Business Services Industry
Epson's new one-station POS printer features red/black ink
Business Wire, Sept 29, 1996
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 1996--Epson will introduce its newest high-speed, one-station point-of-sale receipt printer, the TM-U200D, at the RISCON show this week.
Featuring a highly reliable printer mechanism and compact design, Epson's TM-U200D prints alphanumerics, international characters and graphics in black and red ink.
The TM-U200D is a 9-pin serial dot-matrix printer with bi-directional print capability, a 1K print buffer and a minimum print speed of 3.5 lines per second (lps) up to a maximum speed of 6.4 lps. Shipped with a red/black ribbon cassette, the TM-U200D prints in red or black, has both 7x7 and 9x9 selectable character fonts and is graphics-capable to allow logo printing on receipts.
"Intended to offer retailers the highest quality receipt printing at an affordable price, the TM-U200D is an ideal POS solution," said Bud Weist, business unit director, Epson. "Its modular user-friendly interface and open architecture design allows retailers to easily upgrade their system without having to upgrade their printer."
For example, the TM-U200D features modular interface boards that enable users to select from bi-directional parallel, RS-232C, RS-422 and RS-485 interfaces simply by ordering a new module. Additionally, the TM-U200D is compatible with Epson's line of IT intelligent POS peripherals. Carrying Epson's high standard of reliability, the TM-U200D features a head life of 100 million characters and MCBF of 5 million lines.
The TM-U200D uses a friction feed system to feed roll paper at approximately 25 lines per second. Its flexible paper-feed pitch setting permits printing in accordance with any user-defined format. The TM-U200D has a paper end detector that automatically alerts the user when the printer is out of paper, a manual paper cutter and is capable of printing one original plus two copies.
An ideal solution for systems with space constraints, the TM-U200D measures 133mm (W) x 248mm (D) x 160mm (H). The TM-U200D supports dual cash drawer interfaces and semi-automatic paper loading to save time. The printer is supplemented by an optional external power supply and an optional near-end detector that detects the amount of remaining paper. As with other Epson POS products, Windows and Windows 95 drivers are available.
Sample units of the TM-U200D will be available in November and shipment is scheduled to begin in December. The TM-U200D carries an MSRP of $334 and will be offered directly from Epson or through Epson's designated distribution channels.
Epson offers an array of technology products for the OEM market including liquid crystal displays (LCDs), PCMCIA cards, storage products, handheld computers, point-of-sale printers and intelligent terminals. For the consumer and business markets, Epson offers an extensive array of image capture, image output and portable storage products.
Founded in 1975, Epson America Inc. is an affiliate of Seiko Epson Corp., a global manufacturer and supplier of high quality technology products that meet customer demand for increased functionality, compactness, systems integration and energy efficiency. Epson America has headquarters in Torrance, Calif. For more information on OEM products, call 310/787-6300 or visit the company's corporate Web site at http://www.epson.com -0- NOTE: Brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
CONTACT: Epson
Janette Reynolds, 310/782-5161
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Base One Marketing
Julie O'Brien, 310/792-1877
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