 HISTORY
IN THE MAKING: THE MUSEUM OF LONDON PUTS STAR'S PRINTER ON EXHIBIT
The Museum of London, the largest and
most comprehensive city museum in the world, has selected the
TSP400 thermal printer from Star Micronics, one of the leading
POS printer manufacturers, as an integral part of its new EPOS
system.
The TSP400 printers were purchased through
specialist distributor, Roxburgh, to improve efficiency of admission
ticket printing and issuing. As part of a new system, the museum
required a printer that would be compatible with the current software
to produce new style admission tickets of a particular size.
The TSP400 printer was chosen from a number
of competing printers, after extensive research into possible
ticketing systems available on the market. Recognised as the most
suitable, the TSP400 printer is a high speed thermal POS printer,
capable of incorporating bar-codes if required. Reliable and compact,
the TSP400 is ideal for applications with limited counter space,
featuring high quality printing, large paper capacity with adjustable
roll widths and a free windows label design package.
Michelle Chambers, commercial services manager
of the Museum of London commented, "The Museum of London
tells the fascinating story of London from prehistoric times to
the present day. As one can imagine, all year round there are
extensive queues of people waiting to enter. The TSP400 printer
is part of the new EPOS system ensuring that the public spend
less time queuing and more time enjoying the museum".
About the Museum of London
The Museum of London opened in 1976 with the
combined collections of the former Guildhall Museum (administered
by the Corporation) and the much larger London Museum, which was
a national museum. It attracts around 325,000 visitors from all
over the world each year and fulfils the function of bringing
the history of the city to life through its rich collections,
exhibitions and galleries. As one of the world's largest urban
history museums it houses 1.1 million objects and Europe's largest
archaeological archive.
Past exhibitions include 'London Bodies', looking
at the changing appearance of Londoners from prehistoric times
to the present day. The exhibition utilised the raft of expertise
at the Museum by combining archaeology and social history in a
blockbuster exhibition. 'The eye that never sleeps', the first
ever retrospective of the
work of photographer Terence Donovan which runs
until 1 August 1999, followed in Autumn 1999 by 'London Eats Out
1500-2000: from streetsellers to sushi bars', an exhibition about
500 years of eating out in London. The museum also provides facilities
for conferences and functions which can be hired by city businesses
and others.
Background Information on Star Micronics
Founded in 1947, Star Micronics is one of the world's largest
printer manufacturers and has facilities for worldwide production,
marketing and support. Employing over 2500 staff and achieving
turnover in excess of £250 million, Star Micronics has developed
a POS printer portfolio that spans thermal and dot matrix printers
and mechanisms, designed for barcode, ticketing, receipts and
labelling. Star's proven technology is also being utilised to
develop reader/writer systems for visual, smart and magnetic stripe
cards and to install print mechanisms in multimedia kiosk environments.
The Star Micronics' range is available internationally via a distribution
channel comprising distributors and dealers.
For further information contact:
Annette Tarlton or Claire Smith
Star Micronics EMEA
Tel: + 44 (0) 1494 471111
Email: Marketing@Star-EMEA.com
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