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Deciphering common paper roll terms
Posted on October 17, 2013 | Posted under 2ply, bond, eftpos, high quality, point of sale, ribbons, rolls, thermal | Leave a Comment
People use a lot of different words to describe the type of products they are looking for. Below is a list of these terms and what they will most likely mean:
Thermal Roll - A thermal roll is a type of roll that creates an image through heat and must be used in conjunction with a thermal printer.
Bond Roll - A bond roll is a type of roll that requires the use of a ribbon to create an image. The ribbon is an ink.
POS (point of sale) roll - A POS roll is a roll that is used in a point of sale system. Generally these will be 80x80.
Receipt roll - This could mean a number of things however likely refers to a tax receipt printed from a point of sale system, which would be an 80x80 thermal roll. Note: you can also have an eftpos receipt.
Till roll - Till rolls will generally be an 80x80 thermal roll used in a businesses POS system however can also refer to a type of roll (either thermal or bond) used in a businesses cash register
Eftpos roll - An eftpos roll will always be a thermal roll. They are all 57mm wide and vary in diameter size depending on the type of terminal that the roll is being used in.
Kitchen rolls - Kitchen rolls will generally be multiple ply rolls. And generally will be a 76x76mm roll.
Multi ply roll - These are rolls that have multiple layers. 2 ply will generally have a white and yellow layer while 3 ply will have white yellow and pink. These are most commonly used in kitchen printers.
It is important to buy good quality rolls!
Posted on July 01, 2013 | Posted under bond, eftpos, high quality, point of sale, rolls, thermal | Leave a Comment
We often get asked – “How can your rolls be any different? A paper roll is a paper roll”. And yes that is partly true. But often one thing that purchasers do not consider is that those cheap thermal or bond rolls could actually be doing damage to their printers.
The more abrasive a roll is the more likely the potential damage it could do. That is why we always ensure we only use the highest quality eftpos and till rolls. We had a client recently who came to us that had been importing rolls from Asia to use. These cheap rolls they had been importing had been damaging their printers and they had to replace the printer heads every 3 months! Luckily, we were able to provide them with high quality point of sale rolls that will not damage their printers. Though they were able to import those rolls quite cheaply, it ended up costing them far more.
So to those who have continuing issues with your till printers or any other – you may want to have a look at you roll purchases.