STAR MICRONICS PROVIDES ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY POS PRINTING SOLUTIONS

April 2009

International POS printer manufacturer Star Micronics prides itself on products that are environmentally friendly, having developed a range of direct thermal printers that are efficient both in terms of their low power consumption and low CO2 emissions.

One example is the TSP800 thermal printer. Within an environment where flexibility and maximising space are key, the TSP800 from Star Micronics provides the ideal solution. Small and compact, this thermal printer offers a versatile 150mm/second barcode, label, receipt and ticket printer with a unique 104mm print width on paper stock up to 150g/m2.

Key features of this printer include an automatic scalable raster driver for immediate A4 reduction to virtual A6 on 112mm wide paper with no additional software required. This makes the TSP800 with its compact footprint, vertical ‘desk boot’ and wall mount options an ideal space-saving alternative to an expensive traditional A4 laser printer. It is therefore the perfect solution for producing customer bills at the hotel reception, in the restaurant or in any environment where space is limited and high performance printing is required. And, for back-office its automatic second copy raster driver allows daily reports to be produced with only minimal software changes required.

Furthermore, the TSP800 is also a low cost ‘green’ option as the need for an expensive and complex laser printer with its associated consumable costs is effectively eliminated. Beyond this flexibility, the TSP800 is environmentally friendly in terms of its low power consumption and low CO2 emissions when compared with a typical laser printer. All this from a printer with a first page out time of less than one second compared with an average of 22 seconds for a laser printer.