Receipt printers and USB interface

["Ericsson, Paul" <PEricsson at onconcord dot com>]

Folks --

We are replacing some of our older Star TSP300 series receipt printers, and at this point are thinking that we would go with the Star TSP600 series, specifically the Star TSP 643 with the autocutter. Good price in the mid-$200 range.

Questions for you'all:

1) Has anyone used this specific 643 or 613 model? What has been your experience?

2) With either the Star product line or other manufacturers, would you recommend the auto-cut or manual tear?

3) The printer interface now comes with parallel, serial, usb or ethernet. Our City MIS guys recommend that we go with the USB, and it makes sense to me. But knowing how tricky the receipt printing can be with Millenium, I wonder about introducing another variable, as we've only used serial or parallel printers before with Millenium. Any thoughts about USB printers and Millenium?

Thanks for your advice.

Paul

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	Paul Ericsson
	Adult Services Supervisor / Automation Coordinator
	Concord Public Library    http://www.onconcord.com
	45 Green St.     Concord, NH 03301     603 230-3697
	pericsson at onconcord dot com
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