News | September 22, 2006

Auto-ID Label Software: CYBRA Launches Next Generation Of Auto-ID Label Software

Enhanced RFID Support; Powerful Print Manager Option; No Pain All Gain Trade Up Make Version 6 Of MarkMagic Bar Code Label, RFID Tag And Sm@rt Forms Software Most Powerful Yet

CYBRA Corporation, the developer of MarkMagic™ Bar Code Label, RFID Tag and SM@RT Forms Software for the IBM System i server today announced new MarkMagic Version 6 at a press conference here at the Fall 2006 COMMON Conference and Expo. Responding to the growing application requirements of its customers, CYBRA is incorporating a host of forms management features, new printer drivers, usability enhancements, and a way for users of other System i bar code label software to easily convert to MarkMagic and take advantage of the advanced features the CYBRA software offers.

Among the features included in the new release are:

  • Additional RFID Support — MarkMagic Version 6 includes enhanced control of RFID field types and formatting to meet evolving industry standard compliance specifications, including EPC Gen 2 and DOD to help customers meet their RFID needs now and in the future.
  • New Optional MarkMagic Print Manager — New rule-based Print Manager Option gives customers the ability to redirect and modify inprocess print jobs without programming. Spool files that meet userdefined criteria are manipulated and printed according to user determined rules. This eliminates programming for virtually all complex form printing application. Using intelligent print routing, spool files can be separated and sent to different printers and e-mail addresses based on the data in the spool file. In addition, label file records can cause several labels to be printed on different printers based on the information in the label file.
  • No Pain, All Gain Trade Up — For System i customers looking for an alternative to their existing bar code label software, MarkMagic Version 6 now has the ability to automatically assume all label printing functionality without any user involvement whatsoever. The customer just installs MarkMagic and the conversion is transparent to the user's application programs, requiring no changes to source code. Once converted to MarkMagic, the customer can then take advantage of MarkMagic's advanced features such as the intuitive, powerful JMagic WYSIWYG designer, electronic forms (including MICR checks), plastic cards, care labels, and all the power of MarkMagic without programming. At the COMMON Expo, CYBRA also announced a promotion whose offer states that the first 100 customers who trade up to MarkMagic can do so free of charge.
  • Fax Support Added — We have added fax support to the PDF e-Mail Option. In addition to being able to produce PDF documents containing searchable text and readable bar codes that can be sent as email attachments, the documents can now be sent via fax as well. This new capability works in conjunction with IBM's Fax/400 product.
  • Support for Paxar/Monarch Pathfinder Ultra 6039 — MarkMagic Version 6 includes support for this innovative Scan, Print, and Apply Handheld Label Printer. MarkMagic and the Monarch Pathfinder Ultra Printer provide System i flexibility for labeling applications such as markdowns, item identification, cross docking, carton routing, UPC printing, and other consumer goods manufacturing and retailing needs.
  • All New RFID Data Collection Integration — MarkMagic has been integrated with Quatred QUICK (Quatred Universal Interface Control Kit) Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) foundation for the rapid deployment of Bar Code, Radio Frequency (RF) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) data collection systems. This integration enables customers to create a complete System i based RFID encoding and tag reading system.

"We are responding to customer requirements for advanced, yet easy-to-use Auto-ID and forms software," says Harold Brand, president of CYBRA Corporation. "The new functions in MarkMagic Version 6 enable customers to implement advanced bar code and RFID applications without costly custom programming. In addition, the new Print Manager Option helps customers completely replace pre-printed forms with virtually no programming."

About CYBRA
An IBM Business Partner, CYBRA Corporation of Yonkers, New York, is a world leader in bar code and RFID technology for IBM midrange systems. CYBRA is represented by a network of value added resellers throughout the United States and has international sales and support offices in the United Kingdom and in the Middle East.

MarkMagic™ Bar Code Label, RFID Tag and SM@RT Forms Software has been selected as the bar code print engine of such leading System i software developers as Manhattan Associates™, Infor/SSA Global™ and VAI™. MarkMagic, with the included JMagic™ Java Client Designer, is available for a 30-day evaluation period. CYBRA Corporation is located at One Executive Boulevard, Yonkers, NY 10701. Product information is available toll free at 1-800-CYBRA-88. CYBRA's web site is located at www.cybra.com, and the company's e-mail address is: info@cybra.com.