Newbury Data SecurPrint

Newbury Data SecurPrint

Q. What is the most common application for thermal label printers?
Answer: Bar Codes

Q. What is the most important error condition that a thermal printer can not tell you?
Q. What is the most important error condition not reported by front panel or via the network?
Q. What could or does stop your expensive automated process or production line?
Q. Why might you receive compliance fines for repeated "No read" labels?
Answer: No Read Bar Codes

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SecurPrint: Identify “No Read” Barcodes and “Reprint” Them!
If the need to identify and reprint “No Read” bar codes at time of original print is required then SecurPrint is the answer. If printing “unreadable bar codes” is acceptable to you, why spend a fortune installing an automated data capture solution in the first place?
Newbury Data’s SecurPrint System is a cost efficient system designed to ensure that “No Read” bar codes are identified and eliminated before being applied or accepted in to a client’s application, applications that could cause:
  • Incorrect identification and picking of parts and/or components
  • Incorrect identification of patient (Bar Coded Wristbands)
  • Fines within compliance solutions
  • Lost or Mis-routed parcels
  • Production lines to stop
  • Additional and/or expensive reworking via manual data entry.
Reasons why you are not guaranteed a perfect bar code every time
  • The correct media, do you have the correct labels (Direct Thermal) or the correct label/ribbon combination (Thermal Transfer)
  • The correct media to printer & print head settings in the required operating environment
  • Print heads are consumables and have a limited life
  • Print head life is significantly reduced when using UN-coated direct thermal media
  • How long will your print head last for and how will you know when to replace it?
  • The print head is cleaned with the correct cleaning solution and in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations

 

Newbury Data
Newbury Data’s technical expertise in developing thermal printing applications has helped many of the companies create “best of breed” solutions. SecurPrint is another “best of breed” solution and is designed for Citizen & Zebra thermal printers.

 

Citizen Printers
Newbury Data has worked exclusively with Citizen Systems Co Ltd to produce a SecurPrint solution for the Citizen CLP521 and CLP621 thermal printers. The firmware required is only available from Newbury Data and allows single or multiple (picket fence) bar codes to be read per label. The SecurPrint system for Citizen contains a Datalogic Scanner with interface cable, connected to the printer by a bracket that fits to the front of the printer lid, ensuring that the scanner is in the optimised position at all times.
When the scanner identifies a “No Read” bar code the printer pulls the label back approximately 1 inch into the printer and overprints the label with the words “Validation Error”. It then issues an “Urgent - Stop” label alerting the operator to the problem, informing them to remove/discard the previous label and the error alert. The operator identifies the reason for the “No Read” and makes the necessary corrections or changes to the printer, then by simply pressing the “pause” button the printer “reprints” the error label and normal printing continues without loss of data.

 

Zebra Printers
The key to the SecurPrint System is the connectivity and communication between the scanner and the printer. The ZBI program created by Newbury Data interprets the commands the scanner generates, pausing the printer when the scanner identifies a “No Read” bar code. The SecurPrint system contains a Datalogic Scanner with interface cable, a printer stand suitable for all printers and the ZBI program.
The printer then issues an “Urgent - Stop” label alerting the operator to the problem informing them to remove/discard the previous label and the error alert label (additional information can be added to the “Urgent - Stop” label, subject to the clients request and the label size). The operator identifies the reason for the “No Read” and makes the necessary corrections or changes to the printer, then by simply pressing the “pause” button the printer “reprints” the error label and normal printing continues without loss of data. Newbury Data can program the printer to reprint a set number of labels at the customer’s request, before the printer is disabled to allow it to be replaced or repaired.