My Account
Linerless Label Printers for Australian Retail, Hospitality and Delivery
A linerless label printer runs adhesive thermal stock that has no backing paper. The roll is one continuous strip of label material with the glue on the reverse, so the printer cuts every label to the length the job needs and nothing is left behind to peel off and bin. POS Plaza stocks liner free printers from Star Micronics, Bixolon and Epson for counters, kitchens, dispatch benches and click and collect desks.
Why operators move to liner free labelling
- More labels on the same size roll. Taking the liner out frees up roll diameter, so a linerless roll typically carries around 60 per cent more labels than a die cut roll of the same outside diameter. That is fewer roll changes in a shift.
- No peeling and no waste stream. Staff are not stripping a backing sheet between orders, and there is no pile of spent liner on the bench at the end of service.
- Any length, from the one roll. The cut follows the content, so a short bag seal and a long allergy label come off the same stock with no media change.
- Repositionable adhesive. The sticky thermal media these printers use grips cups, bags, containers and shelf edges, then lifts away clean, which matters when an order is changed after it has been labelled.
What we stock
- Star Micronics TSP143IV SK. The smallest three inch desktop sticky label printer in its class, taking 80, 58 and 40 mm widths over USB, LAN and Wi-Fi with Star CloudPRNT. The usual choice for a busy quick service counter.
- Star Micronics TSP654IISK. The long running three inch liner free workhorse, available in USB, Ethernet and CloudPRNT builds, with a taken sensor that holds the next job until the printed label has been lifted.
- Bixolon SRP-S300L and SRP-S300TX. Three inch liner free printers with back feed that trims the leading gap before each label, plus an optional paper taken sensor. The letters after S300 set the media class rather than the interface, so match the roll you already buy before you pick the body.
- Bixolon XL5-40CTE. A four inch linerless printer aimed at dispatch and shipping work, with USB, serial and Ethernet on board.
- Epson TM-L90II LFC. A liner free label printer and a receipt printer in one unit, with a label taken sensor and support for 40, 58 and 80 mm widths.
- Star Micronics SM-L300. The mobile option. A Bluetooth receipt and label printer that takes MAXStick liner free rolls as standard, for field service, delivery runs and labelling away from the counter.
Picking the right one
Start with the label width you actually print. Three inch models cover order labels, food and allergy labels, bag seals and shelf tickets, which is most hospitality and retail work. Step up to four inch only if you are producing shipping and dispatch labels. Then settle the interface: USB suits a single till, Ethernet or Wi-Fi suits a kitchen or a bench away from the POS, and CloudPRNT suits a web or cloud ordering platform that sends jobs without a local PC. Last, decide whether you want a taken sensor. In a kitchen where several dockets land at once it stops a stack of sticky labels printing on top of each other.
These printers need linerless rolls
Liner free printers do not run ordinary die cut labels or plain receipt paper. The media is a specific sticky thermal stock, and the machine will not label reliably on anything else, so order rolls at the same time as the printer. Our range sits under Label Rolls, including MAXStick MX linerless sticky labels and 80 mm full cover linerless rolls. If you print barcodes on standard die cut stock as well, our direct thermal label printers cover that side of the bench.
Keeping one printing cleanly
Adhesive media asks a little more of the print path than lined labels. The print head, the platen roller and the cutter all pick up glue over time, so wipe them down with a thermal cleaning pen or an isopropyl swab on a regular schedule rather than waiting for print quality to drop. Keep rolls in their wrapper until they go in the printer, since exposed adhesive attracts dust, and store them out of direct heat.
Not sure which model suits your counter, kitchen or dispatch bench? Call POS Plaza on 1300 115 808 and we will match the printer to the rolls and the POS software you are running.