80mm Receipt Printer POS-8360

The 80 mm Printer You Order by the Pallet

Most 80 mm receipt printers are sold one at a time to a shop that needs one. The POS-8360 is the other case: it is the unit distributors, e-commerce sellers and OEM programmes buy twelve at a time, because at 0.72 kg and 16 × 13.5 × 12.15 cm it is the smallest and lightest 80 mm mechanism in the DcaPOS range, and freight is charged on both.

That is not a marketing angle, it is a purchasing decision. A printer that weighs 2 kg and ships eight to a carton costs a different amount to move than one that weighs 0.72 kg and ships twelve to a carton — and if you are landing stock in a market where the unit itself is the cheap part, the difference in landed cost per unit is set by the carton, not the BOM.

0.72 kg Changes the Freight Maths

The POS-8360 unit is 16 × 13.5 × 12.15 cm with accessories, 0.72 kg. Twelve fit in a 61.4 × 38.8 × 29.8 cm carton weighing 14 kg. Compare that against the larger 80 mm chassis in the range, which ships eight to a carton at 19 kg.

Run the numbers on a container or an air shipment and the consequence is straightforward:

• Carton density. 12 units in roughly 71 litres is a tighter pack than 8 units in 88 litres, so both volumetric and actual weight per unit come down.
• Last-mile cost. For direct-to-merchant shipping — the model most online sellers use — a 0.72 kg printer sits in a lower weight band than a 2 kg one on every carrier’s rate card.
• Breakage exposure. Lighter units mean a lighter carton, which means less crush damage in a mixed pallet. Twelve to a carton at 14 kg gross is a carton one person can handle without a trolley.

None of this matters if you are buying one printer for one counter. All of it matters if you are buying two hundred.

Where 220 mm/s Is Enough — and Where It Is Not

The POS-8360 prints at 220 mm/s. The 260 mm/s models in the range are faster, and it is worth being precise about when that gap is visible.

A typical retail receipt is 25–35 lines with a logo at the top, about 20–25 cm of paper. At 220 mm/s that is roughly one second of print time; at 260 mm/s it is about 0.8 seconds. Nobody in a queue notices 0.2 seconds.

The gap only becomes real in three situations:

• Multi-copy documents. Kitchen tickets with long item lists, or receipts that reprint a full day’s transactions, run long enough for the difference to accumulate.
• High transaction rate. Above roughly 600 receipts a day per station, the maths starts to show up as queue time rather than a rounding error.
• Graphics-heavy templates. A large bitmap logo, a QR code and a footer block at high density will pull the effective rate below the headline number on any printer; the faster unit degrades less.

Below those thresholds, 220 mm/s is sufficient, and the money is better spent on the carton economics or on a spare unit.

USB, LAN and Bluetooth: The Three Interfaces That Ship in Volume

The interface set on this model is deliberately narrow: USB, Ethernet, and Bluetooth as an option. There is no serial and no parallel port. That is a simplification, not an omission, and it matches how printers are actually deployed now.

• USB for a single till with a Windows or Android terminal alongside it. Keep the cable under 3 m.
• Ethernet for kitchen and multi-station printing, where the printer has an IP address and any terminal on the LAN can address it. This is also the interface that survives remote support, which matters once units are in more than one site.
• Bluetooth for tablet and handheld deployments, where the ordering device moves and the printer does not.

What the narrow set rules out is the legacy case: an older Windows POS application that expects a COM port or an LPT port and will not enumerate a USB printer. If your software was written before roughly 2010, check the port type before ordering — this is the single most common specification error in printer orders, and it is not fixable with an adapter cable in every case.

macOS: The Compatibility Line Most 80 mm Printers Miss

The POS-8360 lists Windows, macOS, Android and iOS in its supported operating systems. macOS is the one worth calling out, because it is where cheap 80 mm printers usually fail: they publish a Windows driver and an Android SDK and leave the Mac to whatever generic CUPS driver happens to work.

Two practical notes follow from that:

• ESC/POS is the real compatibility layer. The command set is what makes the printer work across operating systems, and it is standard here. A CUPS ESC/POS queue on macOS behaves the same as a Windows driver for text and simple graphics.
• iOS is different. An iPad will not enumerate a USB printer at all. iOS printing goes over the network or through a vendor SDK. If your deployment is iPad-based, specify the Ethernet variant and plan for network printing from the start.

A Small Footprint Is a Counter Decision, Not Just a Shipping One

16 × 13.5 cm of counter space is small enough to sit beside a tablet stand, under a shelf, or on a narrow service counter where a 19 cm deep printer would overhang. In convenience-store and kiosk-counter formats — where the whole point is that the counter is 40 cm deep — that difference is what decides whether the printer goes on the counter at all or ends up on a bracket behind it.

The trade-off is mass. A 0.72 kg printer moves when you pull a receipt hard, and it can walk across a smooth counter over a few hundred transactions. Two fixes, both cheap: put it on a rubber mat, or use the mounting points to fix it down. If the site has heavy paper handling, the heavier 2 kg units in the range are more stable on an open counter.

Paper, Cutter and the Running Cost

The unit takes 79.5 ± 0.5 mm rolls up to 80 mm in diameter, 0.06–0.08 mm thick, with a 72 ± 0.5 mm print width and a 576-dot line at the standard 80 mm geometry. Receipt templates built for any ESC/POS printer render without re-laying out the logo or the tax block.

The auto cutter does full or partial cuts. Partial leaves a tab so the receipt stays attached — the right setting for a printer mounted above customer reach, where a loose receipt drops to the floor. Full cut is cleaner when the receipt is handed over immediately.

The print head is rated for 100 km, which is the number that decides whether the printer is a consumable or a capital item. At 400 receipts a day and 15 cm per receipt, that is roughly four years of head life. Thermal printing has no ribbon and no ink, so the running cost is paper plus the occasional head clean — there is no per-page consumable to budget.

What You Give Up

Being straight about the limits saves a return:

• No serial, no parallel. Legacy POS software and industrial controllers are ruled out. Take a 260 mm/s unit from the range instead.
• 220 mm/s, not 260. Irrelevant for a single till, relevant for high-volume kitchen printing.
• Lower mass. Fine on a mat or a bracket, less good loose on a polished counter.
• Not a label printer. This is continuous receipt roll. Shelf labels, barcode labels and shipping labels need the label range (POS-9210, POS-9250) — different paper path, different platen, different sensor.

The Rest of the 80 mm Range

The range has four 80 mm units, and the honest summary is that two of them are the same printer built in different tooling.

• POS-8250 — 260 mm/s, full interface set including serial and parallel, 2 kg. The default choice for a single till that needs the widest compatibility.
• POS-8220 — 260 mm/s, 2.3 kg, built for kitchen environments with a heavier gear train.
• POS-8330 — 260 mm/s, wall-mountable, Linux support, four dithering modes for graphic output.
• POS-8360 — this unit. 220 mm/s, 0.72 kg, USB/LAN/Bluetooth, 12 per carton.

For an OEM programme, the decision is usually made on one question: does the fleet need serial or parallel anywhere? If yes, standardise on a 260 mm/s model and keep one driver package. If no, the carton economics of the POS-8360 are hard to beat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it work with an iPad?

Not over USB — iOS does not enumerate USB printers. Use the Ethernet variant and print over the network, or a vendor SDK that supports Bluetooth. Confirm this before committing to an iPad-based deployment.

Is the Bluetooth interface standard or optional?

Optional on this model. Specify it at quotation stage; the interface configuration is fixed at build time, not switchable in the field.

Can it drive a cash drawer?

Yes. The port is rated 12 V / 1 A on an RJ11 connector, triggered by an ESC/POS command. Specify the 12 V solenoid version when you order the drawer — the POS-410A, POS-410B and POS-405A are each available with either a 12 V or a 24 V solenoid, and the 24 V version will not fire reliably from this port. If you also run a POS-8370, note that its drawer port is 24 V / 1 A — the two printers need different drawer versions.

Can I store a logo in the printer?

Yes — 256 KB of NV Flash, so the logo lives in the printer and is called with a command instead of being sent as a bitmap with every receipt.

How many fit on a pallet?

Twelve per carton, carton 61.4 × 38.8 × 29.8 cm at 14 kg gross. Pallet count depends on your stacking rules — ask us for the loading plan if you are booking a container.

What is the warranty?

12 months minimum, with a 100 km rated print head. Extended terms are available for OEM and distribution programmes.

Next step: tell us the annual volume, the interface you need and the destination market — we will quote factory-direct and send the carton and pallet dimensions for your freight calculation. Email sales@dcapos.com or contact us.

Related: POS-8370 80 mm printer with stored logo · thermal receipt printers · POS-8250 80 mm printer · POS-410A cash drawer · POS peripherals

Specifications
	Interfaces	USB/Lan/Bluetooth(optional)
	Print Comand	ESC/POS
	Print Method	Thermal Line Printing
	Print Speed	220mm/sec
	No. of Total Dots	576 dots/Line
	Resolution	203 dpi (8 dots/mm)
	Auto Paper Cutter	Full or Partial cut
	Print Width	72±0.5mm
	Character Set	Alphanumeric /Chinese Kanji
	Print Font	12 x 24; 24x 24
	NV Flash	256K bytes
	Compatible OS	Window /MAC/Android & IOS Operate Systems
	Paper
	Type	Roll Paper
	Width	79.5±0.5mm
	Roll Diameter	80mm
	Paper Thickness	0.06-0.08mm
	Electrical
	Adapter Voltage	DC24V/2.5A
	Cash Drawer Control	12V/1A
	Print Head	Reliability
	Print Reliability	100km
	Physical
	Dimension	16*13.5*12.15 CM
	Unit Weight	0.72kgs(with accessories)
	Pieces Per CTN	12 Pieces
	Color	Black and White
	CTN Dimension	61.4*38.8*29.8cm
	Carton Weight	14kgs
	Environmental
	Temperature	Working: 0 to 45 Degrees
	Humidity	Working: 10%-80%
	Warantty	12 months at least
	Certificates	CE& FCC ROHS / ISO9001:2008