All about Thermal Receipt Printers

When it comes to purchasing a Thermal Receipt Printer, there are many factors to consider but before moving forward, you should ask yourself, what is a thermal printer? The simple answer is: A thermal printer is a printer that uses heat to produce an image on a specific type of paper (thermal coated). Many fine pins are heated to form characters on heat-sensitive paper.

Thermal Receipt Printers are fast, quiet, high quality and technologically advanced making them popular in Banking, Airlines, Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare and Entertainment industries. Thermal Printers do not require additional consumables such as ink ribbons or toners but it is very important to purchase high quality paper in order to produce high quality images and clear printing. 

Thermal Point of Sale (POS) Receipt Printers are the most common in the market with many software vendors choosing Epson & Star Micronics brands for testing and development. These major brands have a range of interfaces available including USB, Serial (RS232), Parallel, Ethernet (LAN), Bluetooth & Wireless (WiFi). Some even have multiple interfaces within a single printer unit. Although there are a range of connection types available, not all software vendors/developers choose to interface with all of them. This is why it is important to contact Cash Register Warehouse prior to purchase if you are unsure. We are very knowledgeable when it comes to choosing the correct printers for your solution.

There are many scenarios when it comes to connecting a Receipt Printer to your Point of Sale Network. These could be simple things which may be missed if you aren't familiar with this style of printer. Some of these include the operating system you are using (Windows, Android or iOS), how far the printer is located from the POS system/Tablet if using Bluetooth or Wireless Interfaces, the amount of devices you are going to connect to a single printer, internet wireless or sim card or even the most suitable software for your business type. If you only have a single POS Terminal, the fastest option is to connect a Bluetooth Receipt Printer so long as the software or app is capable. Our POS Team is able to provide you with all of this information so don't be shy to ask the professionals. 

Cloud-Based POS and Mobility Software is a rapidly growing part of the Point of Sale industry and with our range of Cloud POS and Intelligent Thermal Receipt Printers for sale, we can offer a solution that meets your guidelines and requirements. Star and Epson have some amazing Thermal Printers dedicated for this specific market with advanced technology. Star Micronics have CloudPRNT which is an innovative technology enabling users to print to Star printers directly through a cloud service. Epson Intelligent printers have a built-in web server to enable mobile POS deployments, tablet-based POS systems, cloud-based services and control of peripherals.

All of our Thermal Receipt Printers have a "DK" (Drawer Kick) Port which enables you to connect a 24 volt cash drawer using the RJ12 (Telephone style connector) directly to your POS Printer. When doing a sale, the cash drawer will open automatically once finalised.