31st May 2010
Begin by making sure that both the Motorola MC70 mobile computer and the Zebra EM220 mobile receipt printer are enabled with Bluetooth. Fortunately, the Motorola MC70 handheld computer comes with Bluetooth as a standard option, but the Zebra EM 220 recei...
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31st May 2010
With the proliferation of handheld computers such as the Motorola MC75 handheld computer or the Motorola MC9090 Industrial mobile computer, the need to print receipts and barcode labels has increased significantly. Fortunately, the technology used to pri...
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31st May 2010
On April 14, 2010 at RFID Journal Live! , Motorola announced their new MC9090-G RFID ER handheld reader with extended range (ER) bar code scanning capability. This new handheld computer leverages the award-winning features of their existing family of Mot...
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27th May 2010
For Field Service organizations, the productivity rate of mobile workers directly impacts the bottom line as equipment downtime, repeat service calls and lack of inventory availability can reduce revenue and put business productivity at a competitive disa...
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27th April 2010
Prox cards are the recurring piece of a proximity control system and often need to be re-ordered as credentials are issued to new employees. This article discusses the basic steps in ordering a prox card, including the use of the facility code and card n...
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27th April 2010
This article highlights the current use of identification cards in education institutions. These uses have expanded well passed basic identification to a host of functions including cashless transactions.
Educational institutions have especially chall...
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23rd April 2010
The recently released Honeywell Dolphin 9700 mobile computer, also referred to as a rugged digital assistant, further builds upon the HHP (Hand Held Products) line of Dolphin mobile computers. This handheld mobile computer is far beyond a mobile computer...
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23rd April 2010
As more and more companies use handheld computers in the field, such as those from Motorola (formerly Symbol) and Intermec, the need to print receipts and barcode labels has increased significantly. Fortunately, the technology used to print to stationary...
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31st March 2010
Physical Access control is a key component of an organizations security infrastructure and proximity card have become an increasingly important piece of the overall physical access control solution. The essential components of a proximity card control sy...
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31st March 2010
Traditionally, most ID card printers used Direct to Card (DTC) printing technologies to generate ID cards by printing directly on the blank ID card through thermal or wax ribbons. However, retransfer thermal printing is now becoming a more common technol...
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31st March 2010
As ID Cards are increasingly used as a security measure, there is an increased need to ensure that ID cards cannot be tampered with. As such, one of the common steps to eliminate tampering is to apply a laminate on top of the finished ID card to ensure t...
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31st March 2010
Trade-In Rebates are now available when purchasing a Color ID Card Printer while trading in your existing ID Badge Printer. In fact, the ID Badge Printer that can be traded-in does not have to be from the same card printer manufacturer as the ID card pri...
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30th March 2010
Over the past twenty years, barcode equipment has become an increasing part of every business organizations day-to-day processes. Barcode printers are used to print barcodes on everything ranging from UPC barcodes in retail stores to barcode tracking ide...
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02nd February 2010
How will new barcode standards affect the ADC industry? They will allow end-users to take further advantage of the benefits obtained from barcode scanning technologies. Specially, some of the improved barcode scanning include more data as well as more de...
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21st January 2010
Barcode Printers continue to evolve with each generation of barcode printers provide more capabilities at a lower price. Zebra has recently announced its latest generation of thermal printers called the Xi4 series. These label printers print faster, requi...
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Edmond Shi has worked in the computer industry since the early 1980s when he began his professional life as a software developer. Since then, Mr. Shi has published numerous articles ranging from respected academic journals to trade magazines on topics ranging from the impact of computers on organizations to computers in manufacturing organizations. Professionally, he has worked in the mobile computing and barcoding industries since the mid 1990s with expertise in barcode printer and barcode scanner. He also held senior level management positions in software development and product development. A PhD drop-out in Computer Science, Mr. Shi did manage to obtain his MBA, as well as his MS/BS degrees in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine.
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