Thermal Printers

Thermal printing produces a printee d image by small heated pins form characters on heat-sensitive paper. A thermal printer usually has the following functions:

·         Thermal head that generates heat and  prints on paper

·         Platen: a rubber roller that feeds paper

·         Spring , it applies pressure to the thermal head, causing it to contact the thermosensitive paper

·         Controller boards that controlling the mechanism

There are literally over 100 brands that are manufacturing thermal printers , both in direct thermal printing only and thermal transfer printing form . Thermal transfer printing is a quite different method that uses a heat-sensitive ribbon instead of heat-sensitive paper, but uses similar thermal print heads.  Here are the top thermal printer in 2017:

·         Star Micronics TSP654IIBI-24 GRY US, Thermal Receipt Printer

·         EOM-POS Thermal Receipt Printer

·         Citizen CT-S310II Line Thermal Printer

·         Epson TM-T88V Thermal Receipt Printer

·         Epson ReadyPrint T20 Direct Thermal Printer

Epson ReadyPrint T20 is one of the most affordable models offered by the manufacturer. Its reliable and full of features that can be compared with more expensive models . Some of its features are :

                       Epson ReadyPrint T20 Direct Thermal Printer

·         Print at a speed of 150mm per second

·         Has its own auto-cutter and built-in power supply.

·         Perform on standard: Paper width 80mm: 48/64; Paper width 58mm: 35/46

·         Character Size: 0.88 × 2.13 and 1.25 × 3 mm (W x H) ; Fonts: 9 x 17 and 12 x 24 dots/character

·         the printhead will ensure a long life span before replacing it

·         This printer has all-in-one-box accessories and software

·         Integrated power supply .

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