Toshiba TEC launches thermal POS printers

Toshiba TEC, a global manufacturer of retail and industrial information systems, has as part of its ongoing green initiative launched the TRST-A10 and TRST-A15 thermal POS printers to the European market. 

The TRST-A15 uses a new double sided printing concept which is claimed to have the potential to reduce paper consumption by 45 percent and offer up to 25 percent saving on paper costs.

’Both the TRST-A10 and TRST-A15 thermal receipt printers are reliable, easy to maintain and have wide usability for high volume and specialty sales as well as transit handling of warehoused goods,’ the company said in a statement, ‘making them ideally suited for use in the retail, convenience, hospitality, pharmacy, library, product control, and kiosk environments.’

The TRST-A15's double sided printing concept uses two print heads with each head only printing half the total number of lines. This means that the print head lasts twice as long, compared to a single-sided printer, and thus extends the life of the product and drastically decreases the environmental footprint as production, transportation and eventually recycling costs are significantly reduced.

’If a company on average uses 50 kilometers of paper every year over a five year period  they would potentially save 112.5 kilometers of paper by using the TRST-A15 thermal receipt printer,’ explained Paul Reynolds, senior manager, IPD at Toshiba, ‘which would save trees, energy and ultimately reduces CO2 emissions.’

Both the TRST-A10 and TRST-A15 produce text, graphics and barcodes at top speed through their multi-color printing capability. At 225 mm/sec, the TRST-A10 single sided thermal printer delivers a fast print-out and the TRST-A15 double sided printing capabilities reach 170 mm/sec.

‘Not only do the TRST-A10 and TRST-A15 thermal POS Printers save time and money which are key benefits to our customers, but importantly they will have an effect on reducing CO2 emissions which ultimately will benefit us all,’ concluded Paul Reynolds.