The new APEX 4 battery operated portable thermal printer is the third in the APEX range of lightweight, wearable printers for mobile computing applications and enhances the recently introduced 2″ and 3″ portable receipt printer products.
The APEX branded printers use a flash based, highly integrated CPU and the print mechanism is a new clamshell design from SEIKO that has a rated print speed of 3 inches per second.
The APEX printers use a new version of the Lithium Ion battery – delivering 2.2 amps of power for more receipts per charge; the battery is covered under the UL 2054 standard. The printer incorporates a housing developed from the IEC 68 certified mechanical design used in the other APEX printers. The APEX 4 includes additional elastomer over-moulding for robust environments. APEX 4 is IEC 64 certified and has IP54 rating with a specially designed environmental case.
Andrea Percival, Director at Maxa Technologies commented, “The APEX series is now a complete range of 2″, 3″ and 4″ portable receipt printers offering users a fast, easy-to-use and reliable product at an extremely competitive price point. We have had a great response to the APEX 2 and 3 products since their release earlier this year, and we expect the same response to the APEX 4.”
The printer includes 4MB of Flash and 1MB of SRAM of external memory for the user to make use of. Flash memory is used for downloaded logos, additional fonts and other graphic elements. 8 separate logo locations each of 64KB are available to help application developers in improving both look and data communication time for each form or receipt. SRAM memory, which does not require re-fresh is ideal for mobile computing applications as it helps increase number of receipts possible on a charge. This memory is used for un-initialized variable storage and print buffering operations which include communication, printing and form rendering.
Maxatec is an ISO 9001:2008 certified, Value Added Supplier of Specialist IT Hardware and Services to the Auto ID, POS and Mobile markets. As well as offering own brand products, Maxatec’s product portfolio includes CognitiveTPG point of sale and barcode label printers, NCR POS terminals, Extech portable receipt printers, TSC industrial label printers, Zebex barcode scanners, MMF cash drawers, FlexPOS POS terminals, and Firich (FEC) Touch screens and SAMMI mobile computing products. Maxatec also offers software and services including NiceLabel™ label design package, and a wide range of consumables (paper, labels, ribbons), spare parts and in-house and on-site service capabilities.
The Maxatec brand is synonymous with high standards of service as well as high performance, high quality products.
For more information about Maxatec:Tel: +44 (0) 161 942 7850Fax +44 (0) 161 927 7664info@maxatec-europe.com
Posted by andrea 14th July 2009 at 10:07am
