CUSTOM and ASK to cooperate on a new contactless paper tickets printer

CUSTOM ENGINEERING and ASK are pleased to announce the beginning of an important cooperation to provide their customers with a brand new thermal ticket printer. CUSTOM and ASK will work together to optimize their resources and share their respective expertise in printers and contactless and RFID technology to reach more customers in the ticketing sector and offer state of the art solutions and products. The new CUSTOM printer integrates ASK UCM108 coupler module to personalize both graphically and electrically contactless paper tickets, either in rolls or fan fold form factors. This personalization can be done at the same time, in a smooth and quick operation. The printer comes as an OEM printer to be integrated into a system integrators equipment or as a desktop printer. This new RFID printer is suited for ticketing in transport, entertainment, sports events or any access control application requesting contactless paper tickets.
Some of our customers wanted a printer for our contactless paper tickets in rolls and fan fold and this product meets our customers requirements in terms of speed and quality, says Amand Cochet, ASK VP Marketing. Our terminals R&D department tested CUSTOMSs printer with our UCM coupler and our contactless paper tickets and made sure that we offered a reliable, user friendly and comprehensive solution.
This new printer is available in ASK portfolio as of today.

About ASK

ASK, with over 160 million contactless products in circulation in more than 50 countries, is a worldwide leading provider of a full range of contactless products including smart cards, smart tickets, smart adhesive labels, readers, inlays for electronic passports or contactless smart cards and eDocuments. ASK is ISO9001 certified and holds a portfolio of 55 patents to date. ASK is a Franceheadquartered company with worldwide customers, and subsidiaries in Singapore, China, India, Mexico, Brazil and the US.

About Custom Engineering

Custom Engineering was founded in 1992 with the intention to create mechatronic (mechanical/electronic) solutions, in particular for the emerging printer market. Since the foundation, the objective is to invest a lot in research and development, products and solutions. All technical steps, electronics and mechanical projects, firmware, drivers and utilities, are done internally within the company. 15 years of developing products, has given us a technical Know How and experience from many different sectors. CUSTOM has the widest product range of SPECIALIZED PERIPHERALS for vertical markets, like as Point of Sales printers, fiscal printers and cash registers OEM Original Equip. Manufacturer mechanisms, printers, ticket printers and scanners and new Gaming/Lottery/Betting division with printers, PC terminal, monitors and scanners.