Zebra Announces the Newly Enhanced HC100 Wristband Printer

Zebra Technologies’ Legacy HC100 wristband printer set the standard for ease of use, while producing readable, long-lasting barcodes and text at print speeds of up to 2 inches (51 mm) per second. The newly enhanced HC100 printer doubles that maximum output to up to 4 inches (102 mm) per second, while retaining the accuracy, ease…

First to Implement DisplayPort Interface in Industrial Monitors

Advantech recently announced a new range of industrial monitors that use the DisplayPort interface. DisplayPort offers a number of advantages to the industrial-computing arena, including being an open-standard, royalty-free format that is uniquely scalable and efficient. DP operates across cable connections of up to 15 meters in length without requiring signal boosters, while supporting resolution-intensive…

Zebra “Black & White” Papers, a Valuable Resource for IT Planners

The more years I spend in the industrial arena, the more I’ve come to appreciate the resources provided by the companies that supply the services and equipment that are the lifeblood of this industry. Zebra Technologies offers numerous white-papers as an on-line resource for IT pros. Take for example, Zebra’s Benefiting From Bedside Specimen Labeling,…

Durability Test: Fetch the Dolphin 99EX!

A picture, a thousand words … or a video? I’ve written thousands of words and will undoubtedly write thousands more about the remarkable durability of Honeywell barcode scanners and mobile computers. But, if a single picture is worth a thousand words, what can we learn from a 1-minute 24-second video? Rather than take my word…

Zebra Announces Systems Builder

For most of us who’ve been involved in this industry for any length of time, it’s easy to think of Zebra Technologies first as a source for barcode printers. Indeed, the company’s presence in that important industry category is so huge that its wide experience with location solutions is sometimes overshadowed. But, I was reminded…

Touring the Advantech Online Library

If you’re like me, you never met a catalog you didn’t like. Indeed, far more catalogs spend the night on my bedside table than do novels, and now that so much of my daily reading is done on a tablet, I’ve downloaded multiple catalog PDFs into that device as well. So, it’s no surprise that…

A Video Introduction to Honeywell’s New Remote MasterMind 3.0

As mobile computing becomes more present in our personal lives and thanks to the increasing proliferation of smartphones and tablets, the integration of these devices into our work environments becomes more and more desirable. That is why I was excited by the announcement in early 2012 of Honeywell’s Remote MasterMind 3.0 (ReM 3.0), which version…

A Chat with RAD, continued: Launching L-TronDirect.com

Earlier this month, I had a chance to sit down with RAD DeRose, the President and CEO of L-Tron Corporation, to talk about L-Tron’s new and improved web store.  This is part two of the interview.  If you missed part one, you can find it here. Here’s what RAD had to say… Q: How does…