Datamax Launches Remote Printer Solution for Total Control of Enterprise Printing Needs

October 16, 2006 - Datamax announced today the launch of DMXNet Manager. The product allows central remote management to distribute datamax subscripts and sidemark printers throughout the enterprise. From initial printer setup and configuration to long-term monitoring and updating, organizations can ignore the actual location of Datamax printers and manage printers remotely.

Currently, DMXNet Manager is suitable for a variety of Datamax printers, including print solutions for the A-Class, H-Class, I-Class, M-Class and W-Class series. DMXNet Manager is developed exclusively for Datamax by MCL Technologies and is the latest addition to the long-term cooperation between the two companies.

DMXNet Manager is the only remote printer solution that allows full control of corporate printing needs. Control areas include hardware, systems, and media, communications, GPIO (Generic I/O Management) settings and auxiliary settings. DMXNet Manager's printer control, unprecedented in the past allows users to easily download firmware, fonts, images, stickers, side views, MCL printer applications, data search files, and Datamax Printer Language (DPL) files on Datamax printers. This comprehensive printer management software also provides a quick view and color indicator lights, allowing customers to control the Datamax printer network in real time, clearly and comprehensively.

"With DMXNet Manager's supply and maintenance warnings, customers can benefit from their supply management capabilities. Printers will proactively warn users before thermal heads, thermal paper, printer ribbon runs out, and affecting business. In order to update the parts," said Jean-François Jacques, managing director of MCL Technologies, "Our goal is of course to keep our customers' printers at their best and maximize productivity."

"The main advantages of DMXNet Manager include ease of configuration and update of applications, and reduction of printer downtime and business interruption time, thereby reducing lost productivity." Doug Hall, vice president of marketing at Datamax said, "The central remote management capabilities of DMXNet Manager It can save customers time, reduce the loss of walking around the enterprise, strengthen printer user support, and minimize the overall cost of printer management."

"The company's aim is to continuously innovate and improve the efficiency of its corporate printing solutions." Mark Bjerkestrand, Datamax's chief operating officer, concluded, "Our company's global users rely on Datamax to provide these innovative solutions. We are upgrading the technical capabilities of Dover Product ID Group." At the same time, we will continue to provide users with consistent quality smart printing solutions."

About Datamax

Datamax, a member of Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV), is a global leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of bar code and RFID tags (including hot-demand printers, subscript and subscript materials, and thermal transfer ribbons) . Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Datamax has representative offices throughout the United States, Singapore, China, and the United Kingdom, as well as label conversion and preprinting facilities in Illinois. Datamax exclusively promotes its products through a network of distributors in 65 countries around the world.

About MCL Technologies

MCL Technologies is a recognized industry leader specializing in the supply of highly productive software development tools for the mobile workforce and the development, deployment and management of bar code printing applications. The company's standard-based enterprise software suite, MCL-Collection, seamlessly integrates the latest technologies with mobile computers, multi-vendors, and cross-platform capabilities. By combining mobile computers, wireless basic devices, bar code printing, and data capture technologies such as bar code scanners, radio frequency identification, and speech recognition, MCL-Collection helps organizations deploy key and on-demand multi-modal applications to improve employees Productivity, reducing costs, and striving for competitive advantage. The forward migration method of MCL-Collection can minimize the cost of holding an application and allow the organization to benefit from it.

Source: Packaging Expo