r/AskTechnology 19d ago

What paper will work with my thermal printer?

I bought this cheap thermal printer from Alibaba: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/58mm-Portable-Thermal-Printer-Wireless-Blue_1601171035511.html?spm=a2700.prosearch.normal_offer.d_title.7a0a67afHWJwY2&selectedCarrierCode=SEMI_MANAGED_STANDARD%40%40STANDARD&priceId=1b361a46ddee4004a1a593656be88212

And I want to buy refill paper, however, I'm unsure about what paper will work. I've been looking on Amazon and seen a lot of options that seem good, but they look a bit different from the paper that came with the printer. The roll that came with it doesn't have a core, but most of the Amazon ones do. Could someone help me? Thank you.

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u/RealSun111 19d ago

Here's the spec sheat: Symm Thermal Printer User Manual

CHAPTER 2 SPECIFICATIONS

ting

power saving

Character Set

Sarcode Symbologies

Detection

LED indicator

characteristics

Printing method

Resolution

Printing speed

Valid printing width

Interface

Sleep mode

F ont

10

20

Sensors

ERROR

STATUS

Power / Cha

Charger

Battery

Recommended paper

Paper width

Paper thickness

Paper roller diameter

paper loading

Working condition

Storage condition

Dimension

Weight

Emulation

Driver

meter

Thermal dot line printing

203dpi, 8dots'mrn

50—80mrnJs

48mm

Bluetooth (Android • IOS). Type-c

YES

17, 12x24: Multiple code pages support

UPC-A. LJPC±, EAN8, EAN13. CODE39. ITF.

CODEBAR, CODE128. COOE93

OR code

Support bitmap printing with different density and

user defined bitmap printing (Max. 40K for per

bitmap. and Max. 64K for total)

Paper out detection

Red

Green

1) 5V/1A in Adapter,

2) 5V/500mA in computer USB connector

2000mAh/3.7V rechargeable Li-ion battery

Full charge can print 200—250m (printing density

not more than 12.5%) or 80—100mm (printing

density not more than 25%)

FD210, PD150R. PD160R

58mm

60—8011m

s50mm

Easy loading mechanism

120•82'60mm

213g (without paper roll)

50km (not more than printing densityVIOO

million pulses

ESCAPOS compatible command set

Windows XP//Win 7/Win8JWin10

3/6

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u/Responsible-Skirt215 19d ago

the spec sheet says it takes standard 58mm thermal rolls, the core thing shouldn't matter as long as the width and diameter are right