While looking for thermal papers it is essential to buy the high-quality paper as an inferior paper would cost more for the repairs and downtime. Thus, it is a bad idea to buy cheap ‘thermal’ paper rolls for saving money. Many of the high competition, many of the paper suppliers slash the costs of winning the ‘price war’ even if they have to sell low-grade quality paper roll. 

Here are some factors to consider while buying POS paper:-

Size: Size is one of the important factors to consider when choosing EFT POS paper. The POS paper is available in various lengths and sizes. Selecting the incorrect paper could cancel the warranty coverage and hence ensuring you choose the right diameters, size, lengths, and coatings for your POS system is essential. A reputed supplier of thermal paper would know the type of paper that would work best for your POS system.

Sensitivity: Sensitivity of the thermal paper is the extent to which it reacts to the specific amount of the energy or heat. For matching right paper type with a specific machine sensitivity is an essential factor to take into account. Choosing the high sensitivity bond paper to low sensitivity paper impacts both the quality of the image as well as the receipt’s shelf life. As a result, it would result in a huge saving for some of the operators.

Paper sensitivity and the energy of a printer are inversely related. High-energy printers deliver satisfactory products on low sensitivity paper; whereas the low-energy printers require high sensitivity paper for achieving best results. As the ‘low-sensitivity’ paper is inexpensive, you could invest in the ‘high-energy’ printers for saving the cost on paper over time. Read more

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