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PrintPad
PrintPad - Robust, proven, All-in-One Solution
Fast, Efficient & Flexible
Optional Power Bank for Mobile/Cart Operation
PrintWorx
Integrated label design & production solution
PrintBox - Print server for network clients
Flexible user access from browser
Options for mobile working
PrintStation - All-in-One's with 7" or 10" screen
Developers of Innovative Labeling Solutions
CloudBox in the US and Electrone in UK/ROW together produce a range of intelligent labeling and ticketing print solutions, suitable for a wide range of applications, in various industries. Hugely powerful and flexible, they can be customised to meet your specific needs, for a class leading, low-cost solution. They can be deployed on premises or using our cloud based approach. So, if you would like to know how we can solve your labeling or ticketing challenges, then please get in touch.
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Case Studies
Read about how our products have helped US and UK businesses improve their operations...
Shell Deli - Hinsdeli
The Hinsdale, Illinois, Shell Food Market needed to improve the efficiency of their product labeling process and also implement a clearer process for price mark-down in the gas station.
The have implemented a 970 PrintPad and Brother label printer to deliver the solution they need. The team is also using the PrintPad’s label templates to create promotions and to mark-down fresh food products to encourage sales toward the close of the business day.
St Mary's Hospice
Electrone in the UK has helped St Mary’s Hospice in Birmingham implement a solution to assist in the labelling of donated goods. This 4C-970 PrintPad-based solution allows the charity to easily claim back the Donor’s tax contributions by simply and quickly printing the donor ID and the Barcode on the printed price label as it is attached to the item as it goes on sale in the store.
Hancocks of Paducah
CloudBox Inc provide a ticketing print solution to streamline the order > fulfillment > receipt process. This brings together the customer purchases and speeds up the time taken today at the POS. The PrintPads are networked to the POS product database to ensure maximum efficiency and availability of information when the ticket is produced.
Pieology
CloudBox's PrintPad solution, combines the POS order number with the pizza ID number on a single ticket, allowing more accurate orders and faster customer delivery to get the right pizza, to the right person, in the quickest time.
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Your Intelligent Printing Partners
We have brought to market a range of intelligent printing solutions that have been successful in helping a wide range of customer-facing businesses around the world improve their brand image through better in-house labelling and ticketing.
Are you looking for a fast and effective labeling solution?.... Read on:
Using this technology, customers can implement a label, ticket and receipt printing strategy that is capable of handling their printing requirements today but is flexible enough to be a platform for growth and flexibility in the future.
Standalone, Networked and Cloud-based printing of customers media is what these solutions offer to users in RETAIL, C-STORE, FAST FOOD, CANNABIS and other market sectors.
Read our in-store labelling strategy...
Creating solutions for the future, today
With new legislation for labeling being implemented throughout the world in sectors such as food and medical or recreational dispensaries, our solutions are equipped with a Full SQL database on-board that is powerful and flexible enough to handle the complex requirements of labeling in today’s demanding customer service environments.
If you just need a basic standalone solution or if you need to pull product information from a corporate database or EPOS system and integrate it into a local on-device SQL database for label printing, then our solutions can provide the answer.
If you have multiple locations and want to consolidate into one central database, then our Cloud-based solution can meet those requirements either as a “Cloud Only” option or combined with a local on-site set-up at each location.
4C-9XX PrintPads
The 4C-9XX PrintPads have been developed and installed in a wide range of customers in the US, EU and Europe in recent years. Based on the concept of offering customers and partners a powerful and flexible desktop printing platform for labels, tickets and receipts, either as standard label designs included in the “out-the-box” package or with customer-specific bespoke designs to print on custom media to their specific requirements.
With the addition of new data management features to the PrintPad’s PRiNTWORX software, the PrintPad and PrintBox are now able to produce complex labels quickly and easily, such as required for Food Labels. This is achieved by either storing the large volumes of data required on the PrintPads database locally or by accessing data in real-time from a local or cloud server to populate these complex label templates.
KEY FEATURES:
- Linux or Firmware based
- USB & PS/2 Ports for Connectivity
- Network Socket (Linux models only)
- PRiNTWORX Lite software for Standalone, Networked or Cloud Desktop Printing (Linux models only)
- Can use industry standard label templates
- SQL database function available
4C-9000 PrintBox
Always looking to bring to market a unique solution to meet customer demands, Electrone & CloudBox have developed the range of 4C-9000 PrintBox hardware and combined it with the PRiNTWORX Software to deliver a flexible and robust Printing solution. It provides a flexible and robust Label, Receipt and Ticket Printing Platform which can be standalone, networked or cloud based. All achieved by utilizing the on-board SQL Database or Connecting to a local Server or Cloud-Based SQL Database to access the data required for label population.
By hosting the app on the 4C-9000 PrintBox the solution removes the need for a smart-device to have an on-board, app. The user simply connects using a wi-fi network from a smartphone, tablet, PC etc, then, using its browser, accesses the PrintBox to use the standard or custom label and ticket designs available to Print.
KEY FEATURES:
- Linux based
- SQL database functionality as standard
- Web enabled
- PRiNTWORX Software for standalone, networked or Cloud printing
- WiFi and network options
- USB for Printer & Peripheral connection
4C-XXXX PrintStation
The 4C-9XXXX PrintStation has been developed as the next evolution of our printing solutions designed to meet market and customer demands. Based on the concept of offering customers and partners a powerful and flexible desktop printing platform for labels, tickets, and receipts. The PrintStation can also be multi-user and facilitate Mobile Printing from a Connected Smart Device and Mobile printer without adding any software to the Smart Devices. All contained in an easy-to-use touchscreen housing with either a 7” or 10” screens.
With the inclusion of the extensive data management features in the PrintWorx software the PrintPads, PrintBox and PrintStation are able to produce complex labels quickly and easily such as required for Food Labels or Cannabis products. All achieved by utilizing the on-board SQL Database or Connecting to a Server or Cloud-Based SQL Database to access the data required for label population..
KEY FEATURES:
- Linux based with integrated SQL Database
- USB, LAN & WiFi connectivity
- 7" & 10" Touchscreen models available
- PRiNTWORX software for Standalone, Networked or Cloud-based Printing included
- Can use industry standard label templates or use integrated label designer module
A recent test using a 4C-970 PrintPad with an SQL database of over 40,000 items returned an instant response to searches for specific product data. Whilst an All-In-One printing solution took between 12 and 18 seconds to find the exact same data. Which is unusable in a “real-world” customer environment.
As the retail landscape is changing and new technology is offering disruptive solutions to the historical retail environment, we have carried out extensive research into why retailers must match the customer experience in the store with what they find online with the same retailer. Their presentation demonstrates the business case for re-evaluating your in-store customer experience.
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Legal Cannabis Dispensaries & Learning from Traditional Retail
The explosion in the number of legal cannabis dispensaries opening up in the US can clearly be attributed to the number of states that are making medical or medical & recreational products legal for sale to the public. There are now over 35 states where it is now legal to sell cannabis-based products under strict controls passed at state and even county levels. The reach and scope of these rules varies from state to state but as legislation is passing through government at a federal level making the law more open to allowing funding of the whole industry, questions are being asked about “what retail dispensaries can learn from traditional bricks and mortar retail”.
Watch our podcast where we talk about our products that we develop and manufacture and how we can leverage our experience in General Retail into Cannabis Retail through partners.
We can supply the technology and they can supply the market-specific knowledge to take these flexible solutions and deliver industry-specific entry level labeling solutions for standalone stores through to multi-store, integrated labeling solutions able to meet the industry requirements as it expands and develops.
Read our "How to implement a flexible pricing & labelling strategy to maximise sales in cannabis dispensaries" white paper.
The COVID pandemic in 2020 certainly accelerated and encouraged both B&M retailers and dispensaries to start implementing additional touchpoints with their customers. Online ordering and delivery services have already been implemented where state and county legislation allow for it, but what does that mean in the longer term for those owning and managing dispensaries in their traditional retail-based format?
Already analysts of traditional retail are suggesting that dispensary owners need to start thinking about and utilizing the principals of Omnichannel retail…… giving the customer the same quality of experience no matter where they interact to buy their products.
At CloudBox and Electrone (Formerly 4Court Solutions), we have long believed that our solutions offer the flexibility and functionality that a whole range of market sectors require. They have been proven and installed in a cost-effective package that provides a complete solution tailored to each individual customer needs.
During 2020/21 we have carried out a number of market research activities across a number of industry sectors and published a number of white papers for customers, partners and retailers to take advantage of Post-COVID. Below is a link to what we developed around having a labeling strategy in-store no matter the industry you are in.
See a selection of our informative product video clips below:
New Challenges for Retailers
Now is the time to look forward. Retailers are facing the huge challenge of product overstock situations combined with a need to focus on cashflow.
The need to generate cash flow is forcing increased competition for consumer spending in a now more cautious and price-sensitive world.
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"How To Implement A Flexible Pricing Strategy To Maximize Sales"
The Strategic Approach to Solving the Problem
The benefits of OMNICHANNEL retailing, in terms of having a consistent customer experience across all consumer touchpoints, are well accepted. In order to stimulate their cash flow, Retailers now need to make their offerings even more attractive to win over customers who are likely to be more price sensitive and less loyal than ever but who still want to buy ‘value’ and not ‘cheap’. This will be relevant across all retail sectors from convenience to apparel and beyond.
Retailers need to focus on optimising the customer experience and making it as easy as possible for the consumer to buy when in-store. That means having the correct goods available for sale, displayed in an appealing manner with all prices and product offers clearly displayed and easy to understand and read in order to maximise selling and upselling opportunities.
Turning Strategy into Action
Retailers need to take all of the attributes of the omnichannel approach to retailing and apply them as effectively as possible to the total stores’ estate. While this short video showing a clothing example, the principles of Omnichannel marketing are still clear and can be applied to many retail sectors including convenience stores: Omnichannel Video
By focusing on the in-store pricing and price mark-down strategy and implementing flexible technology that allows store staff, with corporate direction, to react to consumer behaviour, the ‘Customer Experience’ can simply and quickly be adapted to maximise their spend using such tools as “WAS/NOW” pricing and “Special Offer” labelling.
How Can Technology Help?
If any retailer is using handwritten ‘mark-down’ and ‘Special Offer’ tickets, there is clearly scope to improve the in-store customer experience and the retailer’s image in the eye of the consumer. Likewise, with the use of price guns in-store.
Technology solutions, which give the retailer a low-cost but effective pricing toolset which is expandable as the retailer grows, range from just a few hundred dollars per unit as a capital purchase.