Why Use a Star Receipt Printer to print your Sales Tickets?

• Save lots of money (see below) – maybe $20 – $100/month or more
• Fastest ticket possible – Only two seconds to print one copy on the TSP100ECO
• Smaller ticket – save space in the customers wallet or purse and your your filing system
• Easily add your professional or stylish logo on the top of every ticket
• Print coupons to drive traffic back into the store
• Print special message to promote special events
• Print special messages to customer triggered by specific purchases
• Smaller footprint on your counter
• Easily pop open your cash drawer when you print an invoice

Although there are many receipt printer brands (Star, Epson, Bixolon, POS-X, Echo-POS and others), for the past 25 years we have only sold Star receipt printers. For the past 10 years or so, 95% of what we have sold have been the Star TSP100.

Important TSP100ECO Features

• 4 year Limited Warranty – 1 year Swap-a-Star (exchange expedited)
• Print Speed: 22 Receipts Per Minute
• Colors: White, Putty, Dark Gray
• Auto Cutter and Tear bar Options
• 48 Characters wide – allows for longer descriptions
• Paper: Thermal 3 1/8″ or 80 mm
• Large capacity to store Logos & Coupons
• AMAS software can be programmed to print 1-3 Copies plus optional short Copy
• Small Foot printer to Save Counter Space (8″ x 6″)
• Drop in & Print – Easy Paper Loading
• NO Ink to Replace – Thermal Print head designed to last 60 Million Lines – over one million invoices
• AllReceipts offers solution to your customers to store digital receipts

How does the Star TSP100 Receipt printer save you money?

Almost any thermal receipt printer will save you money compared to printing invoices using laser or inkjet printers, however the TSP100 ECO model has two unique features that can definitely save you a few bucks:

1. The TSP100ECO electronics has been designed with an advanced  power management  circuitry which allows any user to reduce his printer current consumption by up to 75% compared to standard Star printers.
2. The TSP100ECO has two paper reduction settings that allow you reduce your reduce your receipt by 25% or 50%. My opinion is that the 25% reduction is barely noticeable.

But the really big savings are derived from the difference in the operating costs and supplies.

Once you have purchased your thermal receipt printer, your only expense (for a very long time) is receipt paper.
In addition to paper:

• Dot matrix receipt printers require new ribbons – frequently.
• Laser printers require ink, drums and maintenance expenses. Low cost laser printers are limited to 2,000+ pages/month
• Inkjet printers require expensive ink cartridges – very frequently. Most inkjet printers are limited to 1,000+ pages/month

Invoice cost Comparison: Star TSP100 Receipt printer Vs. Laser Printer Vs. Inkjet Printer

Other things to consider:

• Inkjet printers, in general, are too slow and too expensive.
• All-In-One printers can be very cheap, but ink can be very expensive.
• I have had very good luck with some Brother inkjet All-In-Ones using very inexpensive 3rd party ink from Amazon or eBay.
• In the past I had not-so-good luck with Canon, Kodak and HP inkjet printers when using 3rd party compatible ink.

Star TSP100ECO Receipt Printer Cost Assumptions:

Thermal Receipt paper from Sams Club approx $21.00 for 12 190′ rolls.
(12rolls X 190feet X 12Inches = 27,360 / 8 (avg inch Invoice) = 3420 invoices $21.00 / 3420 invoices = .0061 per invoice copy

Thermal Receipt paper from Buyrolls.com approx $60.00 (inc. shipping) for 50 220′ rolls.
(50rolls X 220feet X 12Inches = 132,000 / 8 (avg inch Invoice) = 16,500 invoices $60.00 / 16,500 invoices = .0036 per invoice copy

Brother HL-2340 Laser printer Assumptions purchase supplies from Office Depot:

Case of least expensive copy paper from Costco / office depot: $28 / 500 pages = .0056 / page
Brother branded toner Office Depot: $78.00 / 2600 page yield = .0300 / page
Brother branded drum Office Depot: $109.00 / 12,000 page yield = .0090 / page
Total cost per invoice Copy:   .0056 (paper) + .0300 (branded toner) + .0090 (drum)  = .0446 per invoice copy using Office depot supplies

Brother HL-2340 Laser printer Assumptions purchase supplies from Amazon.com:

Case of least expensive copy paper from Costco (too expensive from amazon due to shipping): $28 / 500 pages = .0056 / page
Brother 3rd party Toner (too many to choose from) $15.00 / 2600 page yield = .0057 / page
Brother 3rd party Drum (several to choose from)  $20.00 / 12,000 page yield = .0018 / page
Total cost per invoice Copy:   .0056 (paper) + .0057 (3rd party toner) + .0018 (drum)  = .0131 per invoice copy 3rd party (not Brother OEM) toner & drum units

Brother MFC-J875DW All-In-One inkjet printer Assumptions purchase supplies from Office Depot:

Case of least expensive copy paper from Costco / office depot: $28 / 500 pages = .0056 / page
Brother branded black ink (LC103bk) Office Depot: $25.00 / 600 page yield = .0417 / page
Total cost per invoice Copy:   .0056 (paper) + .0417 (branded toner) = .0473 per invoice copy using Office depot supplies

Brother MFC-J875DW All-In-One inkjet printer Assumptions purchase supplies from Amazon:

Case of least expensive copy paper from Costco / office depot: $28 / 500 pages = .0056 / page
Brother 3rd party black ink (LC103bk) Amazon.com/eBay.com: $3.00 / 600 page yield = .0050 / page
Total cost per invoice Copy:   .0056 (paper) + .0050 (3rd party ink) = .0212 per invoice copy using 3rd party ink from Amazon.com/eBay.com