Star Micronics Announces the New StarPRNT SDK V 5.0 for Easy Integration With All Star Printer Models

SOMERSET, NJ--(Marketwired - Apr 11, 2016) - Always leading -- always innovating, Star Micronics is supporting the latest advances in technology by introducing the new StarPRNT SDK V 5.0, a major update to its existing SDKs. The new StarPRNT SDK for iOS was developed to speed up the integration of any Star product by making the process as seamless as possible.

This new StarPRNT SDK version for iOS allows users to utilize new APIs to generate proof of transaction, reports, and additional functions that are required in retail, restaurant, and banking environments, making the SDK easier for developers to work with than ever before. Coming soon, Android™ users will also be able to benefit from the StarPRNT SDK to use Star Micronics printers with any Android™ device.

For the first time, Star Micronics is providing support for Swift programming language for iOS with StarPRNT SDK; this will broaden the choice for developers to use whichever language they prefer for iOS applications. The new StarPRNT SDK features UTF8 Unicode support, multi-language documents, human readable APIs, and document scaling. In addition, StarPRNT SDK now provides support for digital receipt API capability with Star Micronics' AllReceipts™, digital receipt solution.

The StarPRNT SDK supports all popular Star product categories in one SDK including thermal receipt printers, kitchen printers, portable printers, mPOP™, kiosk printers, and AllReceipts™, making it the most complete SDK product support on the market. Once integrated, customers can easily use any product from Star Micronics' constantly growing line of POS offerings.

Star has always been committed to ensuring that its solution provider partners, and in turn, their retailer and hospitality customers, remain at the cutting edge in terms of implementing applications that reflect changing market trends. With the recent trend of mobile POS applications, iOS and Android™ SDKs for Star Micronics printers will give solution providers the added flexibility to satisfy requests for wireless POS software that may be used to keep up with trends and leverage the power of these popular hand-held units.

About Star Micronics

Star Micronics, one of the world's largest POS providers, has designated a portfolio of printing, secure cash management, and customer solutions for any retail or hospitality establishment in POS and mPOS environments. Embracing the mobility wave, Star's complementary SDKs allow users to utilize Star printers in tandem with Android™, and iOS iPad® and iPhone® devices to generate receipts for all of its printers. Always leading, and always innovating, Star Micronics enables web-based printing solutions including remote cloud printing, wireless cash drawer solutions, proximity-based printing, and secure cash management. For more information, please visit www.starmicronics.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, or Vimeo.