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Star Micronics label printer, ENERGY STAR certified

Star Micronics MCL2

10 ppm mono label printer.

Speed

10

pages a minute

Color

Mono

Direct thermal

Electricity a year

1.7 W

power in sleep; no annual figure certified

Duplex

No

automatic two-sided

At 10 pages a minute, the MCL2 is faster than 108 of the 438 label and receipt printers certified, and 316 are faster.

Maker
Star Micronics
Model
MCL2
ENERGY STAR type
Printers
Marking technology
Direct thermal
Color
Monochrome
Speed
10 pages a minute
Size format
Small
Automatic duplex
No
Power in sleep
1.71 W
Power in standby
0.21 W
Default delay to sleep
0 min
On the market since
Jul 2025
ENERGY STAR certified
7 Mar 2025

Source: ENERGY STAR certified imaging equipment dataset, US EPA, record 3999556, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.

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TSC Alpha-2RMono · Direct thermal10 ppmOct 2016
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GoDEX GE300Mono · Thermal transfer10 ppmOct 2018
TSC TX610Mono · Thermal transfer10 ppmSep 2020
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