At the recent WestPack 2020, John Roberts of General Data Automation
showed in our booth the Smart Touch Panel running the C6000P.
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| John Roberts with the Smart Touch Panel/C6000P |
General Data is the new parent of Color Label Solutions; learn more here.
And John leads our automation group, which designs and deploys label
application and other automation equipment; and is the developer of the Smart
Touch Panel."
According to John, “ The Smart Touch Panel is a powerful, single board
computer, running on open source Linux. The Smart Touch Panel is ideally suited
for data collection over networks with barcode scanners, printers, or PLC’s.” In our case, it’s great with the new C6000P
printers.
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| Smart Touch Panel |
Continuing, John says, “The Smart Touch Panel fits where an operator is
applying a label by hand. With the Peel
and Present feature of the new C6000P, the printer prints the label and
presents it ready to apply. With the
Smart Touch Panel, the operator doesn’t require a PC to operate; and fits where
you don’t want the operator running a computer.”
Watch John start a print job and print here:
In this video, John has produced a label template and adds variable
data such as lot, date, and/or shift codes along with a color code to identify
the production date of the product easily.
“In the past, companies used this type of solution with preprinted
labels using a thermal transfer printer such as Zebra to add the lot and other
codes. Now with the C6000P,
manufacturers can start with blank labels and print the entire label on-demand
just prior to use. This system makes
labeling with variable data easier to do”, says John.
You might find these earlier posts on the new C6000 series printers of
interest:
https://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-new-c6500p.html
https://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2019/09/new-c6000-series.html
Smart Touch operates on a network with a server running a label
software program such as Codesoft or BarTender.
This software creates the template that serves the data to the Smart Touch
Panel to operate. According to John,
“the Smart Touch Panel works best in situations with multiple printers/stations
running similar templates/printers”.
The Smart Touch Panel costs $995 with $895 for the stand that holds
both the printer and the panel.
If you have multiple stations applying labels by hand, consider not
only the Smart Touch Panel, but also moving to color with the C6000P
printers. This new technology will save
you time; and make your operation much more productive.
Contact us if we can help with the Smart Touch Panel or the C6000P
printer.
Guy Mikel
855-962-7670
info@colorlabelsolutions.com 
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