A midsize label convertor shipping orders to 300 or 400 separate addresses every day wanted to eliminate a “sneaker-net” and improve their customer service with a label printer.
In the past, customer service representatives would take an order, print the “pick slip” on a dot matrix printer, and walk (sneaker-net) the order over to the warehouse order bin. The system was time-consuming and error-prone. The company implemented an easy Ethernet solution that fit the bill.
The label convertor required:
• Easy integration of shipping label printers with an existing database
• Integrated, low-maintenance Ethernet printers for shipping labels
• Mobile printing solution for printing box contents labels
The company found an easy integrated solution that made it easy to design labels. The middleware interfaces seamlessly with the label design software, and the company’s existing database. As orders arrive, the middleware directs the printer to print the shipping label.
To improve shipping accuracy, a rugged printer prints shipping…
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January 22, 2009 – 9:16 am
Who likes computers? Okay, come on, we all do. If you don’t need them for school or work, you surely enjoy surfing the web. Whether it be a PC or a Mac, you most likely have some modern-day computer for your daily needs.
The Apple G4 Ibook is a prime example of what computers are all about. I purchased my fourteen-inch notebook about a year ago, and now I can’t live without it. The Apple G4 Ibook offers a standard 60 gigs, combo or super drive, and a compact size to tote around everywhere.
This magnificent machine has changed my view of computers. Coming from a background of PCs, I wasn’t familiar with the Apple G4 Ibook, or the Macs at all for that matter. After a long discussion with my brother, a computer technician previously obsessed with IBM, I came to the conclusion that I would get an Apple G4 Ibook.
If…
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November 2, 2008 – 10:28 am
You sometimes see cell phone manufacturers talk about music phones. What is it then? A music phone is a phone optimized for playing music. The idea with music phones, smartphones and camera phones is that one would have only one device instead of many. A music phone combines a cell phone and a portable music player. Every major cell phone manufacturer has them.
Sony Ericsson introduced the Walkman phones, Motorola launched the ROKR iTunes and Nokia delivers music phones under the XpressMusic phone brand.
More than 100 million music phones were sold in 2005 and that is more than double the number of portable MP3 players and some 12 percent of cell phones sold in 2005 were music phones.
Music Phone Characteristics
Here is some typical characteristics of a music phone. When comparing music phones look at these key features.
- Large memory (hard disk)
- Support for poular audio formats (MP3, AAC…)
- Good sound quality
- Support for the standard headphones…
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