Sounds innocuous enough, doesn’t it. Given advancements in today’s technology, What’s there to a receipt printer? However, there’s more to it than meets the eye.
For one, it’s quite vital to remember that your POS (point of sale) is your last chance at making an impression on your customer. Since card payment rules most transactions, most customers do need a receipt for records, and to top it, everyone is in a hurry, all the time. At such a time, you don’t want to make your customer wait just because your receipt printer just started acting up.
Apart from whatever your business needs are, there are three printer technologies that have proved to be reliable over the years — thermal, impact and inkjet.
Thermal printers are quick, economical and don’t use extra stuff such as ribbons and ink. However, you need to maintain a stock of thermal paper all the time. Imapct printers rely on ribbons and impact, just like typewriters, and are ideal for restaurants where they may be used close to source of heat. If you’re looking to decorate your receipts with color graphics, then inkjet printers are probably your best bet, though they can be rather expensive due the costs of ink cartridges.
