DIAGRAPH® DUAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION DELIVERS RFID, BAR CODE COMPLIANCE AND PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION ECONOMY

St. Louis, MO…Diagraph, An ITW Company, announces a dual technology product identification solution that allows customers to enjoy the benefits of RFID, verifiable bar codes, and/or product identification on their shipping cases and cost savings compared to other common marking and coding methods.

The dual technology solution uses existing Diagraph coding and labeling systems to address a common challenge for shippers—providing their customers with RFID tags on their products, and/or verifiable ANSI Grade C or better bar codes, while also economizing on the less demanding human-readable descriptions and codes that must appear on their cartons.

The dual technology solution combines printing technologies, designed to provide maximum performance at an economical price per carton. The IJ3000 controller allows users the flexibility of driving multiple printing technologies including RFID, Integrated Valve Printheads, Impulse Jet High-Resolution Printheads and the PA/5000LT Label Printer/Applicator. Diagraph will recommend the best-fit solution depending on the user’s needs and application.

The fully-featured, fully-automated, PA/5000LT™ RFID that customers continue to praise, adds the capability of RFID encoding. By simply retrofitting existing PA/5000LT units already out in field, or a new PA/5000LT right off of the manufacturing floor, customers benefit from the combination of maximum performance, reliable RFID encoding, and a lower-cost of becoming RFID compliant. What makes this possible is the patent-pending TampTenna™ from Diagraph.

The TampTenna encodes any Gen 1 or 2 Class 1 RFID tag, regardless of antenna shape and package form factor. Typical encoding time to encode and apply the RFID tag is less than 300 milliseconds. With this exceptional speed, this system can print, encode, apply and validate up to 100 products per minute. Combine this unparalleled speed with an encoding failure rate as low as 0.28%, and you have an RFID tag application system that’s not only fast, but extremely reliable.

The IJ/3000 Integrated Valve ink jet system combines Diagraph’s patented Integrated Valve printhead technology with smart features such as a touch screen graphical user interface, high-speed Ethernet connectivity, and 24/7 monitoring and diagnostics functions.

The IJ/3000 Impulse Jet offers the same unsurpassed “smart” features as the IJ3000 Integrated Valve with touch screen controls, worldwide networking connectivity, and around-the-clock monitoring and diagnostic functions, while also providing high-resolution printheads with an automatic cleaning system.

The PA/5000LT print-and-apply labeling system is guaranteed to deliver Grade A verifiable bar codes when used with Diagraph labels and ribbons. Offering speed up to 110 ppm and print resolution up to 600 dpi, the PA/5000LT is the fastest, most reliable print/apply labeling system in the industry.

Using the Diagraph dual technology solution, shippers are equipped to handle virtually any product identification requirement. One input device can control multiple Diagraph systems, with one message containing both bar code and alphanumeric data. Now, shippers can finally count on bar code compliance—no more complaints, no more rejected shipments, no more non-compliance penalties! Equally important, shippers can also count on achieving the lowest cost for marking their cases.

For more information, call Diagraph Marketing Services at 800-722-1125, send e-mails to info@diagraph.com or visit www.diagraph.com.

Diagraph, an innovator in product identification technology for over 100 years, manufactures
and distributes marking, coding and labeling systems and supplies. Diagraph offers a complete line of bar code printing systems; small character ink jet, large character ink jet
and high-resolution ink jet systems; label printer-applicators and label applicators; thermal transfer label printers; stock and custom labels; labeling consumables; and traditional marking and stenciling equipment and supplies. Diagraph is a global supplier, with sales and service offices located across the United States and throughout the world.