Electronic face slip printer refers to a printer device specially used to print express face slips. According to the different types of printed face sheets, it can be divided into traditional face sheet printers and electronic face sheet printers. To distinguish from the working principle of the printer, the two types of printer devices for printing traditional face sheets and electronic face sheets are dot matrix printers and thermal printers. sensitive printer.
Traditional single-sided printers (dot matrix printers)
The so-called traditional face form, that is, we have a lot of contacts at present. The four teamed up to fill in the express form. The first form: the stub of the delivery company, the second form: the stub of the sending company, the third form: the stub of the sender, and the fourth form: the recipient stub. In addition to manual filling, this carbon paper material can also be printed by a needle-type printer, but because of the complicated operation and slow printing speed, the general user only prints the sender’s information, while the recipient’s information is still filled in manually. Flexible and convenient.
Advantages of traditional face single:
1) It uses carbonless copy paper technology, the sender only needs to write by hand or print the first page through a dot matrix printer, and the corresponding content will be copied synchronously in the following pages, which saves writing time to a certain extent.
2) The courier can carry it with him. If there is no printer, he only needs to prepare a pen to complete the document filling.
Insufficient:
1) The paper area is larger and the number of layers is larger.
2) The copy quality is not ideal when filling in by hand or needle printing
3) Once written wrongly, all quadruplets will be scrapped
4) It is inconvenient to draw a bill
The printing of the traditional quadruple express sheet must be done by a dot matrix printer. This is because only the dot matrix printer works by hitting the surface of the carbon paper with a striker to form a font, which is similar to writing directly on the surface of the courier sheet with a pen. Inkjet, laser and other printers cannot achieve the function of multi-printing.
In addition to being used for traditional single-sided printing, dot matrix printers can also be used to print multiple bills such as invoices and receipts.
Electronic face sheet printer (thermal printer, print width 4 inches and above)
Compared with the traditional face form, the electronic face sheet is a new type of face sheet. It complies with the requirements of the rapid development of the express delivery industry and greatly simplifies the steps of manually filling the face sheet.
Most of the electronic face sheets are roll-type or stacked three-layer thermal paper self-adhesive labels. After the last layer is torn, it can be directly pasted on the surface of the outer box of the goods without express bags. The content of the electronic face sheet page (except the express company logo) is all generated by the express software and printed directly by the face sheet printer, which maximizes the saving of labor costs required for filling out the express sheet.
Advantages of electronic bills
1. Higher efficiency
1) Electronic bills are 4-6 times that of ordinary paper bills, and it only takes 1-2 seconds to print each order on average. High-efficiency billing greatly relieves the pressure of large-scale billing for e-commerce and other customers, and the average speed It is 2500 sheets/hour, and the maximum can reach 3600 sheets/hour, which can easily cope with promotional activities.
2) Orders are completed faster. After applying for the waybill number to the major express logistics companies, the merchant can automatically import order information, receipt and delivery information in batches in the face sheet printing software, and then automatically generate a label template. After clicking print, the express face sheet can be generated in batches.
2. The cost is lower, and the cost of the electronic face sheet itself is more than 5 times lower than that of the traditional face sheet.
Since most of the electronic face sheets are roll or folded three-layer thermal self-adhesive label paper, the printer used to print the electronic face sheet is what we commonly call “thermal printer”.
But this type of thermal printer is different from the thermal receipt printers we often see at the checkout counter in supermarkets/malls. Since the width of the electronic face sheet is 100mm, which is larger than the supermarket receipt, and the express face sheet may need to use forms and barcodes, the thermal printer that can really be used to print the electronic face sheet can only be printed with a width of 4 inches. and above thermal label printers.
In addition, most thermal transfer barcode label printers on the market also have the function of thermal printing. “Electronic Form Printer” for printing.
3. Purchase
When choosing a printer for express delivery, you must first clarify your printing needs: use traditional or electronic receipts?
Because traditional face-sheet printers use dot matrix printers, electronic face-sheet printing uses thermal printers.
Comparing the two printers, thermal printing has the advantages of fast speed, low noise, clear printing and easy use. However, thermal printers cannot directly print duplex, and the printed documents cannot be stored permanently. The needle type printer can print multi-part carbon paper, and if a good ribbon is used, the printed documents can be stored for a long time, but the needle type printer has slow printing speed, loud noise, and rough printing, and the ribbon needs to be replaced frequently. Therefore, customers can choose according to the types of face sheets currently in use or to be used.
In terms of the current development trend of e-commerce, the use of electronic face sheets will be a trend. It has the characteristics of low cost, fast printing, accurate information collection, and batch printing, which is very suitable for the needs of e-commerce platform users. When choosing a thermal printer to print face sheets, in addition to choosing a brand with guaranteed after-sales service, two factors should be considered:
1. Compatibility with side slip printing software, including official printing platforms of various express companies and third-party slip printing software;
2. Whether the key wear part (print head) is durable. Because the thermal printing technology presses the print head flat on the thermal label, the heating body on the print head directly heats the surface of the thermal label paper that is transmitted outward, so that the chemical coating on the surface of the thermal label is heated Darkens to form printed writing. The thermal print head is a vulnerable part, and its value is relatively expensive. When it rubs against the rough thermal label surface, it will cause a certain loss. Therefore, when purchasing, you should focus on whether the print head is durable.
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Post time: Jul-25-2022