Go Zebra Gets Even Better with Service Agreement Bonus
You already know the benefits of upgrading to Zebra’s latest technology through GO Zebra, but now the benefits are even better!
Beginning in April, GO Zebra will include a service agreement bonus. When you add a 3-year ZebraCare service agreement to your tabletop or mobile printer purchase, you’ll receive an additional rebate—$25 for mobile printers and $50 for tabletop printers.
This service agreement bonus applies to purchases made between April 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013. Details will be available on the GO Zebra page of the Zebra Information Network (IN) beginning April 1.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at Barcodes Inc.
Get To Know The New Zebra GC420
Zebra has been a leader in small desktop label printers with its long standing LP and TLP series printers. While this series has been the go to printer for many businesses, all good things come to an end as these models were discontinued this year. However, Zebra has followed-up with a new line to fit the same needs with the GC420.
With any update in a product line though, there are always some questions as to the compatibility of using the newer model in place of the older series. The following FAQ is a great guide into how the GC420 can be the right fit for an aging LP or TLP series printer.
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Buying a Barcode Printer : 4 Questions Before You Buy
Compared to a laser or inkjet printer, thermal based barcode label printers are a much more economical option to create high quality labels and tags. These printers can create single labels instead of on whole sheets that are not really suitable for on-demand printing . In the long run, thermal barcode printers require less maintenance, have less expensive media, and print faster while maintaining excellent print quality.
Finding the right printer for your needs, however, can be challenge with all the available models and options.
The next 4 questions will help make the decision process easier and get you closer to best printer for your needs.
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Are Zebra Printers Used In Your Life?
Zebra printers are some of the most popular and commonly used printers today. You can find Zebra printers in retail, manufacturing, hospitality, government, healthcare, and educational environments being used for a variety of printing applications. From wristbands to labels and even ID cards, no matter the environment, there is a Zebra printer to meet the needs of every application.
CognitiveTPG’s ‘Wanted Alive’ Summer Promotion
Celebrating the coming summer months, CognitiveTPG announced a promotion to entice its current, former, and possible future customers.
The promotion is a video contest calling for loyal Blaster and Advantage LX owners to show off their old dependable printer. “We are calling the promotion ‘Wanted Alive’ and challenging current and former customers to show us the oldest operational unit in the field. We know what true workhorses these printers are and we know there are still many 10-plus year old printers in the field today, working,” said Angela Mansfield-Swanson, CognitiveTPG’s Marketing Director. The customer with the oldest operational unit will win a $500 Visa gift card.
This promotion will run from June 1st through August 31, 2012.
Zebra’s New Mid-Range Printer – the ZT200
The new ZT200 series printers are the culmination of Zebra industry expertise, voice of customer feedback and innovative engineering. Incorporating Zebra’s new global design gives the ZT200 a sleek, contemporary look, improved user interface and a space-saving design. What’s under the hood is equally exciting since the series is engineered for effortless setup, intuitive user operation, and ease of service and maintenance for long-lasting performance. Superior print quality is achieved via the new print mechanism design and precision adjustment controls that accommodate a variety of media.
Not Barcodes or RFID, but Both
Leveraging Printer Infrastructure to Reap the Benefits of Converging Technologies
Technology has an inexorable momentum, but one that proceeds at a pace determined by utility. Such is the case with barcodes and radio-frequency identification (RFID).
“When technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road,” said the American writer and editor Stewart Brand. When Wal-Mart issued its famous RFID mandate in 2003, many manufacturers thought they were being steamrolled; pundits saw the mandate as the death knell of barcode technology. Neither the fear nor the forecast has proved accurate.
First, the mandate did not result in a rapid torrent of RFID adoption. Deadlines associated with the mandate have been extended several times because many vendors faced significant difficulties implementing RFID systems, including the relative cost of implementation. The Wall Street Journal published an article stating that the RFID plan set forth by Wal-Mart was “showing signs of fizzling” due to a lack of progress by their executives to introduce the technology to its stores and to the lack of incentives for suppliers.No one was being steamrolled.
How the Right Printer Can Make a Difference for Manufacturers
Information and documentation are essential components of everything that manufacturers produce and ship today, whether products need to be tracked through the production process or through the supply chain to the customer. Customer requests, regulatory requirements and efficient production processes all need information to flow along with products. While production is often automated, producing the necessary documentation often is not optimized.
Producing the job tickets, component ID and product labels to provide this information is a growing challenge. Unless the process is streamlined with a proper printer and media, manufacturers are building unnecessary cost and inefficiency into every product. This post will explain how manufacturers can realize tangible improvement. It covers:
- How production processes can be improved by using printed labels and job tickets;
- Why sharing a general-purpose printer for office and production printing is an inefficient arrangement;
- How a dedicated thermal printer can reduce costs and errors.
The Industry’s Fastest Mid-Range Industrial Label Printers – Intermec PM43 and PM43C
Intermec Strengthens Printer Portfolio with Industry’s Fastest Mid-Range Industrial Label Printers
Intermec, Inc just released their new PM43 and PM43c industrial mid-range label printers, featuring the fastest throughput in their class. Suited for harsh industrial environments including transportation, manufacturing and distribution centers, the metal-constructed PM43 and more compact PM43c printers are built to perform by increasing uptime and reducing maintenance costs.
Built on more than 40 years of printing innovation history, the PM43 and PM43c mark the newest additions to Intermec’s industry leading line of rugged industrial printers. The printers offer the ultimate in reliable and intuitive communication options with a unique full color touch-screen, featuring a choice of 10 languages or easy to use universal icons, and a multi-lingual intuitive web-based user interface. The printers also reduce IT support needs with integrated device management, allowing the printers to be monitored from anywhere in the world via Intermec handheld computers, laptops, smart phones or tablet computers using WiFi or Ethernet connection.
Adopting Bar Code Labeling in Hospital Pharmacies
One of the most proven and effective methods to prevent medical errors is to use bar coding to identify medications at the unit-dose level for dispensing and administration. By taking action to ensure all medications used in the hospital include a bar code, pharmacists can set a strong foundation for patient safety initiatives and align their organization with patient safety goals established by The Joint Commission and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).
This white paper will illustrate how bar code systems improve patient safety; summarize the ASHP, The Joint Commission, and FDA policies and recommendations that are driving the current surge in bar code-based patient safety programs; present bar code marking options for pharmacists; and provide guidance for developing a practical strategy for bar code-based patient safety programs.
