Touchscreen Thermal Ticket Printer by Microcom Announced Microcom Corporation announces the official inclusion of a 3-inch, full-color touchscreen display for 485 series ticket printers. The touchscreen gives the user capabilities to change printer settings “on the fly” and provides real time status monitoring. PRESS RELEASE Microcom Corporation standardizes touchscreen display for line of thermal ticket printers. Lewis Center,… Read More »
PRESS RELEASE: Microcom Corporation Releases Ethernet for Model 814M, 8.5” Wide Thermal Kiosk Printer for Healthcare, Wayfinding, Boarding Pass, Weigh Scale, and Other Applications Lewis Center, OH, March 7, 2018 –Microcom Corporation is pleased to announce that customers can now purchase our model 814M wide thermal kiosk printer with Ethernet. This option allows customers to communicate with the printer at… Read More »
Laser Print Kiosk by Xerox Xerox on Feb 27th announced their new “Print Kiosk”, only it isn’t really a kiosk in the usual sense. It appears to be more user friendly multifunction printer that also allows for pay-for-use with the usual wart-style POS terminal. It does include an embedded 10″ touchscreen (Android tablet?). Still, if we were running… Read More »
3 Ways to Set Up a Successful Kiosk Implementation in 2020 by Augusto Echecopar|Published February 27, 2020 Editors Note: good advice from StarMicronics. Too often poor components and inexperienced provider kill a perfectly reasonable kiosk project. And location is definitely important. We would add making it easy for employees to do routine servicing and paper replenishments. So, you’re looking to… Read More »
See the full landing page. Microcom completes its line of kiosk printers with the 814M. This 8.5 inch wide thermal kiosk printer comes standard with 300 dpi resolution for high-quality A4 and Letter size print outs. The built-in presenter/ retractor feature helps prevent jams which is especially important in unattended kiosk applications. Some applications the printer compliments well… Read More »
Zebra Printer Replacement Editor Note: It is worth noting that the End of Life notices for the Zebra printers are in full force. There are many other printers which replace the 203/403 but the closest we have seen in the Boca printer (pictured next to 403 in feature image). Looks to be identical drop-in-replacement for existing mounts. An… Read More »
Editor Note: Microcom issued press release for a new feature found on their 2″ and 3″ kiosk printers. They are calling it a pinch holder. This is basically a presenter meant for labels and thick materials: entertainment tickets, cinema tickets, visitor management badges, tags, wristbands. Thickness up to 7.5 mil thick. There is an illuminated bezel option as well,… Read More »
The workhorse printer for many kiosk manufacturers is the KR403 and the KR203 kiosk printers. These have been around in one iteration or another for over 20 years. There are many other printers which replace the 203/403 but the closest we have seen in the Boca Lemur-Z printer (pictured next to 403 in feature image). Looks to be… Read More »
