Established in 1995, APS Advanced Printing Systems specializes in the design and manufacturing of OEM thermal printer mechanisms, controller boards, and custom thermal printer solutions. APS has created an extensive product line to meet the demands of most applications. APS is the only company in the industry to offer built-in control boards in their standard thermal printer lines to reduce footprint size and cost. They cover from the most simple termal mechanism to the more complex high-performance  kioss solutions demanded by applications such vending machines, ticketing, etc. APS´ web site also offers a number of support design tools and drivers for the more commonly used OS in the market.