Subject: Re: Receipt printers Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 15:50:33 -0400 From: Karen Perone Thanks to one and all who responded to my inquiry about receipt printers. Since I believe all responses were off-list and I had a request for a summary, I will do so now. Innovative only has the Seiko printer available for narrow carriage output. This is the same printer that they offer with the standard OCLC logging interface and uses thermal paper. If I remember this printer from my Canisius days, it is slow but very small. Along the lines of actual receipt printers, five libraries mentioned that they are using Star Micronics printers of the SP200 or SP300 series, two are using Citizen iDP3530's, and one is using an Epson TM300PD. All use standard 3" wide adding machine tape and ribbons which keep the cost low for supplies. The specs that I have for the Star printers include 2.5-3.2 inches per second with bi-directional dot matrix printing. They come in serial or parallel flavors. I have two suppliers for the printers: BarCode Discount Warehouse, Inc. 6862 Engle Rd. #204A Middleburg Heights, OH 44130 1-800-888-2239 http://www.bcdw.com/ Instruments & Equipment Co. 2 Wilson Drive Sparta, NJ 07871 201-579-0009 Of the sample printouts that I received, checkout, fine payment, and listing of fines owed receipts looked very legible. The checked-out item receipts were harder to read with titles wrapping at strange breaks in the words. They would look better if the title came first as with the other receipts. Thanks again for all your input! Karen Perone kperone@roc.rodman.lib.oh.us Systems Coordinator voice: 330-821-2665 Rodman Public Library fax: 330-821-5053 215 E. Broadway Street Alliance, OH 44601 http://www.rodman.lib.oh.us/ =========================================================================