Archive for February, 2008
RJS/ Printronix high speed on-line verification on the manufacturing floor
Posted by Dana Ritchie on February 21st, 2008
One of our manufacturing customers approached us with a business problem to solve. (That’s what we do!) The product that our customer makes is targeted to retail markets and requires highly readable UPC bar codes or they get the product returned from their clients. Or worse, they are assessed an escalating fee for each instance of non-scanning. Because of the volume of products they manufacture and the speed of the production line, it is not practical to manually inspect or verify each item to make sure the bar code label is readable. In addition to an automated verification process, they also wanted a system that could store a record of each bar code that was successfully scanned on the production line. PaladinID contacted Jack Tedesco at RJS/Printronix, an industry veteran and expert in high speed bar code verification technology. Jack recommended the Scanvision SV200-1 scanner for high speed conveyor applications. In addition to providing our customer with the high speed verification and record keeping that they required, the Scanvision software actually gives them a real-time graphic display of the verification occurring on the production line. While addressing this customer’s business problem, we found that there are not a lot of folks out there who really understand this bar code scanning application, so if you have this requirement, we would be glad to help.
Meeting With Datamax Factory Rep Bruce McDowell
Posted by Dana Ritchie on February 20th, 2008
I want to thank Bruce McDowell for meeting us for lunch and training session this week. Datamax has come out with some very unique features in their printers. I was very impressed with what Datamax is doing. Their printers are robust and very durable. One thing that impressed me most, being a Zebra certified tech, is how easy it was to work on these printers. Almost everything was at your finger tips, out in the open. Another thing I really liked about the printer line is that once you get out of the portable printers, they are all RFID capable. Meaning that if you buy one of these printers today, you can add the RFID encoder later for very little charge. All other printer manufacturers require you to purchase an RFID ready printer. Datamax give you that option free of charge. We will talk more on these printers when new applications arise. Again, thank you Bruce for taking the time to meet with us and for a wonderful lunch at Joe’s American Bar & Grill in Woburn, MA.
ECL Relationship Started
Posted by Dana Ritchie on February 18th, 2008
During the past 3 years, I have been asked if we provided a solution for ECL (Expanded Content Labels). At first I was not sure what people were talking about, but the more I was asked, the more I needed to find out what this was all about. ECL is used where a one dimensional label does not have enough area to print all of the information your company needs to print. Think of an ECL as more of a booklet or pamphlet with mulitple pages bound together on a liner like a label that is able to adhere to your products. This is a very cost effective way to get your information out. Examples of people who use ECL’s would be food, chemical, pharma manufacturer’s or any consumer products company that wants to advertise or offer coupons and/or rebates on their products. We are now a authorized reseller of this line of products and are working with a company called JH Bertrand out of Buffalo, NY.
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