Microsoft to end support for Windows XP April 8, 2014 by Peter Printer Listen up, people! There is less than a month left until Microsoft stops all support of Windows XP, one of the most widely used versions of their popular Windows operating system. But what does this mean for

Clean your thermal label printer printhead? by Timmy Thermal You know I’m always advocating for the proper maintenance of your thermal label printers, but it occurred to me that some of you may not know exactly how one does that. Today I want to focus on the printhead, specifically how

The new Datamax-O’Neil Performance Series thermal label printers by Timmy Thermal I don’t know about you, but I cannot wait until the newest of anything comes out. For instance, when I’m playing Candy Crush Saga I cannot wait to get to the next level to see what new challenges I’ll

Motorola new technologies and innovative solutions for retail Barry Barcode The National Retail Federation’s 103rd Annual Convention & Expo happened last week and big players in the retail space were in attendance to bump elbows and announce new products for the retail industry. Motorola Solutions took the opportunity to announce

Honeywell Hands-Free Scanning for Meds Administration by Barry Barcode Honeywell is shaking things up a bit in the healthcare industry with their hands-free barcode scanner. In the YouTube video below, Honeywell demonstrates what a hands-free barcode scanner can do for your medical personnel. The video brings up the points that

Datamax Dialog by Timmy Thermal We’ve written about Datamax-O’Neil’s products and their compatibility with iOS, specifically their Apex i series, in the past. But, today we’re going to talk about where Datamax-O’Neil sees the future of enterprise printing needs going. The short version? …Smartphones. According to Datamax-O’Neil senior product manager,

New Year’s Resolution (Better protect your thermal label printers) by Timmy Thermal It’s a new year and with that comes new resolutions. We here at MIDCOM are obviously thinking about our printing resolutions and Timmy Thermal is here to talk about thermal printing resolutions, specifically how you can get the

Could your printers and barcode scanners be saving you money in the new year? by Peter Printer Has your business ever received a tax cut or break on purchases of electronic equipment? Many small and large businesses enjoy these tax cuts, but most agree that they could be better! Section

Are we going to be printing batteries in the future? by Peter Printer We’ve spoken about 3-D printing and what it means for manufacturing in the past, but we recently came across a story in MIT Technology Review about a Harvard materials scientist by the name of Jennifer Lewis who

The future of Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID printing. by Timmy Thermal Zebra Technologies has announced their first desktop Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID printer, the Zebra ZD500R. The Zebra ZD500R is a compact RFID printer with a slew of high-tech features that utilize growing technologies like Near-Field Communication (NFC)