3-inch (up to 80mm) open frame kiosk printing mechanism
A compact, flexible and highly reliable 3-inch (up to 80mm) open frame kiosk printing mechanism. Designed for standalone self-service kiosk installations, the BK3-31 direct thermal printer operates at print speeds 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 BK3-31 support media roll diameters of 80 / 102 / 120mm and various media widths of 83 / 80 / 60 / 58 / 20mm for a range of printing applications from wider lottery ticketing to narrow token printing. The kiosk printer also provides a paper saving mode through BIXOLON’s simple Unified Utility reducing paper wastage resulting in paper savings up to 25% and decreased CO2 emissions.
With compact, lightweight design the BK3-31 kiosk printer supports a range of kiosk mounting options to provide design flexibility for the kiosk builder. With seamless paper feeding with additional roller-tension, multi-position near end sensor for easy monitoring of the paper, removable bezels and an adjustable media width frame the printing mechanism can be personalised for a range of kiosk designs. The kiosk printing mechanism also has a 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 BK3-31 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
- Supported paper width: 80/58 mm
- Maximum roll diameter: 120 mm
- Maximum printing width: 72 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
- Print head life: 100 km
- Receive buffer: 64 KB
- Wall mountable: Yes
- Mounting position: Vertical
Design
- Product colour: Stainless steel
Power
- Power source type: AC
- AC input voltage: 100 - 240 V
- AC input frequency: 50/60 Hz
Operational conditions
- Operating relative humidity (H-H): 10 - 95 %
- Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 40 °C
- Storage temperature (T-T): -20 - 60 °C
- Storage relative humidity (H-H): 10 - 95 %
Other features
- Buffer size: 64 KB




