While the entertainment industry is multi-faceted and can change significantly from venue to venue, they share one requirement; the need for tickets to manage sales and control entrance to events. Tickets come in many quality levels and are sold and issued in a number of ways. Commemorative events often require high quality durable tickets that are kept as souvenirs, while regular events need only simple throw away tickets. Some tickets are pre-printed and delivered to the event; others are printed on site and issued from a booth.
Datamax-O’Neil’s new MP Compact4 Mark II series ticket printers are a great solution for the entertainment industry. Whether it is a sporting event that needs tickets printed at a fast pace or the “concert of the Century” where top quality tickets are required, the MP Compact4 Mark II series printers are the ideal choice.
Specifications at-a-glance:
A successful venue requires reliable ticketing capabilities, and Datamax-O’Neil has been a recognized leader of ticket printers for more than 30 years. Direct thermal printers are faster, easier to use, and require less expensive media. Key features are below:
MP Compact4 printers are offered with a wide variety of options and accessories to meet the needs of many industrial applications. A complete list of options and accessories are available on the partner center. The most commonly used options are listed below:
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W-LAN Optional 802.11 B/G wireless LAN makes it easy to connect to networks and makes mobile printing operations easy. The wireless option has the latest WPA2 security protocol. |
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Emulations DPL version of the Compact4 Mark II printers is available with PL-B emulation capabilities, making it easy to replace competitive printers. |
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Tower Kit Unlike any other printer in the industry, the Compact4 printers can be stacked using the tower rack accessory. The rack is designed to maintain the footprint occupied by a single printer while allowing easy loading and printing operations. |
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Wall Mounting Kit The wall mounting kit allows the printer to be wall mounted quickly and easily. It is ideal in applications where counter space is limited and the printer is in close proximity. |
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Label Taken Sensor Kit The label taken sensor, also known as LTS, is commonly used with the peeler kit. A photo cell is mounted facing upward at the label exit to detect when the label is taken. The photo cell controls the printing pace so that the next label is printed only after the previous label has been removed. |
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Peeler Kit The peeler kit automatically separates the label from the label liner (backing) by pulling the liner over a sharp edge and winding it onto a three pronged spindle. This allows the user to take a printed label directly from the printer and apply it. A peeler kit along with a label taken sensor kit automates applying labels by removing the label liner and pausing printing until the label is taken. |
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Large Roll Kit The large roll kit allows the printer to handle a larger roll loaded onto its spindle which increases the roll diameter capacity from 3.9” (100mm) to 5.9” (150mm). The kit requires removing the old spindle and installing a new spindle that displaces the roll further from the printer. |
Datamax-O'Neil printer solutions offer easy software setup, navigation and customization. Combined with optional remote management and software tools, Datamax-O'Neil printers minimize human intervention and automate many of the tasks usually required by operators and technicians.
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Emulation Language Support |
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Datamax-O'Neil ticketing supplies for use with the MP Compact4 Mark II are popular in many industries including transportation for printing passenger tickets, entertainment for theater tickets, and sports for event tickets. All ticketing supplies and much more can be found in the Supplies section of our website.
Datamax-O'Neil offers a wide variety of world-class quality printing supplies for many industries including healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and shipping. Datamax-O'Neil Certified Supplies are engineered and tested to provide optimal performance and maximize output through your Datamax-O'Neil printer. Visit our Supplies section for more information on our supplies and customization services.
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Arts & Entertainment The MP Compact4 Mark II versatility and ruggedness makes it very popular in the arts and entertainment industries for printing admission tickets to movies, concerts, museums, musicals, carnivals, theme parks, and amusement parks. The Compact4 Mark II Top of Form sensor accommodates a wide variety of ticket designs and the all metal design can withstand every day use and harsh environments. |
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Sporting Events Sporting events happen in a variety of environments and always require high reliability to print a large number of tickets and speed to deliver them very quickly. The MP Compact4 Mark II is ideal for sporting events because it satisfies these requirements and goes the extra mile with its rugged construction and resilience. |
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Travel & Leisure Whether you travel by airplane, train, ship, car or bus, there a need for a boarding pass, passenger ticket, parking slip, or transfer pass. All these travel and leisure documents need a ticket printer that can print on a wide variety of materials and is very easy to load. The MP Compact4 Mark II is a perfect fit for all these applications because it is designed to handle a wide variety of ticketing materials that can be loaded by even the most non-technical operators. |
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Recreation & Gaming Recreation and gaming activities sometimes require tickets or printing on ticket-like materials. The MP Compact4 Mark II is ideal for the recreation and gaming industries because its versatility allows it to print on non-standard ticket stocks. Some of these materials include synthetic ski lift tickets, lottery and raffle tickets. |
