POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Janis L. Harwell, Mary Brodd and Paula C. Bauert, any one
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Intermec, Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the
undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's
ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable in the judgment of any such attorney-in-fact in
order to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 and 5, or other form or
report, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., and any other
authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless (a) any of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact ceases to be an
employee of the Company or its subsidiaries, at which time it is revoked with
respect to such person only, or (b) it is earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. All Powers
of Attorney previously granted by the undersigned with respect to the
authority granted herein are hereby revoked.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed this 11th day of September, 2006.



	/s/ Lanny H. Michael
	Lanny H. Michael