P R I N T R O N I X .
T H E F I R S T N A M E I N S M A R T L A B E L T E C H N O L O G Y
FIRST TO DELIVER A UHF PRINTER FOR ENCODING
FIRST SMART LABEL DEVELOPER’S KIT
FIRST TO PROVIDE CERTIFIED SMART LABELS
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Printronix has been a global leader in providing intelligent industrial and
field of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology.
For example, Printronix was the first to:
➔Ship UHF, Class 1,
➔Offer a Smart Label Developers Kit (SLDK ™)
➔Deliver a Smart Label Pilot Printer (SLPP ™) product offering to make it easy to expand pilot programs
➔Deliver a
In addition, Printronix offers innovations such as:
➔RFID
➔Certified smart labels that ensure accurate reading, encoding and printing performance
➔Certified RFID Integrator Program to access leading RFID experts and technicians who will help you seamlessly integrate and deploy RFID smart label solutions
As part of our pioneering efforts, Printronix is a founding member of EPCglobal, an international organization responsible for creating RFID industry standards and specifications.
Whether you have questions about the best RFID solution for your company, how to initiate a pilot program or how to deploy RFID throughout your supply chain, you can look to Printronix for
PROTECTING YOUR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT
As a founding member of EPCglobal, Printronix is working to establish industry standards that will ensure your RFID printers integrate smoothly into your current IT network and supply chain operations.
We recognize that RFID standards will continue to evolve over the next few years, and protecting your investment in RFID technology today is a key design goal for our products and services. Printronix helps protect your technology investment by including a flexible upgrade path that includes
SMART LABEL DEVELOPER’S ENVIRONMENT
One of the important first steps in developing an RFID pilot program is creating a smart label development environment. This will allow you to experiment with, test and measure smart labels to find the ideal RFID solutions for your company without disrupting your current operations.
Printronix makes it easy for you to initiate your pilot program by offering a com- prehensive,
and
It allows you to:
➔Print and encode smart labels
➔Test read ranges, read speeds and data capture
➔Determine optimum label placement
➔Establish the best locations for fixed reader terminals
➔Check for radio frequency interference
Once you’re satisfied that your test environment has provided enough insight into your smart labeling requirements, you can define and start your pilot program.
RFID SMART PRINTERS
Smart labels come from smart printers, and Printronix offers a range of
The SmartLine™ of RFID printers includes models that support
SmartLine of RFID printers also supports a range of smart label sizes and antenna configurations to provide customers with the choices they need to implement RFID in their various applications. And all Printronix RFID printers support software upgrades to keep up with evolving EPC standards.
CERTIFIED RFID SMART LABELS
Printronix certified smart labels combine the technology of
antenna
control, the printer writes data to the RFID tag, then validates that the EPC information
can be read reliably. After completing this validation process, the printer prints the
any reason the encoding process cannot be validated, the label is printed with an overstrike pattern to
prevent it from entering your supply chain.
SOFTWARE MIGRATION TOOLS
Printronix has developed a set of Software Migration Tools (SMT™) that enable our printers to automatically encode smart labels from your existing UPC label bar code applica- tion. The SMT encodes bar code data from your current data stream to the smart label via a selection of label templates. The Printronix SMT resides in the printer and allows you to use existing label design software with no modifications to create encoded smart labels. Once selected, the tools automatically print existing bar code labels and encode the GTIN, UPC or SSCC number in the smart label.