As you know, every four weeks we like to cast our eyes back over the past month and publish a quick summary of the latest events in the world of Epos and mobile computing. This month has seen many interesting developments, such as Barclays’ decision to spend £1 billion on a retail technology and operations overhaul. This could be related to mobile service provider Verizon’s decision to attempt to displace credit and debit cards with smartphones.  Also the UK High Street has seen a much needed boost due to the beautiful weather, with people choosing to head into town rather than to the beach. More

Each month here at Maxatec we like to post a quick round up of interesting news items relating to EPOS, mobile computing and the technology sectors.

During June we have seen UK retail outlets becoming more serious about cutting their carbon emissions, mobility as a growing trend in EPOS systems for retailers, and Blockbuster embracing mobile vouchers.

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Maxatec launches a new range of portable thermal printers, the LK-P series encompassing 2″ and 3″ rugged portable label printers.

The LK-P series of portable label printers is set to complement the existing and extensive range of portable thermal and impact receipt printers currently marketed by Maxatec.

Available in both 2″ and 3″ print widths, the LK-P11 and LK-P30 are both rugged and compact in design.  The printers are lightweight and suitable for any mobile computing application, and meet modern day requirements in terms of ease-of-use, connectivity and reliability.

Andrea Percival, director of Maxa Technologies Limited (Maxatec), said: “The Maxatec brand has been synonymous with printing for many years. We have been looking for suitable portable thermal label printers for sometime, and the LK-P series really fills out our range of portable printers, which until now has focused on portable receipt printing rather than labelling.  The LK-P printers are competitive in every way : specification, reliability and price point.  We are very pleased that we can now offer our reseller base an alternative product for portable labelling requirements.” More

Maxatec launches an addition to its range of POS hardware, the new RDT-150 all-in-one POS Terminal.

Jason Southern, sales manager at Maxa Technologies (Maxatec) said: “Our current range of POS Terminals has seen a steady increase in sales over the past 12-18 months.  We are now seeing a demand for an entry-level product and the RDT-150 fits this position perfectly.  It’s a robust and compact terminal that can be desk, pole or wall mounted, there is a huge amount of connectivity and power integrated into a small footprint. As with all our terminals, the RDT-150 is richly populated with communication ports, whilst the Pentium Celeron CPU ensures a high performance platform. We have already had very positive feedback customers, so we are confident this one will be a winner.” More

Each month Maxatec posts a quick round up of interesting news items relating to EPOS, mobile computing and technology sectors.

In May we have discovered that; garden centres are making more efficient use of their epos systems for customer retention and research, independent pharmacies in the UK are using new retail systems. No more queuing at the train station hurray! - We can now use barcode rail tickets on our mobile phones, and don’t forget that here at Maxatec we have just re-launched our MT-200 receipt printer!

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The new and upgraded Maxatec MT-200 is a high performance direct thermal receipt printer with a printing speed of 200mm per second. With complete ease-of-use, drop-in paper loading and adjustable (50 to 82.5 mm) paper widths, the new MT-200 offers a fully flexible receipt printer suitable for high volume receipt printing applications in the retail and hospitality sectors.

Andrea Percival, managing director of Maxatec said: ‘The single station receipt printing market is extremely competitive, and we are constantly looking at our product set to ensure that it remains well specified, quality assured as well as being pitched at the right price point. We took a long look at the existing product offering and decided that the new MT-200 could bring together a higher specification and a lower price for our customers. Basically they get more for less. As with the MT-150, the new and upgraded MT-200 is easy to use, compact and powerful, offering users a first class product at an economical price, and backed by a 2 year warranty. We will continue to ship the MT-150 but we anticipate that customers will gradually migrate over to the MT-200.’ More

Each month Maxatec posts a quick round up of interesting news items relating to EPOS, mobile computing and technology sectors.

In April we have discovered that; e-commerce has peaked, Mobile EPOS and barcode scanning is booming in Ireland, we can now use our phones to scan barcodes, and that charging your PDA just became an eco friendly activity!

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Maxatec has released the Xplore DT-351 compact PDA device with integrated CCD barcode scanner.  The DT-351 is the latest addition to Maxatec’s range of mobile computing devices.

Already successful with the fully featured DT-350 compact PDA, the DT-351 has all the features of the DT-350 plus an integrated CCD barcode scanner. The Xplore series is a unique and low cost, wireless mobile solution boasting enhanced Wi-Fi stability and features such as single SSID enforcement and ‘Wi-Fi Always On’ connectivity. More

The HH 8010 rugged handheld device is lightweight and compact making it ideal for everyday situations and even better for harsh environments.

For example the HH8010 would perform well in a manufacturing plant or construction site. With its liquid and dust resistance designed shell, performance need never be an issue. More