Labeling Made Smarter
Most intriguing to Clark’s team was the
stand-alone nature of Intermec PM4i
industrial smart printers; the printer didn’t
require an additional computer to print labels,
which minimized the cost of the solution.
Workers are able to scan a FoodLogiQgenerated
bar-code using an Intermec SR30
handheld scanner, which tells the Intermec
PM4i industrial printer what label to print.
The worker uses the PM4i printer’s keypad to
select a quantity on the display. Because the
printer isn’t tethered to a computer, workers
can move the cart on which it is stationed
directly to the boxes that require the tags.
Once the boxes are wrapped, the workers use
an Intermec PB50 mobile printer to generate
a pallet tag. The box labels from the PM4i and
pallet labels from the PB50 include a bar-code
that identifies the kind of orange, ship date,
destination, farm source, and even the farm
lot. This is a powerful tool should the company
need to trace a shipment back to its origin.