Citizen Systems Europe, a leading manufacturer of high quality label, barcode and industrial printers has announced that its latest CLP 521, 621 and 631 machines are all now available with support for Aztec and RSS symbology.

Developed for use in demanding applications, the latest Citizen CLP label printers are capable of fast print speeds of up to 4 inches per second and, just as importantly, of producing high levels of resolution and print accuracy, yet are virtually maintenance-free, with easy change consumables.

Designed for use in a wide range of applications in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, the Aztec and RSS symbology uses unique symbols to prevent incorrect use of medical products or dosing of medication to patients.  The Aztec codes, for example, can be used for bar coded identification wristbands and labels in hospitals to improve patient safety at the point of care, enabling the wristband to be matched to the relevant medication, IV mixture, blood products or specimens.

By comparison with conventional bar codes, both the Aztec and RSS symbology enable more detailed information to be printed onto smaller areas.  In turn, however, this requires high levels of printing capabilities, in order to maintain print quality and speed at competitive cost.

To address this need, the latest CLP label printers are capable of producing resolutions of up to 300dpi at speeds of 4ips and can be used as stand alone or networked devices.  In addition, they incorporate a range of features designed to make them simple to setup and use; for example, each printer feature a simple, robust all-metal clamshell mechanism and high-lift print head, making it quick and easy to load and change printer ribbons, while a replacement print head can normally be fitted in less than a minute.  They also incorporate Citizen’s innovative active ribbon control and positioning system (ARCP), which maintains a constant tension on the ribbon, regardless of the length used, and eliminates the problems of poor print quality caused by ribbons wrinkling or slipping.

The latest machines also feature internal power supplies, standard parallel, serial and USB ports, internal Ethernet options and can be supplied with auto-cutters and label peelers.  They also have full two year warranties, are available throughout Europe from the company’s network of channel partners and are backed by full technical and spares support.

For further information contact Mark Beauchamp, European Marketing Manager.

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