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OPINION
materials that are difficult to eliminate ribbon wrinkle and media The displays of the new printers achieve. Likewise, the printers
recycle, causing particular slippage on small or specialist have also been designed for have been designed to withstand
problems for resellers that now media. This is especially important simple operation. Large LCD the demands of industrial
have to accommodate the new for longer ribbons. screens are incorporated into the environments, featuring robust
Waste Electrical and Electronic printers’ design to display clearly metal casing, enabling them to
Equipment (WEEE) regulations. information such as the printer offer consistently reliable long term
Unaware that an alternative
Health & safety
status, and make configuration service, unlike the conventional
solution to these problems exists, simple, with a logical and simple- plastic models.
many companies battle on with When the media or ribbon has
these types of problems, with a been changed, the new printers
considerable impact on production close gently to ensure the health
and working processes. and safety of users, unlike many
traditional models that snap or
slam shut, potentially risking injury.
“
In modern business practice, it is
surprising that some of these machines can
New generation
In modern business practice, it is actually be placed on the market under
surprising that some of these
A new generation of label printers machines can actually be placed
current health and safety legislation.”
from manufacturers such as on the market under current health
Citizen has now been developed and safety legislation.
in response to these problems, to-use menu system. Unlike earlier A number of other options are also
simplifying operation considerably The new generation of printers printers, which present error now being launched for use with
and improving production levels as can be connected to a PC or messages with codes, requiring the new printers. These include a
a result. These latest machines network by parallel, serial or USB the instruction manual to decipher, range of accessories including
make loading media easier and
faster than conventional models,
thanks to simplified internal
mechanisms and, in some cases,
the ability to open the printer
case and mechanism to a full 90°.
With unobstructed access to the
media path, a new media roll
can be loaded within seconds;
making time spent feeding media
through complex mechanisms a
thing of the past.
The media for use with these
machines has also been
redeveloped to simplify operation
and maintenance, with specially
designed rolls available that interfaces, with features such as the new printers present error peelers, cutters and rewinders; all
combine a full size diameter with a auto configuration and detection messages in plain English to designed to make label printing
smaller than standard core, making installation and set up enable action to be taken quickly, simple and fast, removing the need
enabling maximum operational up- extremely fast and simple. Some optimising uptime. for much of the manual intervention
time. Likewise, ribbons of up to of the new printers even allow required with conventional printers.
450 metres in length can be used, optional Ethernet and Wireless
which can be either inside or LAN cards to be installed by a
Discreet positioning
With printers specifically designed
outside wound for maximum user for maximum flexibility and to combine fast, high quality
flexibility and minimum downtime. the ability to upgrade connections In addition to simple operation and printing, with ease of use and low
These ribbons can be accessed easily as the needs of the fast, high quality printing, the new maintenance, there is now a viable
and changed extremely easily, with business evolve. machines are specially designed alternative to the ill-suited, badly
incorporated design features that for industrial environments where designed printers that for so long
space is limited, whether this be in have been used to print labels.
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