Only in thermal transfer mode. This printer does both: direct thermal needs no ribbon and prints onto heat sensitive label stock, while thermal transfer uses a ribbon to lay ink onto the label. Direct thermal is cheaper to run and fades over months, thermal transfer costs more per label and lasts. Choose per job, the printer does not care.

Resolution is how many dots the head lays down per inch. 300 dpi (12 dots/mm) is the working figure for this model. Higher resolution matters when you are printing small text, fine logos or dense 2D barcodes onto small labels. For plain product and shipping labels the lower resolutions are usually sharper than they need to be already.

Godex rates it at 177mm/sec (7 ips) / 127mm/sec (5 ips) with a maximum print width of 54mm (2.12") / 56.9mm (2.24"). The width is the limit on the label itself: anything wider than that cannot be filled edge to edge, so measure your label stock against that figure before ordering.

As standard it offers USB 2.0 (B-Type) Serial port: RS-232 (DB-9) Ethernet port (RJ-45) USB Host (A-Type) Optional Bluetooth Module. Tell us how the printer will sit on your network when you order and we will confirm you have the right build.

The printer is the same in every version on this page. The peeler version separates each label from its backing as it prints and presents it ready to pick up, which suits applying labels one at a time by hand; and the cutter version slices the media after each label or batch, which suits tags, tickets and continuous stock. The standard version does neither and simply prints a roll.

Godex supplies its GoLabel design software at no extra cost, which is enough to lay out and print labels without buying a third party package. If you already use a labelling or ERP system you will more likely drive the printer from that instead, through the language emulations listed in the specifications.

A 24 Months Return to Base manufacturer's warranty. Return to base means a faulty unit comes back to us for assessment and repair or replacement rather than an engineer attending site. Consumable parts are excluded, which on a thermal printer means the thermal print head and the platen roller. Both are wear items with a working life measured in printed metres rather than in years, so they are replaced on a service schedule rather than claimed, and POS PLAZA stocks both for this range.

Call us on 1300 115 808. Choosing between resolutions and between direct thermal and thermal transfer is much easier against a printed sample of your own artwork than against a specification sheet.