A Day in the Life of a Motorola TC55
As a long standing leader in Auto-ID technologies, Motorola is always aiming to meet the ever changing demands of real-life applications. With our ever more mobile world, most businesses need devices that are made for mobility and with greater reliability than typical consumer devices. The Motorola TC55 Touch Computer provides all the functionality and durability you ‘d find in more industrial units but in a form factor of a typical smartphone. The perfect tool for any mobile workforce, see how it enhances a day in the live of field service engineer in this video.
QR Code Turntable
The many uses of QR Codes never ceases to amaze and you’d never think it could be used to act like turntable!
Record label Kontor was aiming to promote one of their artists and wanted to avoid the usual CD/USB drive/MP3 route as these promos usually end up in he trash bin and never get listened to. Luckily, they turned to OgilvyAction who came up with the incredible idea of sending out vinyl discs with a QR Code so it could be played on a ‘turntable’ made from the envelope it came in. It is actually a pretty amazing idea as you can see from the video below.
The campaign was a success with 71% of the 900 turntable QR Codes activated and 42% following the link to the Kontor online store. OgilvyAction say this was 64% more than the average response and with the bonus that they received great feedback from some of the industry’s most influential people.
Star Micronics Introduces WebPRNT
Keeping up with the emergence of the omnichannel business model and growing customer demand for mobility, businesses are turning to web-based applications as a cost effective way to stay agile. Web-based services are being more commonplace in point of sale as businesses streamline their operations and create mobile friendly environments for their customers.
To support customers using web-based point of sale applications, Star Micronics delivers WebPRNT, an innovative technology enabling device-agnostic receipt printing technology that supports HTTP requests used in web-based applications.
WebPRNT is currently available with Star’s TSP650II thermal receipt printer which is equipped with Ethernet connectivity. Easy to read, maintain and modify for developers; simply use the appropriate XML tags or integrate Star’s WebPRNT Javascript library into your web-based application to begin printing from your application to Star’s TSP650II WebPRNT thermal receipt printer.
The New Datalogic PowerScan PBT9500
The PowerScan 9500 family of imagers represents the new 2D handheld area imagers with rugged mechanics for industrial applications. Recently launched, the corded PowerScan PD9500 models have already demonstrated their value in the field. With this introduction of the cordless Bluetooth wireless technology radio model, PBT9500, the 9500 family will be enriched greatly and will allow users to have the freedom of mobility.
An intuitive and effortless scanning experience is the target of the PowerScan 9500 family: it is a blend of the Datalogic experience with optical systems, hardware architecture, decoding software and cordless technologies. The result is an area imager with outstanding performance in terms of snappiness and depth-of-field.
Introducing the New CipherLab 9200 Industrial Mobile Computer
CipherLab has announced their new 9200 series industrial mobile computer. The 9200 series mobile computer has a certified IP rating of 65 and 1.5 m drop resistance ensuring its ruggedness. Moreover, its lightweight design provides a comfortable one-hand operation for its users.
9200 series mobile computer includes 3.5G HSDPA with GPS/AGPS options which provides quality data transfer and location information. Its Cisco CCX v4 certified IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n technology and Bluetooth communication 2.1 with EDR also delivers critical information in real time and keeps backend systems updated. Additionally, users can operate through their shifts worry-free with long-lasting 3300 mAh batteries at work. Top it off with versatile data capturing abilities including linear imager, laser, 2D imager and RFID, 9200 series is a sure bet to a more profitable business.
Datamax-O’Neil Printers Now Supported By Loftware’s Family Drivers
Loftware has announced the release of Loftware Print Server (LPS) version 10.1 SP1 and Loftware Label Manager (LLM) version 10.1 SP1. Continuing to deliver on Loftware’s commitment to innovate, this release extends the power of the solution’s ground breaking Family Drivers to include support for Datamax-O’Neil’s DPL printing language.
This release builds on the LPS 10.1 and LLM 10.1 new features that afford customers a new level of control and traceability of label changes, include the ability to embed images in label templates, expanded SMTP, and ease-of-use enhancements.
