UK-based AM Labels has received application enabled printing (AEP) certification from Sato, allowing it to develop and sell fully-customisable standalone software for a range of applicable Sato printers.
AM Labels is a label printing machine specialist, label manufacturer, and barcoding and software expert based in Northamptonshire.
The AEP platform is an intelligent on-board system that gives printer hardware with the capacity to be used as standalone technologies, eliminating the requirement to connect to a PC. External devices including keyboards, scanners and weighing scales can be connected to AEP compatible printers to achieve additional data input, as well as offering multi-interface operation. This enables users to produce a variety of media, which is suited for applications such as price marking, ingredient labelling, evidence tracking and item identification. AEP systems are easy to operate and require minimal training. In addition to supporting standalone printing, AEP provides database access via network or Cloud communication.
A wide range of Sato’s portfolio is AEP compatible, including industrial printers such as the CL4NX and CL4NX Plus, in addition to desktop printers such as FX3-LX and CT4-LX, and the PW208NX mobile printer.
AEP certification allows AM Labels to offer its customers bespoke and personalised AEP options that have been developed in-house, maximising flexibility for the end user. AEP can be personalised to suit each business’ individual printing requirements, providing the capacity for more advanced field options or multiple label formats, if required.
Brendon Bass, sales and marketing manager at AM Labels, commented, ‘We are continuously looking for ways to increase our in-house offering to maximise choice for our customers and, as a newly approved Sato AEP partner, we can now provide tailor-made labelling applications that offer a high level of fully-customisable functionality, without requiring a PC or any additional software.
‘Not only does AEP offer users full autonomy while reducing the operational costs attached to label production, the innovative platform simplifies processes and increases flexibility by utilising internally stored formats and databases to offer businesses complete personalisation of their labelling applications.’
