Frequency (13.56MHz) module that is ISO 15693 compliant, as well as a variety of Ultra High Frequency (UHF) modules supporting EPCglobal and ISO standards.
The modules are simple to install, only requiring users to remove three screws and a panel on the I-Class RFID Ready printer and replace the panel with the new module using the same three screws.
The RFID component plugs right into the printer's chassis and the printer becomes RFID-enabled.
Every I-Class RFID Ready printer can support all currently available and future RFID modules from Datamax.
The I-Class RFID Ready printer is available on the following I-Class models - I-4210, I-4212, I-4308, I-4406 and I-4604. The I-Class RFID Ready printer option must be specified at the time of printer order.
"For those users who know exactly what they need to fulfill their printing and RFID encoding requirements, Datamax have also developed and introduced the I-Class RFID printer," said Mr Chappelow.
The I-Class RFID printer simultaneously encodes data on to RFID tags while printing a graphical image on the surrounding label.
"The RFID printer is ideal for achieving compliance with mandates from large retailers and purchasing organisations, as well as economical enough for those users developing closed loop applications to streamline internal processes," said Mr Chappelow.
I-Class RFID printers support many standards involving RFID, including the ISO 15693 standard at 13.56MHz as well as several EPCglobal and ISO standards for Ultra High Frequency (UHF) applications.
The robust RFID component in the I-Class RFID printer is capable of performing multiple procedures, including writing data to RFID tags, querying the tags unique identification number and auto-detecting the tag to ensure no valuable RFID Smart Labels are wasted.
8-Sep-2005