IT Hardware Insights & Guides

Almost every receipt printer sold today is direct thermal. It is quiet, it has one moving consumable, and it prints a receipt in a second...

Mobile receipt printers get bought for one of two reasons, and they lead to very different specifications. Either the queue is too long a...

Most POS receipt printers are bought once and then bought again for fifteen years, because the second purchase is never really a purchase...

Every roll of self-adhesive labels you have ever used came with a second roll of waste attached to it. The silicone-coated backing paper ...

The four measurements that decide whether a receipt roll fits, thermal versus bond and the scratch test, BPA-free requirements, and why r...

Front desk footprint and noise constraints, housekeeping devices and the building coverage problem, maintenance in plant rooms, stores, a...

Why the receipt printer drives the cash drawer, how customer displays connect, why payment terminals constrain the counter, and what to h...

Why kitchens need impact rather than thermal printers, what matters front of house, mobile table service specifications, online order pri...

Specifying retail checkout hardware: why presentation scanning changes lane throughput, why laser scanners are now obsolete, what self-ch...

Planning a multi-site POS hardware rollout: piloting properly, the receipt template trap, why cloud printing decides per-site cost, stand...

How to choose a POS receipt printer: thermal versus impact, why cutter rating matters more than print speed, connectivity for multi-site ...

A guide to the Star Micronics SM-S230i 2-inch mobile thermal POS printer: specifications, MFi certification, realistic battery runtime pl...