Monthly Archives: May 2022
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Posted: May 20, 2022Categories: Business Supplies
Read more »Chances are that when you grab a receipt with your purchase, you don’t think about the type of paper it is made with. However, many businesses end up having to make a choice about what type of paper to use for receipts. If your business is looking at this decision, let’s review the different types of paper used for business receipts.
Thermal Receipt Paper
By far, the most popular type of paper used for business receipts is thermal receipt paper. This may sometimes also be called POS paper. This type of paper is coated with a chemical that reacts with heat from a print head in a printer. The result is that the receipt turns black where it encounters the head, creating an image or text.
Thermal receipt paper is frequently used in things like ATM machines and by many retailers. You can tell receipt paper is thermal by the slick feeling of it, which is the result of
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Posted: May 13, 2022Categories: Choosing POS Paper
Read more »Thermal paper is by far the most preferred type of receipt paper to use. However, you may not realize the many benefits of using it for your business. In fact, you may even be reading this and thinking, what is thermal paper? Let’s take a look at why businesses overwhelmingly choose this option for their receipt paper.
What Is Thermal Paper?
Thermal paper is a type of receipt paper that uses the transfer of heat to create images and text instead of using ink like traditional papers. How does this work? It ultimately comes down to a specialized chemical coating that is applied to the receipt paper. This chemical coating is designed in a manner that reacts to heat.
As thermal paper passes through a thermal printer, the print head applied heat to very localized areas of the receipt paper. When the paper encounters this heat, it the chemical reaction makes i
