Fujitsu Components America, Inc. today released a receipt printer with an integrated cutter for compact devices such as mini-kiosks, POS terminals, ATMs, and scientific and medical equipment. The fully programmable Fujitsu FTP-627USL431/435-R printer supports a variety of characters and graphics as well as standard, extended and 2-D barcode symbols. It has a rated head life of 100 million pulses or 50km of paper. For long-term printing requirements, the unit handles paper rolls up to 83mm in diameter. Paper is inserted by drop-in roll loading using the platen release lever. A dedicated cutter motor provides reliable, continuous printing for 500,000 cuts.
The 24-volt, FTP-627USL431/435-R measures a compact 145mm (H) x 105mm (W) x 120mm (D) and weighs 840g, including the interface board. The thermal print unit quietly outputs 58mm-wide paper receipts at speeds up to 100mm per second. Available immediately, the RoHS-compliant Fujitsu FTP-627USL431/435-R can be specified with either a USB or Serial interface board. A USB printer subassembly is priced at $188 each in one thousand-piece quantities.
