The PF8t with 12.7 mm ribbon core

Intermec is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the PF8t Thermal Transfer printer with 12.7 mm (0.5 inch) ribbon core option which will allow our customers and partners to continue to use the same high quality media and ribbons that they have used with the PC4 desktop printers. The new printers will also allow easy migration from competitor’s desktop printers with 0.5 inch ribbon core and EPL printer language.

PF8t is now available with either 12.7 mm (0.5 inch) ribbon core or 25.4 mm (1.0 inch) core Thermal Transfer in addition to the PF8d Direct Thermal version. Please note: It is not possible to modify current PF8t printers with the 25.4 mm (1.0 inch) core to a 12.7 mm (0.5 inch) core. This is a factory built option only.

PF8t is a compact, sturdy, quiet printer, ideal for healthcare, government, office, or retail environments printing less than two rolls of labels per day. Typical applications include Office shipping, asset and file labels, Manufacturing or Retail product labels, Retail shelf labeling, and Healthcare file, patient record, laboratory and specimen labeling.

The low price combined with a competitive feature set make PF8 the best value in a desktop printer.

Features include:

Compact desktop printers for applications where space is limited
Connect to Print™ for easy set up
High throughput with print speeds up to 4 inches per second
Choice of 203 or 300 dpi print resolution
Longest ribbon length in a desktop printer for the 25.4 mm (1.0 inch) core, with a capacity of 274 m. The 12.7 mm (0.5 inch) core version has a 100 m ribbon length.
USB v.2.0 interface, RS232 and Centronics/Parallel come standard
More memory for faster printing of logos, pictures, or long labels (32 bit processor versus 16 bit processor in the PC4). The PF8t Flash memory can also be expanded up to 1 GB with an optional Compact Flash card slot module that includes a real time clock (RTC) to time stamp labels when printed for perishable items or time sensitive products.

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Janam's XG100 is the powerful computing workhorse that is uniquely light and balanced

Janam XG100 Series is built for scan-intensive applications in warehouses, loading docks, distribution centres and other venues where a rugged, pistol grip mobile computer is what customers need.

The XG100 has it all: the latest, most powerful Marvell XScale processor, large, well-spaced keys, industrial-grade construction, field upgradeable 2D scanning, Cisco CCX v4 support and much more.

XG Series - Rugged pistol grip device for scan-intensive applications and extended shift use in tough operating environments

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New Product: QR Code Font and Encoder

by Nate Schubert

The new QR Code Barcode Font and Encoder enables printing of 2D QR-Code barcodes from Windows with True Type, PostScript or PCL LaserJet soft fonts. The advanced QR (Quick Response) Code font uses Vertical Interleaved Technology by IDAutomation, which allows increased throughput and printing at small X dimensions. The install package includes Microsoft® Word, Excel, Access, Java, Crystal Reports and VB examples with COM and .NET framework encoder DLLs.

A fully functional evaluation copy of the QR Code Barcode Font and Encoder may be downloaded at www.idautomation.com/fonts/qr-code/.

New Product: Barcode Scanner ASCII String Decoder

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This free software application reveals non-visible or hidden commands in addition to ASCII characters from keyboard emulation devices, such as a USB Barcode Scanner. This barcode decoder application is beneficial in determining if non-printable ASCII commands such as FS (file separator), RS (record separator), GS (group separator), and EOT (end of transmission) have been encoded in a barcode symbol. More information and a free download of the product may be found at: http://www.idautomation.com/scanner-decoder/

Source code is available with the purchase of any IDAutomation product with a developer license and active support subscription.

New Hardware: Access Control Systems

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Security card access systems provide total-control access to buildings or certain areas by limiting admittance and/or setting time-of-day restrictions. With the KeyScan Access Control System, an individual can pass their contactless or proximity access card in front of the card reader where the reader will decrypt the "max secure code" and authenticate it with a 3-pass encryption/decryption to unlock the algorithm. The credential is then sent to the access control management software to verify the access availability through KeyScan's proprietary 36-bit Wiegand protocol. The K-SECURE Mifare credential provides anti-counterfeiting protection using Keyscan’s Max Secure encryption technology on ‘over the air’ transmission between the reader and card.

Hardware Update: Intermec PF8 Barcode Label Printer

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Intermec has released their new and improved EasyCoder PF8 Barcode Label Printer as a direct replacement for their popular C4 Barcode Label printer. This printer supports all major linear symbologies, plus the following 2D codes: MaxiCode, PDF417, DataMatrix, QR-Code, and Composite Code EAN/ECC for EAN/UCC 128 w/ CC-C. The PF8 printers, available in direct thermal or thermal transfer models, offer compact size, sturdiness, and silent operation, perfect for a variety of applications in retail, office, service industry and healthcare settings. With this printer comes the ESim Config Tool, which is Font & Firmware downloading tool, Intermec’s LabelShop® START barcode label design software and the InterDriver™ for Microsoft™ Windows™.

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Free Online Barcode Generator with Adjustable DPI + Image Type

TEC-IT recently extended the free online barcode generator with

• adjustable dpi settings (barcode image resolution),
• adjustable barcode rotation (0°, 90°, 180°, 270°) and
• an adjustable barcode image type.

The supported barcode output formats are JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP and GIF (GIF is generated by default). In addition the following vector formats are available for barcode creation: PCL, EPS (Encapsulated PostScript).
If you are interested in embedding this barcode generator into (web-) applications please let us know. The advanced parameters for controlling the output type are not documented online.

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Limited time special offer Motorola / Symbol LS2208

Limited time special offer available on Motorola Symbol LS2208 USB Kits from BARCODE TECHNOLOGIES. Only £98.00 (Ex VAT) + free delivery. Visit BARCODE TECHNOLOGIES for more details.

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Power, Performance and Price Advantage Janam Products are now available at BARCODE TECHNOLOGIES

XM Series - Rugged Windows Mobile and Windows CE handhelds packed with features and priced to move

XP Series - The only fully featured rugged Palm OS-based handhelds available XG Series - Rugged pistol grip device for scan-intensive applications and extended shift use in tough operating environments

XG Series - Rugged pistol grip device for scan-intensive applications and extended shift use in tough operating environments

Introducing a new range of rugged mobile computers that deliver the right features at the right price.

Janam's line of rugged mobile computers covers almost any barcode-based application within the four walls of the enterprise. Whether your customers need Windows Mobile, CE or Palm OS, 1D or 2D scanning, Bluetooth, WLAN or both, Janam has the products and the prices.

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Conduct Your Own Online Poll - Free Survey Widget!

A few months ago a colleague of mine implemented a generic widget for simple web-based customizable surveys. This widget is hosted on www.widgetbox.com. Despite the fact that the widget did not store survey results permanently (instead it sent one email for each vote to the owner of the survey) it got quite a good user feedback. So let me introduce ....

Free Online Survey Widget Version 2 !

This post gives you a short introduction how to set up the widget for your own web-page. But let me start with it's features first:

• Complete customizable survey widget (number of questions, text for questions, feedback type (one-off, many-off), colors, fonts, basic behavior, etc.
• Voting results are available as diagram within the widget (customizable)
• Voting results are stored on tec-it.com. You do not need a database or special web-hosting service
• It is free
• It only requires a unique email address, no complicated registration is required

How to use This Online Poll?

All you need is to embed the widget into your web-page (see screen-shot - or the life survey on the right). An online survey is identified by an email-address. This email address (YOURS!) must be entered in the widget configuration. After the widget configuration was finished you need to VOTE AT LEAST ONE TIME TO INITIALIZE the widget.

Why is Initialization Required?

Simply because we want to avoid spam. The widget sends the owner of the survey a confirmation email if the first vote was received. If the survey owner confirms this email the online survey is ready for user votes. If no confirmation is received within 24 hours - you have to setup the widget again ;-).

How to View Survey Results?

The online survey widget offers you three options for result viewing:

• Always: Results for the online survey are visible to everyone at any time.
• After Voting: Results for the online survey are visible to everyone after voting.
• Never: Results of the online survey are not visible. TEC-IT may provide a web-interface for the survey owner to view the results in the future

What's about Privacy?

The following data is stored per survey:

• Email address of the survey owner / this email address will be kept confidential)
• Survey basic data like title, description, questions, ...

And this information is stored per vote:

• Survey reference (for which survey was voted?)
• Timestamp of vote
• Selected answer(s)

We do NOT store the IP address of the voter (this is also a small draw-back: a single user may vote multiple times. In the future we will improve this by using a cookie on the users machine.)

Does it Work With all Browsers?

The online survey widget was designed to work with Internet Explorer, FireFox and Chrome. Others may be support - but are not tested by TEC-IT. JavaScript must be activated!

Liability and Warranty - Legal Information

Please keep in mind that TEC-IT provides the online survey widget and the data-warehousing service for free. Please understand that we therefore do not guarantee for functionality, reliability, availability and so on. In legal terms this reads as follows:

• The user of this service explicitly accepts that TEC-IT does not provide any warranties of any kind by using the service or parts of the service.
• TEC-IT make no representations or warranties, and disclaim all warranties of any kind, either express or implied, regarding the service or service’s performance, accuracy, sufficiency or suitability or the documentation or other materials provided including, without limitation, all warranties of merchantability, durability, performance, quality, capacity and technical compatibility, and any warranty of fitness for a particular use or purpose, title or non-infringement of third party rights.
• To the extent not prohibited by law, in no event will TEC-IT or its contractual partners be liable for any lost revenue, profit or data, or for special, indirect, consequential, incidental or punitive damages, however caused regardless of the theory of liability, arising out of or related to the use of or inability to use the service, even if TEC-IT has been advised of or TEC-IT has pointed out the possibility of such damages.

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New Release: QR Code Barcode Font & Encoder

by Nate Schubert

IDAutomation.com, Inc. announces the release of their new QR-Code Barcode Font and Encoder. The QR-Code barcode fonts make use of Vertical Interleaved Technology which allows printing of high-density QR-Code symbols with TrueType, PCL and PostScript fonts. Includes the Windows COM DLL, Crystal Reports UFL, .NET DLL and Java Class Library font encoders and .NET Forms Control and ASP.NET Server Control graphic encoders. QR-Code is an area efficient two-dimensional (2D) barcode symbology capable of encoding large amounts of data. The data encoded may include letters, numbers, text and actual bytes of data, including extended characters, Unicode characters and small photos.

A demo version may be downloaded from www.idautomation.com/fonts/qr-code/ and includes fully functional examples. A single user license for the QR-Code Font and Encoder starts at $299 and a royalty-free Developer License starts at $1790.

IDAutomation.com, Inc. also provides linear barcode fonts, ActiveX Controls, JavaBeans, Java applets, MICR fonts, OCR fonts and barcode scanners. IDAutomation.com, Inc. is a member of the Better Business Bureau, has been marketing ID automation products for businesses since 1996 and is privately held. For more information, visit their website at http://www.idautomation.com/.

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