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  t_meta_title: Choose the Right POS Printer for Your Restaurant
  t_meta_description: Learn how POS printers print receipts and kitchen tickets and how they connect to restaurant POS systems.
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    t_author: Priyanka Bhadani
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      t_title: How does the POS printer work?
      t_description: POS printers are a piece of hardware that serves as an input and output device in a POS system.
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      t_text: <p>POS printers are a piece of hardware that serves as an input and output device in a POS system. They are used to print receipts, tickets, and all other forms of transaction records. They are important to the business's customer service as well as its operational function.</p><p>These printers link up to the POS systems by USB, Ethernet, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi. Once the customer's order has been entered or their payment processed, the software will issue the command to the printer, and a receipt or kitchen order will be produced for either the customer or for <a href="https://plumpos.com/glossary/back-of-house.html">back of house</a> operations depending on whether it is the <a href="https://plumpos.com/glossary/front-of-house.html">front of house</a> printer or the back of house printer that produces order tickets organized by station, such as bar or grill.</p><h2>There are two main types of POS printers available to restaurants:</h2><ul><li>Thermal printers, which print quickly and do not use ink, and</li><li>Impact printers, which can withstand high temperatures. The POS system can be configured to use more than one printer, depending on the different departments or stations of the restaurant.</li></ul>
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