Motorola announced the newest addition to its mobile computing portfolio – the MC75A worldwide 3.5G Enterprise Digital Assistant (EDA). The MC75A is a premier EDA with the most features and functionality in its class and is designed for mobile enterprises that require connectivity around the world. Available in two models, WAN/LAN and LAN only, the MC75A series enables organizations to select the device best suited to meet their business needs while providing the ability to standardize on a single device for knowledge workers inside the four walls and out in the field.

Designed for reliable operation inside and outside the enterprise, the MC75A EDA helps retailers, manufacturers, healthcare facilities, government agencies and mobile workers in field service, field sales and transportation and logistics streamline business processes, improve operations and increase employee productivity. The new MC75A leverages the field proven form factor and accessory eco-system of the industry-leading MC70 and MC75 rugged EDAs – with an installed base of more than 850,000 units – and incorporates Motorola’s Mobility Architecture eXtension (MAX) innovations to redefine the way organizations do business. Offering the most robust processing platform in the EDA class today, the MC75A delivers consistent desktop-like performance regardless of application or location.

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Star Micronics is proud to add Portable Receipt Printers to its long roster of point of service printers – compact, light weight, wireless portable printing solutions in different printer widths.

Star SM-S200

The SM-S200 is ideal for the hospitality industry. Easily fastened on a belt for “table-side” order taking as well as retail “line busting” as its sleek design fits in a customer friendly environment.

In addition to easy drop in & print paper loading and print speed of 75mm per second, the SM-S200 also features an LCD display, a Bluetooth connection and comes standard with magnetic stripe reader.

• 2-Inch
• Blue LCD Display
• Bluetooth/Serial

Star SM-T300

Ideal for the ever growing field service/mobile industry, the SM-T300 may be utilized for workers requiring handhelds to seamlessly print to the worker’s mobile printer.

Its rugged and waterproof design coupled with a long battery life makes the SM-T300 a welcomed option for applications in harsh outdoor environments, such as service & delivery, public safety and utility applications.

In addition to easy drop in & print paper loading and print speed of 75mm per second, the SM-T300 also features an LCD display, magnetic stripe reader and comes standard with a Bluetooth connection.

• Rugged 3-Inch
• Blue LCD Display
• Bluetooth/Serial/WiFi

The Unitech PA600 is the leading handheld mobile computer sold with RedBeam’s asset tracking and inventory control software solutions. More PA600s were sold in 2009 with RedBeam software than any other mobile device.

The PA600 is a powerful and versatile mobile computer and is an ideal match for RedBeam’s data collection software. Compact and durable, the PA600 is equipped with a large color LCD touch screen, 18-key keypad, 520MHz processor, and is the lightest PDA in its class. The integrated laser scanner and RedBeam’s mobile solutions give users the flexibility to move around their store or warehouse rather than working at one central scanning station.

The trusted combination of RedBeam software and the Unitech PA600, provide completes asset tracking and inventory control solutions to customers. To make it even easier, Unitech offers customized programs to help VARs market these solutions to end users quickly and effectively.

Citizen Systems America Corporation, a supplier of world-class printing solutions, continues to expand its portfolio of Next Best Mobile Printing Solutions with the introduction of the new CMP-20 and CMP-30 mobile printers. With improved designs, the new models are engineered to provide an unsurpassed customer experience. Compact, robust and powerful, the CMP-20 and CMP-30 printers are ideal “Next Best Mobile Printing Solution for your receipt and labeling needs.

Built with a durable and strong plastic case, and put through the most rigorous quality tests at Citizen’s high end R&D facilities, these new mobile printers feature 2” and 3” receipt and label printing as well as high capacity batteries and media rolls of approximately two inches diameter — thus, allowing for long print runs without changing the media.

“Our mission to grow our share and to be The Next Best Printing Solutions Source is evident with our new and more effective product introductions”, said Robin Pierce, Sr. Marketing Director at Citizen. “These new mobile printers will allow our channel partners to take advantage of a rapidly growing mobile printing market by generating net new turnover with our excellent Citizen brand and new printers”.

Star Micronics has taken its global environmental responsibility and commitment to the next level. Following the international success of the TSP100 futurePRNTâ„¢ series, Star Micronics has announced the production of a new, more environmentally friendly POS printer. Developed to be both the most energy-efficient single station receipt printer available, as well as drastically reduce paper consumption, the TSP100ECOâ„¢ is designed to minimize the environmental impact of point of sale receipt printing.

The TSP100ECOâ„¢ provides users with an impressive selection of innovative features that help to reduce negative environmental effects. Chief among these features are the sophisticated power and paper management systems, which can result in up to 40% less power consumption on average than other available single station POS receipt printer.

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SATO, a pioneer in the Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) industry and a leader in barcode printing, labeling, and EPC/RFID solutions announced that its label design and printing software, SATO Label Gallery™, has been certified to be compatible with the latest Microsoft operating system, Windows 7. The Microsoft-designed certification tests represent the highest test standard for compatibility and reliability. The latest release of SATO Label Gallery™, LG3.2.2, successfully met the rigorous certification requirements, thus demonstrating compatibility with Microsoft’s latest operating systems standards.

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The DS6878-HC cordless imager from Motorola has been designed specifically for healthcare. It helps prevent medical errors, improve patient safety and increase caregiver productivity.

Newest Teller Printer Offers Top Reliability, Industry-Leading Four Year Warranty

Today Epson, a leading supplier of value-added printing and check scanning solutions for the financial industry, introduced the TM-T88V thermal printer, the newest addition to Epson’s best-selling TM-T88 printer series and the latest in Epson’s growing line of reliable teller printers. With an industry-leading, four-year warranty, print speeds up to 50% faster than the previous model, and a small, sleek footprint, Epson’s TM-T88V offers solid reliability along with advanced, full-featured printing functionality ideal for high volume teller transaction printing applications.

“The TM-T88V sets the standard for fast, reliable thermal printing,” commented Mike Helm, Director of Sales and Marketing, Epson System Device Group. “Financial institutions looking for top reliability will appreciate this workhorse, along with its four-year warranty.”

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Zebra Performance class card printers are built to deliver reliability and performance for high-volume card production. Now the most popular of Zebra’s card printers—the P330i, P330m and P430i—offer more features and better performance to provide best-in-class card printers. The following enhancements will be implemented via the new firmware and driver (except where noted):

• Improved data download efficiency with USB connectivity, which increases the overall throughput 10-15 percent when printing with full color ribbons.
• Up to 50 percent faster encoding speeds for Smart Card contact and MIFARE contactless options. (Speed will vary based on conditions.)
• Microsoft certified drivers: Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit), and Windows Vista (64 bit). (Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, XP, and Vista (32 bit) are currently supported.)
• Increased standard memory to 20 MB. (hardware upgrade)

The enhancements noted above will be available via the updated firmware and driver shown in the chart below.

Take advantage of these enhancements immediately by downloading the firmware and driver.

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The Datalogic Memor mobile computer maximizes a compact, light weight form factor for shirt pocket convenience without compromising durability.

This video shows how it can be used for field force automation.

Prepare. To. Be. Rocked.