POS Receipt Printers - Should It Be Matrix Or Impact?
By now, most business owners have heard of the point of sale (and its abbreviation) and ways to market that place, ways to make people to buy more at the cash point and so on. However, what many business owners may forget is that even that POS receipt printer is very important and since nowadays, technology is developing faster than we could have ever imagined there are a great variety of point of sale printers that can be used in different ways at your POS. For example, there is always remote printing for those restaurant owners that want to be "in". A remote POS printer such as ones you may have seen in restaurants help by printing directly the customers' order in the kitchen pointing exactly the number and the size of the order. If you are interested in opening a new business then you might be wondering how exactly printers work in a POS system. Well, normally one single printer is connected to only one or two cash registers, because that is the maximum number of ports most of the times. The great part with such a printer is that both the printer and cash register will share one single computer port and all the other computer ports will now be free for other peripheral devices that you may need in your POS system. Those traditional electronic cash registers and plain printers have been given away lately thanks to those great and personalized printers - of course, personalized to the vendor's needs. The printer may now label or code products, it may print out receipts or even print out identity cards. Think about it, you can print fidelity identity cards, based on which your customer will get a 5% bonus next time he will drop by your restaurant, and this way you encourage him to return more often. Many manufacturers nowadays make these printers personalized to the vendor's needs and can be found in any store that sells such stuff. According to the technology used in the printing process just like plain printers, there are a number of different types of printers that are unique in providing certain features. The most common types of printers known on to be used are dot-matrix printers, impact printers, thermal printers and laser printers that seem to make their way up to the top lately. Both laser and thermal printers are more popular thanks to their speed but it is those dot-matrix printers that really made it out because they are cheaper to use and maintain. Of course, when it comes to printing barcodes and labels you will most probably need a direct thermal printer or maybe a thermal transfer printer that also come with auto cutters. Yet, there is another important thing - in order for your POS system to function smoothly, you will need to own compatible computers and printers. The way to connect a computer to a printer can be made through a parallel or serial cable, and what is even better is that more and more devices come USB compatible these days. The advantage of connecting via an USB port is that the data transfer will be made faster. |
