I-Class Mark II is a family of mid-range industrial barcode printers designed for a wide variety of industrial barcode-printing applications. With a legendary reputation in the industry as a high- quality printer, I-Class Mark II is competitively priced, reliable and easy to integrate. The I-Class Mark II printer is positioned as the mid-level industrial printer between the compact M-Class Mark II or PD series and the high-performance H-Class or PX series. The I-Class Mark II is loaded with many standard features, such as a fast processor, large memory, a wide selection of communication ports and IntelliSEAQ ™ . Honeywell’s IntelliSEAQ ™ printhead combines advanced thermal control to provide sophisticated diagnostics. It also has advanced SEAQ (Sequential Energy Adjustment for Quality) for improved print quality, and durable coating for better abrasion resistance and longer life. Print replacement is reduced, which increases printer up time. Users will also notice a substantial reduction in power consumption. The I-Class Mark II is the ideal printer for shipping and receiving, product identification, pharmacy-labeling and asset-tracking applications. The versatile I-Class Mark II printers can be used in a wide variety of industrial applications with a range of media compatibility, connectivity, emulation support and options. I-Class Mark II offers a complete range of printers with 203-, 300-, and 600-dpi models and represents a compelling value in the mid-range industrial printer class. I-Class Mark II Industrial Barcode Printers FEATURES & BENEFITS Automatically adjust to optimum heat and speed setting to produce the best print quality. Communication ports include serial, parallel, USB, LAN, 2 USB Host ports and SDIO, W-LAN, and GPIO interface card. Graphic display includes an easy-to- read 7-button 128x64 LCD display, enabling user-friendly label- configuration setup. Rugged construction features a gear-driven design and durable die- cast aluminum frame. Wide printhead access makes the I-Class Mark II easy to maintain with quick printhead and platen roller replacement. The I-Class Mark II can easily keep up with high-speed label demand applications. With a state-of-the-art processor, the throughput of the printer is very fast. Its modular design facilitates adding and/or changing options with ease, making it easy to upgrade and reconfigure for business growth.
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I-Class Mark II is a family of mid-range industrial barcode
printers designed for a wide variety of industrial barcode-printing
applications. With a legendary reputation in the industry as a high-
quality printer, I-Class Mark II is competitively priced, reliable and
easy to integrate.
The I-Class Mark II printer is positioned as the mid-level industrial
printer between the compact M-Class Mark II or PD series and
the high-performance H-Class or PX series. The I-Class Mark II is
loaded with many standard features, such as a fast processor, large
memory, a wide selection of communication ports and IntelliSEAQ™.
control to provide sophisticated diagnostics. It also has advanced
SEAQ (Sequential Energy Adjustment for Quality) for improved
print quality, and durable coating for better abrasion resistance
and longer life. Print replacement is reduced, which increases
printer up time. Users will also notice a substantial reduction in
power consumption. The I-Class Mark II is the ideal printer for
shipping and receiving, product identification, pharmacy-labeling
and asset-tracking applications.
The versatile I-Class Mark II printers can be used in a wide variety
of industrial applications with a range of media compatibility,
connectivity, emulation support and options. I-Class Mark II offers
a complete range of printers with 203-, 300-, and 600-dpi models
and represents a compelling value in the mid-range industrial
printer class.
I-Class Mark II Industrial Barcode Printers
FE ATURES & BENEFITS
Automatically adjust to optimum heat and speed setting to produce the best print quality.
Communication ports include serial, parallel, USB, LAN, 2 USB Host ports and SDIO, W-LAN, and GPIO interface card.
Graphic display includes an easy-to-read 7-button 128x64 LCD display, enabling user-friendly label-configuration setup.
Rugged construction features a gear-driven design and durable die-cast aluminum frame.
Wide printhead access makes the I-Class Mark II easy to maintain with quick printhead and platen roller replacement.
The I-Class Mark II can easily keep up with high-speed label demand applications. With a state-of-the-art processor, the throughput of the printer is very fast. Its modular design facilitates adding and/or changing options with ease, making it easy to upgrade and reconfigure for business growth.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Dimensions (HxWxD): 322.6 x 320.5 x 472.4 mm D (12.7 x 12.6 x 18.6 in) Weight: 20.5 kg (45 lbs) Construction: Metal cabinet, clear side window to easily monitor media supply levels
USER ENVIRONMENTOperating Temperature: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
MEDIA Media Type: Roll-fed: 203.2 mm (8.0 in) O.D. on a 38.1 mm (1.5 in) to 76.2 mm (3.0 in) core, fan-fold stock, accepted from rear of printer, die-cut or continuous labels, perforated or continuous tag/ticket stockMedia Width Range: 25.4 mm (1.0 in) to 118.1 mm (4.7 in) Minimum Media Length:Tear-off and rewind modes: 6.4 mm (0.25 in) Peel and cutter modes: 25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Media Thickness Range: 0.06 mm (0.0025 in) to 0.25 mm (0.01 in)Media Sensing: “See through” for liner-backed die-cut labels and tags, reflective sensor for black mark label mediaLabel Backfeed: For use with optional cutterRibbon Width Range: 25.4 mm (1.0 in) to 114.3 mm (4.5 in) Ribbon Core: 25.4 mm (1.0 in)Ribbon Length: 600 m (1,968 ft)Coated-side-in or coated-side-outFor optimum print quality and printer performance, use certified Honeywell media supplies.
AGENCY APPROVALContact your Honeywell sales representative for the most recent list of agency approvals.
BARCODES/FONTS/GRAPHICSLinear Symbologies: Linear: Code 3 of 9, UPC-A, UPC-E, Interleaved 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, Std 2 of 5, Code 11, Code 93, Code 128, EAN-8, EAN-13, HIBC, Codabar, Plessey, UPC 2 and 5 Digit Addendums, Postnet, UCC/EAN Code 128, Telepen, Planetcode, FIM, USPS-4 State 2D Symbologies: MaxiCode, PDF417, USD-8, Datamatrix, QR Code, Codeablock, Code 16k, Aztec, TLC 39, Micro PDF417, GS1 DatabarResident Fonts: Ten alphanumeric fonts from 2.5- to 23-point size, including OCR-A, OCR-B, CG Triumvirate™ smooth font from AGFA®; Scalable Fonts: CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed, CG Triumvirate & CG Times with Cyrillic, Greek Arabic and Hebrew character supportDownloadable Font Types: True-Type, BitmapCharacter Set: More than 50 resident character sets; Unicode/UTF8 supportFont Expansion/Rotation: All fonts expandable vertically and horizontally up to 24x, fonts and graphics can be printed in four directions: 0°, 90°, 180° and 270°Graphics supported: .pcx, .bmp and .img filesReversible Field/Mirror Image: Any font or graphic field can be printed as a normal or reverse image
SOFTWARE/FIRMWARE NETira™ CT - Complete printer setup utility NETira™ LD - Label-design software Embedded network web pages Windows® Drivers - NT, XP, VistaFirmware: Auto Detect - DPL, PL-Z, or PL-I - CLASS MARK II
ACCESSORIES External Rewinder Media Tray for Cutter
OPTIONS 2 USB Host, SDIOCast Peel Present and Internal RewindCutter (10 mil)Ethernet-Wired LAN 10/100Ethernet-Wired, W-LAN 802.11 a/b/g withGPIO Applicator Interface CardILPC (Hangul, Simplified Chinese, and Kanji)Internal RewindThermal Transfer WPA2 Security Protocol
WARRANTY Standard Warranty:Printer: 1 year* Printhead: 1 year* or 25,400,000 mm (1,000,000 in), whichever comes firstExtended Warranty: Contact your Honeywell sales representative for extended warranty options available through Honeywell Repair Services* Covers platen roller, printhead and installed options
Portage Health System (PHS) is a community owned and operated healthcare system located in Hancock, MI which is in Michigan’s’ Upper Peninsula (UP). Portage Health System (PHS) provides health care to the Western UP counties of Keweenaw, Houghton, and Baraga. PHS was in the process of installing new hospital wide software, “Meditech”. This software would drastically change the way data would be handled in all areas of the hospital including, admitting, pharmacy, lab & radiology. All departments within the facility would be required to print bar code labels containing patient identification information.
PHS contacted Integrated Document & Label Solutions Inc. (IDLSI) a Datamax-O’Neil VAR based out of Green Bay Wisconsin. IDLSI specializes in the Health Care market with 34 hospitals as customers, and has worked on numerous installations in a “Meditech” environment. IDLSI is also an authorized Datamax-O’Neil sales & service center. IDLSI configured an I-4208 printer for use with Meditech and conducted testing with the software and some sample labels. Testing went extremely well and the hospital ordered 14 more I-Class printers. In some cases IDLSI adjusted the speed and temperature to give the end user the desired label results they were looking for.
In Radiology in addition to labels, the department needed to print a requisition on a laser printer but was limited to the way the Meditech “data” printed
the report.
Portage Health System Integrates Datamax-O’Neil I-Class with Medi-tech Software for a total printing solution
featuring the I-Class printing solutionsbarcode labels for healthcare
was able to capture the data, and using NiceLabel Suite software and with some creative integration work, were able to create a custom form/label document combining 8 forms & labels into one. “The Radiology Department was thrilled and had the documents & labels they needed to provide accurate patient care,” said Jeff Bassindale, of IDLSI.
Ross Estate Wines, a winery situated in the small town of Lyndoch in the Barossa Valley of South Australia, has recently seen the success of using Datamax-O’Neil I-Class printers in their wine bottle labeling application.
A large percentage of the Ross Estate Wines are produced for the export market with every country
having different label regulations and requirements. Wineries generally label both the front and back of the wine bottles. Compliance information is usually printed on the back label, so that only this label needs to be changed when exporting to a large number of countries. Since every country has different labeling requirements, it becomes very difficult to develop a pre-printed generic label that can be utilized by the entire export market.
The front labels of the Ross Estate Wines are all pre-printed, colored, foiled labels that can be used generically by the Australian and overseas markets. The back labels, however, are very difficult to custom print due to the varied product ID and bar code requirements.
Ross Estate was in need of a company that could provide them with a bar code printing solution allowing them to overprint country-related product identification and bar codes on the back of pre-printed labels. They identified that the list of variable information is endless, with overprinted information varying from bar codes to shipping codes to health warnings.
Ross Estate contacted Dy-Mark, an authorized Datamax-O’Neil reseller located in Queensland, Australia, for assistance. Dy-Mark designed and manufactured two standard base designs for the back
Labeling Success at Ross Estate Wines identified
I-Class barcode label printeridentification labels in the wine market
labels, with a square omitted to allow for overprinting of bar codes. Ross Estate identified that they would be printing the bar code and export data on approximately 150,000 labels per season.
Dy-Mark suggested the Datamax-O’Neil I-4208 printer to print the required data on the pre-printed labels, as well as a Datamax-O’Neil Rewinder to rewind the labels for later use in an applicator that would apply the labels to
the wine bottles during production.
According to Gary Manthorpe, Operations Manager, Ross Estate Wines, “The key benefit of the new labeling
system is the ability to tailor a label for each and every export market. Regulations and labeling requirements change every day and every country has different
requirements making it really difficult for wine makers to come up with standard labels for their wine. The Dy-Mark solution, however, gives us the best of both worlds and also offers Ross Estate a cost effective labeling solution. This way we can suit the label to suit the customer, ensuring that Ross Estate is offering a better looking product every time.”
With the Dy-Mark/Datamax-O’Neil labeling solution, the operator has total control over all real-time variable product identification. Approximately one bin per hour can be labeled giving Ross Estate the flexibility to meet on- demand requirements.
Ross Estate has realized that the Datamax-O’Neil I-Class printer is the most comprehensive, cost-effective industrial label printing solution available in the thermal printer marketplace today. The company is very satisfied with the modular design that enables the operator to add or change an option at any time. The wide range of field-installable accessories and options will also allow them to accommodate future applications.
Labeling Success at Ross Estate Wines identified
At St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, on demand printing with the Datamax-O’Neil I-4208 thermal transfer
printer saves time and lives. Bar code label printing offers multiple benefits within their healthcare system. St. Alexius Medical Center is a community hospital and trauma center acquired by Alexian Brothers Healthcare organization in 1999. Bob Payne, Vice President of Mid-America Bar Code Inc., a Datamax-O’Neil reseller explains, “St. Alexius is undergoing massive renovations, which include implementing new technologies and replacing older Legacy printers with the versatile Datamax-O’Neil I-Class printer.” St. Alexius is currently using thirty-four Datamax-O’Neil IClass printers in this facility, with plans to purchase up to ten more printers as part of their ER expansion and
renovation efforts.
The Datamax-O’Neil I-4208 is used for the entire admissions process. Every patient who enters the medical
center is identified through wristband bar code labeling. Emergency room patients, out-patients visiting for day surgery, or patients entering for blood testing, are all required to have a bar coded wristband for any level of care. Information included in the bar coded band is a Patient Account (ID) number, Medical Record number, and Physician name. “ This allows for accuracy of tracking patients and compliance with regulations for patient safety and accountability,” says Chris Wilder, Information Resources P.C. Technical Coordinator for St. Alexius Medical Center. The ERP System used at St. Alexius is Meditech Mainstream Version 4.9.
On Demand Label Printing Benefits St. Alexius Medical Center
featuring the I-Class printing solutionswristband barcode labeling
The I-Class is also used to label blood collection specimens sent to the lab. Once in the lab, additional labels are generated for tracking the specimen through multiple types of testing. Some tests are conducted in automated lab equipment with internal bar code scanners. The vials and test tubes used are labeled in an orientation so the bar code can be read during the automated test. The ability to generate labels on demand with the Datamax-O’Neil I-Class offers the lab greater flexibility and accuracy to lab personnel. Other bar code uses include IV bags and pharmaceutical medicines when repackaged from bulk quantities to single dose quantities. The pharmacy had been using old impact printers that lacked the ability to provide a quality bar code. “The reliability of the Datamax-O’Neil I-4208 printer solves this problem,” says Chris Wilder. With the implementation of printers into this application, hospital staff can now scan the pharmaceutical products at the point of care. This will allow for a more accurate accounting of products billed to the patient.
“We are extremely happy with the performance of the Datamax-O’Neil printers. The benefits achieved with the I-4208 allow us to lower media costs, reduce label waste, and improve our processes with more efficiency. The I-Class printer is a durable, highquality machine that produces bar codes with great accuracy and clarity which is vital in our environment, says Chris Wilder.”
Meditech supports andrecommends Datamax-O’Neilprinters to their hospitalcustomers.
As a large worldwide plastics manufacturer, Starplast uses bar code labels to identify all of their products. With new items being added to their product range every week,
Starplast prints an average of 80,000 labels per day.
Starplast’s previous labeling system was causing them several problems. Their thermal label printers were unreliable and were breaking down frequently. The wear on the printheads was also unacceptable, with replacement occurring every two to three months. Due to labeling compliance standards, every bar code had to be readable before leaving the facility. This system, however, only allowed for checking one label per batch. As a result of several unreadable bar codes, Starplast had received many rejected shipments from their customers. In one instance, a shipment of 300,000 parts was returned to the factory.
For assistance with this labeling problem, Starplast contacted Dangot Computers Ltd., an authorized Datamax-O’Neil partner
located in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Dangot recommended the Datamax-O’Neil I-4208 thermal transfer printer with the linear scanner option.
Starplast has quickly realized the benefits of this new system. The readability of every bar code is now checked as it is printed. If a bar code is unreadable, the
Datamax-O’Neil Linear Scanner Resolves Compliance Issues
label will be voided and reprinted. The scanner is very user-friendly, with the operator being able to customize the fault-handling options through the printer’s menu. Bar codes are scanned at a rapid rate of up to 700 times per second.
A savings of both time and money has resulted from the use of the Datamax-O’Neil I-4208 printers with the integrated linear scanner. Starplast’s reputation with their customer base has also improved, with compliance problems no longer an issue. The I-Class printers have once again lived up to their “industrial” image, as they have proven to be more rugged and reliable than the printers used in Starplast’s previous system.
Roni Bruanstien, Factory Manager at Starplast, has been very pleased with the new system. “We immediately saw the reliability of the Datamax-O’Neil printers,” states Bruanstien. “The linear scanner adds quality control and saves costs.”
I-Class barcode label printerasset tracking in manufacturers
Uncle Charlie’s Products was founded in 1986 as a small coffee company. As the company grew their customers began to request specialty food
items, first flavored coffee, then cocoa, muffin and pancake mix. In 1992 they decided to expand their business by offering custom, private labeling of their products. The business grew steadily and in 2000 they launched their products via a new web based ordering system. Today Uncle Charlie’s Products offers over 1700 different gourmet food products to over 1000 private label customers.
To kick off their 1992 initiative to private label their products they went in search of an easy to use, highly reliable label printer. They selected the Datamax-O’Neil DMX 430. With the installation of the DMX 430 label printers, they went from two full time employees, 40 hours per week to two hours a day to generate their custom label needs. As business improved they needed more capabilities in their private labeling business and moved up to the Datamax-O’Neil Prodigy MAX 300. In 2001 they expanded again and installed the Datamax-O’Neil I-Class, I-4308 300 dpi label printer.
Todd Travis of Raco Industries, a Datamax-O’Neil reseller responsible for the installation says he knows he has a satisfied customer. “Each time I speak with my customer at Uncle Charlie’s Products he tells me how the Datamax-O’Neil I-4308 blows the Prodigy out of the water in terms of print speed”. They are currently using two Datamax-O’Neil I-4308 printers for custom labeling of their gourmet food items. “Because they change ribbons frequently to meet the color demands of
QUALITY LABELS EQUALS QUALITY PRODUCTS
featuring the I-Class printing solutionslabels for the specialty food market
custom labels, they required a printing solution that could handle high volume labeling in record time,” adds Todd Travis.
According to Tom Rohl, President of Uncle Charlie’s Products, “The Datamax-O’Neil I-4308 printer was easy to install and has been extremely reliable. I never worry about our printers, we clean them every couple of months. That’s impressive based on the amount of different label stocks we product each day”, says Tom. All ingredients for their muffin and pancake mixes are locally grown, just add water to their products. The secret to their success is quality products, that is why they choose Datamax-O’Neil.
Problem
Wuhan Institute of Biological Products produces an average of more than 100,000 vials of various vaccines daily. These vaccines have to be delivered to health and epidemic prevention stations as well as disease control centers all over China on time and uninterrupted to meet the daily needs of disease control and prevention. While complying with the new legislation, Wuhan Institute of Biological Products also had to ensure the additional step of product identification in the manufacturing process would not impact the existing production flow or slow down productivity. To support this, the Institute required an industrial strength printer that it could rely on for mission critical and accurate barcode label printing. In particular, the printer needed to be able to withstand spikes in vaccine production, such as sudden outbreaks of influenza, similar to the H1N1, when large amounts of vaccines need to be produced and distributed quickly to patients nation-wide.
Solution
With these requirements in mind, Wuhan Institute of Biological Products sought the help of Datamax-O’Neil’s reseller, Gicom Enterprise, to implement a track-and-trace solution, using Datamax-O’Neil’s I-Class series industrial printers. The I4208 and I4308 barcode printers
SOLUTION OBJECTIVES• Comply with Government regulations requiring
track and trace barcode labels on vaccines• Produce labels without slowing productivity and
control printers from central location
SOLUTION RESULTS• Vaccines are labeled for easy tracking without
any loss of productivity• Ability to control a team of printers from a central
location keeps productivity high
Wuhan Institute leverages a barcoding system utilizing Datamax-O’Neil’s I-Class printer
I-Class industrial barcode printerbarcode identification of pharmaceutical products
In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration in China passed a legislation which required pharmaceutical enterprises involved in the manufacture and distribution of pharmaceutical products to apply barcode identification on all unit-dose medical product packaging. Under the State Medicine Network System, blood products, vaccines, traditional Chinese medicine injections and psychotropic drugs were listed as the first batch of products to require barcode identification. If this was not implemented by 31st October 2008, the products could no longer be sold. As a pharmaceutical manufacturer specializing in vaccine production, Wuhan Institute of Biological Products had to look for a barcode solution to meet the requirements set by the legislation.
feature a tough, modular design that includes a die-cast aluminum frame that assures durability and rugged reliability. The printers come with a standard 32Bit processor and 8MB (16MB) of standard memory for fast first-label output and print speed of 8 inches per second, with a printing resolution of 203dpi (I-4208) and 300dpi
(I-4308) respectively, perfect for printing clear and accurate barcode labels for medical packages that came in varying sizes.
The printers also have another notable advantage – the ability to provide capacity for a 450m ribbon, with a maximum capacity of up to 600m. “During production, there is no need for operators to replace media so frequently,” said Shelley Xue, Datamax-O’Neil’s Territory Manager for Northern China. “Printing is uninterrupted, and this helps our customer save both time and cost. For pharmaceutical manufacturing, the ability to produce medical products on-time can mean more lives saved. Our printers offer long warranty periods and this gives
our customers the assurance they need.”
To meet its high production requirements, Wuhan Institute of Biological Products deployed a total of 13 printers - 2 units of I-4208 and 11 units of I-4308. It also specified it needed a centralized system which is capable of managing and controlling multiple printers simultaneously in order to save time and cost. Gicom
barcode identification of pharmaceutical products
Enterprise then recommended a solution which allowed for all printers to be centrally managed by one single host device via a wireless network. From deployment to on-going supervision and troubleshooting, only one operator is involved in transmitting work commands to the printers via a PC from the control room. By utilizing the system, the production line can churn out up to 300 barcoded packages per minute. At the same time, the printing solution also incorporated the additional feature of being able to identify and sort inaccurately-coded labels which can be picked up by production operators for subsequent re-print and correction.
Results
The full implementation of the printing system took four months. Six months into deployment, the printers are still running smoothly and Wuhan Institute of Biological Products is extremely satisfied with the printer performance. Not only did it meet the legislative requirements set by the government, it also continued to maintain its productivity level, hence achieving a win-win result.
New Challenges of Digitization
The early 21st century is p roving to be a fi ercely competitive market for traditional hat-makers, and is led by those companies that can quickly respond to clothing trends and technology innovations. The garment industry has entered a new era where agile manufacturing is defi ned by customization, short cycles, low volume, fast delivery and zero inventory. Collecting, exchanging and responding to information quickly and accurately will become the key factors in determining a company’s competitiveness. For these businesses, applying innovative information technology allows them to have better operational and economic effi ciencies, thereby allowing them to gain a competitive advantage.
Pan-Pacifi c Hat Co., Ltd. Shanghai is a subsidiary of the ASI Yayuan Hat Manufacturing Group. Founded in 1995, it is a foreign-owned company specializing in the production of hats and related accessories. It is headquartered in the Shanghai Xinzhuang Industrial Zone, covering an area of over 30,000 square meters. The annual sales of the Yayuan group is over $100 million US dollars. The company is licensed to produce a series of hats from world-class brands, such as: New Era, Puma, Under Armour, Adidas, Lacoste, True Religion, North Face, Patagonia and Timberland.
Datamax-O’Neil’s I-Class Printer IncreasesEfficiencies for Chinese Hat Manufacturer
Product features: I-4208
Barcode Printing Solution Brings New Opportunities
Since 2001, Pan-Pacifi c Hat Co., Ltd. has gradually adopted information technology such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Offi ce Automation (OA), document management and a B2B customer service website. In 2010, the company decided to implement information technology solutions for one of its customers – a well-known U.S. hat manufacturer, New Era.
Previously, during the project’s production process, the labels were produced in advance, creating logistics and storage issues as well as the inability to print the labels in real time. There was also a signifi cant rate of misprints requiring manual inspection of the preprinted labels. According to the IT manager of Pan-Pacifi c Hat Co., Ltd. Shanghai, Cao Liang, the external ordering and manual inspection of labels resulted in increased costs from both an operational and human resource perspective. The company therefore looked for a new solution.
Datamax-O’Neil I-Class printer
if a local barcode label printer was to be used, the contents of the printed labels were required to be sent from a New Era server in the United States directly to the printer in China through remote commands. There could be no duplicates in the commands and the printed barcode had to be recognizable by the scanners. After several meetings and extensive research, Pan-Pacifi c Hat Co., Ltd. Shanghai chose Datamax-O’Neil’s I-Class 4308 barcode printing solution to achieve the packaging productivity and effi ciencies required for the project.
Product features: I-4208
The I-4208 printer has a modular design that makes it lightweight. The printer is durable, provides a long service life, and is highly reliable. The Datamax-O’Neil I-4208 printer has a built-in network card to facilitate information transmission and manipulation from remote computers. It comes standard with a 32 Bit processor and 8MB/16MB fl ash memory, which allows it to quickly generate and print the fi rst label, achieving a print speed of up to 8 IPS. In addition, the I-4208 has a resolution of 203dpi. When used to print packaging labels, it met the requirements of recognition accuracy and reduced the costs associated with preprinting labels. In addition, the I-4208 has a built-in online detector. It only requires the customer to set up the IP address when in use to prevent unattended online printing and testing. This not only avoided manual inspections, but also signifi cantly reduced the number of unacceptable labels, thus improving production effi ciency. In fact, Datamax-O’Neil printers are ideal for a variety of label printing applications for industries with stringent requirements, such as those found in manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and transportation.
Cao Liang said that, “When deciding on a solution, we initially considered using an external barcode inspection device with the implementation of manual inspections, but it was unable to achieve real-time operations,
Product features: I-4208
and the unqualifi ed barcode labels required separate reprinting. The built-in online detector of Datamax-O’Neil’s I-4208 printer met our needs perfectly; it can also achieve real-time reprinting. What really surprised me is the fact that this printer offers online detection functionality, thus avoiding the use of unqualifi ed labels in the production line. It not only helped the project save on operation time and costs, but also improved effi ciency.”
Results
Nine months after the implementation of the Datamax-O’Neil I-Class printing solution in November 2010, the on-time delivery rate for orders increased from 90% to 95%. The rate of label misprints also dropped to 0.1% from the original 0.3%, while the company’s order volume from New Era increased from 10,000 per month to 20,000-40,000 per month.
Cao Liang also said, “It is worth mentioning that, in addition to increased production effi ciencies, Datamax-O’Neil provides very good service and support. During early deployment of the printer, there had been problems regarding the incompatibility of network cards and the installation of online scanners. All these problems were solved by the technical experts from Datamax-O’Neil’s supplier in China, Yinghang Electronics Ltd., through their careful on-site adjustments. We have had experience with the after-sales services of other international printer suppliers, and I’m happy to say Datamax-O’Neil leaves its customers very satisfi ed. After employing the printing solution and services from Datamax-O’Neil on the New Era project, we plan to expand its implementation to other projects.”
