Given the continued demand on resources and time availability in today`s retail industry, it is important that the businesses is equipped with the right products that will ensure accuracy, reliability and efficient throughputs.
Having been in the industry for over four decades, Kemtek a leading South African bar coding company, has acquired a wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to the distribution of the perfect retail solution, this includes the supply of bar code scanners and printers.
Mark Broude, Director Bar Coding Division and Chief Operations Officer of Kemtek`s Imaging System says "Kemtek`s new and innovative products from Metrologic and Cipherlab will enhance any scanning or data collecting procedure. With these leading edge technology companies, the first scan is the right scan every time."
Metrologic - MS 9540 Voyager with CodeGate
With a futuristic design and high performance scanning technology, the MS9540 Voyager CG is equipped with all the features of the MS9520 Voyager, with the addition of Metrologic`s exclusive CodeGate data transmission technology. CodeGate is an intuitive scanning system that is ideal for all scanning applications, including point of sale, document processing, inventory and menu scanning, just to name a few.
"CodeGate works hand in hand with Metrologic`s automatic triggering scheme," explained Mark Broude. Equipped with both In-Stand and Out-of-Stand operation, Voyager can be used as both a hand-held and fixed projection scanner. Voyager also now includes the ability to decode the emerging Reduced Space Symbology.
Industries such as supermarkets, pharmaceutical and healthcare are beginning to utilize this new symbology.
Cipherlab - CPT-711 Portable Terminal
The CPT-711 is a cost effective scanner which is ideal for stock take, price checking and stock replenishment for ordering purpose in the retail industry. The compact, low power consumption, CPT 711 is perfect for light duty inventory application but the lazer scanner can also do outer case bar coding reading.
It operates up to 100 hours using AAA alkaline batteries and is programmable in basic C and application generator.
PCS - Magellan 2200VS
The Magellan 2200VS is PSC`s highest performing vertical single plane scanner for medium to high volume POS applications. It features a totally redesigned vertical scan pattern. The result is an improved 2000 scan lines per second scan pattern that increases item throughput and reduces transaction times at the point of sale.
"Value added software features the FirstStrike advanced decoding software that further augments the impressive scan pattern by improving performance on poor quality labels" says Chris Meyer, National Sales Manager of Bar Coding for Kemtek, "In addition, with FirstStrike the Magellan 2200VS supports the most popular retail and industrial symbologies, including RSS, and can autodiscriminate between all of them simultaneously."
Meyer says that it also provides a distinct competitive advantage when Productivity Index Reporting software is implemented. Reports can be generated to help identify problem labels, a poor performing scanner, or even poor cashier performance. The Magellan 2200VS is also a versatile tool. New decoding capabilities, software based features, or new symbologies can all be updated in its flash memory through the scanner`s auxiliary or host port, ensuring convenient migration and future industry compatibility.
With these great features, plus more, the Magellan 2200VS sets a new precedent in vertical scanning.
On printers, Chris Meyer says, "For label printing Argox Thermal and Thermal Direct printers are at the forefront of bar code printing technology. The Reliability and ease of integration of the Epson range of receipt printers into Point of sale software makes this product a world leader."
Argox - OS-214TT
The OS-214TT is an outstanding thermal transfer and direct thermal printer. With advanced standard features and flexible options, it is engineered to meet moderate volume printing applications. With innovative TrueSpeed technology, the OS-214TT has rapid first-label printout and achieves a constant print speed of up to 3 inches per second.
The small footprint requires minimum counter space and its lightweight allows the printer to be easily moved to any convenient location.
Epson TM-T88III
The high performance thermal TM-T88III is a must have for any fast moving retail or hospitality environment. It produces receipts, coupons, and tickets at a staggering 47 lines per second. This speed, combined with easy-to-use features such as drop-in paper load and selectable auto-cutter, really helps to reduce transaction times and minimize queues. In addition, the TMT88III can print scannable horizontal or vertical bar codes.
Features such as scaleable characters, high-resolution graphics, landscaping and black-white reversal can be effectively employed to print visually striking, easy to read receipts and coupons. Up to 256KG of flash memory is also available to produce digital logos, helping to increase brand awareness.
A further benefit of the TM-T88III is it`s exceptionally cost effective, has very low energy consumption and is highly reliable.
Epson TM-H6000II
With an incredible thermal receipt printing speed of 54 lines per second, the TM-H6000II offers virtually instant delivery of highly customized colour receipts which include high quality graphics such as logos and promotional messages. This printer will change one`s receipts from a necessary evil to a powerful live medium for communicating to customers and enhancing the brand.
Apart from offering superb reliability, the TM-H6000II also features maintenance counters which automatically record usage, so that one can easily identify heavily used units and deploy preventative maintenance programme.
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