Reigate, UK, 3 February 2009. Trident has introduced a new compact, thermal receipt printer that is specifically designed for retail applications. A small footprint and eye-catching gloss finish ensures that this printer is suited to counter-top printing in even the most image conscious of retail environments.

In order to suit their surroundings the Q1 printers are available in a stunning gloss black or gloss white design with a chrome trim. Accommodating an industry standard paper width and roll dimension of 80mm and a paper thickness from 65 to 100 micro m, The Q1 has a compact outline with dimensions of 140mm x 150mm x 117mm WxDxH to save valuable workspace.

With a front paper exit and slightly curved top the Q1 is ideally suited for retail and hospitality applications ensuring that items cannot be rested on or dropped in the top of the printer and any spillages are kept from reaching the paper roll, thus protecting the printer from damage by liquids improving reliability and uptime.

With a print speed of up to 150mm sec and a resolution of 8 dots mm, the Q1 produces clear and precise receipt print-outs. An automatic cutter with rotating blade guarantees service life of 1,000,000 cuts, and a black mark sensor has been added to ensure easy auto alignment when using pre-printed receipt stationery. Equipped with a cash draw kick out, Serial and USB interfaces are available with the corresponding drivers for WIN 2000 and WIN XP.

The new Custom printer is one of a range of technologies and solutions featured on Trident s new Retail micro site, at: www.trident-uk.co.uk retail. This site features displays, hardware, software, printers, peripherals and consumables specific to the retail industry and also offers case studies and an RSS feed to allow users to stay up to date. Trident offers a wide range of products for the retail environments, based on strategic relationships with suppliers such as Custom Engineering, Citizen and Microsoft to bring retail focused solutions.

About Trident
Trident is one of Europe s leading technical franchised distributors of displays, interface kits, single board computers, panel PCs, printers and card readers as well as providing an extensive range of value added services.

The company is part of the Abacus Group and has offices in the UK and across Europe with presence in The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Italy.

Due to their years of expertise and vast product portfolio Trident operate in most markets including industrial, retail, public information, marine, hospitality, transport, multi-media kiosks, EPOS, broadcast, security, defence and medical hardware.

Differentiated by its unrivalled technical expertise across a very broad portfolio, customers are able to consult Trident specialists on the most appropriate solution to meet their particular needs.

For further information visit: www.trident-uk.co.uk

About Abacus Group plc
Abacus Group plc is one of the leading distributors of electronic components in Europe, with directly owned companies having locations in every major European electronics market.

Abacus Group companies are marketed in four groups:

Abacus Electronic Component Distribution ECD has a portfolio of over 180 franchises within 12 trading operations providing technical distribution services through locally based sales offices.

Abacus Embedded Systems Group ESG covers businesses offering displays and communications expertise, and includes Trident, Axess, TDC and Abacus Embedded.

Abacus Own Brand encompasses Dubilier and Eledis offering competitively priced, quality passives, electro-mechanical components and batteries.

Alpha 3 Manufacturing provides electromechanical sub contract manufacture, under three trading operations: DEM Manufacturing, CTL Manufacturing and CCS Electronics.