Printronix Video Spot on PCI Solutions and Printer Connection

In July we visited the Printronix headquarters, during the last week or two before the move to their brand new HQ location down the street.  As part of our host's expanded video marketing efforts, PCI had a chance to give our thoughts about our valued partner and their excellence in both printer product and support personnel.

We are certainty glad that the Printronix P7000 Line Printers and the Printronix T5000 Thermal Printers operate more smoothly than the guy on the video, your author ....

Thanks to everyone at Printronix for your hospitality during our visit and your continued support!

For more info on Printronix Printers, contact Warren Neeley at WNeeley@PCIprinters.com or visit his webpage for Printronix.

The Impact Print Operator's "Old Reliable" Choice

The Venerable IBM 6262 Line Printer 

Replacement Options on IBM 6262 Line Printer

Customers have slowly and begrudgingly retired the long-loved IBM 6262 Line Printer.  It was a favorite unit cherished for its reliable toughness, ease-of-use for operators, and the excellent print quality of its fully formed characters.

The IBM 6262 swing gate mechanism allowed operators to load forms and large ribbons quickly and easily. The four form-feed tractors were adjustable with a single knob and permitted routine processing of pre-printed, pre-numbered forms.

The 6262 Print Band Printer came in lines per minute (LPM) speeds of 1200, 1400, and 2200 LPM. With the several IBM computer divisions and customer preferences, the IBM 6262 Impact Line Printer offered a plethora of attachment options – IBM mainframe channel, i-Series - AS/400 – S/34/36/38 heritage Twinax, IBM 3270 and follow-on controller units coax, IBM PC parallel/serial, and Dataproducts parallel.

MODELS BY ATTACHMENT

The model naming convention of "6262-xyy" told the story of how it was attached and how fast it would produce output. The "x" was a character for the attachment, and "yy" was the line speed times 100.

Even though there are no new replacement parts, and even though the long-used printer is being repaired with long-used repair parts scavenged from other donor units, IBM 6262 Band Printers continue to perform in some production environments today. 

Model; LPM with the 48-character-set print band

CHANNEL = 0

6262-012; 1200

6262-014; 1400

6262-022; 2200

　

PC PARALLEL / SERIAL = A

6262-A12; 1200

6262-A14; 1400

6262-A22; 2200

　

COAX = D

6262-D12; 1200

6262-D14; 1400

6262-D22; 2200

　

DATAPRODUCTS PARALLEL = P

6262-P12; 1200

6262-P14; 1400

6262-P22; 2200

　

TWINAX = T

6262-T12; 1200

6262-T14; 1400

6262-T22; 2200

For more information, contact Warren Neeley at WNeeley@PCIprinters.com.

Eliminate manual data entry of written data with Capture and ICR from PlanetPress

Our friends and good folks at Objectif Lune have developed a nice addition to the great product PlanetPress Capture. Users can not only write on documents and electronically kick off the next steps in workflow, but also now the system will process the hand written numbers, dates and codes and prepare and perform the data entry for the next step of proofing.


With a data entry process, it's a good practice to have two steps - Entry and Verification - First the raw bulk entry procedure is accomplished, and then second the verification of the data entry. Best practices should have the verification performed by someone different from the entry person for the highest degree of accuracy.

From the new documentation: "The newest addition to optimize processes is Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR). Special ICR fields can be added to transactional forms to capture handwritten text. For example, this features allows handwritten quantities, dates, time, part-numbers, postal codes, meter readings, and addresses, to be input in systems while skipping manual data entry tasks. Best practices for implementation of this feature will ensure the best results possible. Documentation will be available."

ICR makes it possible to improve the process around corrections on delivery notes, bills of lading and order forms resulting in accurate invoices and up to date systems. ICR does not replace human verification, but it does replace the basic need for human data entry.

With human data entry, a person will rely a lot on detection of hitting a wrong key while typing. Data entry and verification cannot be done reliably by the same person. By nature, this results in lower quality data entry than if entry and verification are done by separate persons. But, an additional resource for verification adds cost to the process, making it a choice between cost of resource and cost of error.

Exactly this is where a major benefit of ICR arises. ICR is an interpretation of handwriting, allowing for subjectivity, thus some errors – just like with manual data entry. However, to alleviate the errors, now only the verification and correction step has to be performed. This reduces cost of resources and cost of errors.
  For more information, check with Warren Neeley with PCI Solutions at Printer Connection: 866-430-6202,  WNeeley@PCIprinters.com, http://www.chooseglmgroup.com/Pages/PlanetPressCapture.aspx