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Combine the best of consumer-styling with all the enterprise-class features needed to increase workforce productivity and you get the ET50/ET55. The rugged tablet is designed to last for years and can be used both indoors and outdoors even in rain, snow, or dusty areas. Built with exceptional battery power, users have the option to add a hot-swappable backup battery to provide additional power and charge the tablet’s main battery giving the tablet more than enough power to last an entire shift.

With first-time every time rapid data capture users will be able to scan 1D and 2D barcodes in virtually any condition and on practically any surface. Available in two display sizes 8.3“ or 10.1″ giving you the option to select the right display size for any business application. The operating system is an important feature in mobile computers, and Zebra designed the ET50/ET55 to support either Windows 10 or Android 6.0 Marshmallow allowing you to select the best operating system that best fits your technology strategy.

Whether you select the ET50 or ET55 you’ll be getting a consumer styled tablet on the outside, all business on the inside. For more information on the ET50/ET55 click here.

Give our dedicated account managers a call if you have any questions or would like a quote on any of your mobile computing needs.

Panasonic has announced its latest rugged hand held, the FZ-T1. The 5- inch Android device is designed for the mobile work force in industries, including retail, hospitality, manufacturing, transportation, and logistics. The FZ-T1 will come in two options: with WiFi or WiFi and 4G/LTE functionalities. Designed to operate a full shift, it comes with a battery that can operate for 12 hours suited for operators scanning regularly.

This slim and lightweight hand held will be available for purchase in August 2018. Keep checking our blog for more updates!

Key Specs

• Display: 5.00 inches
• Processor: 1.1GHz quad-core
• Resolution: 720 x1280 pixels
• RAM: 2GB
• OS: Android 8.1 Oreo
• Storage: 16GB
• Rear Camera: 8-megapixel
• Battery Capacity: 3200 mAh

Contact us if you are interested in more information for the handheld or similar devices in your work force.

A Honeywell survey stated that on average companies lose over $400,000 every year in picking errors. In order to combat these errors and help improve accuracy and efficiency companies are looking more towards wearable technology.

Select warehouses and distribution centers are the perfect example to look at as they are seeing wearable mobile computers revolutionize the industry. Providing increased flexibility, operational improvement, improved productivity, and significant cost savings. With wearable computers users will be free from the constraints of using one hand to carry a scanner or mobile computer; instead users will have the flexibility to work hands-free while still accessing the data they need to complete the tasks at hand. A hands-free user will be able to accelerate picking, packing, and shipping operations.

Honeywell’s rugged Dolphin 75e Wearable has a large display with flexible touchscreen keypads. The accessories provide increased comfort and improved hygiene over conventional wearables. Combine it with the 8620 Ring scanner to get a truly hands-free experience that is guaranteed to help improve productivity in the workplace. With these lightweight and compact computers, users will have a wide range of motion. This allows users to complete tasks in less time without losing the valuable accuracy that is needed.

Dolphin 75e Wearable Features:

• Multi OS: Flexible support and migration of Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld or Android 4.4 KitKat, seamlessly upgrade later as business needs grow to Windows 10 or Android 5.0L
• 4.3 in large clear display with capacitive touchscreen provides outstanding readability and plenty of space for data and keypads.
• Increase productivity and throughput with an ergonomic ring scanner based on an industry-grade imager that provides high-performance scanning of linear and 2D barcodes.
• The watchband style armband improves comfort and eliminates hygiene concerns.
• The rubber watchband straps are comfortable, reduce sliding or rotating on the arm and don’t absorb perspiration.

Feel free to contact our dedicated account managers for any questions or a quote on your mobile computing needs.

The MePOS Pro Point of Sale Terminal is multi-functional, integrable, customizable, flexible, and exactly the way you want it!

1. Multi- functional
With advanced designs, the tablet based Point of Sale terminal with an integrated printer can quickly convert to a kiosk or mobile POS instrument.

2. Integrable
The MePOS Connect Software Development Kit allow easy integration with leading point of sale software solutions.

3. Customizable
The compact and stylish design allow you to customize your terminal in solid colors or graphics to promote your brand and give you the option to refresh as often as  you like.

4. Flexible
The capability to just remove your tablet and payment device to create MePOS Mobile, that allows workers to engage with customers and process transactions anywhere.

With a great deal of transactions taken everyday, you need a system that can keep up with the rate of service and demands of customers. The MePOS Pro can improve all that from the sleek design, to battery life, and accessibility. This change will definitely make an impact and evolve with your business.

If you have any questions regarding the compatibility with your tablet and payment devices, interested in a demo or a quote, please contact our dedicated account managers and we will be able to help you find a solution.

The new card printers from Zebra Technologies are some of the most intuitive and easy-to-use card printers available today. With a new printer driver that offers a one-of-a-kind graphical user interface that brings a new level of simplicity that makes controlling the printing process a breeze. The new Zebra card printers come in three options: The ZC100, The ZC300, and The ZC350.

The ZC100 is designed to work right out of the box, no time wasted with a complicated set-up. With a printer cover lock the ZC100 prevents the theft of card stock allowing the printer to be installed in public-facing areas. This single-sided card printer has the consumer good looks required to fit in customer facing areas; ideal for Retail, Hospitality, and Identification.

The ZC300 allows users to interact with this card printer in their native tongue allowing users to easily understand what the printer needs and how to perform virtually any function. The dual-sided card printer gives users the option, with advanced features, to print dual-sided color cards with complex artwork just as easily as a basic-single sided black and white cards. Ideal for General Access Control, Education, Retail, and Hospitality.

The ZC350 has one of the fastest print speeds in the class and with a re-designed hopper it makes loading and unloading cards easier than ever. The dual-sided card printer allows users to print what they want, when they want, from just about anywhere. With a small footprint the ZC350 is designed to fit in most places including under the counter or a shelf. Ideal for General Access Control, Education, Retail, Hospitality, and Financial Services.

ZC100/ZC300/ZC350 Benefits:

• A redesigned look that fits in a modern space with easily removable side panels that can be customized.
• Small footprint, a narrow profile with all the touch points facing the user in the front, allowing the printer to fit nicely into desktop applications.
• Balanced 100-card input and output hoppers with automatic card thickness adjustment.
• Manual card feeding slot with an LED light pipe for simplified use.
• Card reject bin capability, available on dual-sided units.
• Support for adhesive backed cards and cards with pre-punched holes.
• Redesigned ribbon cartridge with a smart chip, enabling simplified ribbon loading and secure ribbon authentication.
• New ribbons available with ZC350 to enable long lasting color cards without lamination, color shifting security effects, or metallic 3D visual effects.
• Upgradable features including dual-sided printing, Wi-Fi, magnetic stripe encoding, and smart card encoding (as applicable to the specific printer model).
• Full color graphical LCD, USB and Ethernet connectivity are standard on every ZC300 and ZC350.
• HF, Contact encoder with 1 SAM slot available with ZC350 (LF/HF/Contact encoder with SAM socket available as an update kit), no smart card encoder available with ZC300.
• Zebra Integration Pocket (ZIP) is a smart card integration kit for 3rd party contactless encoders that can be integrated with any ZC100/ZC300 Series printer.
• Redesigned driver interface with preview capabilities for optimizing printing settings; drivers available for Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems.

Give our dedicated account managers a call if you have any questions or would like a quote on any of products above.

Honeywell’s Intermec PM43 improves warehouse printing and productivity by offering you reliable performance for uptime assurance, quick deployment, and fast integration.

Features & Benefits

• Large color, multilingual, tamper-proof touchscreen or icon user interface
• Fast printing speed of up to 12 inches per second
• Strong rugged metal construction
• Precision Print to print the smallest barcodes and images
• Run apps inside the printer, eliminate the need for connected to a PC
• Simple remote device management
• Available in RFID enabled configurations capable of encoding and printing frequency- agile RFID tags
• Ideal for distribution centers, warehouses, manufacturing operations, and transportation centers

The PM43 industrial printer deliver proven reliability, fast drop- in deployment, and advanced connectivity to maximize your uptime. It also minimize your workforce training and device support needs with a vibrant touchscreen user interface available. Notifications are displayed right on the screen and the interface can be locked down to eliminate tampering.

Click here to see the recommended labels for the printer along with ribbons and printheads that you will need with the PM43.

Additionally, don’t forget to get the service contracts which will protect your printer and keep your printer in tip top shape to maximize uptime.

Verified Buyer Reviews
” We use the label printer everyday in our production line and with a great printer such as the PM 43. With a good quality printer that prints out clear label it make our production line flow a lot faster.”

“Printing bar-codes is very important to our company, essentially if any of our bar-code machine goes down we will be in trouble, the PM43 was fast to implement and transition to. Meanwhile it produce high quality bar-codes with very fast speed.”

In case you missed the webinar with us today, click in and discover the next generation of desktop printers and how you can maximize productivity in your workflow.

Learn how Zebra’s PrintDNA integration and development toolset will provide the ZD420 and the ZD620 an advantage over its competition. Watch now and see how the ZD series will revolutionize the way your organization prints labels!

If you have any questions, email us at [email protected] or give us a call at 866-653-7048 and we will be happy to help!

Enterprises have adopted mobile computing as the new force to reshape the workplace. Equipped with mobile devices, employees are not tethered to a desk or a workstation. They have the ability to enter data. access information, collaborate with colleagues, and provide personalized service to customers, wherever and whenever it’s needed the most.

The benefits of perfect mobility deployment:

A carefully designed mobile computing solution will provide significant ROI for your enterprise:

Greater Efficiency and Productivity
Employees will be able to do their jobs more quickly and easily, resulting in greater productivity and efficiency in a shift.

Accuracy
Without the need or paper records or manual keying data at a workstation, accuracy will improve you to gain visibility into operations.

Improved Workflows
Streamlined processes made possible by mobile computing solutions will mean better customer service, with fewer delays and errors.

Reduced Training Time
Spend less time training overall with enterprise- grade devices with longer support life cycles.

Check out the different forms of mobile devices that we have available. Selecting the right device can lead to a greater ROI by maximizing opportunities for increased productivity, efficiency, and accuracy.

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Is your business getting all the advantages of a mobility solution tailored to the unique needs of your business? Contact our dedicated account managers to learn more.

Read more about mobile computing, click on this link provided that will take you to our ebook on Mobile Computing 101.

What will you do when Microsoft ends all support for Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 and 7-8 to follow soon after? It is important to take the time and think about what you need to do. The new migration to a new OS it is not just a necessity but companies are also gaining additional benefits of improvements in productivity, efficiency, and business performance.

Contact our dedicated account managers and find the right device for you and your team. Make the right choice for your business!

Star Micronics, one of the largest providers of POS printers, has developed a special line of products for use in cannabis stores and dispensaries. The Cannabis POS collection includes POS/ label printers, NTEP (National Conference of Weights and Measures) approved weed scales, and cash drawers that are compatible with most POS software for easy set up.

POS Printers include the TSP100III, TSP650II, and the TSP700II thermal label printer with high reliability and many interfaces to choose from.

Mobile Printers such as SM-S230i and the SMT300i are for in-line transaction, pre-order, and delivery that allows employees to assist customer and take orders from anywhere in the store. Long battery life that is suitable for a whole shift.

The CD3 Cash Drawer have 13″ or 16″ models available, lockable with durable steel construction.

To complete the set, Star also offered three highly reliable and NTEP approved scales with different accuracy, the MGS322, MG-S1501, and the MGS8200. (Coming Soon)

Cannabis products face stricter regulations than most other products, the receipt then becomes a proof of legal purchase for the consumer and Star Micronics’s printers can provide the durable printers and cash drawers for that transaction.

Check out the selection that they have with us! Give our dedicated account manager a call if you have a question or would like a quote in any of products above.