CleanCloud's Recommended Hardware

The question we receive the most from our customers is what is the most cost effective and best supported hardware to use with CleanCloud.

Below are our recommendations, but you may also look at our extended list of supported printers in the other articles in this section if you want to check if a printer is supported by your device in CleanCloud. Many of our users will already have a printer, and it is likely that it will work with CleanCloud.

Our Current Recommendation

Computer: PC Desktop or Laptop. This can have a touchscreen or not.

Receipt printer: Epson TM-T20II USB or Star TSP100 USB

Garment Tag printer: Epson TM-U220B USB or Star SP700 USB with autocutter

Cash Drawer: Any RJ-11 or RJ-12 cable cash drawer

What about iPad / Android tablets?

CleanCloud works well with iPads, but there are some drawbacks.

These include:

• Some staff members find the standard iPad screen too small, and the larger screen iPad too expensive
• The printers that support iPad are more expensive
• CleanCloud staff are unable to remotely connect to iPads via Teamviewer to provide support
• Since more typing is required than your average retail POS, as you are taking the customer name and adding notes, iPads aren't as well suited to a dry cleaning POS as a retail POS
• Heat Seal barcode printing using Zebra printers is not available, but you can use pre-printed heat seal barcode tags
• Weight scales are not supported
• Not all CleanCloud features are available on the iPad due to the limitations of the hardware

Note that the printers below will also work with PC and Mac, so they are a good option if you plan to use a variety of hardware or you wish to future proof.

If you wish to use iPad the recommended printers are

Receipt printer: Star mC-Print3 or Epson TM-m30 (Ethernet)

Tag printer: Star SP700 webPRNT (Ethernet)

Cash Drawer: Any RJ-11 or RJ-12 cable cash drawer

What about Apple Macs?

CleanCloud works well with Macs. The only drawback is that it supports fewer printers and peripherals than PCs

If you wish to use Macs the recommended printers are

Receipt printer:Star mC-Print3 or Epson TM-m30 (Ethernet)

Tag printer: Star SP700 webPRNT (Ethernet) or Star SP700 (Ethernet)

Cash Drawer: Any RJ-11 or RJ-12 cable cash drawer

What about Chromebooks or Linux?

If you wish to use Chromebooks or Linux the recommended printers are

Receipt printer:Star mC-Print3 or Epson TM-m30 (Ethernet)

Tag printer: Star SP700 webPRNT (Ethernet)

Cash Drawer: Any RJ-11 or RJ-12 cable cash drawer