Astro-Med Introduces New Ultra High-Speed Barcode Printer.WEST WARWICK West Warwick (wôr`wĭk, –`ĭk), town (1990 pop. 29,268), Kent co., central R.I., on the Pawtuxet River; set off from Warwick and inc. 1913. Textile manufacturing remains a leading industry. West Warwick includes the village of River Point. , R.I. -- The QuickLabel Systems Product Group of Astro-Med, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ALOT ALOT Allotment ALOT Adaptive Large Optics Technologies ALOT Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking ALOT Maybe you're looking for the two word phrase 'a lot' meaning many? ) today announced it has begun shipping of one of the fastest barcode label printers in the world, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the company. The Pronto pron·to adv. Informal Without delay; quickly. [Spanish, from Latin pr  mptus; see prompt. ! 500, as the printer is called, is the newest model in QuickLabel's "Pronto!" family of barcode label printers. According to the company, the Pronto! 500 prints variable data at its top speed of 15 inches per second. Acknowledging that other printer brands have claimed higher print speeds, Eric Pizzuti, QuickLabel Systems General Sales Manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → , said: "we believe this is the only printer that prints variable information and scannable barcodes at a speed as high as 15 inches per second." The printer comes standard with QuickLabel's Lifetime Warranty and Custom QuickLabel(R) label creation and print management software package. The Pronto! 500 is designed for high-volume production applications that demand high-speed label printing, especially in applications in which label content includes variable information that must be processed as it is printed. Developed to print single-color logos and graphics as well as barcodes, the Pronto! 500 prints graphic images in 304 dpi resolution, with output quality optimized by patented halftones included with the Custom QuickLabel software package, standard with the Pronto! 500. "This printer can be a high-speed pallet label printer or a high-speed retail display label printer," said Pizzuti. "With the combination of high-speed printing, high-speed information handling, and high-quality output, the flexibility is there." The Pronto! 500 uses a high-speed 240 Mhz 32-bit RISC processor RISC processor [Reduced Instruction Set Computer], computer arithmetic-logic unit that uses a minimal instruction set, emphasizing the instructions used most often and optimizing them for the fastest possible execution. to process data and features USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. and high-speed parallel connectivity. It is constructed entirely of metal with a heavy-duty print mechanism, and a high-capacity power supply and motor driver. Operator intervention time is reduced with large printing supply capacity, decreasing the number of times supplies must be re-loaded. QuickLabel Systems, known for its digital color label printing systems, introduced its first barcode label printer in 1992. It has produced several generations of barcode label printers since that time, and now sells three Pronto! printer models in addition to the high-performance Pronto! 500: the Pronto! 843 (wide-format), Pronto! 474 (high-resolution), and Pronto! 472+ (mid-range). The Product Group also designs, manufactures, sells and services a broad range of labeling systems. Products include barcode printers, digital color label printers, label design software, and label printing supplies. Astro-Med, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of products that are employed around the world for product identification applications in consumer and industrial markets, for industrial and scientific test and measurement applications, and for clinical and research purposes in the field of life sciences. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement This news release contains forward-looking statements, and actual results may vary from those expressed or implied herein. Factors that could affect these results include those mentioned in Astro-Med's FY2005 annual report and its annual and quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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