I got the Star TSP800 printer and it is working fine.
I bought it from International Point of sale.
(It is the Star Micronics TSP800, USB with locking lid, includes USB cable and power supply - $593)
I have it by the front desk. Instead of printing the presciptions in the exam room I end the patient visit with "Let's go up front and get your prescriptions."
A few installation notes:
1) I got the USB version. It is not plug and play. You have to download the driver from Star's website. Once you install it on one machine, and share it, it can easily be added to other computers on the network without further downloads.
2) The default options worked fine, except I had to change the "raster print options / Cut Action End Page End Doc" section on the properties section of the windows printer interface.
The default is Form Feed / Partial Cut.
This works fine if you are just printing one prescription, but when you print more than one the second won't form feed before printing. I changed the default to "Partial Cut / Partial Cut" and this fixed the problem.
I am using the roll presciption paper with the timing marks.
So far so good.
