Cognex DataMan 8000 Series

The most advanced handheld ID reader ever

The rugged Cognex DataMan 8000 Series of readers offers the industry's most advanced technology for reading 1D and 2D codes regardless of size, quality, printing method or surface, and is the only handheld ID reader that offers Industrial Ethernet communication and liquid lens technology. These readers feature patented IDMax technology and two powerful algorithms, 1DMax and 2DMax, to decode virtually every type of code, every time, with unsurpassed read rates. The DataMan 8000 Series is available in two models, each with patented IDMax algorithms, liquid lens technology, modular communication and optional Industrial Ethernet capabilities: The DataMan 8100, with an integrated bright field illumination ideal for applications that require superior performance without specialty lighting, and the DataMan 8500, which incorporates Cognex's patented UltraLight technology for superior image formation on any mark type and surface. UltraLight illumination provides dark field, bright field and diffuse lighting all in one electronically controlled light.

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