Star was established in 1950 to manufacture wristwatches and camera parts. By 1979 it had already started producing small printers and by 1981 it was producing computer printers. It’s well known to businesses, but never quite made it as a consumer printing monster.
Star TSP700 Printer
Reach speeds of 180 mm/s with this thermal printer from Star. It offers 2 color printing support, drop-in and print paper loading, full and partial cutter, receipt printer, and Star Mode. It uses direct line thermal printing to produce a maximum of 53 columns with 203 dpi resolution, It can accommodate max paper width of 80mm.
Star TSP800 Printer
This versatile thermal printer can printer barcodes, receipts and tickets. It motors along at 150mm/s and features a unique print width of 104mm. It can accommodate up to .15mm paper thickness, supports 2 color printing, and has full and partial cutter. It offers multiple overlay options for tickets and coupons and has both internal and external paper feeds. It produces output with 203 dpi resolution.
Star SP500 Printer
This is a high speed, logic-seeking, dot matrix printer. It uses 9 pin serial dot matrix printing, features drop-in and insert paper loading, and has 22 million lines MCBF. It can accommodate both 58 and 76mm paper, prints at 7.5lps, and uses cartridge cassette ink ribbon. The print head has a life of 100 million characters.
Star TSP600 Printer
This thermal printer reaches speeds of 100mm/s and features 2 color printing. It has drop-in and print paper loading, a partial cutter, and can print tickets with barcodes. It uses direct line thermal printing with 8 dots/mm resolution. It can print a maximum of 48 columns and can accommodate a max paper width of 72mm. The data buffer is 8 Kbytes, it weights about 1.4kg, and it has 2 cash drawer drives.
Star SP200 Printer
This light weight printer prints at 2.5 lps with 7-pin serial impact dot matrix print method. It supports bi-directional printing and a maximum of 42 columns. The print head is good for 75 million characters and the cutter can produce about 300,000 cuts.
Star SP298 Printer
Autoside loading makes document loading quick and easy with this printer. It can achieve speeds of 3.1lps with its reliable 9-pin print head. It is compatible with the Epson TM295 and Epson TM290 printers. It supports up to 42 columns and a printing width of 63mm. It uses cartridge cassette printer ink ribbons and features 2 cash drawer drivers. It weighs approximately 2.1 Kg.
Star SP300 Printer
This is a highly reliable dot matrix printer that features 9-pin serial printing. It has a 3.5KB data buffer with RAM backup, can print up to 40 columns, and motors along at 5.5lps. The print head has a life of 100 million characters.
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