Hardware
Receipt paper, labels and POS supplies
Supplies are the part of a system nobody thinks about until a lane stops. What a store consumes is decided by the hardware it runs, so it is worth getting on a list rather than in a panic.
Specified against your counter, not sold from a list.
What supplies does a POS system need?
Receipt paper for every printer, label stock for whatever gets labelled, and scale labels wherever items are sold by weight. The sizes and grades are decided by the specific hardware on the counter, which is why a supply list is built from the system rather than from a catalog. The useful discipline is knowing what you burn in a month and holding enough that a delivery is never urgent.
Grade matters more than it appears to. Receipt paper that fades inside the return window turns a routine refund into an argument, and label stock that does not suit the printer jams it.
- The hardware decides the sizesPaper and label stock are specific to the machines that take them.
- Grade decides whether receipts surviveA faded receipt inside the return window is a dispute.
- Usage decides the holdingWhat you burn in a month is what makes a delivery routine.
- Weighed items need their own stockScale labels are a different item from shelf labels.
This page lists no size, grade, part number or price. What a specific store consumes depends on the hardware it actually runs, and that is confirmed against the equipment rather than guessed.
How the choice is made
What a supply list is built from
The list comes out of the system, not out of a catalog.
Every receipt printer
Receipt printersEach printer takes a particular roll, and running out stops a lane.
Everything that gets labelled
Label printersShelf edges and packaged product, in whatever the printer takes.
Everything sold by weight
ScalesScale labels are their own item, ordered against the scales you run.
What the month actually burns
Usage over a normal month is what makes reordering routine instead of urgent.
Where supplies cause real problems
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A lane stops because a roll ran out
The queue waits while somebody searches the back room.
A known consumption rate and enough stock that a delivery is never urgent.
Receipt printers -
Receipts fade before a return is made
A refund nobody can verify, settled by argument.
Paper grade chosen for how long a receipt has to survive.
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Label stock jams the printer
A price change stalls halfway down the aisle.
Stock specified against the printer rather than bought on price alone.
Label printers -
Nobody knows what to reorder
Ordering guesswork, and the wrong item arrives.
A supply list built from the hardware actually installed.
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Supply questions
How do I know which receipt paper my printer takes?
It is determined by the printer model. Tell us what is on the counter and we will confirm what it takes rather than have you measure a roll.
Why do receipts fade?
Thermal paper darkens with heat and fades with time, light and friction. Grade and storage decide how long a receipt stays readable, which matters for the length of your return window.
Are scale labels the same as shelf labels?
No. Items sold by weight use label stock specific to the scale that prints them, and it is ordered separately.
Can you keep us supplied automatically?
Tell us what is installed and how much the store gets through, and we can work to that. What we will not do is guess a consumption rate you have not measured.
Tell us what is installed
The printers, the label printers and the scales on site. Choose Hardware Pricing on the contact form, and we will build the supply list from the hardware rather than from a catalog and price it.