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Sign your name
Wacom, which provides the pen input
technology for the Galaxy Note, has
launched a new way for small and medium-
sized businesses to integrate digital
handwritten signatures into their workflows.
The company’s first first plug & play
signature capture solution for SMEs, sign&save
combines a STU LCD signature tablet with
Wacom sign 1 pro PDF software for capturing
handwritten signatures electronically and
merging them with a PDF document.
Customers can sign documents from any
application as Wacom sign I pro PDF comes
with an integrated PDF printer that allows users
to convert their office documents into Acrobat
PDFs.When capturing the signature, biometric
data is recorded and the signed PDF protected
by a digital certificate, ensuring no further
changes can be made.
Wacom sign&save is available in different
versions for stationary and mobile use, costing
£229.90 (inc. Vat) and £139.90 respectively.
http://uk.shop.wacom.eu/
Powermat now available
from Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro EMEA has added Powermat
wireless chargers to the growing line of
mobile products handled by its recently
launched telecommunications division.
Powermat chargers use wireless induction
charging to power personal electronic devices
such as smartphones, Bluetooth headsets and
gaming consoles placed on the charging mat.
The user needs to enable an electronic device
just once using a Powermat receiver, after which
all he has to do to recharge a device is place
it on the mat. Because the Powermat system
recognises the device, it will recharge it for
exactly the right length of time before shutting
down to save energy.
www.ingrammicro-europe.com
Wireless printing
Xerox has launched its first Wi-Fi enabled
printer. TheWorkCentre 6015 color MFP
offers print, copy, scan, fax and digital
workflow capabilities, with print speeds of
up to 12 pages per minute (ppm) for colour
and 15 ppm for black and white.
www.xerox.co.uk
Folder-inserter for faster
mailings
Complete mailing jobs faster and more
cheaply with the Neopost DS-35 folder
inserter. Capable of folding, inserting and
sealing up to 1,350 items of mail per hour,
the compact desktop machine is 13 times
faster than manual processes.
Just load documents and envelopes into the
machine; set up the job using a step-by-step
wizard on the colour touch-screen display; and
press start. The DS-35 handles a wide range
of documents, envelopes, inserts and business
reply envelopes and offers a choice of four fold
types.
It comes with a number of useful features
to maximise productivity. These include a
programmable job memory that can store the
settings for up to 15 regular mail runs such
as payroll, statements and invoices; and an
automatic cascade feed function that lets you
load new documents while others are being
processed.
Double-feed detection prevents two sheets
being fed at the same time, ensuring that
the right documents are inserted into each
envelope. In addition, there is a manual feed
function that allows the user to hand feed up to
five sheets, stapled or unstapled.
The DS-35 can be used on its own or
connected to a Neopost franking machine in a
fully automated mail flow.
www.neopost.co.uk/ds35
Stylish stylus
In a separate announcement,Wacom is
launching new colours for its Bamboo
Stylus input device, including white, blue,
green, orange and pink to match Apple’s
iPad Smart Covers. The Bamboo Stylus
can be used to make hand-written notes,
drawings and sketches on an iPad and is
the ideal complement toWacom’s popular
Bamboo Paper app. The Bamboo S (£24.99)
will soon be available with a wider choice
of exchangeable nibs.
www.wacom.eu
Easy energy management
An energy management system piloted at
the University of Oxford’s Environmental
Change Institute is being brought to
market by Pilio Limited, the latest spin-
out from Isis Innovation, the University of
Oxford’s technology commercialisation
company.
The sMeasure online energy monitoring
tool combines two data sets – gas and
electricity meter readings input by the
customer and weather data – to give small
and medium-sized businesses that don’t have
automatic energy meters a detailed picture
of their energy use, expenditure and carbon
emissions across one building or a whole
estate.
The system costs £120 per building,
per year. A free 30-day trial is available at
www.pilio-ltd.com.