Blackwood, New Jersey – June 19, 2008 -- Metrologic Instruments, Inc. today announced the release of EasyID, its first certified software plug-in for the TotalFreedom™ platform. EasyID parses bar code data found on government-issued identification cards for applications involving age verification or automatic electronic form population. This plug-in eliminates the need for host system software to process the encoded information contained within 1D and 2D barcodes found on documents such as military issued identification cards, driver’s licenses and driver’s permits.

EasyID is compatible with the following Metrologic imaging products: MS7580 Genesis™, MS1690 Focus®, MS1633 FocusBT®, MS1890 Focus®, the IS1650 and the IS4920. 

A Metrologic imager enhanced with EasyID saves end users time and money by automatically populating electronic forms commonly found in a variety of industries, including retail, healthcare and financial services. “A single scan of a PDF bar code can eliminate roughly 45 seconds of manual data entry, reducing the length of an average transaction by 95%,” said Mark Schmidt, Metrologic’s vice president of marketing and product management. “Retailers can install EasyID to take the guesswork out of age verification, greatly reducing the likelihood of selling an age restricted product to an under age purchaser,” added Schmidt. Metrologic’s EasyID can also be configured to parse bar code data and prevent sensitive information from being transmitted to the host system, ensuring compliance with HIPAA patient confidentiality regulations, as well as other state and federal regulations regarding the acquisition of personal information.

EasyID can be pre-installed on select Metrologic imagers for out-of-the-box functionality. It can also be purchased as a standalone upgrade for scanners that have already been deployed in the field. After installing the plug-in, a short programming sequence allows the user to transmit up to 24 data fields in any desired order. The data fields can be separated by choosing one of the six available delimiters. 

This plug-in is powered by Metrologic’s exclusive TotalFreedom open-system architecture.

“EasyID and TotalFreedom represent Metrologic’s commitment to offering advanced area imagers with expanded functionality,” said Schmidt. “With TotalFreedom plug-ins, such as EasyID, customers using our imaging products have essentially unlimited configuration possibilities for capturing images, decoding bar codes and outputting data.  We are the only manufacturer of bar code imagers who can say this.” 

For more information on EasyID, visit http://www.metrologic.com/EasyID.

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