Honeywell PM45 Industrial Printers

The Honeywell PM45 is a high-performance industrial label printer designed for demanding manufacturing, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, warehouse, distribution centre and transportation and logistics environments. It is built for businesses that need high-quality 4-inch industrial label printing, strong connectivity, remote management, precise registration and scalable options for changing operational requirements. The PM45 is positioned above compact desktop and commercial-grade industrial printers. It is a rugged industrial platform for higher-volume and more demanding workflows where print quality, uptime, integration flexibility and long-term manageability are critical. Typical applications include product identification, shipping labels, pallet and carton labels, pharmaceutical labels, electronic component labels, warehouse labels, compliance labels and industrial barcode printing. Built on Honeywell Printer Edge, the PM45 provides a smart and connected printer platform with centralized management, enhanced security, easier setup and a unified software toolkit for printer networks. For organisations operating multiple printers, Printer Edge can help simplify configuration, monitoring and updates, while reducing downtime and improving visibility across the printer fleet. The PM45 also supports remote printer control, allowing users to view and control printers from a remote computer for diagnosis and technical support. Print Set MC enables quick connection and configuration from Android and iOS devices, while optional Honeywell Operational Intelligence can provide remote management, issue diagnostics and output performance tracking. These capabilities make the PM45 especially relevant for distributed operations where printer uptime and support efficiency matter. Print precision is one of the strongest advantages of the PM45. The supplied material highlights print registration up to ±0.5 mm, helping ensure high-quality barcode, text and image output even on small labels such as electronic component or pharmaceutical labels. This makes the PM45 suitable for applications where label accuracy and consistent positioning are important. The PM45 supports multiple print resolutions: 203 dpi, 300 dpi, 406 dpi and 600 dpi. Maximum print width is 108 mm at 203 dpi, 105.7 mm at 300 dpi, 104 mm at 406 dpi and 105.6 mm at 600 dpi. Maximum print length is 4.8 m at 203 dpi, 2.2 m at 300 dpi, 1.2 m at 406 dpi and 0.55 m at 600 dpi. This resolution range allows the printer to support both standard industrial labels and more detailed, high-resolution labels. Print speed depends on resolution. At 203 dpi, the PM45 prints from 50 mm/s to 350 mm/s, or 2 ips to 14 ips. At 300 dpi, it prints from 50 mm/s to 300 mm/s, or 2 ips to 12 ips. At 406 dpi, it prints from 50 mm/s to 250 mm/s, or 2 ips to 10 ips. At 600 dpi, it prints from 50 mm/s to 150 mm/s, or 2 ips to 6 ips. This gives users the ability to balance speed and print detail based on the label application. The PM45 supports labels, tags and linered media. For the PM45, media width ranges from 19 mm to 114 mm, and media thickness ranges from 2.4 mil to 10.4 mil. Minimum media length is 6.4 mm in tear-off and rewinder mode, while RFID applications list a 25.4 mm minimum media length. The printer supports roll-fed and fan-fold media. Media sensing includes gap, notch, black mark, continuous, media low and media end detection. Additional sensing includes label taken sensing, ribbon low and ribbon end sensing, and head lift sensing. Media roll capacity depends on configuration. The standard PM45 supports up to 213 mm roll outside diameter, while PM45c configuration details should be checked carefully because the compact version uses different mechanical dimensions and ribbon capacity. The PM45c with long door is listed with 152 mm roll capacity in the supplied specification. Ribbon support includes wax, wax/resin and resin ribbons. The standard PM45 supports ribbon rolls up to 80 mm diameter, with up to 450 m ribbon capacity on a 25.4 mm core. Supported ribbon width for the PM45 ranges from 21.6 mm to 110 mm. The PM45c uses a smaller ribbon capacity, listed as 61 mm maximum roll diameter and 229 m ribbon length. This distinction should be made clear when choosing between PM45 and PM45c configurations. Connectivity is a major strength of the PM45. Standard interfaces include Ethernet 10/100 Mbps, USB 2.0 Host, USB 2.0 Device and RS-232 up to 115.2 KB/s. Optional interfaces include parallel interface, wireless connectivity, industrial interface, applicator interface and RFID. The industrial interface includes digital I/O, analog relays and RS-232/422/485 support, while applicator interface options support integration into automated labelling systems. The supplied material notes that the industrial interface is not applicable when using IPL firmware. Wireless connectivity includes Wi-Fi 6 with IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, Wi-Fi Alliance certification and 1×1 SISO. WLAN security supports OPEN, WEP, WPA/WPA2/WPA3 personal and enterprise modes, with supported EAP methods including PEAP, TTLS, LEAP, FAST and TLS 1.2. Bluetooth 5.1 is listed. WWAN connectivity is also available through a CAT4 LTE modem with Micro SIM slot, supporting LTE, UMTS and GSM bands. This WWAN option is especially useful for M2M and IoT-style deployments or locations where local network topology limits traditional printer installation. The PM45 is scalable for RFID workflows. The optional UHF RFID capability supports EPC Class 1 Gen2 and ISO 18000-6C, with the radio configured to comply with local UHF RFID regulations including FCC and ETSI. Availability should be confirmed by region and exact printer configuration. This makes the PM45 relevant for businesses that need RFID label encoding in warehouse, logistics, manufacturing or compliance workflows. Software support is broad. Printer command languages include Fingerprint, Direct Protocol, Intermec Printer Language, ZSim2 for ZPL-II compatibility, DPL, XML support for SAP AII and Oracle WMS, PDF and C#. Driver and application support includes InterDriver for Windows, CUPS driver for Linux, Honeywell Device Types for SAP and Honeywell label design and print package. Smart Printing support through C# for Printers and the Honeywell Smart Printing Developer Resource Kit allows applications to be developed in .NET-compatible environments. Barcode, font and graphics support make the PM45 suitable for modern industrial identification requirements. The printer supports major 1D and 2D barcode symbologies and industry standards such as UPC/EAN Shipping Container, UCC/EAN 128, Serial Shipping Container, MH10.8 Shipping Label, AIAG shipping parts label, POSTNET, HIBCC, ISBT 128, GM1724, UPS Shipping Label and Global Transport Label. Graphics support includes PCX, PNG, GIF and BMP formats, while non-Latin fonts are available through WTLE. The PM45 is available in different mechanical configurations. The standard PM45 measures 483 mm × 295 mm × 284 mm and weighs 12.1 kg. The PM45c compact version measures 432 mm × 181 mm × 253 mm and weighs 11.5 kg. The PM45c with mega door measures 500 mm × 245 mm × 253 mm and weighs 11.7 kg. This gives users options depending on space, media handling and installation requirements. The operating environment is designed for industrial use. The PM45 operates from 5°C to 40°C, with storage from -20°C to 70°C. Operating humidity is 20% to 85% non-condensing, and storage humidity is 5% to 90% non-condensing. Standard memory is 512 MB flash and 256 MB SDRAM, with support for multi-GB USB memory devices using FAT16 or FAT32. The user interface is available as Full Touch UI or Icon UI, with multiple interface languages available on the full touch LCD and web interface. Overall, the Honeywell PM45 is a powerful 4-inch industrial printer for organisations that need high print precision, high-volume capability, modern connectivity, optional RFID, WWAN, applicator and industrial interface options, and strong remote management tools. It is a strong fit for manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, logistics, warehousing and distribution environments where label accuracy, uptime and integration flexibility are essential.

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