For self-service kiosk implementations, printed output - a ticket, receipt, or coupon - is often the final step in the customer transaction. This makes the choice of printer critical for vendors: a malfunctioning printer means a dead kiosk, lost revenue, and unhappy customers.
A kiosk printer must provide constant and dependable service, no matter where the kiosk is located. For outdoor implementations, printers must withstand a wide range of operating temperatures and conditions. And, with thousands of units commonly deployed, maintenance and repair are major considerations.
Seiko Instruments direct thermal printer solutions provide a wide range of alternatives to satisfy the functionality, design flexibility, robustness, and operational efficiency needs of the most demanding kiosk applications. Durable, cost-effective, and with few moving parts, direct offer the mechanical reliability and trouble-free maintenance essential to an effective kiosk design.
- Rugged construction for outdoor operation in a wide range of temperatures
- Flexible paper width and thickness
- Multiple auto-cutter and presenter options
- Choice of straight or curved paper path supports different mechanical orientations
- Sensors automate printer monitoring and provide immediate notification alerts
- Innovative curl-less receipt delivery
- Variable setting receipt retractor
- RoHS compliant
- Best-in-class heavy-duty, high-speed CAP9000 printer mechanisms offer: 10" per second print speed, up to 150 kilometers of high-resolution output, one million head pulses before replacement, and operation in temperatures to -20C
- Turnkey subassembly devices offer innovative tension roller and brake design and support wide-diameter paper rolls to reduce maintenance and the risk of paper jams and wrinkled or illegible output.
Whether designed-in as a simple print mechanism, with ASIC or controller board, or sourced as a total print subassembly solution, Seiko Instruments direct offer full mechanical, electrical, and software integration. Seiko Instruments supports integration engineers with 3D IGES images of printer specifications that can be dropped into existing drawings. And, in addition to supplied Windows 2000 and XP drivers, an SDK speeds development of custom driver software.
“We wanted a printer we could design in and never have to worry about again.”
Eric Barnes
Asteres Director of Hardware engieering