TSC Printronix Auto ID and InterVision develop label verification system

Thanks to this cooperation, TSC Printronix Auto ID's barcode verifier, the ODV-2D, and its T8000 printer have been combined with a centralized, cloud-based inspection system. The end-to-end technology, Perceptor PTXL, enables companies to monitor, verify and control their print process across multiple networked printing systems.

‘We are delighted InterVision Global has leveraged our unparalleled ODV-2D and T8000 printer technology with a cloud-based system to enable unlimited printers around the world to be connected and managed by one central server,’ said Neil Baker, sales manager for the UK and Ireland, Benelux, and South Africa at TSC Auto ID Technology.

Perceptor PTXL is expected to prove most beneficial to global brands in highly regulated sectors such as automotive, healthcare, life sciences, medical device, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage, where printed barcodes and human-readable text must meet minimum quality requirements. 

‘This integrated solution makes global control of printing processes possible, ensuring labels meet ISO barcode print quality and data content compliance. Perceptor PTXL inspects and verifies every label in real-time. It ensures codes are formatted correctly or if label sizes are correct or barcode heights are wrong. Every defective label is overstruck and destroyed with no need for manual intervention,’ commented Mark Worlidge, managing director at InterVision Global.

Perceptor PTXL controls the print process, so unauthorized labels cannot be printed. Once an authenticated user is logged in and the system is running, labels can be printed, and barcodes verified by the T8000/ODV-2D. Once they’ve passed verification, labels are inspected for OCR on human-readable text, for blemishes, and that data content and patterns match in real-time, with each failure being overstruck.

All data is recorded to the customer’s own Azure Hosted Tenancy, which is held and replicated in the cloud, ensuring full traceability and an audit trail. Batch information and accumulated serial numbers are kept centrally, ensuring that no two systems can duplicate label printing.