Where Identification Time Gets Lost on the Job

Marking often needs to happen at the point of work, not only back at a desk. Terminals, wires, cables, devices and plant all need to be marked for identification, and a lot of that work happens away from wherever the printer normally lives.

When the printer's fixed to a desk elsewhere on site, or back at the workshop, making a label means stopping, getting to the printer, printing, and getting back to the job. On a single install, that's a few minutes lost each time. On a large multi-board build, or an installation spread across a big site, the same interruption repeated enough times adds up to hours.

A printer built to go where the job is

The THERMOMARK PRIME 2.0 from Phoenix Contact is a mobile thermal transfer printer built to create identification right where it's needed. It combines proven thermal transfer printing, an integrated MARKING system app, and a replaceable, rechargeable battery, so marking solutions can be designed and printed at the panel, the cable tray or the plant, not just at a desk.

That comes down to what's built into the printer:

•     Integrated MARKING system app on a 7" colour touch display, so marking solutions can be designed and printed without a laptop or a trip back to a fixed station.

•     Replaceable, rechargeable battery, for fully independent operation wherever the job is.

•     Automatic ink ribbon, magazine and material detection, which catches mismatches before they turn into a wasted label or a misprint.

•     Material and ribbon changes in under 10 seconds, so moving between label types as the job changes doesn't cost much time.

•     Print time under 8 seconds, at 300 dpi, the industry-standard resolution, fast enough to keep pace with the work.

•     Prints all UCT, US and UM card materials from the MARKING system range, covering more than 600 materials, so one printer handles what would otherwise need several.

Just as capable at the desk

The PRIME 2.0 isn't only built for site work. Used at a desk, it can be controlled through the separate MARKING system desktop software instead of its on-board app, with the option to import data directly from E-CAD systems, useful for planning and bulk label runs ahead of a job. It's one printer that covers both jobs: labels prepared in bulk at a desk, and labels created on the spot at the point of work.

What it changes for switchboard builders and installers

For switchboard builders, panel builders and electrical contractors, whether it's a single job or a large multi-site install, that means:

•     Fewer trips back to a central marking station over the course of a job.

•     Identification created and applied on the spot, matching what's actually installed rather than what was planned days earlier.

•     Consistent, durable, professional-standard labelling across terminals, cables, devices and plant, wherever the work happens.

•     One printer covering both mobile and desk-based marking, instead of running two separate systems.

Current offer

The THERMOMARK PRIME 2.0 is included in our current Efficiency in Cabinet Building promotion, available on its own or as part of a Mobile Printing Bundle with the THERMOMARK GO Set and Crimpfox 4-in-1.

The THERMOMARK GO Set is a compact, mobile printer built for maintenance and repair work on the move. The Crimpfox 4-in-1 is a ferrule crimping and stripping tool, combining cutting, stripping, twisting and crimping in one unit.

Check out the flyer or speak with our team for full pricing, bundle details and conditions.

Worth setting up before your next job

Identification at the point of work makes the biggest difference where there are many points to mark, whether that's a single board or several running at once.

Our team can talk you through the THERMOMARK PRIME 2.0, the wider MARKING system range and the current promotion, and help you work out whether it's the right fit for your next job.