What if your thermal label printer could…
> Receive data directly from a barcode scanner, keyboard,
weight scale, or other devices?
> Process data and manipulate label format variables independently?
> Interact with your host database or ERP system?
> Read and write data to and from a printer-resident look-up table?
You Can!An MCL-enabled Datamax printer becomes an
intelligent printer with the ability to accept input from devices
such as barcode scanners, weigh scales, full-size QWERTY keyboards, or other
peripherals. The printer-resident MCL application can then process received
data and perform any number of resulting functions such as updating a remote
database, updating a printer-resident lookup table, prompting the Datamax
printer operator to enter additional data on an attached keyboard, or last
but not least – output a barcode label!
In instances where it is not desirable to have a personal computer host a
data collection application (security concerns, maintenance concerns, cost
of ownership, etc.) or to control a label printing process, and a thermal
label printer is required as part of the solution, an MCL-enabled Datamax
printer can serve as both application host and thermal barcode label
printer. Efficiencies can be gained through increased application stability,
security, ability to easily modify the application, and expenses saved
through the absence of PC placement and ongoing maintenance.
 |
Datamax
I-Class
Industrial printers |
 |
Datamax
W-Class
Wide format printers |
|