3-inch Kiosk Printer mechanism with large roll diameter
A compact, flexible and highly reliable 3-inch (up to 83mm) open frame kiosk printing mechanism. Designed for standalone self-service kiosk installations, the BK3-32 direct thermal printer operates at print speeds of up to 250mm per second with 203dpi resolution to produce high quality text, graphics and barcodes. Presenting a larger paper roll capacity than traditional packaged kiosk printers, the BK3-32 supports a roll diameter of up to 250mm for a wide range of printing applications from busy hospitality settings to unattended booths. The kiosk printer also provides a paper saving mode through BIXOLON’s simple Unified Utility which reduces paper wastage resulting in paper savings up to 25% and decreased CO2 emissions.
With compact, lightweight design the BK3-32 kiosk printer supports multiple mounting options to provide design flexibility for kiosk builders. With a seamless paper feed with additional roller-tension, multi-position near end sensor for easy monitoring of the paper and an presenter to reduce paper jamming and vandalism. The kiosk printing mechanism also supports USB V2.0 and Serial (9 pin male or 5 pin connector) with a DC Jack or 2 pin power connector connectivity as standard.
Supported by BIXOLON’s wide range of drivers, utilities and SDKs, the BK3-32 is compatible with Windows® major OS system and OPOS-based systems from Android™, Windows® and Linux™ for smart based devices. Supporting by an industry leading 2 year warranty as standard.
Printing
- Print technology: Direct thermal
- Type: POS printer
- Maximum resolution: 203 x 203 DPI
- Print speed: 250 mm/sec
- Character size: 24 x 24 mm
Paper handling
- Paper loading type: Easy Paper Loading
- Maximum roll diameter: 120 mm
- Maximum printing width: 72 mm
- Supported paper width: 80/58 mm
Ports & interfaces
- Connectivity technology: Wired
- USB port: Yes
- USB 2.0 ports quantity: 1
- Serial interface: Yes
Network
- Ethernet LAN: Yes
Features
- Built-in barcodes: 1D,2D,Code 93,Code-128 Codabar Library,Code-39 Library,Data Matrix,EAN13,EAN8,GS1 DataBar Expanded,GS1 DataBar Limited,GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional,GS1 DataBar Truncated,GS1-128,ITF,PDF417,QR Code,UPC-A,UPC-E
- Internal memory: 0.032 MB
- Autocutter durability: 1.5 million cuts
- Wall mountable: Yes
- Receive buffer: 64 KB
- Mounting position: Vertical
- Print head life: 100 km
Design
- Product colour: Stainless steel
Power
- Power source type: DC
- AC input voltage: 100 - 240 V
- AC input frequency: 50/60 Hz
Operational conditions
- Operating relative humidity (H-H): 10 - 95 %
- Storage relative humidity (H-H): 10 - 95 %
- Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 40 °C
- Storage temperature (T-T): -20 - 60 °C
Other features
- Buffer size: 64 KB



