Star’s “Superfast” Clamshell™

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In October 2005, Star introduced theTSP100 FuturePRNT,setting new standards in POS Printing!

Could Star be that innovative again?

Can Star do it again with a

matrix printer?

Yes!!

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Introducing. . .The

SP700 SeriesMATRIX POS Printers from Star Micronics

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SP700 – The Basics

• High Speed– 4.7 to 8.9 lps– 9 pin bi-directional,

logic-seeking head

• High Reliability– 22 million lines

MCBF

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Star vs. Epson . . .

. . . not that we’re Aggressive!!

44% faster!

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SP700 – The Basics

• The SP700 is capable of printing 13 receipts with 20 lines per minute

• A two color ribbon is available to catch the reader’s attention

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SP700 – The Basics

• Available in putty and gray casing

• Compact footprint in either orientation– 5.99 in x 6.30 in

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SP700 – “Clamshell” Design

• ‘‘Drop-in & Print’’– Easy paper loading– No requirement to feed

the paper through the mechanism – as easy as loading a thermal printer!

• “Internal power supply”– No more brick. Just

connect your universal cable

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SP700 – Print Benefits

• ‘‘Drop-in & Print’’ ribbon– Open the front cover,

remove the old ribbon, and drop in the new ribbon. It’s that easy!

• New longer life ribbons – Featuring a 3 million

character black ribbon and a longer life Red / Black ribbon:

• 1.5 million for black• 0.75 million for Red

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SP700 – Kitchen-friendly

• New Splash resistant design with easy clean curves, making it the ideal choice for heavy duty kitchen and bar applications

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SP700 – Versatility

• Versions– Serial, Parallel, USB,

LAN, or WiFi swappable interface

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SP700 – Versatility

• Options:– Vertical Mount– Wall Mount– External buzzer– Laundry ribbon– Ribbon Fabric– Ribbon Insertion Jig

• Change up to 5 times the ribbon without changing the cartridge.

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SP700 – Versatility

• Ticket alarm

• Pre-drilled mounting

• Extend the cable lengths for inside or outside mounting

OO

Short CableShort Cable

Long CableLong Cable

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SP700 – Four Models

• SP712 Tear bar

• SP712R Tear bar plus re-winder

• SP742 Autocutter

• SP742R Autocutter plus re-winder– Autocutter is available

as full or partial cut

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SP700 – Paper Specs

• Original + 2ply

• Max. Diameter 85mm

• Width: 76*/69/58mm

• 2 switch cover

*default

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SP700 vs. the Competition

• Imagine a matrix printer that had many of the features normally only associated with thermal printers . . .

. . . and some unique features only available in one world-class printer, the TSP100 . . .

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SP700 vs. the Competition

. . . the ONLY POS PRINTER TODAY

with Microsoft WHQL Certification

and listed on Microsoft’s website

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SP700 vs. the Competition

• JavaPOS, Setup (except USB I/F)

• Serial Port emulator (LAN or USB to Serial)

• LAN Setup Utility• Mac Driver (on CD)• Linux Driver(on CD)• WEPOS CE• Windows 2k, WHQL XP

& Vista Drivers• OPOS (on CD)

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SP700 vs. the Competition

• Memory Switch integrated in Driver.– The internal printer

setup utility is now included with the Windows driver

– No more utility to download. No complicated text tables to read

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SP700 vs. the Competition

• Image List (Object List)

• Logos (Header/footer)

• Buzzer control Up to 255 graphics - mono or color gifs, jpgs or bmps imported and “Named”!

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SP700 vs. the Competition

• Best networkable solution available:– Easy set up utility

included– Virtual serial port to

LAN or USB included• (buy LAN and

use it as serial)

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SP700 vs. the Competition

• Paper level window for at-a-glance viewing

• Excellent bi-directional printing with less than 1mm misalignment

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SP700 vs. the Competition

• Better paper handling for multi-part paper

• Very little smudge on the copy paper

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SP700 vs. the Competition

• Top Margin:– SP700: 19.5mm– TM-U220: 26.6mm – SRP275: 25.6mm

• Saving 2 feet of paper a day willsave 52 feet a month!

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SP700 – vs. the Competition

• Security and ease of use

– The SP700 has 2 security sensors:

• 1 for the ribbon cover which cuts power to the print head while changing ribbon

• 1 for the paper cover which cuts power during paper loading operation

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Star vs. Epson Summary

• Faster• Easier to USE –

Ribbon and Paper Loading• Extra Software – Image Import for

faster / cheaper high volume installations

• Stronger Range for Resellers – Some FuturePRNT features supported

• Always leading, Always Innovating from Star Micronics

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• Applications:– Kitchen– Dry Cleaner– Retail– Hospitality– Point of Sale– Supermarkets

SP700

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SP700 TSP100Print Speed 13RPM 25RPM

Power Supply Embedded Yes Yes

CD Included Yes Yes

Paper Guide Included Yes Yes

Power Switch Yes Yes

Test Paper Roll No Yes

Vertical Mount Included No Yes

Wall Mount Included No Yes

Cable included No Yes

ESC/POS Emulation YesYes (with

futurePRNT)

Configuration Utility:    

Logo Store In printer on PC

Watermark No Yes

Virtual Serial Port Yes (USB, LAN) Yes (USB)

Memory Switch Setting Yes no

LAN Utility Yes no

Text Processing No Yes

JavaPOS Yes Yes

Vertical Mount Yes Yes

Test print Yes Yes

Star’s “Superfast” Clamshell™