Compact printer offers value for money solution: called the Ap800, this compact printer offers a cost effective solution for providing a fast and reliable portable receipting facility for applications such as hand held computers and ticketing applications. Pricing is less than $160 in volume, making the Ap800 one of the most cost-effective printer solutions available. With a small footprint the Ap800 still provides fast print speeds of four lines per second across 24 columns. The unit accepts a nominal 12V or 24V DC supply without adjustment. Ideal for wide variety of applications including EpoS and EFTPoS a version with user replaceable battery packs is also available, making it suitable for a host of portable and mobile uses such as in-vehicle receipting and issuing of parking tickets. The Ap800's speed, low noise and portability make it flexible for use in all areas where immediate ticketing and receipting are required, including low-noise environments such as high-quality shops and restaurants. Available in 24 or 36/42 column versions the Ap800 printer uses standard 57.5mm wide thermal paper, incorporates a full IBM character set and can produce linked block or dot addressable graphics. Offered with a serial RS232/V24 interface the printer also features a full 8K byte RAM buffer. In addition, the Ap800 shares may EPSON ESC/PoS II control codes, making it flexible enough to be used in existing applications. The Ap800 has an ergonomic design and can be used as a stand-alone unit, hand held or fixed to a belt for true portability. Access to the paper roll is provided by simply opening the top cover of the unit and since the printer uses direct thermal printing there are no messy ribbons to change. Offering a MCBF (mean cycle between failure) of one million lines, the Ap800 is extremely reliable thus greatly reducing down time. Operating temperatures of the printer are from 0 Celsius to +50 Celsius.