MCL for Datamax Printers
At last! An industrial Barcode printer with integral intelligence that can confine it's controlling PC to the scrap heap.
Consider the typical data collection application environment for a barcode label printer. An operator with a barcode scanner connected
to a PC which in turn is connected to both the Printer and a remote Server with ERP/Database. Now consider the same
application environment without the PC! No more PC viruses, PC hardware failures or PC operating system maintenance. Gone is
the temptation for an operator to play PC-resident games or surf the Internet. Original installation costs are reduced to a
minimum and hardware costs on the factory floor probably halved.
How is this all possible? With a MCL-enabled Datamax printer this application scenario is not only possible,
but easy to achieve. With the MCL Client loaded in any of the MCL capable printers, the Printer has intelligence and can easily
be programmed, for example to accommodate a variety of peripheral input devices, accept the incoming data, validate it, and write it to a
printer-resident text file or pass it on to a remote ERP application or database. The layered architecture adopted by all MCL
products means that the printer can benefit from all of the communication methods traditionally developed for use with hand
held computers from the auto ID world including advanced bridges into SAP R/3.
Adopting a thick client local intelligence in the Datamax printer means that printer is in control, and ideal for:
- Standalone applications
- Receiving or sending real-time data
- Connecting to ERP systems (such as SAP) or databases (such as Oracle, FoxPro, Act, Access, Excel, anything that is Microsoft ODBC compliant)
- Connecting and controlling secondary devices, such as another printer, weigh scales, scanner, PDA, keyboard/pad or modem
- Locally store database information required for large batch printing jobs
MCL Capable Printers - The following printers are capable of running an MCL application:
- Datamax M-Class Mk II - All models
- Datamax I-Class - All models EXCEPT the I-4208
- Datamax H-Class - All models
- Datamax W-Class - All models
- Datamax A-Class - All models
and there is More!
MCL for Unitech PDA's
When you realize that our range of Unitech PDA's can also be programmed with MCL, you can get some idea of the power of this application.
DataCol is the only trained Datamax MCL supplier in New Zealand, and one of "the few" in the world, so we are the first to accept that the concept of a very intelligent printer, can be difficult to fully understand. If you have an application, that uses scales, bar code scanner or other extrenal devices, AND needs a printer to print out labels or reports, please contact us, to discuss the benefits that MCL may be able to give you.
