If you go to a centralized printer to pick up your labels and apply the label elsewhere, you not only waste time and take away from productivity, but this leaves a wide margin for error when the wrong label is picked up or applied to the wrong item.

Small, portable, Thermal Transfer and RFID Printing

It is proven that productivity and accuracy are increased by printing and applying labels at the point of activity. For some, the additional challenge is labeling items that are:

• located in remote areas of the warehouse.
• subject to harsh environments of the desert or out in the growing fields.
• require the durability of thermal transfer print for readability over longer life cycles.
• perishable or have an expiration date.
• moving fast, reserved for production or customers, or critical to operations and must be tracked in real-time.
• large, over-sized items or items stored outside.

No matter where you have to label or what you have to label, with Zebra’s P4T mobile printer, you can print long-life bar code labels and documents up to 4″ wide that withstand harsh and outdoor environments.

With so many mobile computers and printers available, why is the P4T/RP4T mobile printer different?

Zebra P4T and RP4T mobile printers are the world’s first mobile RFID printing solutions with dual print methods (direct thermal and thermal transfer) in a single printer.

Watch this short video to see:

Watch the video to see simple change of labels and ribbon cartridges.

• the importance of labeling at the point of application.
• how easy it is to load ribbons and media.
• the power of RFID and thermal transfer image durability in harsh environment applications.
• the P4T in action – indoor and outdoor applications in government, manufacturing, transportation and logistics and mobile field service.

Long-lasting, element-resistant thermal transfer labels, tags and receipts and RFID labels can be printed where and when customers need them, providing enhanced data and asset tracking accuracy as well as improved workforce efficiency.

Think of how useful that is when tasked with labeling large containers, shipment pallets, and complying with MIL-STD-129 and RFID requirements for the DoD (and have limited RFID printers or none.)

Do you need to print durable, long lasting labels to withstand the elements of the outdoors? Do your labels remain readable for as long as you need them to? Do you need different kinds of labels in different locations including encoding RFID smarttags?

New products are emerging on the market to enable distributed and mobile printing. For more information or to see if Zebra’s P4T fits your applications, please contact David Holliday or call 1.603.598.1553 X237.

New, easy-to-use Zebra P4T and RP4T mobile printers deliver long-lasting RFID tags and barcode labels for improved workforce efficiency

I’m a huge supporter of the concept of distributed printing. It just makes so much sense to produce labels right where you actually need them which can really improve processes and help reduce errors.

The printer manufacturers seem to agree and we often see new products that fit into this philosophy. A really good example is the new P4T Mobile Printer from Zebra.

It is a personal RFID label printer that can produce Gen2 RFID labels right at the point of use.  Imagine how much time you can save labeling items according to government contracts specifying RFID under MIL-STD-129. 

As you’d expect, the P4T has all the connectivity one could need, USB 2.0, bluetooth and 802.11B/G.

Unusual for a mobile printer, it also has thermal transfer printing – now there’s a nice step forward.  Thermal Transfer Print will out perform Direct Thermal when the label and the print must be durable to withstand the test of time, abrasion, heat/cold, moisture, chemicals and other elements. This is a welcome addition for those who have labeling applications such as Asset Tracking that require data collection from various locations and require durable labels last the life of the product.

Here in North America, the P4T is already available (I believe the RFID option is not yet released).

Update – the Zebra website now shows the RFID version as being avaiable. This version is called the RP4T and is a great option if you need to print and encode RFID labels anywhere within your facility.

Read Zebra’s Press Release Here.

Quick Specs
Resolution: 203 dpi (8 dots/mm)
Width: 4″ (101.6 mm)
Speed:
Direct thermal 3″ (76 mm)/sec
Thermal transfer 1.5″ (38 mm)/sec

The P4T serves many industries, including government, manufacturing, transportation, logistics, mobile workforce and healthcare.

Benefits

• Prints long-lasting thermal transfer bar code labels and other documents up to 4″ wide
• Future RFID upgradability
• Lightweight mobile solution that is comfortable to wear and hold
• Fast and easy media and ribbon loading
• Rugged for outdoor use

Applications

• Manufacturing and Industrial – shipping and receiving, warehouse pick-and-apply operations, inventory control, work-in-process and parts tracking.
• Transportation and Logistics – shipping, loading dock receiving, cross-docking and in-transit labeling.
• Military/DoD Supply Chains – asset tracking, lower volume UID and/or RFID compliance labeling, and in-the-field MIL Spec-compliant re-labeling of broken or damaged sea/land shipping containers, cases and pallets.

New products are emerging on the market to enable distributed and mobile printing. For more information or to see if Zebra’s P4T fits your applications, please contact David Holliday or call 1.800.325.5260 X237.

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Phone: 1-800-325-5260
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