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Wednesday January 27th 2010

New POS printer power consumption strategy announced by Star Micronics

New POS printer power consumption strategy announced by Star Micronics

Building on the worldwide success of the Star Micronics' TSP100 futurePRNT™ Series, Star Micronics has announced that not only has it launched the world's first ECO POS printer dedicated to minimising IT environmental impact within the retail market, but also claims that it must now be the most energy-efficient single station receipt printer launched to date.

The TSP100 ECO was introduced to the market at NRF (National Retail Federation Exhibition), New York in January 2010 and will be on show to the European market at the retail exhibition EuroCIS taking place in Düsseldorf, Germany in March.  As the name suggests, the TSP100 ECO will demonstrate a gamut of features designed to reduce environmental impact from all angles including a sophisticated power management system, which results in nearly 50% less average power consumption than any existing single station POS printer available.

“The TSP100 ECO is a direct response to worldwide demand to reduce carbon emissions and retailers’ responsibility to reduce energy consumption enabling them to save money and contribute to the battle against global warming”, stated Simon Martin, Director and General Manager of Star Micronics EMEA & India.  He went on to say “Combining futurePRNT’s unique hardware and software advantages with dramatic power saving will empower retailers to embrace this unique cost-effective POS printer solution”.

Star Micronics Co, Ltd has calculated the TSP100 ECO power consumption savings over a 5-year period to be 36.7kWh (based on 5 years of usage, 24 hours, 7 days a week producing 300 receipts per day).  The company says that, according to these results, the new TSP100 ECO demonstrates an energy-efficient advantage over all competitors’ models, even the most well-known.

 


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