Magazine Article | April 4, 2007

Extech Instruments

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Extech Instruments is well known as one of the world's leading developers of mobile receipt printers.  We design, manufacture, and market battery operated, versatile, rugged printers for mobile computing applications. Our goal is to give you the printing solution that fits your application from concept to design through innovation, selection, and support. 

Innovation:  Through the years, Extech has consistently led the industry in design innovation for portable printers.  Printer innovations include:
  • Print utilities available for most mobile operating systems including Windows CE, Pocket PC, .NET, WM5 and Palm.
  • Page printing utility: Unique, easy to use graphics interface for forms and labels.
  • Wireless connectivity: Communicate through wireless personal area networks (IrDA or Bluetooth™) or wireless local area networks (802.11b/g).
  • Our Generation IV printer.

Selection:  Each portable printing application has its own unique requirements. To meet your printing requirements, Extech offers a selection of:
  • Print widths: 2.25", 3", and 4" printer families.
  • Media options: receipt, tag or label.
  • Various communication interface options that include MCR (magnetic card reader), SCR (smart card reader), Bluetooth™ and 802.11b/g.
  • Mounting options for desk top or vehicle use.

Support:  Our customer and service support teams are on-hand to help you answer any questions you may have regarding Extech Instruments and its printers. Understanding the rigors of the mobile computing environment, our printers include a one year warranty that includes the print head. We also went a step forward to support you and included additional regulatory (IEC68, IP54, etc) and product safety certification (IEC60950). 

There are a myriad of applications for our portable printers:
  • Retail and food service
  • Route accounting
  • People transportation
  • Field service and sales
  • Public safety
  • Portable POS (point of sale).

Our printers are available exclusively though our worldwide network of distributors.

Extech Instruments
285 Bear Hill Road, Waltham, MA 02451
PH: (781) 890-7440
FX: (781) 890-7864
tony.revis@extech.com
www.extech.com/printer