ALTRINCHAM, England, May 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The new and upgraded Maxatec MT-200 (Johnson Matthey Launches PLATINUM 2010) is a high performance direct thermal receipt printer ( http://www.maxatec-europe.com/content/pages/products/receipt/) with a printing speed of 200mm per second. With complete ease-of-use, drop-in paper loading and adjustable (50 to 82.5 mm) paper widths, the new MT-200 offers a fully flexible receipt printer ( http://www.maxatec-europe.com/content/pages/products/receipt/) suitable for high volume receipt printing applications in the retail and hospitality sectors.

Andrea Percival, managing director of Maxatec said: 'The single station receipt printing ( http://www.maxatec-europe.com/content/pages/products/receipt/) market is extremely competitive, and we are constantly looking at our product set to ensure that it remains well specified, quality assured as well as being pitched at the right price point. We took a long look at the existing product offering and decided that the new MT-200 could bring together a higher specification and a lower price for our customers. Basically they get more for less. As with the MT-150, the new and upgraded MT-200 is easy to use, compact and powerful, offering users a first class product at an economical price, and backed by a 2 year warranty. We will continue to ship the MT-150 but we anticipate that customers will gradually migrate over to the MT-200.'

The MT-200 ( http://www.maxatec-europe.com/content/pages/products/models/mt-200.shtml) is easy to integrate into existing applications with plug and play features. The small footprint creates a truly compact, economical and powerful printer - with high speed printing of easy-to-read receipts with logos, bar codes, coupons and marketing messages. Complemented by a full driver suite - Windows(R) Printer Driver (XP, 2000, 2003, WEPOS), OPOS(TM) and Linux, the MT-200 comes with a USB interface as standard, and is also available with additional interfaces: RS232, IEEE 1284 (parallel), Ethernet, and WiFi 802.11b. Additional features include; spill-proof lid, logo and firmware download utility and integrated wall-mount feature and recessed cables.

For more information about the MT 200 visit the Maxatec site: http://www.maxatec-europe.com/press/2010/05/maxatec-mt-200-receipt-printer

About Maxatec

Maxatec (http://www.maxatec-europe.com/) is an ISO 9001:2008 certified Value Added Supplier of Specialist IT Hardware and Services to the Auto ID, POS and Mobile markets. As well as offering own brand products, Maxatec's product portfolio includes CognitiveTPG point of sale and bar code label printers, Barcode Label Printers NCR POS terminals, Extech portable receipt printers, TSC industrial label printers, Zebex bar code scanners, MMF cash drawers, FlexPOS POS terminals, and Firich (FEC) Touch screens and SAMMI mobile computing devices.

Maxatec also offers software and services including NiceLabel label design package, and a wide range of consumables (paper, labels, and ribbons), spare parts and in-house and on-site service capabilities.

The Maxatec brand is synonymous with high standards of service as well as high performance, high quality products.

For more information about Maxatec: Tel: +44(0)161-942-7850 Fax: +44(0)161-927-7664 info@maxatec-europe.com

SOURCE: Maxatec Europe

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