Two-Color Single Station Thermal Printers with ColorPOS® Technology

A side-by-side comparison of inkjet and thermal highlights the variability that can be expected from a point of sale inkjet application. With over 24% of the ink remaining in the cartridges the inkjet image has become illegible while the thermal shows little to no variation from the first receipt printed. What’s more, over time thermal will only need more paper - not replacing/refilling inkjet cartridges plus paper. What do you want your associates doing with their time?

Inkjet cartridges are expensive, often making refilling them the most cost effective option and resulting in a maintenance nightmare. In thermal color printing the coloration is built into the paper removing the need to monitor any fill levels or stock and inkjet cartridges. Essentially the quality of the color thermal image is good for the life of the printer, just load paper and print.

The inkjet receipt came from a cartridge with 24% of the ink remaining. It can be seen that the receipt number 2,920 is faded but legible then only two receipts later the receipt is nearly blank. On the opposing illustration, the thermal was the same - from 1 to 10001 receipts (and beyond) - and the print quality is flawless throughout. Furthermore the images are crisper and brighter than that of the inkjet.

Whether you’re reinforcing an established brand, or trying to establish a new brand, a crisp consistent identity is important to you. When your customer sees your brand name on their printed receipt, wouldn’t you want it to look the same every time? TPG’s two-color thermal printers with ColorPOS® technology meet that requirement. With LogoEZ® you can add - Top Logos, Bottom Logos, Watermarks, and Margin Messages easily - without the cost of changing your POS application.

TPG’s Receipt Master System™ is a suite of software utilities that operate independently of the POS application. (Receipt Master System™ includes ReceiptEZ™, ScheduleEZ™, PCLoader™, Dispatcher™, and PDAXChange™) They allow you to dynamically communicate with your customers through your printed sales receipts. A revolutionary marketing tool, Receipt Master System’s powerful features give you the freedom to move beyond plain receipts.

An Inkjet manufacturer’s marketing material states that you can expect to use 1.4 ink cartridges per year, but contradict that in an investor meeting, and state you can expect to use 4-8 ink cartridges per year. Based on this test - it’s more like 22 ink cartridges per year (see TCO chart). They also state that the cost of the two-color thermal paper is $4.00 per roll when the actual cost is about $1.35 per roll ($.79 per roll monochrome).

If your business could use a dash of customer participation and retention, it’s time you added a splash of color to your receipts. ColorPOS® Technology by TPG.

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