Mix Move Match Best Printer Support for M

Mix – Move – Match: Best Printer Support for M 3 Hanns-Georg Rybak, 3 M EMEA, Supply Chain Management / Logistics 3 M‘s M 3 Deployment Manager mailto: hgrybak@mmm. com

Rationale • M 3 can use any A 4 printer to print packing list documents. • Usually, PDF ripping to image for printout is done in the printer driver on a computer. This process is sufficient if you can wait 20 to 30 seconds until the PDF document is printed out. • In Parcel Service lanes, you want to see the label within 2 or 3 seconds and the packing list within less than 10 seconds (first apply label, then fold & envelope and apply packing list). This does NOT work with software ripping but requires printernal hardware ripping via print processor. • Only few printers support hardware ripping. Using one of those adds significant performance to your operation.

Document Printer models from Hewlett Packard • Status: April 2016 • All „Enterprise“ models from HP use hardware ripping, the model feature is called „PDF print“ or „smart print“ or „RIP once“ or „Future Smart“. Some need to have an optional Post Script Unit installed to support „PDF print“. • Suitable models – HP Laser. Jet Enterprise M 506 dn/n/x: ~ 330 € 6 sec until first page is printed recommended up to 10700 pages/month = 530/day – HP Laser. Jet Enterprise M 604 dn/n/x: ~ 550 € 7 sec until first page is printed recommended up to 14000 pages/month = 700/day – HP Laser. Jet Enterprise M 605 dn/n/x: ~ 670 € 7 sec until first page is printed, 58 pages per minute recommended up to 16000 pages/month = 800/day – HP Laser. Jet 4050 T/N/TN: 15 sec until first page is printed recommended up to 8000 pages/month = 400/day

Document Printer models from Kyocera • Status: April 2016 • All „Taskalfa“ models from Kyocera use hardware ripping, the model feature is called „PDF 1. 7 direct printing“ • Suitable models – Kyocera FS-4100 DN: ~500 € 9 sec until first page is printed 7000 pages/month = 350/day

Document Printer models from Lexmark • Status: April 2016 • The Lexmark T 65 x upwards and MX series and MS 811/812/813 dn provide hardware ripping, the model feature is called „PDF direct“ or „direct image“ • Suitable models – Lexmark T 65 x series: ~1500 € 7. 5 sec until first page is printed 20000 pages/month = 1000/day (T 650 dn) to 35000/m = 1750/d (T 654 dn) – Lexmark MS 81 x series: ~1000 € 4. 5 sec until first page is printed 20000 pages/month = 1000/day

Barcode Label Printers Status: December 2020 • • All barcode printers supporting ZPL (Zebra Printing Language, or ZSim) are supported, and all A 4 printers are supported. Must accept 120 mm width label material All ZEBRA barcode printers running ZPL programming language are supported (ZT and Xi 4 series) All HONEYWELL-INTERMEC barcode printers which can run ZSIM (Intermec ZPL simulation) are supported. TOSHIBA B-EX 4/5/6/7/8 T printers are supported, running Zmode simulation Usually a printer like ZEBRA 140 Xi 4, ZM 400, ZT 600 or INTERMEC PX 6 i Mobile printer ZEBRA ZQ 500 ZEBRA low cost desktop printer GC 420, GX 420 T 203 to 300 dpi w/ cutter thermo direct & thermal transfer Zebra Xi 4 series, 203/300 dpi TOSHIBA B-EX 6 T 1/3 Honeywell Zebra ZQ 500, 203 dpi portable/WLAN Zebra GC 420, 203 dpi