The C Series printers are ideally positioned for applications that require compact, rugged and reliable high performance and high volume thermal barcode and label printing.

Healthcare
From admitting desk and patient care, to pharmacy and lab work, to inventory and asset management, our thermal printers are made for the healthcare environment.

• Medical and dental practices (individual and group) for labeling patient records, file tracking, laboratory samples.
• Veterinary care facilities – for animal identification, script labeling and inventory control.
• Clinics
• Emergency medical centers – for patient identification and tracking; unit dose prescription labeling; prescription labeling
• Hospitals – CognitiveTPG’s 2” Cxi is the perfect wristband printers capable of holding a large roll and available in a 300 dpi version for superior image quality. Our wristbands provide secure, long-lasting patient identification that won’t fall off, fade, or smudge, even after lengthy admissions or repeated washings and treatments.
• Long-term care and assisted living facilities – for patient tracking via wristband applications; unit dose prescription labeling printing and inventory control. 
• Laboratories – Label printing for blood banks or specimen labels printing. The 300 dpi printhead ensure that the small vial labels with two-dimensional barcodes are clear and readable. 
• University research departments – specimen identification and tracking.
• Pharmaceutical and device manufacturers
• Cart Base Printer – due to its small footprint, these printers are the ideal solution for a mobile cart printing application.  Mount it with or without our battery pack and you will have a complete mobile solution for a full work day.

Hospitality
The C Series printer is the perfect solution for printing thermal wristbands because of its large roll capacity, fast print and through-put speed, secure indexing, and compact footprint. The C Series wristband application is great for hospitality markets, such as recreation industries and amusement parks, educational institutions from daycare centers to universities, carnivals and fairs, cinemas, theatres and concerts.

• Admission control
• Crowd management
• Restricted area access
• Age identification 

Manufacturing
From tracking raw materials and improving materials, distribution and logistics planning, to tracking inventory and work in process, the C Series barcode printer improves workflow, increases efficiency, and lowers your total cost of ownership.

• Asset tracking – on demand label printing.  C Series is compact enough that you can position a number of these printers throughout your warehouse to increase productivity and accuracy and eliminate wasteful trips to a large big box batch printer. 
  
   
• Materials and inventory management – C Series is ideal for a pick, pack and ship application.  Mount the C series printer on a cart with a battery pack, connect a barcode scanner to its USB A host port or a keyboard and you have a stand-alone application solution.

• Shipping and receiving – the C Series thermal label printer will perform the job of a typical mid-range printer, printing 4x6 shipping labels but using a of third the space, at half the cost. 

• ERP integration – C Series printers support multiple ERP and Enterprise Legacy interfaces utilizing its advanced architecture. Using off-the-shelf middleware, the C Series is easily configurable to print from various ERP systems, ZPL, EPL and IPL formats and AIDC systems.  

• Warehouse management – No longer a need for big costly printers for WMS application labels.

• Work in process – WIP helps to monitors the complete manufacturing process from receipt of order through to dispatch, eliminating costly errors and bottlenecks. 

Retail Pharmacy
The CRx thermal script printer is all about improved workflow, barcode automation and low cost of ownership versus traditional laser printing. The CRx printing solution benefits chain and independent pharmacy operations through:

• Reduced cost of ownership – no toner or expensive label forms
• High speed and high quality script printing
• No adhesive ooze and costly maintenance
• Quiet operation in an unobtrusive and compact footprint
• Easy integration with your workflow and legacy pharmacy system
• PCL 5 / EcPL / CPL
• Easy pharmacy software / system integration

Specialty Retail
Although specialty stores vary greatly in size, merchandise, and services, they all face similar challenges.  The C Series printer fits into this environment because of its ability to handle a wide range of media for unique or difficult labeling solutions.

• Item labels and shelf price marking – Mount the C Series on a cart with a battery pack for mobile printing solutions.
• Return to vendor
• Small item labels such as jewelry tags, butterfly labels, etc.  C Series handles almost any media requirement with fast processing and superior reliability.

Thermal Barcode Technology

Most of the technology that accompanies thermal barcode printing is considered industry standard, however CognitiveTPG has incorporated some unique, industry only technology into its C Series printers as well as some additional functionality.

STANDARD TECHNOLOGY

Barcodes
CognitiveTPG thermal barcode printers meet stringent quality standards to ensure barcode data is printed on media with the highest accuracy and scan ability. Our printers can print both 1D linear and 2D barcode images with exceptional printing quality that is compatible with a wide range of scanning.

Direct Thermal and Thermal Transfer
There are two basic methodologies used by thermal printhead technology - Direct Thermal (DT) and Thermal Transfer (TT). Both technologies are supported by the C Series printers and offer various benefits for the application.

Communication Interfaces



Computers and their peripheral devices, such as printers, scanners, etc., communicate with each other using a variety of different communication methods. The C Series printers offer a full communication connectivity suite.

• Ethernet: Most computer networks, including local-area networks such as the one in your office and home, use this kind of connection to tie together all the computers and printers on the network. Every device on the network has an address which other devices can use to send messages to it. The advantage of using a network connection is that the C Series printer can be used by any number of computers on the network.
  
• USB-B (Device): USB, or Universal Serial Bus, is a high-speed connection used to form one-to-one connections between computers and peripheral devices. There are a few different connectors in the USB family. The ‘B’ connector is used on the ‘device-side’ of a USB line and tells you that the device will be ‘owned’ or ‘used by’ the other device. The advantage of USB is that it provides very fast communication directly to a computer without the need for a network.
  
• USB-A (Host): USB-A has the same characteristics as USB-B; but when you use the ‘A’ port you are indicating that, of the two devices being connected, the printer is the host. A C Series printer can host USB devices such as keyboards, keypads, and flash drives. You can use a keyboard connected directly to the printer to tell it what to print, and you can use a flash drive to upgrade the printer’s software.
  
• Serial & Parallel*: Serial and Parallel connections are available on most systems, including older printers. For integration into existing systems with legacy hardware, you can usually rely on serial and parallel connections when network and USB hardware are unavailable. This port requires a specific custom serial cable or parallel cable.

CRx Supports Pharmacy Workflow
Improving workflow in the pharmacy environment means generating prescriptions more efficiently, thereby providing increased customer satisfaction.

The CRx small footprint, high-performance printer allows pharmacists to manage multiple stations for on-demand printing at all stages in the workflow process, including:

• Receiving
• Validation & Verification
• Fulfillment
• Storing & Delivery
• Prescription Labeling
• Patient Education Forms/ Compliant Prescription Monographs

Patient Education Form Printing
The CRx printer can be used to print patient education documents, also know as monographs for consumer medicine information (CMI).  The CMI documents produced with the CRx printer are in compliance with the Keystone Guidelines and produce a continuous document that is perforate so that it easily folds into a small 4x6 inch format.  Using the forms is easy; simply print the document, fold at the perforations and staple to the bag. 

Partnering with Success in Retail Pharmacy
CognitiveTPG is partnering with major pharmacy application suppliers to ensure complete compatibility between your pharmacy applications and the CRx thermal printer.  If there is a pharmacy application you would like us to qualify, contact our pharmacy specialists at marketing@cognitivetpg.com.

Why switch to the CRx thermal printer?

Operational Savings
Quantifying the savings of thermal printing vs. laser printing is easily at hand. Simply take into account the items listed below and you will find a potential savings of more than 50% when making a complete transition from laser.

Printer Price - Get 2 fully featured CRx thermal printers for the price of one laser printer.
Materials - No dual web forms or expensive toner cartridges, only low cost label and monograph rolls. A potential material savings of 33% - 50%.
Reliability - The CRx was designed with a simple media path to print labels, which means jams are almost non-existent even after printing thousands of labels.
Maintenance - Very little maintenance involved with the CRx (simple printhead cleaning) and no need for a maintenance call and downtime found in laser printers.
Power - A thermal printer uses about 15% the power of a laser printer.
No Waste - No need to feed extra forms when your monograph runs over or when you don’t need to offer it, a potential for an additional 5% material savings.
Easy Integration - The CRx works on the laser printer’s command language, PCL drastically reducing the leaning curve and investment of integration.

Return on Investment
Including thermal printing technology into your workflow will pay for itself in less than a year. The rate of that return will vary depending on the combination of printing technologies selected and the

Laser - Printing both your labels and monographs on a laser printer typically requires printing an a dual web form (labels and bond paper) on a centrally located printer. While the form itself may seem inexpensive significant additional costs are incurred with toner and waste.

Thermal/Laser - Printing thermal labels and laser monographs can produce an 11 month ROI and maintains operational costs significantly less than printing all laser but more than printing all thermal.

Thermal/Thermal - Printing thermal labels and thermal monographs can result in an ROI in less than 6 months and maintains median operational costs.

Thermal/Thermal Receipt - Thermal labels and thermal monographs on receipt type paper can result in an ROI in less that 4 months and maintains the lowest operational costs. The cost of the receipt can be significantly offset by advertising on the backside of the monograph.

Advantage DLX printers are ideal for critical labeling applications that require compact, rugged and reliable printer performance.

Below are a handful of applications, sorted by vertical, where the Advantage DLX printers are used. For more specifics on how the Advantage DLX printer can suit your particular requirements or application, email us at marketing@cognitivetpg.com.

Manufacturing
From tracking raw materials and improving material flow, distribution and logistics planning, to inventory and work in process, the Advantage DLX barcode printer improves workflow, increases efficiency, and lowers your total cost of ownership.

• Shipping, receiving, WIP, put-away applications all benefit from Advantage DLX. It’s compact enough that you can place these printers in your workflow to increase productivity and eliminate wasteful trips to a large big box batch printer.

Healthcare and Life Sciences
Advantage DLX thermal printers are used in hospitals and medical facilities around the world to print barcode labels for wristbands, specimen sets, prescriptions, and a multitude of other critical healthcare identification labels.

• Wristbands – The 2” 300 dpi model of the Advantage DLX is perfect for this patient identification application where small footprint, high print resolution, and fast print speeds are important.
• Laboratories – Used to print small vial labels with two-dimensional barcodes used in blood banks and specimen samples - we recommend the 300 dpi unit.
• Medical and Dental Practices – Labeling patient records, files and lab specimens.
• Veterinary Care Facilities – Animal and drug identification labels
• Clinics & Emergency Care Centers – Patient identification and tracking; unit dose prescription labeling; prescription labeling

Rugged Retail and Field Service Industries
Advantage DLX printers excel in harsh desktop retail environments that include:

• Oil Change and Lube Centers – next service due-date labeling
• Pizza Stores – delivery and content labeling
• Paint Stores – color and mix identification labeling
• Fast Food and Beverage – drink and food identification labeling
• Retail Stores - Item and shelf marking; return to vendor marking

Parcel and Post

• Bulk Mail Sorting – perfect for the bulk mail sorting house where multiple printers can be stationed throughout the floor to save downtime and reduce errors.
• Barcode Duplication – Back up labeling system for re-markings or additional markings on shipment trays or other bulky items.
• Shipping Labels – high quality standard 4" shipping label production.

Other Industries

• Education and Libraries
• Government
• Shipping and Logistics
• Transportation

High lift printhead convenience

Full barcode suite (with MaxiCode and PDF417)

4 MB of memory for easy firmware upgrades and more storage so you have plenty of room to add custom fonts, graphics, and custom programming.

3 ips print speed

Small compact footprint

Serial and/or parallel communication standard

Optional peeler, thermal transfer, 300 dpi print resolution, and built-in Ethernet

2 year limited warranty –a guarantee we stand behind

CognitiveTPG has a significant install of legacy printers such as the AdvantageLX (Blaster/Blazer) printers in applications from healthcare to retail. For more specifics on how the AdvantageLX printer can suit your particular requirements or application, email us at marketing@cognitivetpg.com.

Healthcare
AdvantageLX printers are used in various healthcare applications such as:

• Medical and dental practices (individual and group)
• Veterinary care facilities
• Clinics
• Emergency medical centers
• Hospitals
• Long-term care and assisted living facilities
• Laboratories
• University research departments
• Pharmaceutical and device manufacturers

Retail
AdvantageLX printers fit the needs of the retail industry including:

• Grocery and convenience stores
• Department stores
• Big box mass retailers
• Small retail and specialty businesses
• Furniture stores
• Sports and fitness retail
• Apparel and accessories retail
• Retail pharmacies

Embedded with robust EcPL and ZcPL emulations, the EZ-LP provides the ideal printing solution to replace or refresh legacy desktop applications.

Work in Progress & Logistics
Barcodes have become ubiquitous throughout most of the world and have added tremendous value in nearly every industry by driving down costs. The EZ-LP's proven mechanical platform delievers a higher resistance in hostile application environments where customers value durability and want to minimize downtime while increasing productivity. The EZ-LP is the right solution for on-demand, small footprint, high performance label printer to track your work in progress.



Shipping and Receiving
The need to print on-demand labels with variable information also improves the customer's productivity and efficiency. With built-in study emulaitons, CognitiveTPG's EZ-LP is perfect for customers who no longer have to sacrifice reliability when replacing or upgrading legacy shipping and receiving label printing applications.



Retail
In desktop label printing retail applications that require a small footprint, reliable performance, ease of use, and affordable price, turn to the CognitiveTPG EZ-LP printer. Ideal applications ranging from large chain store to smaller specialty / boutique stores for marking prices, returns, gift registry, or any specialty printing, the EZ-LP delivers a great value/performance proposition for customers looking for the smart alternative.



Healthcare
Hospitals, laboratories, long-term care, pharmacies, and other healthcare facilities can use the EZ-LP to manage a variety of barcode labeling and inventory tracking requirements. The EZ-LP's small footprint and reliable print mechanism make this a great solution for the healthcare market, where accuracy, reliabity and performance are paramount.

Keep your code and choose the EZ-LP desktop label printer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1) Is the EZ-LP compatible with other CognitiveTPG printers?
No. The EZ-LP was designed to provide an alternative to refreshing legacy desktop printer applications. All other CognitiveTPG label printers use Cognitive Printer Language (CPL) as the primary programming language. DLX and C-Series also include the EcPL and ZcPL emulations same as the EZ-LP but the EZ-LP printer will not print using CPL programming language. Additionally, the serial port on the EZ-LP is designed to work with standard RS-232 DB9 (wired straight through) cable. All printers include international print capability incorporating multiple code page and support for Unicode UTF-8 character sets.

Q2)  How else does the EZ-LP differ from CognitiveTPG DLX printers?
In order to keep the price competitive but still exceed the performance of most installed desktop printers, the EZ-LP offers 8 MB RAM & 4 MB Flash memory. The DLX printer provides 16 MB RAM & 8 MB Flash memory. The EZ-LP does incorporate a new media holder which will accommodate inward or outward wound media rolls up to 5 inches (127 mm) in diameter. 

Q3) What kind of media can be used on the EZ-LP?
EZ-LP will work with direct thermal labels or tags in either outward or inward wound configuration. Maximum media roll OD is 5 inches (127 mm) and it can use media with 1 inch (25.4 mm) or 1.5 inch (38.1 mm) core ID. Media width range is 2.0 to 4.25 inches (51 to 108 mm). The printer is set up for direct thermal mode printing only.

Q4) What is included with the EZ-LP printer?
The base model includes Serial (DB9), USB-A (host), and USB-B (device) communications interfaces. Optional
communications interfaces are Parallel (Centronics) or Ethernet. Other options are a peeler and/or RTC (real time clock). The shipment includes the printer, power supply, power supply cord, and Quick Start Guide. The communications cables required for the printer are common industry standard cables and are not supplied with the printer. If necessary, these cables can be ordered separately.

Q5) Are popular linear and 2D barcode symbologies included?
Yes, but the printer runs in one of two emulation modes so the supported barcode symbologies differ slightly between
EcPL and ZcPL. Reference the EZ-LP Datasheet for more information.

Q6) What is the USB-A (host) port and how is it used?
The EZ-LP, DLX, and C-Series all feature a USB-A (host) port which is the same type of USB port found on most computers. It allows for easy upgrading of rmware or loading of formats whether or not the printer is connected to a computer.

Q7) With what certications does the EZ-LP comply?
EZ-LP complies with the following: RoHS (Directive 2002/95/EC), WEEE (Directive 2002/96/EC), FCC (Class A digital device), Industry Canada (Class A digital apparatus), UL Listed (UL60950), IEC60950-1 (2001) CE Mark.

Q8) Are the EZ-LP printer drivers Windows compatible and does Cognitive Administrator Utility support it?
Yes, additionally the EZ-LP can be set-up to run with some legacy printer drivers as well.

Q9) Can the EZ-LP connect to a wired or wireless network?
The EZ-LP is available with an optional internal Ethernet interface for network connections however a wireless
interface is not offered.

Q10) What language emulations are supported for a drop-in compatibility legacy printer replacement?
The printer uses EcPL and ZcPL program language emulations for compatibility with other competitor brand desktop printer label formats.

Q11) When should an end-user buy an EZ–LP in place of other legacy printers?
Many legacy desktop label print applications can be refreshed with the direct thermal EZ-LP printer but new applications or situations of business improvement might require such features as moveable sensor, 300dpi resolution, Cognitive Programming language, or increased print speed and/or memory which would require our DLX and C-Series models. The EZ-LP is based on a proven mechanical platform offering greater durability than installed legacy desktop printers.