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How to choose receipt printer, thermal printer or stylus printer?
2021-07-02 14:10

       Now, no matter where you spend, you will encounter a lot of paper bills, from express delivery documents to dining receipts, shopping receipts and so on. If you are careful about your life, you will find that these receipts feel a little different. One kind of receipts feels smoother on the surface, and the other is ordinary paper. Why are there these two different receipts? Here are two printing methods widely used in bill printing, namely thermal printing and stylus printing.
     Pin printing
      A stylus printer uses the needle in the print head to strike paper and other media to form fonts. In use, the stylus printer has the functions of copying and continuous paper printing. Users can choose 2-linked, 3-linked and 4-linked paper printing according to their needs, and also use 6-linked printer paper. At present, the stylus printer is the only printer that can quickly print one-time multiple sheets of paper.
      The special feature of needle printing technology is that the needle hits the medium, and the impact force of the needle will be transmitted to the paper medium through the toner on the ribbon. Because the bill content printed by needle printer is unique, it is difficult to imitate and fake.
      However, stylus printing also has shortcomings, the most obvious of which is slow printing, followed by loud noise! Needle printing uses the reciprocating printing mode, so the printing speed is slow. However, because the stylus printer needs to change the ribbon frequently, the operation is cumbersome and the printing cost is relatively high.
Common applications: invoice printing, ticket printing, etc
 

      Thermal printing
      A thermal printer is characterized in that a thermal sheet is installed on the printing head, and the thermal sheet is a precise semiconductor heating component. The principle is that when the electric hot spot on the heat-sensitive sheet heats up, the corresponding position of the heat-sensitive paper pressed on the heat-sensitive sheet will turn black, and when the paper roll is dragged by the motor, the heating spot will change according to the change of print data, and finally characters or patterns will be formed on the heat-sensitive paper.
Compared with needle printing, printing speed is the advantage of thermal printing, and there is no noise. The thermal printing components are designed as wide as the printed medium, and the thermal printer can achieve the second ticketing speed.
        However, because the thermal printing paper is greatly affected by the use environment temperature, the printed bill information is not saved for a long time, which is also the disadvantage of thermal printing. Generally, the printed bill is blurred and difficult to identify in two or three months.
Common applications: printing restaurant receipts, take-out orders, shopping receipts, etc.



      So how to buy a receipt printer that suits you with confidence?
      Most customers have defined their needs for bill printing, but they don't know whether to choose thermal printing or stylus printing. Here is a suggestion for everyone: Look at the printing requirements!
       If your printing requirement is that the bill is kept for a long time and has uniqueness, then choose the stylus printer product; If you don't have strict requirements on the preservation time of bills, and the printing needs are more concerned with the printing speed, you can choose a thermal printer.

      Tips for thermal printing: quickly remove bill information, You only need to use a lighter to burn and bake the information of the thermal bill for 1~2 seconds. Because the thermal paper will react chemically at high temperature, the burned and baked place will turn black accordingly. This method cannot reverse and restore the information, and it is a way to completely remove the information of the thermal bill.

      After reading, you should have your own answer on whether to choose thermal printing or stylus printing. If you need professional printing needs and bill printer purchase needs, please consult Masung, a global brand enterprise dedicated to creating printing and scanning products.

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