What Are The Pros and Cons?
We receive many questions pertaining to ticket paper and thought we would address the most common requests we receive. Thermal paper, often used for retail receipts, is not the paper we recommend for use with our printers. Thermal paper is fine for store receipts, but not the best for parking tickets. Thermal paper is less expensive and readily available, however, thermal paper leaves lint residue on the printer head of all printers and if not cleaned routinely, can lead to printer shutdown/malfunction. United Public Safety recommends the use of polyvinyl paper within our solution. Polyvinyl paper is, just as its name implies, coated with a vinyl, creating a waterproof and non-tear substrate. Also note, thermal paper cannot be left outside in inclement weather as it will disintegrate. No envelopes are required with polyvinyl paper. Unprinted Polyvinyl paper makes for a longer ticket as the printer on the front side of the ticket real-time prints all header, Terms and Conditions as well as payment instructions. Assume 60-70 tickets per roll and about .04 to 06 cents per ticket. It is easy to alter information on unprinted paper if addresses or other information changes. Polyvinyl paper is stocked by us and can ship the same day it is ordered. We stock White and Yellow Polyvinyl paper and other colors can be ordered (minimums apply). Standard tickets are between 6 and 8 inches depending on the information that is collected and whether a photo is printed.
Preprinted Polyvinyl tickets are a more expensive ticket option. You can assume between .10 and .17 cents per ticket (depending on quantity ordered) and minimum orders apply. Preprinted paper will expedite the ticket issuance process as much of the standard information is already preprinted. With a violation photo, assume a minimum 6-inch ticket. This can be shortened if information is preprinted on the back of the ticket. Preprinted tickets can also be in color and contain information such as maps, coupons and logos. We do not stock custom paper and typically annual usage is calculated to assure a ready supply.
 
The options, as seen above, are for custom printed ticket paper (left) and our standard ticket (right). Custom has many variables and options, including reverse-side printing, color logos, etc. We have even printed a location map on the reverse side! We are always happy to answer questions pertaining to paper. Just ask!
1. Print your logo on every ticket
2. Multiple Notification Letters
Send support@upsafety a pdf of your municipal logo and we will upload your logo to print on all tickets.
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