Card machines with a built-in receipt printer

The Dojo Go, Dojo Go Max and Dojo Wired all have a receipt printer built in. The Dojo Pocket does not; it sends digital receipts through the app. Among the pay-as-you-go providers, the SumUp Terminal (£135 ex VAT) and Square Terminal (£149 + VAT) print, while the small readers from SumUp, Square and Zettle do not (prices checked August 2026).

Whether you need a printer depends on who is on the other side of the counter. Most customers are happy with nothing or an emailed receipt. Some trades, some councils and a lot of business customers still want paper, and a taxi in London is required to provide it.

Which machines print

Pay-as-you-go prices are the providers' published figures. Dojo hardware is priced within your Dojo quote, either bought outright or rented monthly. Dojo does not publish a single spec sheet, so its specifications are as described by the named review sites, checked August 2026.

Who still needs paper receipts

Taxis are the clearest case. Transport for London has required all licensed taxis to accept card and contactless payments since 31 October 2016, using a TfL-approved fixed unit in the passenger compartment, and drivers must provide printed receipts for those payments on request. Handheld devices are not approved. Outside London, councils set their own rules: Harlow has required a card payment option in hackney carriages since 6 April 2021 and accepts receipts by email, text or print, and Brighton & Hove has required a cashless payment facility since 1 May 2022.

Restaurants and pubs use the printer for the bill as much as the receipt, and a printed slip with a gratuity line is still how a lot of table service handles tips. The restaurant card machine and pub card machine pages cover the rest of what matters at the table.

Retail wants paper for returns, and any business with trade customers gets asked for a VAT receipt on the spot. Tradespeople on a job are the opposite: a printed receipt from the van is rarely requested, and a digital receipt keeps the kit smaller. The retail page and the mobile card machine page go into each.

Printer or no printer: the practical differences

A terminal with a printer is bigger and heavier. The Dojo Go weighs 458g according to review sites; the Pocket is the lighter, smaller device with the longer battery, and that is the trade-off Dojo makes between the two. Paper also runs out, usually mid-service, so a spare roll lives in the drawer.

A terminal without a printer depends on the customer giving an email address or phone number for a receipt, which slows the queue slightly and which some customers decline. For businesses that mostly serve regulars that is no problem. For walk-in retail it can be.

Renting rather than buying changes the sum for any terminal, printer or not. The rental vs purchase guide sets the two options out.

When a printer is not the right choice

If you take payments on the move, a printing terminal is the wrong shape. The Dojo Pocket, a phone-paired reader or Tap to Pay on iPhone are lighter, cheaper or both, and a digital receipt is what the customer expects from a mobile trade anyway.

If card volumes are low, paying for a full terminal to get a printer you rarely use is poor value. A £19 + VAT Square Reader or a £25 ex VAT SumUp Solo Lite does the payments, and an email receipt covers the rare request.

And if your till already prints, an integrated terminal that hands the receipt job to the EPOS may suit you better than a second printer on the counter. Ask the EPOS provider which terminals it integrates with before choosing.

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