The General Data is nice, but takes up space with its vacuum canister, which they rarely show in pictures. Be sure you see it and make certain it will fit in the space you have. Cassettes are more costly as they are all pre-printed with black facing, but look great.
Thermo is less bulky (no vacuum and waste container to clean) but produces a lower quality print. Cassettes are much cheaper, but they have had some troubles with the print head not lasting long. The Leica is not much better (if at all) than the Thermo with respect to print quality. It also constantly jams (the ones I have used). Personally, I would choose the General Data. Costs more in the long term with pricey cassettes, but looks great! Less troubles with barcode scanning too. There is no comparison between this and the other two. Like a Kia vs a Bentley. I just bought the Thermo, and only because my lab is a Thermo Showcase lab and that is all we use, across the board. I wish I could have the General Data unit. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Morken, Timothy Sent: 4/30/2012 12:19 PM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] Cassette printer comparison Hi all, We are looking at cassette printers and have narrowed to three. The printers will be used for 2D code printing so I am wondering what experience anyone has had with reliability of 2D code readability and durability with the output of these three printers Thermo Printmate General Data Leica IP-C Thanks for any info you can give! Tim Morken Department of Pathology UC San Francisco Medical Center 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 1656 Room S570 San Francisco, CA 94132 (415) 353-1266 (ph) (415) 514-3403 (fax) tim.mor...@ucsfmedctr.org _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet