Honeywell PM45 - A Lighting-Fast Printer with Rich Configuation
By: Colton Redtfeldt - 10/13/2021

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The [Honeywell PM45][1] is the company’s newest addition to their industrial line of products and it promises great performance at a great price. The unit will replace and consolidate a good chunk of Honeywell’s industrial line of printers – which is in step with some of their other product lines lately.

<h3>Print Performance</h3>
Let’s start off by looking at the print performance. Being an industrial printer, it can support high-volume direct thermal and thermal transfer printing with up to 14 inches per second print speed. That’s super quick for a printer in its class. You’d have to get one of Honeywell’s really premium printers — something like the PX940 — to even get close to that. This speed will vary a bit with the DPI, getting a little slower the higher the resolution you go. Speaking of DPI, this printer has models starting at 203 DPI, and jumping up to 300DPI, 406DPI, and even 600DPI.

As with most industrial printers, you’ll be able to use industrial-sized label rolls with a min OD of 1.5” and a max OD of 8” depending on the model you get. Unfortunately even with the hanger on the device, you won’t be able to use desktop-sized labels due to the core size being too small.

On the ribbon side of things, the printer features a much improved ribbon spool that’s a lot easier to use than its predecessor, the PM43. The spool has some clips that can hold the ribbon while you initially wind it and it’s a lot easier to push in and release tension than it was on the PM43.

There’s also an adjustable lever that can apply variable pressure to the printhead so you can use different thicknesses of labels pretty consistently. That feature is pretty common on these industrial printers but we found the tensioner on this to be a little less premium than we would’ve hoped and it actually tends to catch some of the cabling below it when being adjusted. It’s not a glaring issue and it shouldn’t be a big deal. More of something to keep an eye out for.

The printer will also support a wide range of media types including Gap, Notch, Black mark, Continuous rolls, and fanfold media. Some versions also come with an RFID encoder.

<h3>Appearance</h3>
Footprint wise there two options – both the standard size at 19.0” x 11.6” x 11.2”  and a special compact version at 17.0” x 7.1” x 10.0”. Both come with metal casing which feels really solid. Full-color touch displays and icon displays available in each version of the printer.

<h3> Features, Connectivity & Add-Ons </h3>
Honeywell really went all out in terms of printer configuration when it came to this printer. All versions of the printer come standard with USB and Ethernet. Other models have access to Wifi, BT, and even cellular WWAN connectivity options with a SIM card slot. The printer can also be configured from Honeywell’s online portal (need citation). Other models will come with parallel and serial connections.

Other potential features include a label-taken sensor, a rewinder that will allow the printer to re-spool rolls of labels once it’s finished a print job. That can save you a ton of time.

The printer also comes embedded with Honeywell’s Smart Parse. This program will allow you to quickly change the position of the label, size of objects and barcode, as well as the font type without the need to change the backend system or really do any programming.

If you’re a little on the fence about getting a new unit because you’re worried about compatibility, this printer might be the way to go. The PM45 printer supports variable network protocols and a bunch of print languages so getting this integrated into your system shouldn’t be a big headache. 
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[1]: https://posguys.com/barcode-printer_1/Honeywell-PM45_3863/
  [2]: https://posguys.blob.core.windows.net/content/images/blog/79004/PM45.jpg

Honeywell PM45 - A Lighting-Fast Printer with Rich Configuation By: Colton Redtfeldt - 10/13/2021

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