Over the last three years Star Micronics has
introduced a variety of new products with such
advanced processing power that the old
fashioned method of measuring print speed has
been made redundant. Simply measuring how
fast the head will print one isolated mm of output
does not take into account the total investment that has been
put into the overall “build”.
Normally we would not directly target a competitor’s product,
but Star feels it is necessary to show that a new method of
measuring output speed is now required. Star will therefore be
using the established standard in print speed measurement
called
RPM
(Receipts Per Minute). This will measure the actual
time taken to produce an entire receipt from the moment it is
requested by the
software to when
it is produced – all in
a laboratory controlled
environment.
Star’s latest product,
TSP100
futurePRNT
, is
testament to the vast
difference in throughput
speed when using the
very latest in printer
technology.
RPM
50
Comparison with the other company printers
7
Print Speed vs Throughput
Performance Results
80mm wide x 150mm long receipt (Win XP 2002 Service Pack 2 / Intel
®
, Core
™
2 CPU 6600 @ 2.4GHz / 2.4 Ghz, RAM 2.01GB
Date: 25/07/08
14.46
Your server: Jane
1 x Peroni
€
4.50
1 x Coke
€
4.25
1 x Four Seasons Pizza
€
14.00
1 x Siciliana Pizza
€
14.00
1 x Green Salad
€
8.00
1 x Caesar Salad
€
8.50
Sub Total:
€
53.75
Total:
€
53.75
Card Number
✳✳✳✳✳✳✳✳✳✳✳✳
2112
Expiry Date
05/09
Swiped
Merchant ID
5150345
Authorisation Code
034765
Visa Sale
€
53.75
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Date: 25/07/08
14.46
Your server: Jane
1 x Peroni
€
4.50
1 x Coke
€
4.25
1 x Four Seasons Pizza
€
14.50
1 x Siciliana Pizza
€
14.00
1 x Green Salad
€
8.00
1 x Caesar Salad
€
8.50
Sub Total:
€
53.75
Total:
€
53.75
Card Number
✳✳✳✳✳✳✳✳✳✳✳✳
2112
Expiry Date
05/09
Merchant ID
5150345
Authorisation Code
034765
Visa Sale
€
53.75
Star Pizzas
Star has produced a dedicated
SDK
(Modular
Software Developers Kit) with a wide range of
tools available, allowing the system designer to
take advantage of all the TSP100’s software and
hardware features e.g auto text reversal for
vertical / wall mounted use. This feature can
literally be dragged and dropped into the developer’s software.
PRE-INSTALLATION SET-UP TOOL
– with Easy driver
installation for all major platforms with CD-ROM supplied or
using the Star designed architecture for fast modifications
when needed. All settings can be stored on the PC and
“mirrored” across other TSP100 printers with a simple export
configuration feature for mass system installations.
No printer
pre-hardware configuration is needed.
The unique Printer
Serial Number Identifier will also be ideal for remote polling for
hardware audits, warranty / servicing issues etc.
“DRAG & DROP” SOFTWARE FEATURE TOOL
Active X Components for Star Printer Feature Inclusion into
OEM Software.
SDK
Star TSP100 System Builder Tools
Printer
Driver
Resolution
Print Speed
RPM (USB)
(dpi)
(mm /sec)
with graphics
STAR
TSP100U
V.1.0 (USB)
203
125
22
TSP100GT
V.1.0 (GT)
203
250
45
TSP650
V.1.0.0
203
150
30
TSP700II
Advance Raster / Advance Line
203
250
48
Others
Printer A
_
180
150
6
Printer B
_
180
200
42
Just look at the results in the table below. Users are no longer
limited to using old fashioned, unexciting resident fonts on
their receipts. The TSP100
futurePRNT
is capable of producing
the same number of receipts per minute using modern
TrueType fonts instead.
Here are two receipts showing the use of resident fonts and
the new improved version using TrueType fonts and graphics.