Motorola RFID Antenna Infographic
The world of RFID can be a mystery for many especially when finding what antenna you should use for a fixed reader. Motorola is one of the leading manufacturers of fixed RFID readers and offers a range of antenna for indoor, outdoor, customer facing, and even industrial applications. This infographic is a great introduction to the Motorola line and will help narrow your choices a bit. For further assistance finding the right Motorola RFID products for your application, contact us at Barcodes Inc to speak with one of our RFID specialist.
Printronix RFID Printers
As RFID becomes a more commonplace tool to help all types of businesses become more efficient and accurate, the available choices for RFID printers is expanding all the time. Given the costs involved you obviously want to find a printer that will meet any compliance/performance requirements you need while being a reliable investment for the long term.
Printronix has been a leading manufacture of industrial grade label printers and continues this legacy with their current line of RFID printers. Designed for the most demanding and critical applications, the SL5000R and SL4M are the perfect solutions for any RFID printing requirement.
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Elo Introduces New iTouch Touchscreens for the Gaming Industry
Elo, the original inventor of touchscreen technology, today announced a portfolio of touchscreen platforms for the global gaming industry based on Elo iTouch surface acoustic wave technology. Leveraging energy-saving LED technology that reduces power consumption by fifty percent, the stylish zero-bezel, true flat clear glass touchscreens are available in a variety of sizes for gaming machine, loyalty program kiosk, interactive directory map, sports book, hotel, restaurant and retail applications. The Elo 24-inch true flat touchscreens will be on display in booths 4019 and 4041 during the G2E Global Gaming Expo Las Vegas to be held 24-26 September 2013.
The Star DK-AirCash is Now MFi Certified
Expanding the field for mobile point of sale solutions, Star Micronics is excited to introduce its DK-AirCash accessory for enabling secure cash payments in mPOS. Traditionally, cash drawers are controlled manually (key operated) or by a wired connection to a PC or through a wired connection to a printer. The DK-AirCash enables the control of the cash drawer either directly through an Ethernet, Bluetooth and now MFi certified Bluetooth connection. Star’s DK-AirCash makes “wireless” operation of an existing hard-wired cash drawer possible.
With MFi certification from Apple, Star’s DK-AirCash is compatible with popular Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad and iPod touch in addition to devices running on Android and Windows platforms. Now available in MFi certified Bluetooth, Star’s DK-AirCash is a cost effective way to upgrade your cash drawer’s compatibility for mPOS. Join the mPOS revolution with Star’s DK-AirCash!
Epson Introduces Their New On-Demand Color Label Printer the ColorWorks C3500
According to industry research by the Freedonia Group, label demand in the U.S. will reach a projected $19.1 billion by 2017, representing an annual growth of 4.2 percent. With this increased label adoption, many manufacturers are looking for ways to combine operational flexibility with higher quality and output, while simultaneously reducing production costs and use of label materials. To help manufacturers produce vibrant, full color labels, Epson is introducing its new ColorWorks C3500 Label Printer with Just In Time Color Labeling at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013.
The ColorWorks C3500 system is designed to meet the needs of manufacturers producing labels for high mix, low volume applications that require multiple label variations. Within the U.S. label market, more than half of all jobs fall under orders of 50,000 or less. By leveraging the new printer’s on demand color labeling technology, 4-color ink capability, and increased print speed and image quality, manufacturers can reduce total labeling costs by up to 50 percent. These savings also come from the ability to eliminate inventory of pre-printed color labels and waste.
The CipherLab CP60 Is Now Certified by RedBeam
CipherLab has announced that its newest Windows Mobile terminal, the CP60, is certified for implementation with the RedBeam Suite of software applications.
RedBeam is a leading provider of barcode and data collection software designed to make fixed asset tracking, inventory management, and check in check out processes more efficient.
Hundreds of organizations in virtually every industry use RedBeam to track fixed assets, inventory, parts and supplies anything with a barcode label. Clients in manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, retail, military, government, education, and healthcare use RedBeam to reduce expenses and increase productivity. RedBeam’s fixed asset tracking, check in check out, and inventory control software products are powerful and ready-to-use right out of the box.
NiceLabel Achieves Oracle Validated Integration with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Niceware, a Gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), has announced it has achieved Oracle Validated Integration of NiceLabel Automation Enterprise with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.
NiceLabel Automation Enterprise allows Oracle E-Business Suite customers access to enterprise-class bar code label printing. NiceLabel Automation Enterprise provides for extremely efficient label printing and return print status messages directly to Oracle applications. This tightly coupled integration with Oracle Warehouse Management and Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications eliminates the need for customization and programming changes to the customer’s existing Oracle business systems enabling more affordable and efficient label printing.
The NiceLabel label lifecycle management workflow of Design, Control and Automate is a solution for helping Oracle customers gain visibility and control of their global labeling operations. NiceLabel Automation Enterprise introduces a server licensing model for Oracle customers, versus printer based licensing, making it more affordable to connect and automate printing across the Enterprise.
Honeywell Completes Acquisition of Intermec
Honeywell has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Intermec, a leading provider of mobile computing, radio frequency identification solutions (RFID), voice-enabled workflow and data-collection solutions, and printing solutions. Honeywell announced its intent to acquire Intermec in December 2012, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $600 million.
“The acquisition of Intermec will add innovative products and solutions, as well as deep engineering expertise and a broad global sales channel that further demonstrates our commitment to provide our customers an increasing array of innovative technologies in the highly attractive AIDC industry,” said John Waldron, president of Honeywell Scanning & Mobility.
Ingenico and FreedomPay Power the Most Secure Transactions With EMV & NFC Capabilities
Ingenico and FreedomPay have announced their partnership and the certification of the innovative Telium2 series point-of-sale (POS) payment devices. The integration extends to Ingenico’s retail base application (RBA) and its innovative hardware, including iSC250 Signature Capture terminal and iPP350 PIN Pad devices. The newly supported Ingenico RBA software-powered devices will accept magnetic stripe and EMV chip-card payments, as well as NFC-based transactions, enabling tap-and-go mobile payments. Ingenico devices will be integrated and connect to the FreedomPay Commerce Platform, a cloud-based smart technology gateway, that supports true point-to-point encryption (P2PE), instantly reducing merchants’ scope for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance and giving merchants a path to future payment system expansion.
Smart Market Optimizes Warehouse Operations with Datalogic’s Skorpio Mobile Computer
Overview
The Smart Market business group, headquartered in Spain, manufactures markets and distributes a wide range of household products. The Smart Market SLU division handles Icelands, Leopard, and Alligator brands, while Appletree SLU manages Avocado and Butaka. The group’s philosophy is to always meet the needs of its customers with quality products and services in order to create and maintain long-term relationships.
The Challenge
Keeping in line with its philosophy, Smart Market was looking for a way to optimize its logistics processes, which were currently handled by various warehouses spread across the country. To ensure faster and better service, the company decided to move all its stock to a single 18,000 sq meter warehouse. But before making this major change, Smart Market wanted to make sure it could get the most reliable automated solution available to manage this enormous warehouse.
