Seiko Instruments USA, the pioneer of the one-label-at-a-time “smart” printer, has added a new web camera software feature to its flagship line of Smart Label Printers (SLPs) – making Seiko the first company to integrate image capture into its label printing application software. With the new web camera feature, SLP users can now capture pictures directly from an attached web cam device to create custom labels with text, photos and clip art for visitor name tags, security guest badges and inventory identification.
The newly released Windows version of the SLP software also adds support for users working in a Citrix (Nasdaq:CTXS) networking software environment, where all applications reside on a central server accessible to all users of the network. With integrated Citrix software support, multiple users in a single location can now print over the network to a shared SLP. Better yet, remote users now have the option to print labels locally or to a printer installed at the main server location.
Citrix currently delivers applications to users in more than 200,000 organizations worldwide, including nearly all of the companies in the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses.
“Being on the forefront of new printing applications is something on which Seiko Instruments prides itself,” said Dennis Cox, director of sales and marketing, Business and Home/Office Products Division, Seiko Instruments USA. “It’s our goal to be constantly expanding the number of applications for our Smart Label Printers and to continue to provide additional uses for our customers.”
Seiko Instruments SLPs, with integrated web cam software, are ideal for an unlimited number of security, temporary identification and inventory applications.
In a corporate, government or health care environment, lobby security guards can easily capture an image of persons entering a building and print a visitor name tag on the spot. For added security, the guard can also track when visitors arrived, where they went in the building and when they left, using bar code time and date information retrievable from popular database programs, such as Microsoft Access or SQL Server.
Organizations that require temporary IDs, such as day care facilities or personal fitness clubs and gyms, can produce day passes complete with photo ID. Educational institutions, such as colleges and universities, could use this for temporary identification during student orientation and/or registration, while grade school teachers and chaperones will find the SLP/web cam combo useful simply to keep track of who’s who on a field trip.
Jewelers, auto parts dealers and other businesses that need to keep track of a lot of different items can use the integrated SLP web cam software to organize inventory by taking pictures of individual cartons or the contents of a storage container and label what is inside.
Seiko Instruments Smart Label Printers also allow users to create one label at a time for envelopes, files, storage boxes, bar codes and a variety of other office and industrial applications. The small footprint, desktop printers can also make business and appointment cards for formal parties, trade shows, conferences and other business or social events.
Compatibility & Availability
The new web cam software feature for Seiko Instruments’ Smart Label Printers is compatible with three Logitech (SWX:LOGN) (NASDAQ:LOGI) web camera models: Quick Cam Chat, Quick Cam Ultra Vision and Quick Cam Pro 900, as well as with ecamm’s iMage.
The SLP software versions 1.7 for Mac and 6.6 for Windows can be downloaded at www.siibusinessproducts.com. (Citrix networking software support is available for Windows 6.6 users only and requires the SLP 6.6.1 driver.)
About Seiko Instruments USA Inc. (SIU)
Seiko Instruments USA’s Business and Home/Office Products Division produces products designed to enhance productivity in small business, home office and a variety of vertical industry markets. The company’s products are sold through computer resellers, system integrators, computer superstores, mail order and online catalogs in the Americas, Europe, Australia, South Africa, the Middle East and India.
SIU headquarters are in Torrance, Calif. For more information, visit our web site at www.siibusinessproducts.com.
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