New thermal desktop, mobile printers and printer software suite offer businesses better device manageability, productivity and performance

Zebra Technologies, a market leader in rugged mobile computers, barcode scanners and barcode printers enhanced with software and services to enable real-time enterprise visibility, today announced the next generation of thermal desktop and mobile printers 35 years after introducing its first barcode printer known as the “Zebra Printer”. The new printers are enabled by Print DNA, a software suite of applications, utilities and developer tools. Zebra’s new ZD420/ZD620 thermal transfer desktop printers, ZQ320 Series mid-range mobile printers and Print DNA software suite together help companies sense and analyze the status and performance of their printer fleet in real time. The new line of barcode printers and printer software deliver a superior printing experience through better performance, simplified remote management and easier integration.

Zebra Technologies, a worldwide leader in rugged mobile computers, barcode scanners and barcode printers enhanced with software and services to enable real-time enterprise visibility, introduced the new ZT600 and ZT510 industrial printers designed to withstand the harshest environments while delivering superior print quality and uptime. Zebra also announced Printer Profile Manager Enterprise, a browser-based remote printer management solution for Zebra Link-OS® enabled printers that greatly reduces cost and management time.

Varta Microbattery uses a wide range of printing and labeling solutions from NOVEXX Solutions to increase productivity and reduce costs

In total, 32 NOVEXX Solutions machines are used for printing, dispensing, and labeling across an area of 13,700 square metres over 15 packaging and production lines to label packages and pallets at the Varta Microbattery site in Ellwangen. The battery manufacturer saves considerable time on set-up and therefore saves costs, reduces labeling errors down to almost zero, and continues to improve on already high levels of quality.

Written by Caroline Fiedler, Marketing Communications Manager, Novexx Solutions

The high performance T6000 thermal barcode printer delivers WiFi upgrade, GPIO interface, and direct PDF printing

Fast, flexible, reliable: the T6000 presents the next generation of thermal barcode printers for industrial applications by Printronix Auto ID. Developed for midrange markets, the printer offers extended functionalities such as direct PostScript and PDF printing or an optional RFID module. At Logimat 2016, interested customers were able to have a first look at the product innovation. Now “RFID im Blick Global” speaks with Rolf Diebenbusch, Printronix Auto ID, about the technical features and benefits of the T6000.

Rolf J.W. Diebenbusch, Application Engineer, Printronix Auto ID, in an interview with “RFID im Blick Global”

Kathrein starts with the next generation of RFID systems!

The requirements for modern identification systems are increasingly defined by ERP architectures. Compared to a large percentage of RFID systems which are equipped either with a serial or a proprietary port, today only a few percent are equipped with a slow and non-network-ready protocol. The reason lies in a constant need for optimisation and efficiency gains in a production and logistics environment.

By Thomas Brunner, Head of Business Line IoT Solutions, KATHREIN Group

New TC51 and TC56 touch mobile computers provide enterprise-class ruggedness, power, connectivity and security in a sleek, Android-based design

Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a global leader in providing solutions and services that give enterprises real-time visibility into their operations, announced the next evolution in enterprise mobile computing: the TC5 Series touch mobile computers. Developed for retail and field mobility applications, the TC51 and TC56 have been designed to satisfy the durability, power and security needs of business users while offering an intuitive consumer design to meet the expectations of end users.

Together with other partners, Turck Korea has implemented a complete system – from the production plant right through to the dispatch warehouse

Counterfeit pharmaceutical products present health authorities and competition regulators with a great number of problems. For this reason, in future the entire production and sales chain of pharmaceutical products will be made fully transparent. Together with other partners, Turck Korea introduced this process, known as serialization, for pharmaceutical manufacturer, Daewon Pharm Co. Ltd. The cloud-based solution records the drugs from the production stage right through to storage in the dispatch warehouse.

Written by Frank Rohn, Vice President, sales process automation at Turck

Specially designed for use in Production and Logistics. The perfect workstation for Just in Time, on-site, label and smart label production

Large rolls of labels – up to 350 mm – can be processed with ease, thanks to the custom made wind up and wind down unit.

Precise and problem free processing of barcode and RFID smart labels. Print and RFID encoding data, can be processed through the built in PC workstation or by integrating the unit directly into your own IT-network.

Ever heard of barcode whispering?

The barcode-whisperer is revolutionizing the mobile couponing & loyalty market: Quickly and absolutely securely, barcodes on loyalty and voucher cards, as well as payment barcodes can be transmitted from any smartphone display to any POS system. The contactless transaction between the mobile phone and the POS system is possible via the scanner thanks to new, patent-protected, optical transmission, or through the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.

Batch Tracking and Product Protection

Topic in Industry: Product Serialization for Construction Parts

The system house Serfides broadens its software offer for product protection with a complementary solution for ERP systems to track batches and for service management: “Primarily, we address companies in the automobile industry, mechanical engineering, and the pharmaceuticals industry. Especially in the aftermarkt and service business, we see an increasing need for complete solutions for systematic and serialized single part detection“, explains Richard Doll, Managing Director at Serfides.

Interview with Richard Doll, Managing Director, in the interview with Dunja Kandel, “RFID im Blick“