Freedom to Print with new TOSHIBA TEC Z-Mode

BRUSSELS/KREFELD, September 2009 – TOSHIBA TEC have launched Z-Mode which frees ZPL II® users to choose robust, safe B-SX4/5 and B-SA4 RFID-ready label printers in all their operating environments. Z-Mode hands ZPL II® users all the advantages of Toshiba at no extra cost.

With Toshiba Auto ID printers running Z-Mode, customers gain three essential capabilities: maximum security when accessing valuable legacy host data, an array of features for enhancing user productivity, and the ability to seamlessly integrate with new and evolving technologies, such as new RFID and barcode standards.

Advantages of Toshiba RFID-ready label printers with Z-Mode

Z-Mode helps interpret ZPL II ® datastreams without any host programming changes. And at no cost.
Save up to 75 percent of ribbon cost thanks to the proven technologies incorporated into Toshiba future-proof label printers.
With a print head warranty of up to 100 km, TOSHIBA TEC printers stand out for their durability, longevity and reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
As one of Europe’s largest suppliers of consumables, RFID tags and inlays, TOSHIBA TEC is able to offer superior print solutions for outstanding print results at affordable prices.

“There is a strong resonance in the business that Toshiba RFID-ready label printers are a must-have because they are easy to operate, have probably the best longevity record in the Auto ID market and hence help keep operational ICT budgets down,” Angel de Juan said. “With Z-Mode we go one step further and give all the advantages of our cost-saving RFID-ready label printers to ZPL II® users.”

Z-Mode is currently built into TOSHIBA TEC B-SX4, B-SX5 and B-SA4 Auto ID printers and will be made available to the RFID-ready B-SX6 and -8 label printer series soon.

About TOSHIBA TEC Europe

TOSHIBA TEC Europe (TERIS) manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of point of sale systems, cash registers, scales, barcode printers, peripherals and software information systems throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. As a total solution provider, TOSHIBA TEC Europe offers a complete package from consulting and system design to system installation, operation and maintenance.
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium TERIS has three divisions: the Retail division; the Auto ID division and the Services division.
TOSHIBA TEC is an independent operating company of Toshiba Corporation, the seventh largest electronics/electrical equipment company and the world's 91st largest company in terms of sales. Ranked by Fortune magazine as the eighth Most Admired Electronics Company in the World, Toshiba Corporation is a world leader in high technology products with more than 300 major subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Fiscal year revenue in 2008 was approximately $67.9 billion.
For more information on TOSHIBA TEC point of sale systems, cash registers, scales, barcode printers, peripherals and software information systems, or for a dealer in your area, call +32 2 410 2100 or visit the TERIS web site at www.toshibatec-eu.com.

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TOSHIBA TEC Europe Retail Information Systems - Headquarters
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