Toshiba claims thermal printers ‘just got smarter’
February 1st 2005

TOSHIBA TEC says its B-SX range of thermal printers just got smarter – with the addition of RFID capability.

For flexibility and choice, says TOSHIBA TEC, the B-SX range does not have prefitted RFID read/write units, therefore the printers can be fitted with modules from some of the well-known names in the RFID field.

Simply fitting an antenna and plugging the module into the CPU will allow the printer to read, write and verify a variety of RFID smart labels.

The ribbon save module of the B-SX series, (where fitted) in combination with TOSHIBA TEC’s floating head technology, can be used to lift the print head over the chip in the label, thus reducing the risk of impact damage to the programmed chip.

For the user, the B-SX range of printers simplifies RFID by treating the addition of encoding as just another barcode. By selecting the RFID barcode in the windows driver or sending the command to the printer as part of a format, the printer will encode the data based on the module fitted and the chip detected.

Frequencies available are 915 Mhz (USA) and 869.5 (EU) in the UHF range and 13.56 in the HF range.

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