Brother(R) Brings Label Printing Up-to-Date; Fast, New Compact Label Printer with Built-In, Real-Time Clock Prints On-Demand 'Time & Date' Labels, and More.BRIDGEWATER, N.J. -- Perfect Solution for Manufacturing, Inspections, Quality Control, Lab ID, & Visitor Management Imagine pressing a button and instantly getting a beautiful, easy-peel label with accurate time and date information and the message of your choice ... all without needing to be tied to a PC! Today Brother International Corporation (Brother), a leading distributor of electronic labeling systems, launches its versatile new Brother QL-650TD 'Time & Date' direct thermal PC Label Printer that does just that. Now, manufacturers, labs, warehouses and others requiring time and date labels can equip e·quip tr.v. e·quipped, e·quip·ping, e·quips 1. a. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions. b. their staff with a high quality, compact desktop printer that produces pre-formatted inspection, quality control, visitor ID labels and more - at the touch of a button - without requiring a PC connection. The Brother QL-650TD offers an ideal feature set for mid- and low-volume applications, combining a print speed up to 56 labels per minute*, crisp 300 dpi printing, low maintenance, low cost of ownership, easy-to-load label rolls, plus the versatility to print on a wide variety of pre-sized and free-length paper and film labels, up to 2.4" wide. Its durable construction and compact size - less than 6" wide by 8" deep - make it the ideal solution for small, busy workstations. And the Brother QL-650TD uses direct thermal printing, so there's never a need to buy ink, toner An electrically charged ink used in copy machines and laser printers. It adheres to an invisible image that has been charged with the opposite polarity onto a plate or drum or onto the paper itself. or ribbons. When used as a standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. printer, end users can easily print from any of 8 pre-set label formats or 10 custom label formats, simply by selecting the label design from the QL-650TD's front panel LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. display. For example, to print a label with the current time and date, the user simply selects 'Date+Time' from the on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. menu, and the QL-650TD automatically prints '8/12/05 12:09' on a label, then feeds and cuts the label to the right length. Other pre-set label formats include combinations of message, time, date and number sequence, where the message can be pre-set, depending on the facility's needs - to 'Received', 'Manufactured' or another message. In addition, labels can be custom designed on a PC using the included label design software, and then downloaded and stored into the QL-650TD's built-in memory, for future standalone printing. Custom designed labels can include bar codes, company logos and more. "We added the QL-650TD to our current, popular QL-Series PC Label Printer lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. to respond to the needs of manufacturers, inspectors, labs and more who need time and date stamping--a critical aspect of labeling for these industries. With the QL-650TD, they get all that our current QL-500 and QL-550 PC Label Printers offer, and more - standalone printing and faster speed - all at an incredibly affordable price, with the reliability that people know and trust from the Brother brand name," says John Biancamano, Brother Product Manager. The sharp, high quality 300 dpi printing is ideal for linear and 2-dimensional bar codes, fine text and high-density data, and helps ensure that data is highly scannable and easy to read. When used as a PC-connected label printer, the Brother QL-650TD is an extremely versatile machine. Users can print labels directly from Microsoft(R) Word, Excel A full-featured spreadsheet for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It can link many spreadsheets for consolidation and provides a wide variety of business graphics and charts for creating presentation materials. and Outlook, just with a quick 'highlight-click-&-print', or can use Brother's intuitive label-creation software, which is included. TrueType(R) fonts, company logos, time/date stamps, bar codes (including postnet bar codes) can all be printed quickly, and the software can automatically adjust text to fit on your label. Plus, the new Address Book software, also included, allows you to store and quickly print commonly used names and addresses. The QL-650TD is Windows(R) and Mac compatible, through a 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. interface, and can accept ASCII ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers. data through its serial interface. The Brother QL-650TD Label Printer is perfect for a wide variety of printing applications**: --Laboratories: Test tubes, Petri dishes pe·tri dish n. A shallow circular dish with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria or other microorganisms. Petri dish a shallow, circular, glass or disposable plastic dish used to grow bacteria on solid media such as agar. , vials, bottles, culture samples, mixtures/preparations --Food Services: Food storage, food counters, deli counters, counter/shelf pricing --Manufacturing: Work-in-process, receiving, inspection --Facilities Management: Visitor badges, asset tags, parking permits --Corporate/Office: Address and shipping labels, filing, CD/DVD labels***, banners up to 3 ft long Brother offers 18 different label supply rolls - nine pre-cut sizes (1" round; 1/2" round; file folder In a graphical user interface (GUI), a simulated file folder that holds data, applications and other folders. Folders were introduced on the Xerox Star, then popularized on the Macintosh and later adapted to Windows and Unix. In Unix and Linux, as well as DOS and Windows 3. labels; shipping or name badge labels; standard, large, small and return address labels; and CD/DVD labels), plus nine free-length rolls, perfect for custom banners and signs up to 3 feet long. The free-length rolls are available in both paper and durable film tape, and in removable adhesive adhesive, substance capable of sticking to surfaces of other substances and bonding them to one another. The term adhesive cement is sometimes used in place of adhesive, especially when referring to a synthetic adhesive. paper tape, in three widths, up to 2.4" wide. All supplies are perfect for most indoor uses.** The Brother QL-650TD's estimated retail value is $199.99, and will be available starting in August 2005. The Brother QL-650TD is one of the lowest-priced PC label printers available, yet is a complete package including: one unit (5.7"W x 7.7"D x 6.0"H), full CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). label design software, Windows 98SE/ME/2000 Pro/XP printer drivers, Mac OS X printer drivers, a USB cable and supply roll. An optional Print Server (PS-9000) is also available for networked computers. Information is available on Brother's web site at http://www.brother.com, or by calling Brother customer service toll-free at (877)-4-PTOUCH. About Brother Brother in Bridgewater is the corporate headquarters for Brother in the Americas, (from Canada to South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ) and has fully integrated sales, manufacturing, marketing, research and development capabilities, located here in the US. In addition to its headquarters in Bridgewater, New Jersey, Brother has branches in California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Tennessee, as well as subsidiaries in Ohio, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. EDITOR'S NOTE Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Photography available upon request. * Assumes four line address label - text only ** Brother QL-650TD PC Label Printer includes one starter roll of standard address labels and one starter roll of 1" round labels. All other tape and label supplies require additional purchase. *** Not full coverage - 2 1/3" diameter. |
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