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ONCE AMONG THE MOST BASIC
pieces of equipment sold by retail VARs, receipt
printers are becoming increasingly sophisti-
cated. While there will always be a market
for models that do little more than generate
a simple record of POS transactions, the use
of units with a myriad of enhancements clear-
ly taking hold.
In perhaps the most significant of recent devel-
opments, Epson America has launched the TM-
H6000II, the first supermarket POS printer to offer
a digital check imaging function. The TM-6000II
represents a new class of POS printer in that it com-
bines slip, impact and two-color thermal printing
with integrated digital imaging technology—the lat-
ter integrates electronic check conversion (ECC) and
Not Your Father’s
POS
Printer
Not Your Father’s
POS
Printer
Imaging,
graphics
capabilities
expand
BY JULIE RITZER ROSS,
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Epson’s
TM-H600011
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