Toshiba's linerless printer simplifies hospitality transactions - The Recycler

Toshiba’s linerless printer simplifies hospitality transactions

January 8, 2025

Toshiba America Business Solutions’ new hospitality-grade, 3-in-1 HSP200L printer sustainably simplifies transactions for high-volume restaurants, coffee shops, bars, delis and prepared food sections within grocery stores.

Producing linerless (without backing materials) labels, Toshiba’s compact and stylish printer optimises valuable counter space while limiting waste, enabling restaurants, coffee shops, bars and grocery stores to operate more efficiently and sustainably. The 3-in-1 printer’s modest power usage (it is ENERGY STAR certified) also ensures hospitality organisations function more ecologically.

The IP21-certified and splash-resistant printer shields itself against solid objects and liquids (including condensation) while delivering linerless as well as die-cut labels and receipts for hospitality retailers. The IP (Ingress Protection) standard classifies the degrees of protection provided against the intrusion of objects, including accidental human contact, dust, and water in electrical enclosures. A hospitality grade certifies that Toshiba’s HSP200L can withstand the moisture and high temperatures one usually associates with kitchens.

Toshiba’s HSP200L is built to accelerate the ordering process quickly and accurately within demanding hospitality environments. The HSP200L facilitates such ordering for busy coffee shops by creating linerless labels to affix to cups for order matching and tracking, from the cashier and barista to the patron. Affixing the linerless labels directly to orders for onsite, to-go and delivery significantly enhances service during peak times while also helping eliminate misorders. The printer’s audio and visual notifications (a flashing wide-angle LED bar and a buzzer or soft melody) further quicken drink orders while improving client satisfaction. Toshiba’s newly available printer moreover enables quick and accurate drink orders sans wasteful label lining while enduring coffee shops’ spills and splashes.

Moreover, an extensive 75-kilometer life label printhead and one-million label cutter life grant impressive returns on investment for hospitality retailers. The printer’s 150-kilometer life receipt printhead and two-million receipt cutter also amplify retailer ROI.

Retailers are able to clean and replace the 3-in-1 printer’s thermal printhead, rubber platen and cutter blade in a matter of seconds. A patented near-end paper detection feature further facilitates usage by notifying hospitality personnel when to insert more labels or receipt paper. A remote management system further allows restaurant, coffee shop, bar, deli and grocery store proprietors and technical staff to monitor and manage Toshiba’s linerless printers online.

“By eliminating excess labelling materials and optimising electricity, our linerless printer presents the hospitality market with a rugged, low-maintenance system to simplify their transactions more sustainably,” stated Toshiba America Business Solutions Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Business Development Bill Melo. “Restaurant, coffee shop, bar, deli and grocery store proprietors will also appreciate the significant ROI they will receive.”

The HSP200L is now available for purchase from authorised Toshiba resellers.