Thermal Printers

Thermal printing is a digital printing process which produces a printed image by small heated pins form characters on heat-sensitive paper. A thermal printer functioned with these key components:

·         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 many brands that are manufacturing thermal printers , both in direct thermal printing only and thermal transfer printing form . Thermal transfer printing is a very 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

From the above mentioned list , 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 .